People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research
| dc.contributor.author | Sheikh, Kabir | |
| dc.contributor.author | George, Asha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gilson, Lucy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-17T11:47:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-17T11:47:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-04-17 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-01-15T17:52:19Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is a transdisciplinary field of global importance, with its own emerging standards for creating, evaluating, and utilizing knowledge, and distinguished by a particular orientation towards influencing policy and wider action to strengthen health systems. In this commentary, we argue that the ability of the HPSR field to influence real world change hinges on its becoming more people-centred. We see people-centredness as recognizing the field of enquiry as one of social construction, requiring those conducting HPSR to locate their own position in the system, and conduct and publish research in a manner that foregrounds human agency attributes and values, and is acutely attentive to policy context. Change occurs at many layers of a health system, shaped by social, political, and economic forces, and brought about by different groups of people who make up the system, including service users and communities. The seeds of transformative practice in HPSR lie in amplifying the breadth and depth of dialogue across health system actors in the conduct of research – recognizing that these actors are all generators, sources, and users of knowledge about the system. While building such a dialogic practice, those conducting HPSR must strive to protect the autonomy and integrity of their ideas and actions, and also clearly explain their own positions and the value-basis of their work. We conclude with a set of questions that health policy and systems researchers may wish to consider in making their practice more people-centred, and hence more oriented toward real-world change. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Sheikh, K., George, A., & Gilson, L. (2014). People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research. <i>Health Research Policy and Systems</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12260 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Sheikh, Kabir, Asha George, and Lucy Gilson "People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research." <i>Health Research Policy and Systems</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12260 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Health Research Policy and Systems. 2014 Apr 17;12(1):19 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1478-4505 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Sheikh, Kabir AU - George, Asha AU - Gilson, Lucy AB - Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is a transdisciplinary field of global importance, with its own emerging standards for creating, evaluating, and utilizing knowledge, and distinguished by a particular orientation towards influencing policy and wider action to strengthen health systems. In this commentary, we argue that the ability of the HPSR field to influence real world change hinges on its becoming more people-centred. We see people-centredness as recognizing the field of enquiry as one of social construction, requiring those conducting HPSR to locate their own position in the system, and conduct and publish research in a manner that foregrounds human agency attributes and values, and is acutely attentive to policy context. Change occurs at many layers of a health system, shaped by social, political, and economic forces, and brought about by different groups of people who make up the system, including service users and communities. The seeds of transformative practice in HPSR lie in amplifying the breadth and depth of dialogue across health system actors in the conduct of research – recognizing that these actors are all generators, sources, and users of knowledge about the system. While building such a dialogic practice, those conducting HPSR must strive to protect the autonomy and integrity of their ideas and actions, and also clearly explain their own positions and the value-basis of their work. We conclude with a set of questions that health policy and systems researchers may wish to consider in making their practice more people-centred, and hence more oriented toward real-world change. DA - 2014-04-17 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1478-4505-12-19 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Health Research Policy and Systems LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 1478-4505 T1 - People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research TI - People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12260 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12260 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-12-19 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Sheikh K, George A, Gilson L. People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12260. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Health Economics Unit | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.holder | Sheikh et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Health Research Policy and Systems | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.health-policy-systems.com/ | |
| dc.subject.other | Health policy and systems research | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Health systems research | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | People-centred health systems | en_ZA |
| dc.title | People-centred science: strengthening the practice of health policy and systems research | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |