World Health Organization : Year 1997 ; World Health Organization, Analysis, Research, And Assessment, No. 97.5: Health Systems Research Does it Make a Difference? The Joint Project on Health Systems Research for Eastern and Southern Africa

By Corlien M. Varkeviser, Dr.

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1997 ; World Health Organization, Analysis, Research, And Assessment, No. 97.5: Health Systems Research Does it Make a Difference? The Joint Project on Health Systems Research for Eastern and Southern Africa
Author:	Corlien M. Varkeviser, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION This is the third edition of Health Sjjstems Research: Does it make a difference? It comesfive years after thejirst version was published. By now, we should be able to answer the question whether Health Systems Research (HSR) makes a dzflerence or not. The Joint Project on Health Systems Research for the Eastern and Southern African Region has been active in promoting HSR for almost ten years. The great enthusiasm for the Joint HSR Project is stronger than ever, as may be shown by the following observations: The number of countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region involved in HSR has increased over the years from 5 to 19 core countries, with the number of new, associate and observer countries increasing all the time. In addition, another six countriesfrom outside the region have expressed interest in HSR andparticipated in some HSR activities.

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CONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 The focus of health systems research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Policy basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.3 Health systems research in the AfIlcan Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. The Joint WHO/RTI/DGIS Project on Health Systems Research . . . . 4 . . 2.1 Ori.g in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3 Target groups and approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4 The First Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.5 The Second Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.6 The Third Phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. Strategies for Implementing Health Systems Research Activities . . . . 13 Intercountry workshops on health systems research . . . . . . . . 13 Country support visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Consensus building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Development of slulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Strengthening national structures and mechanisms . . . . . . . . . 20 International networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Technical and financial support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Resource mobilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Overall approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4 . Achievements and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 . . . 4.1 Sensitization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 4.2 Consensus building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 4.3 Development of skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.4 Research projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 4.5 Utilization of Research Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4.6 Support to Specific HSR Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34