Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Gilson, Lucy"
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Action learning for health system governance: the reward and challenge of co-production
Lehmann, Uta; Gilson, Lucy (Oxford University Press, 2014-08-26)Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is centrally concerned with people, their relationships and the actions and practices they can implement towards better health systems. These concerns suggest that HPS researchers ... -
Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: South African examples of a leadership of sensemaking for primary health care
Gilson, Lucy; Elloker, Soraya; Olckers, Patti; Lehmann, Uta (Biomed Central, 2014)BACKGROUND: New forms of leadership are required to bring about the fundamental health system changes demanded by primary health care (PHC). Using theory about complex adaptive systems and policy implementation, this ... -
Constraints to implementing an equity-promoting staff allocation policy: understanding key actors perspectives affecting implementation in South Africa
Scott, Vera; Mathews, Verona; Gilson, Lucy (Oxford University Press, 2012)Much of current research on issues of equity in low- and middle-income countries focuses on uncovering and describing the extent of inequities in health status and health service provision. In terms of policy responses ... -
Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994
Gilson, Lucy; David Pienaar, Tracey; Brady, Leanne; Hawkridge, Anthony; Naled, Tracey; Vallabhjee, Krish; Schneider, Helen (Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ... -
Enabling relational leadership in primary healthcare settings: lessons from the DIALHS collaboration
Cleary, Susan; du Toit, Alison; Scott, Vera; Gilson, Lucy (Oxford University Press, 2018)Strong management and leadership competencies have been identified as critical in enhancing health system performance. While the need for strong health system leadership has been raised, an important undertaking for ... -
Exploring how different modes of governance act across health system levels to influence primary healthcare facility managers' use of information in decisionmaking: experience from Cape Town, South Africa
Scott, Vera; Gilson, Lucy (BioMed Central, 2017)BACKGROUND: Governance, which includes decision-making at all levels of the health system, and information have been identified as key, interacting levers of health system strengthening. However there is an extensive ... -
Exploring how different modes of governance act across health system levels to influence primary healthcare facility managers’ use of information in decisionmaking: experience from Cape Town, South Africa
Scott, Vera; Gilson, Lucy (BMC, 2017)BACKGROUND: Governance, which includes decision-making at all levels of the health system, and information have been identified as key, interacting levers of health system strengthening. However there is an extensive ... -
Health systems for all in the SDG era: Key reflections based on the Liverpool statement for the fifth global symposium on health systems research
George, Asha; Olivier, Jill; Glandon, Douglas; Kapilashrami, Anuj; Gilson, Lucy (Health Policy and Planning, 2019)The year 2018 marked anniversaries of several significant milestones in public health: the birth of the UK National Health Service, the Alma Ata declaration and the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The Fifth ... -
Mapping the existing body of health policy implementation research in lower income settings: what is covered and what are the gaps?
Erasmus, Ermin; Orgill, Marsha; Schneider, Helen; Gilson, Lucy (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014)This article uses 85 peer-reviewed articles published between 1994 and 2009 to characterize and synthesize aspects of the health policy analysis literature focusing on policy implementation in low- and middle-income ... -
Paramedics, poetry, and film: Health policy and systems research at the intersection of theory, art, and practice
Brady, Leanne; De Vries, Shaheem; Gallow, Rushaana; George, Asha; Gilson, Lucy; Louw, Moira; Martin, Abdul Waheem; Shamis, Khalid; Stuart, Toni (Human Resources for Health, 2019)Violence is a public health issue. It is the consequence of a complex set of interacting political, social, and economic factors firmly rooted in past and current injustice. South Africa remains one of the most unequal ... -
Practice and power: a review and interpretive synthesis focused on the exercise of discretionary power in policy implementation by front line providers and managers
Gilson, Lucy; Orgill, Marsha; Schneider, Helen (Oxford University Press, 2014)Tackling the implementation gap is a health policy concern in low- and middleincome countries (LMICs). Limited attention has so far been paid to the influence of power relations over this gap. This article presents, ... -
Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
Gilson, Lucy; Lehmann, Uta; Schneider, Helen (BMC, 2017)The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather than seeing governance as a normative ... -
Practicing governance towards equity in health systems: LMIC perspectives and experience
Gilson, Lucy; Lehmann, Uta; Schneider, Helen (BioMed Central, 2017)The unifying theme of the papers in this series is a concern for understanding the everyday practice of governance in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) health systems. Rather than seeing governance as a normative ... -
Prioritizing people and rapid learning in times of crisis: A virtual learning initiative to support health workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Engelbrecht, Beth; Gilson, Lucy; Lehmann, Uta (Wiley, 2021)The Western Cape province was the early epicentre of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in South Africa and on the African continent. In this short article we report on an initiative set up within the provincial ... -
Strategic leadership capacity building for Sub-Saharan African health systems and public health governance: a multi-country assessment of essential competencies and optimal design for a Pan African DrPH
Agyepong, Irene Akua; Lehmann, Uta; Rutembemberwa, Elizeus; Babich, Suzanne M.; Frimpong, Edith; Kwamie, Aku; Olivier, Jill; Teddy, Gina; Hwabamungu, Boroto; Gilson, Lucy (Oxford University Press, 2018)Leadership capacity needs development and nurturing at all levels for strong health systems governance and improved outcomes. The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) is a professional, interdisciplinary terminal degree focused ...