10 Best Resources on Power in Health Policy and Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Sriram, Veena and Topp, Stephanie M and Schaaf, Marta and Mishra, Arima and Flores, Walter and Rajasulochana, S and Scott, Kerry (2018) 10 Best Resources on Power in Health Policy and Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Health Policy and Planning, 33 (4). pp. 611-621.

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Abstract

Power is a critical concept to understand and transform health policy and systems. Power mani-fests implicitly or explicitly at multiple levels—local, national and global—and is present at each actor interface, therefore shaping all actions, processes and outcomes. Analysing and engaging with power has important potential for improving our understanding of the underlying causes of inequity, and our ability to promote transparency, accountability and fairness. However, the study and analysis of the role of power in health policy and systems, particularly in the context of low- and middle-income countries, has been lacking. In order to facilitate greater engagement with the concept of power among researchers and practitioners in the health systems and policy realm,we share a broad overview of the concept of power, and list 10 excellent resources on power in health policy and systems in low- and middle-income countries, covering exemplary frameworks, commentaries and empirical work. We undertook a two-stage process to identify these resources. First, we conducted a collaborative exercise involving crowdsourcing and participatory validation,resulting in 24 proposed articles. Second, we conducted a structured literature review in four phases, resulting in 38 articles reviewed. We present the 10 selected resources in the following cat- egories to bring out key facets of the literature on power and health policy and systems—(1) Resources that provide an overarching conceptual exploration into how power shapes health policy and systems, and how to investigate it; and (2) examples of strong empirical work on power and health policy and systems research representing various levels of analyses,geographic regions and conceptual understandings of power. We conclude with a brief discussion of key gaps in the literature,and suggestions for additional methodological approaches to study power.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Power; Health Systems; Social Sciences; Low and Middle-Income Countries
Subjects:	?? Healthcare_Management ??
Divisions:	Health care Management
Depositing User:	Mr. Muralidhara D
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2018 08:47
Last Modified:	14 Feb 2019 07:02
URI:	http://tapmi.informaticsglobal.com/id/eprint/90

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