The invisible hands in policy making: A qualitative study of the role of advocacy in priority setting for maternal and child health in Nigeria

Autor: Chinyere Okeke, Benjamin Uzochukwu, Maylene Shung-king, Lucy Gilson

Publikováno v: Health Promotion Perspectives, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 147-156 (2023)

Background: Maternal and child health is a priority for most governments, especially those in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), due to high mortality rates. The combination of individual and social actions designed to gain political commitment

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'The Actor Is Policy': Application of Elite Theory to Explore Actors’ Interests and Power Underlying Maternal Health Policies in Uganda, 2000-2015

Autor: Moses Mukuru, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Lucy Gilson, Maylene Shung-King, Freddie Ssengooba

Publikováno v: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol 10, Iss Special Issue on Analysing the Politics of Health Policy Change in LMICs, Pp 388-401 (2021)

BackgroundThe persistence of high maternal mortality and consistent failure in low- and middle-income countries to achieve global targets such as Millennium Development Goal five (MDG 5) is usually explained from epidemiological, interventional and h

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Bottom-up innovation for health management capacity development: a qualitative case study in a South African health district

Autor: Marsha Orgill, Bruno Marchal, Maylene Shung-King, Lwazikazi Sikuza, Lucy Gilson

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2021)

Abstract Background As part of health system strengthening in South Africa (2012–2017) a new district health manager, taking a bottom-up approach, developed a suite of innovations to improve the processes of monthly district management team meeting

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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts

Autor: Tolu Oni, Felix Assah, Agnes Erzse, Louise Foley, Ishtar Govia, Karen J. Hofman, Estelle Victoria Lambert, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Maylene Shung-King, Joanne Smith, Eleanor Turner-Moss, Nigel Unwin, Pamela Wadende, James Woodcock, Jean Claude Mbanya, Shane A. Norris, Charles O. Obonyo, Marshall Tulloch-Reid, Nicholas J. Wareham, on behalf of the GDAR network

Publikováno v: Globalization and Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)

Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally. While upstream approaches to tackle NCD risk factors of poor quality diets and physical inactivity have been trialled in high income countries (HICs), there

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The children’s nursing workforce in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia: generating an initial indication of the extent of the workforce and training activity

Autor: Natasha North, Maylene Shung-King, Minette Coetzee

Publikováno v: Human Resources for Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019)

Abstract Background This study sought to identify, as far as possible, the extent of the specialist children’s nursing workforce in five selected African countries. Strengthening children’s nursing training has been recommended as a primary strat

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