Global Health Challenges Seminar Series 2021
This seminar series was coordinated in October-November 2021 by Health Systems Collaborative with our Africa and Asia Programmes.
Our aim was to introduce scientists to the field of health systems research through examples, and enable new connections to be made across groups and countries for those with shared interests or with an interest in expanding the range of methods they use in their research.
We ran four sessions, focusing on contemporary global health challenges. Each session included an introductory, expert talk to outline the breadth of the challenge and set the scene, followed by examples of how different types of health systems/social science research are being employed to tackle challenges and change health systems or health care practices.
Research approaches discussed across the four sessions included policy development, governance and regulation, human resources and service delivery, approaches to co-design, implementation, and practical ethics.
What counts as interdisciplinary research and Tackling AMR
Session 1, 7th October 2021. This seminar was chaired by Sassy Molyneux and Ben Cooper
- Interdisciplinary research to address global health challenges – definitions and illustrative examples, by Sassy Molyneux
- Tackling AMR - overview of the problem and strategies needed to address it, by Ben Cooper
- Situational analysis of AMR in Laos, by Vilada Chansamouth
- Antibiotic stewardship in Vietnam, by Huong Vu
- Systems approaches to AMR in Kenya, by Jacob McKnight
- Rapid diagnostics: the implementation problem, by Sebastian Fuller
- One health approaches to AMR, by Bipin Adhikari
Introducing new technologies and changing practices
Session 2, 21st October 2021. This seminar was chaired by Mike English
- Illustrative overview and implementation challenges, by Sonia Lewycka & Nga Do
- Socio-technical context of ICU, by An Luu Phuoc
- Using human centred design example of the technique in practice, by Naomi Muinga
- Using Normalisation Process Theory to explore mHealth implementation, by Shobhana Nagraj
- Digital health policy and programmes for hospital care in Vietnam, a scoping review, by Duc Minh Tran
Ensuring medicine quality
Session 3, 4th November 2021. This seminar was chaired by Paul Newton
- Paul Newton: A very brief Introduction to SF medical product research
- Kerlijn Van Assche: The Globe lay literature system & what it does and does not tell us
- Celine Caillet: Policy challenges for medicine quality screening devices
- Yoel Lubell: The health economy of screening devices
- Kate Enright: Elusive quality
- Heather Hamill: Trust in medicines
Ensuring medicine quality
Session 4, 25th November 2021. This seminar was chaired by Sassy Molyneux
- Sassy Molyneux: How patients’ perspectives can contribute to improved service delivery
- Jacquie Oliwa: Using process mapping to understand patient journeys through hospital
- Lisa Hinton & Dorothy Oluoch: Understanding patient experiences and using experienced based co-design (EBCD) to redesign pathways
- Mary Chambers & Mwanamvua Boga: Participatory interventions to strengthen health worker emotional well-being and communication
- Claire Blacklock: What do social networks have to do with changing services