Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters
dc.contributor.author | Gilson, Lucy | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Hanson, Kara | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Sheikh, Kabir | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Agyepong, Irene Akua | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Ssengooba, Freddie | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Sara | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-11T06:57:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-11T06:57:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | The first paper in this series on building the field of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [1] outlined the scope and questions of the field and highlighted the key challenges and opportunities it is currently facing. This paper examines more closely one key challenge, the risk of disciplinary capture - the imposition of a particular knowledge frame on the field, privileging some questions and methodologies above others. In HPSR the risk of disciplinary capture can be seen in the current methodological critique of the field, with consequences for its status and development (especially when expressed by research leaders). The main criticisms are reported to be: that the context specificity of the research makes generalisation from its findings difficult; lack of sufficiently clear conclusions for policy makers; and questionable quality and rigour [2]. Some critique is certainly warranted and has come from HPS researchers themselves. However, this critique also reflects a clash of knowledge paradigms, between some of those with clinical, biomedical, and epidemiological backgrounds and those with social science backgrounds. Yet, as HPSR is defined by the topics and questions it considers rather than a particular disciplinary approach, it requires engagement across disciplines; indeed, understanding the complexity of health policy and systems demands multi- and inter-disciplinary inquiry [3]. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Gilson, L., Hanson, K., Sheikh, K., Agyepong, I. A., Ssengooba, F., & Bennett, S. (2011). Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters. <i>PLOS Medicince</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16323 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Gilson, Lucy, Kara Hanson, Kabir Sheikh, Irene Akua Agyepong, Freddie Ssengooba, and Sara Bennett "Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters." <i>PLOS Medicince</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16323 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Gilson, L., Hanson, K., Sheikh, K., Akua Agyepong, I., Ssengooba, F., & Bennett, S. (2011). Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters. PLoS Medicine, 8(8), 1017. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001079 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Gilson, Lucy AU - Hanson, Kara AU - Sheikh, Kabir AU - Agyepong, Irene Akua AU - Ssengooba, Freddie AU - Bennett, Sara AB - The first paper in this series on building the field of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [1] outlined the scope and questions of the field and highlighted the key challenges and opportunities it is currently facing. This paper examines more closely one key challenge, the risk of disciplinary capture - the imposition of a particular knowledge frame on the field, privileging some questions and methodologies above others. In HPSR the risk of disciplinary capture can be seen in the current methodological critique of the field, with consequences for its status and development (especially when expressed by research leaders). The main criticisms are reported to be: that the context specificity of the research makes generalisation from its findings difficult; lack of sufficiently clear conclusions for policy makers; and questionable quality and rigour [2]. Some critique is certainly warranted and has come from HPS researchers themselves. However, this critique also reflects a clash of knowledge paradigms, between some of those with clinical, biomedical, and epidemiological backgrounds and those with social science backgrounds. Yet, as HPSR is defined by the topics and questions it considers rather than a particular disciplinary approach, it requires engagement across disciplines; indeed, understanding the complexity of health policy and systems demands multi- and inter-disciplinary inquiry [3]. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001079 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLOS Medicince LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters TI - Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16323 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16323 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001079 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Gilson L, Hanson K, Sheikh K, Agyepong IA, Ssengooba F, Bennett S. Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters. PLOS Medicince. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16323. | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Health and Family Medicine | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.rights | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | © 2011 Gilson et al | en_ZA |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_ZA |
dc.source | PLOS Medicince | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Health care policy | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Social sciences | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Research validity | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Health services research | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Science policy | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Social research | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Behavior | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Motivation | en_ZA |
dc.title | Building the field of health policy and systems research: social science matters | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |
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