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2nd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Beijing

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | News

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IFGH 2012: Reflexive Governance "Putting the Public" Back into Public Health and Health Rights or Health Professionals and Patients

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

What theories of governance inform our understanding of the public roles of health professionals and patients in the 'liquid' global context of complex, mixed health systems undergoing reforms? The paper makes the case for a thicker and more concrete approach to public health and health rights, that has at its centre information and education geared towards the substantive development of health professionals' and patients' subjectivity and agency as rights-holders and duty-bearers.
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IFGH 2012: The Dynamics of Temporary Doctor Migration: The Experience of South African Doctors Working in Ireland

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

The aim of this study is to explore the different phenomena and circumstances under which temporary and permanent doctor migration to Ireland occurs.
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IFGH 2012: Towards the Improvement of the Loss of Pharmacy Technicians from the Public Health System in Thailand

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

The study aimed at exploring the background of the advanced vocational curriculum management for pharmacy technicians (PTs) among nine institutions under the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)supervision. In addition, this study also focused on situations of loss and gain in public hospitals and measured the level of routine job satisfaction among PTs.
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IFGH 2012: Motivating and Retaining Mid-level Cadres in Obstetric Services

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

The HSSE project aimed to support health system strengthening for equity in Africa by building an evidence base on the role of mid-level providers (MLP) in maternal and neonatal health and promoting greater political leaderships and critical policy action on this issue. One of the key research questions was ‘What are the factors that will optimise and support mid-level provider performance?’
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IFGH 2012: The Relative Importance of Different Motivational Determinants for Different Categories of Health Workers in South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

As part of the Motivation Project this study used a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) to measure the relative importance of motivational determinants for different health worker categories in South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi.
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IFGH 2012: Health Systems Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment Programme in Rural South Africa

Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts

Key informant interviews were conducted with health care workers. Initial analysis was narrative to derive patterns of adherence, and sequential analysis interrogated health systems responses to adherence challenges.
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