George Institute for Global Health Researchers Report Recent Findings in Public Health (Pivoting from systems “thinking” to systems “doing” in health systems-Documenting stakeholder perspectives from Southeast Asia): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2022 AUG 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on public health is the subject of a new report. According to news reporting out of New Delhi, India, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Applications of systems thinking in the context of Health Policy and Systems Research have been scarce, particularly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).”

Funders for this research include Alliance For Health Policy And Systems Research.

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from George Institute for Global Health: “Given the urgent need for addressing implementation challenges, the WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, in collaboration with partners across five global regions, recently initiated a global community of practice for applied systems thinking in policy and practice contexts within LMICs. Individual one on one calls were conducted with 56 researchers, practitioners & decision-makers across 9 countries in Southeast Asia to elucidate key barriers and opportunities for applying systems thinking in individual country settings. Consultations presented the potential for collaboration and co-production of knowledge across diverse stakeholders to strengthen opportunities by applying systems thinking tools in practice.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “While regional nuances warrant further exploration, there is a clear indication that policy documentation relevant to health systems will be instrumental in advancing a shared vision and interest in strengthening capacities for applied systems thinking in health systems across Southeast Asia.”

For more information on this research see: Pivoting from systems “thinking” to systems “doing” in health systems-Documenting stakeholder perspectives from Southeast Asia. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022,10. (Frontiers in Public Health - http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/public-health). The publisher for Frontiers in Public Health is Frontiers Media S.A.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.910055.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Siddharth Srivastava, George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, India. Additional authors for this research include Devaki Nambiar.

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