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Item Assessing Communities of Practice in health policy : A conceptual framework as a first step towards empirical research(2013-10-20) Bertone, Maria Paola; Meessen, Bruno; Clarysse, Guy; Hercot, David; Kelley, Allison; Kafando, Yamba; Lange, Isabelle; Pfaffmann, Jerome; Ridde, Valery; Sieleunou, Isidore; Witter, Sophie; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa : a participatory action research process(2020) Oladeinde, Oladapo; Mabetha, Denny; Twine, Rhian; Hove, Jennifer; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Witter, Sophie; Kahn, Kathleen; D'Ambruoso, Lucia; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Institute of Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data ScienceItem Collective reflections on the first cycle of a collaborative learning platform to strengthen rural primary health care in Mpumalanga, South Africa(2021-12) Van Der Merwe, Maria Susara; D'Ambruoso, Lucia; Witter, Sophie; Twine, Rhian; Mabetha, Denny; Hove, Jennifer; Byass, Peter; Tollman, Stephen; Kahn, Kathleen; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data ScienceItem Developing stakeholder participation to address lack of safe water as a community health concern in a rural province in South Africa(2021-09-20) Hove, Jennifer; D'Ambruoso, Lucia; Twine, Rhian; Mabetha, Denny; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Mtungwa, Ishmael; Khoza, Sonto; Kahn, Kathleen; Witter, Sophie; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data ScienceItem Expanding Community Health Worker decision space : learning from a Participatory Action Research training intervention in a rural South African district(2023-12-01) D'Ambruoso, Lucia; Abruquah, Nana Akua; Mabetha, Denny; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Goosen, Gerhard; Sigudla, Jerry; Witter, Sophie; Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR)/Wits/Mpumalanga Department of Health Learning Platform; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data ScienceItem How to get research into practice : first get practice into research(World Health Organization, 2007-06) Walley, John; Khan, M Amir; Shah, Sayed Karam; Witter, Sophie; Wei, XiaolinItem The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe(2013-05-28) Chirwa, Yotamu; Witter, Sophie; Munjoma, Malvern; Mashange, Wilson; Ensor, Tim; McPake, Barbara; Munyati, Shungu; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Implementing the Agenda for Global Action on human resources for health : Analysis from an international tracking survey(2013-02) Witter, Sophie; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Learning sites for health systems research : Reflections on five programs in Africa, Asia, and Central America(2025-04) Witter, Sophie; Regmi, Shophika; Raven, Joanna; Nzinga, Jacinta; Van der merwe, Maria; Flores, Walter; D'ambruoso, Lucia; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Sustainability (GAS); University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Global DevelopmentItem Lessons from community participation in primary health care and water resource governance in South Africa : a narrative review(2022-01-07) Hove, Jennifer; D'Ambruoso, Lucia; Kahn, Kathleen; Witter, Sophie; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Mabetha, Denny; Tembo, Kingsley; Twine, Rhian; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Global Development; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.EducationItem Opening decision spaces : A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa(2024-07-05) Witter, Sophie; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Twine, Rhian; Mabetha, Denny; Hove, Jennifer; Tollman, Stephen M.; D'Ambruoso, Lucia; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Sustainability (GAS); University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Centre for Global DevelopmentItem Participatory action research to address lack of safe water : a community-nominated health priority in rural South Africa(2023-07-27) D'Ambruoso, Lucia; Hove, Jennifer; Mabetha, Denny; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Twine, Rhian; Kahn, Kathy; Witter, Sophie; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Paying health workers for performance in a fragmented, fragile state : reflections from Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo(2014-01) Fox, Sarah; Witter, Sophie; Wylde, Emily; Matufa, Eric; Lievens, Tomas; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Performance-based financing as a health system reform : mapping the key dimensions for monitoring and evaluation(2013-09-29) Witter, Sophie; Toonen, Jurrien; Meessen, Bruno; Kagubare, Jean; Fritsche, Gyorgy; Vaughan, Kelsey; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Realising radical potential : building community power in primary health care through Participatory Action Research(2023-05-17) Mabetha, Denny; Ojewola, Temitope; Van Der Merwe, Maria; Mabeka, Reflect; Goosen, Gerhard; Sigudla, Jerry; Hove, Jennifer; Witter, Sophie; D'Ambruoso, Lucia; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Removal of childbirth delivery fees : the impact on health workers in Ghana(Institute of Development Studies, 2008-03) Witter, SophieItem Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services : the challenges and policy implications for human resources for health(2013-09-22) McPake, Barbara; Witter, Sophie; Ensor, Tim; Fustukian, Suzanne; Newlands, David; Martineau, Tim; Chirwa, Yotamu; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Rethinking collaboration : developing a learning platform to address under-five mortality in Mpumalanga province, South Africa(2019-07) D’Ambruoso, Lucia; van der Merwe, Maria; Wariri, Oghenebrume; Byass, Peter; Goosen, Gerhard; Kahn, Kathleen; Masinga, Sparara; Mokoena, Victoria; Spies, Barry; Tollman, Stephen; Witter, Sophie; Twine, Rhian; Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR)/Wits/Mpumalanga Department of Health Learning Platform; University of Aberdeen.Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Institute of Applied Health Sciences; University of Aberdeen.Life Sciences & MedicineItem Something old or something new? : Social health insurance in Ghana(2009-08-28) Witter, Sophie; Garshong, Bertha; University of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health SciencesItem Start-stop funding, its causes and consequences : a case study of the delivery exemptions policy in Ghana(Wiley Interscience, 2007-01-22) Witter, Sophie; Adjei, SamThis article looks at the issue of sustaining funding for a public programme through the case study of the delivery exemptions policy in Ghana. The Government of Ghana introduced the policy of exempting users from delivery fees in September 2003 in the four most deprived regions of the country, and in April 2005 it was extended to the remaining six regions in Ghana. The aim of the policy of free delivery care was to reduce financial barriers to using maternity services. Using materials from key informant interviews at national and local levels in 2005, the article examines how the policy has been implemented and what the main constraints have been, as perceived by different actors in the health system. The interviews show that despite being a high-profile public policy and achieving positive results, the delivery exemptions policy quickly ran into implementation problems caused by inadequate funding. They suggest that facility and district managers bear the brunt of the damage that is caused when benefits that have been promised to the public cannot be delivered. There can be knock-on effects on other public programmes too. Despite these problems, start-stop funding and under-funding of public programmes is more the norm than the exception. Some of the factors causing erratic funding—such as party politics and intersectoral haggling over resources—are unavoidable, but others, such as communication and management failures can and should be addressed.