Strengthening research and practice in community health systems: A research agenda and manifesto

dc.contributor.authorTetu, Moses
dc.contributor.authorHurtig, Anna-Karin
dc.contributor.authorJonsson, Frida
dc.contributor.authorWhyle, Eleanor
dc.contributor.authorZulu, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Helen
dc.contributor.authorHernandez, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-31T08:56:59Z
dc.date.available2021-08-31T08:56:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-11
dc.description.abstractWhile there have been increased calls for strengthening community health systems (CHSs), key priorities for this field have not been fully articulated. This paper seeks to fill this gap, presenting a collaboratively defined research agenda, accompanied by a ‘manifesto’ on strengthening research and practice in the CHS. The CHS research agenda domains were developed through a modified concept mapping process with a team of 33 experts on the CHS including policy-makers, implementers and researchers from institutions in six countries: Uganda, Guatemala, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania and Zambia. The process began remotely with brainstorming research priorities and concluded in a one-week workshop that was held in Zambia where priorities for strengthening CHS were discussed, grouped into domains, interpreted, and drafted into a collective declaration. Eight domains of research priorities for CHSs were identified: clarifying the purpose and values of the CHS, ensure inclusivity; design, implementation and monitoring of strategies to strengthen the CHS; social, political and historical contexts of CHS; community health workers (CHWs); social accountability; the interface between the CHS and the broader health system; governance and stewardship; and finally, the ethical methodologies for researching the CHS. By harnessing a set of diverse and rich experiences and perspectives on CHS through a structured process, a multifaceted research agenda and manifesto that transcend context, disciplines and time were developed. We posit this as an entry into greater debate and diversity in the field as we continue to find ways to strengthen research and practice in the CHS.en_US
dc.identifier.citation: Tetui M, Hurtig AK, Jonsson F, et al. Strengthening research and practice in community health systems: a research agenda and manifesto. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021;x(x):x–x. doi:10.34172/ijhpm.2021.71en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://doi.org:10.34172/IJHPM.2021.71
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6546
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherResearchgateen_US
dc.subjectCommunity Health Systemsen_US
dc.subjectPriority Settingen_US
dc.subjectResearch Agenda, Multi-disciplinaryen_US
dc.subjectDiverse Contextsen_US
dc.titleStrengthening research and practice in community health systems: A research agenda and manifestoen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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