Community engagement initiatives in primary health care to achieve universal health coverage: A realist synthesis of scoping review

D Erku, R Khatri, A Endalamaw, E Wolka, F Nigatu… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Community engagement (CE) is an essential component in a primary health
care (PHC) and there have been growing calls for service providers to seek greater CE in …

Effects of decentralization on the functionality of health facility governing committees in lower and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review

AM Kesale, C Mahonge, M Muhanga - Global Health Action, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Health facility governing committees (HFGCs) were established by lower and
middle-income countries (LMICs) to facilitate community participation at the primary facility …

Understanding the implementation of Direct Health Facility Financing and its effect on health system performance in Tanzania: a non-controlled before and after mixed …

NA Kapologwe, A Kalolo, SM Kibusi, Z Chaula… - Health research policy …, 2019 - Springer
Background Globally, good health system performance has resulted from continuous reform,
including adaptation of Decentralisation by Devolution policies, for example, the Direct …

An innovative leadership development initiative to support building everyday resilience in health systems

J Nzinga, M Boga, N Kagwanja… - Health policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Effective management and leadership are essential for everyday health system resilience,
but actors charged with these roles are often underprepared and undersupported to perform …

The quest for accountability of health facility governing committees implementing direct health facility financing in Tanzania: a supply-side experience

AM Kesale, C Mahonge, M Muhanga - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
User committees, such as Health Facility Governing Committees, are popular platforms for
representing communities and civil society in holding service providers accountable. Fiscal …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the functioning of decision space: a review of the available health systems literature

TE Roman, S Cleary, D McIntyre - International Journal of Health …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The concept of decision space holds appeal as an approach to disaggregating
the elements that may influence decision-making in decentralized systems. This narrative …

Managerial capacity among district health managers and its association with district performance: a comparative descriptive study of six districts in the Eastern Region …

ACS Heerdegen, M Aikins, S Amon, SA Agyemang… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction District health managers play a pivotal role in the delivery of basic health
services in many countries, including Ghana, as they are responsible for converting inputs …

Tracking implementation and (un) intended consequences: a process evaluation of an innovative peripheral health facility financing mechanism in Kenya

E Waweru, C Goodman, S Kedenge… - Health policy and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In many African countries, user fees have failed to achieve intended access and quality of
care improvements. Subsequent user fee reduction or elimination policies have often been …

The functionality of health facility governing committees and their associated factors in selected primary health facilities implementing direct health facility financing in …

AM Kesale, CP Mahonge, M Muhanga - Health science reports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background In Lower and Middle‐Income Countries (LMICs), decentralization has
dominated the agenda for reforming the organization of service delivery (LMICs). The fiscal …

How context influences the functionality of community‐level health governance structures: A case study of community health committees in Kenya

R Karuga, M Kok, P Mbindyo, L Otiso… - … Journal of Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Community Health Committees (CHCs) are mechanisms through which
communities participate in the governance and oversight of community health services …