PLENARY SESSION |
| THURSDAY 17 NOVEMBER |
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Session Start/End Time: 09:00 - 10:30 |
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COMPLETE SESSION WEBCAST
 Strengthening HSR methods and measures
Renforcer les procédés et les gouvernances de la recherche sur les systèmes de santé (RSS) |
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Panel Moderator: Peter Ndumbe
[ See Biography ] |
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| OBJECTIVE: This plenary session aims to: (i) illustrate the broad variety and scope of taxonomies, methods and measures that are used in HSR; (ii) identify key issues and challenges; and (iii) explore how these challenges or gaps might be addressed, for example, by drawing on methodological approaches (or measures) used in other sectors or by looking at innovative community-based approaches. |
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Advancing the field of health systems research: issues, challenges and opportunities |
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CHRIS MURRAY
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, USA
[ Biography ]
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ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
| Chris Murray - English | Chris Murray - French |
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| This presentation is intended to provide a view of the "forest" before focusing in on some of the "trees". Reflecting the overall objective of this plenary session, this presentation will describe key issues and challenges related to HSR taxonomies, methods and measures. It will conclude by suggesting how some new/innovative approaches are being used (or could be used) towards addressing these issues and challenges. |
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Producing guidance for health systems policies: the challenge of assessing evidence on the effects of health system-level interventions |
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ANDY HAINES
Professor of Public Health and Primary Care,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
[ Biography ] |
ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
| Andy Haines - English | Andy Haines - French |
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This presentation will address three questions:
(i) What types of evidence do policy-makers need to inform health systems decisions?
(ii) What are the key issues to be addressed in assessing the quality of evidence on health system-level interventions, in comparison with bio-medical research? and
(iii) What approaches are needed to assess the quality of evidence on the effects of health system-level interventions and to make recommendations regarding their adoption? |
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Considering context in HSR |
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LUCY GILSON
Professor, Health Policy and Systems, University of Cape Town / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
| Lucy Gilson - English | Lucy Gilson - French |
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| Context is a critical element of health systems research and the context specificity of HSR often leads to the criticism that it is not generalisable. To examine the place of context in HSR this presentation will consider the types of questions asked in HSR and the dimensions of context relevant to those questions, drawing on different disciplinary and methodological approaches. Finally, it will outline a range of practical strategies that can be used in seeking to transfer the lessons of HSR from one setting to another. |
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Methods for evaluating complex interventions (vs. global health initiatives) |
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RIFAT ATUN
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
[ See Biography ] |
ON-DEMAND WEBCAST AND PRESENTATION |
| Rifat Atun - English | Rifat Atun - French |
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| This presentation will focus on the challenge of studying interventions in "real time" as they are implemented, and given that these "complex" interventions may have multiple impacts across many health systems processes, outputs and outcomes. It will highlight innovative approaches (both methods and measures) for evaluating performance and outcomes from a systems perspective. |
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