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The impact of differing frames on early stages of intersectoral collaboration: The case of the first 1000 days initiative in the Western Cape Province
(Springer Nature, 2020)
While intersectoral collaboration is considered valuable and important for achieving health outcomes, there are few examples of successes. The literature on intersectoral collaboration suggests that success relies on a ...
Policy adoption and the implementation woes of the intersectoral first 1000 days of childhood initiative, in the Western Cape province of South Africa
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
There is a growing interest in implementing intersectoral approaches to address social determinants especially within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era. However, there is limited research that uses policy analysis ...
Working towards inclusive, socially accountable and resilient community health systems: An introduction to a special issue
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
This editorial introduces the eleven papers in the special issue titled: The multiple lenses on the community health
system: implications for research and action. Our editorial begins by describing the collaboration that ...
Risk factors for Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) death in a population cohort study from the Western Cape province, South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) death in sub-Saharan Africa and the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis on COVID-19 outcomes are unknown. We conducted a population cohort ...
Local dynamics of collaboration for maternal, newborn and child health: A social network analysis of healthcare providers and their managers in Gert Sibande district, South Africa
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
: Accountability for maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) is a collaborative endeavour and
documenting collaboration dynamics may be key to understanding variations in the performance of MNCH services.
This study ...
Exploring politics and contestation in the policy process: The case of Zambia’s contested community health strategy
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
There have been increased calls for low- and middle-income countries to develop community health systems (CHS)
policies or strategies. However, emerging global guidance brackets the inherent complexity and contestation ...
Factors associated with workplace and interpersonal trust in the supervisory system of a community health worker programme in a rural South African district
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)
Key to effective supportive supervision, and ultimately performance of community health workers
(CHWs), is the nature of relationships in the formal health system at the coal face of programmes. The central character
and ...
District and sub-district stewardship of quality and health outcomes: roles, systems and strategies
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Sub-district and district health systems – generically referred to as the meso-level – are key
to enhancing quality of care and improving health outcomes. Facility (micro) level
improvement strategies are less likely to ...
Intersectoral collaboration before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western Cape: implications for future whole-of-society approaches to health and wellbeing
(Health System Trust, 2022)
The profound health, social and economic impacts
generated by the COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated
collaboration among societal actors in an unprecedented
fashion, elevating the status of the health sector and
positioning ...