Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?

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dc.contributor.authorGilson, Lucyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-23T11:38:39Z
dc.date.available2015-11-23T11:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe five African Health Initiative Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnerships represent a rich and important set of health system strengthening initiatives. All can be called whole system strengthening initiatives in two important respects. First, from a health system perspective, as explicitly discussed, all the PHIT Partnerships are multi-dimensional, seeking to achieve performance improvements by working across the building blocks and levels of the health system. All address resource needs (human, financial, and supplies) in some way. The common focus on strengthening information use in clinical and managerial decision-making, meanwhile, tackles what some regard as the key leverage point for health system improvement [1] and quality of care is another such point [2]. Considering the role of community health workers, moreover, emphasizes that the health system stretches beyond the doors of health facilities, and that health system development requires combined community and facility-based actions. Finally, several initiatives emphasize the importance of strengthening supervision and management coaching and mentoring. Importantly, the different activities within each partnership are intended to work synergistically together.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGilson, L. (2013). Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?. <i>BMC Health Services Research</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15223en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGilson, Lucy "Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?." <i>BMC Health Services Research</i> (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15223en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGilson, L. (2013). Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?. BMC health services research, 13(Suppl 2), S14.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Gilson, Lucy AB - The five African Health Initiative Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnerships represent a rich and important set of health system strengthening initiatives. All can be called whole system strengthening initiatives in two important respects. First, from a health system perspective, as explicitly discussed, all the PHIT Partnerships are multi-dimensional, seeking to achieve performance improvements by working across the building blocks and levels of the health system. All address resource needs (human, financial, and supplies) in some way. The common focus on strengthening information use in clinical and managerial decision-making, meanwhile, tackles what some regard as the key leverage point for health system improvement [1] and quality of care is another such point [2]. Considering the role of community health workers, moreover, emphasizes that the health system stretches beyond the doors of health facilities, and that health system development requires combined community and facility-based actions. Finally, several initiatives emphasize the importance of strengthening supervision and management coaching and mentoring. Importantly, the different activities within each partnership are intended to work synergistically together. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-13-S2-S14 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - BMC Health Services Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative? TI - Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15223 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15223
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-S2-S14
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGilson L. Implementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?. BMC Health Services Research. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15223.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltden_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentHealth Policy and Systems Divisionen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licenseen_ZA
dc.rights.holder2013 Gilson; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.en_ZA
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dc.sourceBMC Health Services Researchen_ZA
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dc.subject.otherhealth system changeen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAfrican Health Initiativeen_ZA
dc.titleImplementing health system change: What are the lessons from the African Health Initiative?en_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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