Public social monitoring reports and their effect on a policy programme aimed at addressing the social determinants of health to improve health equity in New Zealand

Pega, Frank; Valentine, Nicole; Matheson, Don; Rasanathan, Kumanan

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“…There are also bibliometric analysis published in health management that investigate the attention and progress of strategic management in the literature [17], in health economics, studies have reported the growth of health economics literature and the change in topics and geographical focus of health economics [18–20]. Bibliometric studies in health service research have looked for trends, gaps and characteristics when comparing among different regions [21, 22], in the same line other studies have assessed the scientific production in health policy [23, 24], in primary health [25, 26], in epidemiology [27, 28], in environmental health [29–31], in public health and preventive medicine [32, 33], in preventive medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, epidemiology, and public health [34], and also public in health research in specific countries or regions [35–42]. This literature has become relevant today perhaps due to the diverse disciplines that are engaged in health research and its importance in order to monitor and disseminate the scientific achievements from the research work.…”

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Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

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2016

Global Health

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BackgroundThere is a wide range of intellectual work written about health research, which has been shaped by the evolution of diseases. This study aims to identify the leading journals over the last 25 years (1990–2014) according to a wide range of bibliometric indicators.MethodsThe study develops a bibliometric overview of all the journals that are currently indexed in Web of Science (WoS) database in any of the four categories connected to health research. The work classifies health research in nine subfields: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Management and Economics, Health Promotion and Health Behavior, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Services, Medicine, Health Informatics, Engineering and Technology, and Primary Care.ResultsThe results indicate a wide dispersion between categories being the American Journal of Epidemiology, Environmental Health Perspectives, American Journal of Public Health, and Social Science & Medicine, the journals that have received the highest number of citations over the last 25 years. According to other indicators such as the h-index and the citations per paper, some other journals such as the Annual Review of Public Health and Medical Care, obtain better results which show the wide diversity and profiles of outlets available in the scientific community. The results are grouped and studied according to the nine subfields in order to identify the leading journals in each specific sub discipline of health.ConclusionsThe work identifies the leading journals in health research through a bibliometric approach. The analysis shows a deep overview of the results of health journals. It is worth noting that many journals have entered the WoS database during the last years, in many cases to fill some specific niche that has emerged in the literature, although the most popular ones have been in the database for a long time.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12992-016-0186-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

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2016

Global Health

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“…No indicators were rated high by all four teams and only five are rated as high by three of the teams. For five domains: ( 5 ) ‘Community and infrastructure’, ( 7 ) ‘Early child development’, ( 8 ) ‘Gender norms’, ( 9 ) ‘Participation’ and ( 11 ) ‘Accountability’ all indicators received medium or low ratings.…”

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“…Early evidence suggests monitoring can be useful in this respect. For example, in reviewing the experience of monitoring in New Zealand, Pega et al ( 8 ) noted that national-level social monitoring provides a valuable tool for raising awareness across government and civil society. Experiences in Norway ( 9 ) and Indonesia ( 10 ) also highlight the importance of making relevant sectoral agents responsible for reporting on social indicators.…”

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The feasibility of measuring and monitoring social determinants of health and the relevance for policy and programme – a qualitative assessment of four countries

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Ataguba

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BackgroundSince the publication of the reports by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), many research papers have documented inequities, explaining causal pathways in order to inform policy and programmatic decision-making. At the international level, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) reflect an attempt to bring together these themes and the complexities involved in defining a comprehensive development framework. However, to date, much less has been done to address the monitoring challenges, that is, how data generation, analysis and use are to become routine tasks.ObjectiveTo test proposed indicators of social determinants of health (SDH), gender, equity, and human rights with respect to their relevance in tracking progress in universal health coverage and population health (level and distribution).DesignIn an attempt to explore these monitoring challenges, indicators covering a wide range of social determinants were tested in four country case studies (Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, and Vietnam) for their technical feasibility, reliability, and validity, and their communicability and usefulness to policy-makers. Twelve thematic domains with 20 core indicators covering different aspects of equity, human rights, gender, and SDH were tested through a review of data sources, descriptive analyses, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions. To test the communicability and usefulness of the domains, domain narratives that explained the causal pathways were presented to policy-makers, managers, the media, and civil society leaders.ResultsFor most countries, monitoring is possible, as some data were available for most of the core indicators. However, a qualitative assessment showed that technical feasibility, reliability, and validity varied across indicators and countries. Producing understandable and useful information proved challenging, and particularly so in translating indicator definitions and data into meaningful lay and managerial narratives, and effectively communicating links to health and ways in which the information could improve decision-making.ConclusionsThis exercise revealed that for monitoring to produce reliable data collection, analysis, and discourse, it will need to be adapted to each national context and institutionalised into national systems. This will require that capacities and resources for this and subsequent communication of results are increased across countries for both national and international monitoring, including the successful implementation of the SDGs.

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“…Los indicadores sociales aparecen integrados y armonizados en diferentes modelos de gestión de los gobiernos y de hecho, al estar incluidos en los objetivos del milenio como señalan Pega et al, (2014), gozan de mayor relevancia. Esta circunstancia se ha visto reforzada en el reporte de la Comisión sobre Seguimiento de Resultados Económicos y Sociales (Stiglitz et al, 2009).…”

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“…hace referencia a la producción y provisión de información relevante, incluyendo la presentación de la misma, como señalan Pega et al, (2014) citando a (Habbich y Noll, 1994. Esta información refiere aspectos económicos, políticos, culturales y sociopsicológicos tanto de los actores como del propio sistema (Lass y Reusswig, 2002).…”

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La sostenibilidad del sistema sanitario en la España descentralizada de las autonomías

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Septiembre, 2015 iii A tantas personas que me han acompañado en este camino… Para Amparo y Gabriel "El mundo era tan reciente que muchas cosas carecían de nombre, y para mencionarlas había que señalarlas con el dedo" Cien años de soledad. Gabriel García Márquez iv RECONOCIMIENTOSEn algún momento siempre toca cerrar una puerta detrás de la que quizá hemos pasado largos momentos de alegrías y sinsabores, este es uno de ellos. La travesía que supone realizar un trabajo como el presente requiere tiempo, paciencia y el apoyo de muchas personas.Quiero agradecer especialmente a mi directora de tesis, Juana María Rivera Lirio su confianza y el apoyo recibido a lo largo de estos años, en los que nos ha tocado vivir simultáneamente con la realización de la investigación en sanidad, uno de los períodos de mayores cambios y transformaciones en nuestro país en dicho sector.También quiero brindar un agradecimiento especial a la Universidad Comillas, por ofrecerme la oportunidad de participar en el IV Taller de Doctorandos en Los Molinos en 2014, fue además de una grata experiencia, una oportunidad inmejorable de recibir feedback de un tribunal de profesores y académicos acreditados acerca de la evolución del trabajo de tesis.Agradezco a la universidad Jaume I de Castellón los apoyos, medios y servicios puestos a disposición de los doctorandos para la realización de la investigación durante todos estos años. Por último este trabajo no habría sido posible sin la desinteresada y generosa contribución en las diferentes investigaciones realizadas de personas a las que ni siquiera conozco personalmente y a las que por diferentes medios solicité apoyo. Han participado de un modo u otro: administraciones públicas, instituciones sanitarias, universidades, asociaciones de pacientes, empresas privadas, investigadores y un largo etcétera de personas vinculadas a la sanidad. ÍNDICE DE FIGURAS GRÁFICOS Y TABLAS ix Capítulo 1Tabla 1 Distribución de la muestra 33Gráfico I Aspectos relevantes en un sistema sanitario sostenible 35Gráfico II Afirmaciones sobre cuestiones relacionadas con la sostenibilidad del sistema sanitario 36Gráfico III Relevancia de la ley de economía sostenible 37Gráfico IV Comparación aspectos sociales versus económicos 38 Gráfico V Comparación aspectos medioambientales versus económicos 39Gráfico VI Relevancia de los aspectos económicos para el sistema sanitario 40Gráfico VII Nivel de cumplimiento de los objetivos de la Agenda 21 en sanidad 41Gráfico VIII Opinión sobre el sistema sanitario español ¿Es sostenible? 42Gráfico IX Posibilidad de considerar a los grupos de interés en las políticas públicas en sanidad 43 Capítulo 2Cuadro 1 Cronología de los planes de salud publicados a finales de 2013 72 Tabla 1 Planes de salud incluidos en la muestra 76Tabla 2 Cuestionario revisión sensibilidad simbólica 78Tabla 3 Cuestionario revisión sensibilidad operativa 78Cuadro 2 Resultados de sensibilidad simbólica en los planes de salud analizados 82Cuadro 3 Sensibilidad operativa en los planes de salud de la muestra 85 Capítulo ...

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Public social monitoring reports and their effect on a policy programme aimed at addressing the social determinants of health to improve health equity in New Zealand

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

The feasibility of measuring and monitoring social determinants of health and the relevance for policy and programme – a qualitative assessment of four countries

La sostenibilidad del sistema sanitario en la España descentralizada de las autonomías

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