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This book considers the importance of applying a systems-thinking approach to Global Health challenges: one that examines both the individual elements within a system as well as the interrelationships between them. It outlines the core concepts of a systems-thinking approach and how they can be applied to current Global Health problems.

List of contents

• 1: Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, Fiona Larkan, Hasheem Mannan, Frédérique Vallières and Naonori Kodate: An Introduction to Systems Thinking


• 2: Deepak Thomas, Charles Normand, Brynne Gilmore, Fiona Larkan and Savyasachee Jha: A systematic review of existing system- thinking frameworks for health system strengthening


• 3: Ayat Abu-Agla and Elsheikh Badr: Applying Systems Thinking for Human Resources for Health: Lessons from Sudan


• 4: Camille Coyle, Aine Travers, Frédérique Vallières, Mary Creaner and Damen Haile Mariam: Supportive supervision as systems thinking in community health worker programmes


• 5: Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Thomasena O'Byrne, Linda Nyondo-Mipando, Isabel Kazanga Chiumia, Mairead Finn and Frédérique Vallières: Systems Thinking in the Context of Decentralisation and Human Resources for Health: Lessons from Malawi


• 6: Niall Winters, Anne Geniets and Alice Lakati: A systems-thinking approach to training community health workers in Kenya: what are the challenges raised for the health system?


• 7: Brynne Gilmore, Henry Mollel, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye and Eilish McAuliffe: Systems Thinking for Communities


• 8: Annariina Koivu, Margunn Aanestad and Nima Shidende: Applying Systems Thinking to Health Information Systems: Lessons from South Africa and Tanzania


• 9: Jessica Power, Mac MacLachlan, Emma Smith and Ikenna Ebuenyi: Assistive Technology: Developing a Systems Thinking Approach


• 10: Marion Birch, Maria Kett and Mike Rowson: Responding to health needs in war and conflict: What can systems thinking contribute to best practice?


• 11: Khalifa Elmusharaf, Elaine Byrne and Diarmuid O'Donovan: Governance in conflict affected fragile states: understanding context for collaborative decision making in reproductive health


• 12: Frédérique Vallières, Ruth Ceannt, Philip Hyland, Mohamed Elshazly, Jihane Bou Sleiman, Caoimhe Nic a Bhaird, Peter Ventevogel and Rony Abou Daher: Implementing Systems-Thinking for Global Mental Health during Humanitarian Emergencies: Examples from Lebanon and Nepal


• 13: Minerva Rivas: Understanding professional health education for refugees: A Health Systems Approach


• 14: Tessy Huss, Euan Mackway-Jones and Mac MacLachlan: Using systems thinking as a heuristic in the design of interventions for social inclusion


• 15: Naonori Kodate, Kazuko Obayashi, Hasheem Mannan, Shigeru Masuyama: Improving care quality in a nursing home in Japan: organisational culture, robotics-aided care and systems approach


• 16: Hasheem Mannan and Thilo Kroll: Capability Approach to aid systems-thinking in addressing right to health of persons with disabilities


• 17: Meghan Hussey, Mac MacLachlan and Gubela Mji: How can systems-thinking address the barriers to implementing the right to health and rehabilitation in South Africa?


• 18: Amanuel Kidane and Lillian Mwanri: HIV/AIDS, Aging and Chronic Co-morbidities


• 19: Mirgissa Kaba: Pastoral health in Ethiopia: Area of public health concern in the 21st century


• 20: Tikki Pang and Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul: Systems thinking in the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control


• 21: Tilman Ruff: The global health imperative to eradicate nuclear weapons


• 22: Joe Rhatigan: Learning from Case Studies in Global Health


• 23: Patricia Erasmus: Statelessness, the Right to Health, Policy and Case Law: The Potential Role of Feminist Development Education and the Campaign for Universal Birth Registration


• 24: Savyasachee Jha and Anjula Gurtoo: Combatting malaria: systematic review


• 25: Anish Jammu, Annabel Taks, Tapashi Adhikary, Hasmik Nazaryan, Sreya Abraham, Upasna Gaba, Zeenath Roohi, Alexandra Humpert and Isabel Foster: The Utility of Systems Thinking in the Context of Infectious Disease Surveillance in India Rosemary James


• 26: Joanne McVeigh, Mutamad Amin, Malcolm MacLachlan, Hasheem Mannan, Durria M. Elhussein, El Faith El Samani, Leslie Swartz, Alister Munthali and Gert Van Rooy: Human rights and Social Inclusion in Health Policies: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Policies across Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, and Sudan


• 27: Margaret Murphy, Rakhi Dandona, Hannah Blencowe, Paula Quigley, Susannah Hopkins Leisher, Claire Storey, Dimitrios Siassakos, Alexander Heazell and Vicki Flenady: Stillbirth the hidden global mortality burden

About the author

Fiona Larkan completed her BA, MA and PhD (2007) at Maynooth University in the Department of Anthropology and served as the Director of the MSc Global Health in Trinity College Dublin from 2010 until 2017. Fiona devoted her career to sharing the voices and experiences of people living with HIV and AIDS in South Africa and Ireland to advocate for more inclusive health care for some of society's most marginalised populations. As a teacher and the Director of the MSc Global Health, she counselled hundreds of students, inspiring them to think critically and to question systems that promote existing inequities, and thus gifting the world a future generation of capable and responsible Global Health researchers.

Frédérique Vallières is an Associate Professor of Global Health at Trinity College Dublin where she also serves as the Director of the Trinity Centre for Global Health. She has over a decade of experience in research in Global Health, conducting research across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Her current research focuses on the application of Psychology to Global Health, specifically focusing on Global Mental Health, Health System Strengthening, and Human Resources for Health. Aligned with systems thinking approaches, Frédérique prioritises working in close collaboration with a large network of influential local and international non-governmental organisations as well as public bodies to ensure that research findings are integrated for improved practice and policy. Frédérique holds a BSc. from McGill University (Montréal, Canada) and a MSc. in Global Health from Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland).

Hasheem Mannan completed his PhD on disability policy and family studies at the University of Kansas, USA in 2005. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin. He also held a two year Marie Curie Fellowship, Trinity College Dublin. He has worked for the University of Kansas, the World Health Organization, the US National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Disability Authority (Ireland). He held the following scholarships: British Chevening, Grace M. Phinney, David M. Dahlke Memorial, and International Student Scholarship. He was awarded Phi Beta Delta International Student Award for Excellence in International Education by the University of Kansas. Hasheem's areas of expertise include content analysis of health policies; human resources for health and service delivery; disability measurement and statistics; and social inclusion.

Naonori Kodate holds a BA (International Relations) and LL.M from the University of Tokyo, MSc in European Politics and Policy, and a Ph.D in Political Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research interests include comparative public policy, and science, technology and society (STS) studies, particularly in the use of eHealth (e.g. home care robots) in older people's care, patient safety, and gender equality in STEM education. Nao is the Principal Investigator of a Toyota Foundation-funded international research project "Harmonisation towards the establishment of Person-centred, Robotics-aided Care System (HARP: RoCS)". He co-produced a documentary film "Circuits of Care: Ageing and Japan's Robot Revolution".

Summary

This book considers the importance of applying a systems-thinking approach to Global Health challenges: one that examines both the individual elements within a system as well as the interrelationships between them. It outlines the core concepts of a systems-thinking approach and how they can be applied to current Global Health problems.

Additional text

Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers.

Product details

• Authors: VALLIERES, Frederique (Associate Professor of Glob Vallieres
• Assisted by: Naonori Kodate (Editor), Kodate Naonori (Editor), Fiona Larkan (Editor), Larkan Fiona (Editor), Hasheem Mannan (Editor), Frédérique Vallières (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2022
• EAN: 9780198799498
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879949-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Social issues & processes, Public health & preventive medicine, Social and ethical issues, Health systems & services, Public health and preventive medicine, Health systems and services