Participating in the 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Sharing and disseminating HPSR conceptual and methodological innovations
Participating in the 3rd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Building an intellectual hub for HPSR in Cape Town South Africa
CHESAI retreats
Participating in the 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Building an intellectual hub for HPSR in Cape Town South Africa
CHESAI retreats
Supporting African HSPR capacity development
CHESAI retreats

Latest CHESAI Activities

CHESAI sessions at Liverpool 2018

We will be involved in various satellite and organized sessions at the 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Liverpool, 8th - 12th October 2018.

We hope you will join us!

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Muddling through meanings: doing discourse analysis in health policy research (part 1)

Policy documents are not a collection of “self-evident truths”. Instead, their content reflects a complex interplay of ideas, ideologies, power relationships and contexts. A deeper analysis of these documents, possible through discourse analysis, is necessary to illuminate the role of these factors in the policy process.

In the first of this two-part blog, Ida Okeyo, Sudha Ramani, and Eleanor Whyle, health policy analysis fellows under the programme of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research to strengthen health policy analysis capacity in low- and middle-income countries, discuss their understanding of discourse analysis concepts for health policy research.

Muddling through meanings: doing discourse analysis in health policy research (part 2)

Discourse analysis offers a way of analysing ideas, ideologies, power relationships and contexts; of considering the role of language, rhetoric, narratives and framing to get a better understanding of the policy processes. But how does one conceptulise a discourse analysis study and choose the right methodological approach?

In this final part of their two-part blog, Ida Okeyo, Sudha Ramani and Eleanor Whyle share some lessons.

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Collaboration for Health Systems Analysis and Innovation

A collaborative of health policy and systems researchers based in the Western Cape, South Africa, with a focus on strengthening the health policy and systems research field through conceptual and methodological development, as well as interdisciplinary and multisectoral engagement.

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Inter-sectoral collaboration and action

Adeleye OA, Ofili AN. (2010). Strengthening Inter-sectoral Collaboration for Primary Health Care in Developing Countries: Can the Health Sector Play Broader Roles? Journal of Environmental and Public Health, doi:10.1155/2010/272896 [View]
Fabbro LD, Minniss FR, Ehrlich C, Kendall E. (2016). Political Challenges in Complex Place-Based Health Promotion Partnerships: Lessons From an Exploratory Case Study in a Disadvantaged Area of Queensland, Australia. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 37:1 [View]
Kim SS, Avula R, Ved R, Kohli N, Singh K, Van den Bold M, Kadiyala S, Menon P. (2017).Understanding the role of inter-sectoral convergence in the delivery of essential maternal and child nutrition interventions in Odisha, India: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health,17:161 [View]
Lasker RD, Weiss ES, Miller R. (2001). Partnership synergy: a practical framework for studying and strengthening the collaborative advantage. The Milbank Quarterly, 79:2 [View]