scholarly journals Public health systems research: the state of the field

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prue Bagley ◽  
Vivian Lin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
Public Health Systems Research

Public health infrastructure provides the building blocks required for the system to achieve public health goals. A systems approach to public health has been suggested as a means to tackle persistent and emerging problems. Systems and infrastructure are attracting increased research attention. A review of the Australian and international literature suggests an absence of empirical evidence about how the system and its component parts does, or should, work and highlights some of the difficulties associated with generating such evidence. It also indicates there is significant scope for further research.

scholarly journals Challenges of healthcare delivery in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Bamidele Johnson Alegbeleye ◽  
◽  
Rana Kadhim Mohammed ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Infrastructure ◽  
Sub Saharan

Introduction: Public health security is concerned with infection prevention and control worldwide. These measures are the concern of all and sundry to ensure prevention of any outbreaks of diseases that has epidemic potential. Africa may be uniquely positioned to have the most severe and under-detected outcomes related to COVID-19 infection. This article seeks to highlight such challenges of healthcare delivery systems in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. The communique also suggests possible strategies for improvement in such settings. Method: We identified relevant articles to date using a manual library search, journal publications on the subject, and critically reviewed them. Results: We identified and exhaustively discussed the main limitations to public health security in sub-Saharan Africa as follows i) Continuing deterioration of the public health infrastructure for disease control, ii) The changing outlooks of contagious diseases, iii) Private sector reforms like the managed care, iv) Relatively weak health care systems, and v) Poor organizational structures. Conclusion: Most Africans are eager to see the desired transformation in our public health systems. Unfortunately, the political will to invest in public health infrastructure is lacking. Also, the system is characterized by human resources shortage and diverted resources, which significantly impacted the provision for emerging COVID-19 pandemic –related care. Interestingly the monumental breakthroughs in research development for bio-therapeutics and vaccines in African countries appear a mirage even with extensive past study experience with such products from China and the Western world. Finally, notwithstanding these challenges in our public health systems as elaborated, the facts are that enormous capacities exist that can be harnessed in African countries for the COVID-19 preparedness and response.

Public Health Systems Research in Emergency Preparedness

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Savoia ◽  
Sarah B. Massin-Short ◽  
Angie Mae Rodday ◽  
Lisa A. Aaron ◽  
Melissa A. Higdon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Health Systems Research ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Public Health Systems Research

How Can We Strengthen the Evidence Base in Public Health Preparedness?

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Nelson ◽  
Ellen Burke Beckjord ◽  
David J. Dausey ◽  
Edward Chan ◽  
Debra Lotstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Public Health Emergencies ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Public Health Systems Research

ABSTRACTThe lack of frequent real-world opportunities to study preparedness for large-scale public health emergencies has hindered the development of an evidence base to support best practices, performance measures, standards, and other tools needed to assess and improve the nation’s multibillion dollar investment in public health preparedness. In this article, we argue that initial funding priorities for public health systems research on preparedness should focus on using engineering-style methods to identify core preparedness processes, developing novel data sources and measures based on smaller-scale proxy events, and developing performance improvement approaches to support the translation of research into practice within the wide variety of public health systems found in the nation. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2008;2:247–250)

scholarly journals Public Health Systems Research: Setting a National Agenda

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Lenaway ◽  
Paul Halverson ◽  
Sergey Sotnikov ◽  
Hugh Tilson ◽  
Liza Corso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Health Systems Research ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
National Agenda ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Public Health Systems Research

A national agenda for public health systems research on emergency preparedness

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joie Acosta ◽  
Christopher Nelson ◽  
Ellen Burke Beckjord ◽  
Shoshana R. Shelton ◽  
Erin Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Health Systems Research ◽  
National Agenda ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Public Health Systems Research
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