This presentation is from a workshop in Baltimore in June 2014 on complex adaptive systems (CAS) research methods held at Johns Hopkins University. In this presentation, Ligia Paina from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows how to use the computer program Vensim to develop Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs).
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This presentation is from a workshop in Baltimore in June 2014 on complex adaptive systems (CAS) research methods held at Johns Hopkins University. In this presentation, Agnes Rwashana Semwanga gives an overview of two case studies where the Causal Loop Diagram methodology has been applied to health systems research.
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This presentation is from workshop in Baltimore in June 2014 on complex adaptive systems (CAS) research methods held at Johns Hopkins University. Agnes Rwashana Semwanga from the Makerere University School for Public Health (MakSPH) introduces the basic concepts of how to create causal loop diagrams (CLDs) as a tool for modelling complex health systems.
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This presentation kicked off a workshop in Baltimore in June 2014 on complex adaptive systems (CAS) research methods held at Johns Hopkins University. In the presentation, Ben Ramalingam, author of Aid on the Edge of Chaos, and Taghreed Adam from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems research introduce concepts of CAS and situate the methods in the context of understanding health systems strengthening.
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In this presentation, Jeff Knezovich, FHS Policy Influence and Research Uptake Manager, discusses some of the challenges associated with communicating complexity research. He then suggests some techniques and tools to get around these challenges
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Professor Barun Kanjilal of IIHMR and the FHS India team outlines findings from the first Sundarbans Health Watch. The findings are from several in-depth studies into the health situation of children in a representative block of the Indian Sundarbans -- Patharpratima.
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Sara Bennett's presentation, with audio, from the Private Sector in Health's webinar - Shaping future health markets: Reflections from Bellagio.
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Dr David Bishai gives an introduction complex adaptive systems and their application to health systems modelling and strengthening.
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Dr Sachiko Ozawa from JHSPH presents recent findings from a study on trust in health systems and injection rates in Cambodia to the Health System Reform in Asia conference in Hong Kong in December 2012. She notes that the average Cambodian receives six injections/year, and that trained medical practitioners often feel pressure to give shots and IVs as patients will often turn to informal providers if they don't.
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Dr Barun Kanjilal of IIHMR gives an overview of the regulatory challenges associated with the rapid spread of health markets in India to the Health System Reform in Asia conference held in Hong Kong in early December 2011. He notes in particular the important role that informal providers have played in delivering health services in the wake of government reforms.
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Dr Asha George of JHSPH presents work on the role of informal health care providers in India at the Health System Reform in Asia conference held in December 2011 in Hong Kong. She compares West Bengal and Karnataka -- two states with very different health profiles -- providing both qualitative and quantitative insights into how and why the poor use poorly trained rural medical practitioners as their first port of call when accessing health services.
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Dr Gerald Bloom from IDS presents in a plenary session at the Health Systems Reform in Asia conference in Hong Kong on 11 December 2011. He focuses on the need to consider the complex mixed health systems when setting an evaluation research agenda.
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This presentation by Dr Anbrasi Edward at the 28th ISQua conference in Hong Kong was informed by a study to determine the association between health workforce capacity and quality of care in primary care facilities providing a basic package of health services (BPHS) in Afghanistan.
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Dr Gerry Bloom from the Institute of Development studies presents to the M4P (Markets for the Poor) Conference in Brighton, UK, on 8 November 2011.
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The presentation by Dr David Bishai was given at the First Complex Adaptive Systems Training Workshop for CNHDRC, which was held in Beijing, China, from 18-19 July. It outlines the origins of complex adaptive systems thinking in social sciences.
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The presentation by Professor David Peters was given at the First Complex Adaptive Systems Training Workshop for CNHDRC, which was held in Beijing, China, from 18-19 July. It explains the basic elements of health systems and how they relate to a complex adaptive systems approach.
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Henry Lucas of IDS briefly presents work on the burden of chronic diseases for the rural poor in China at the 2011 iHEA conference. The study, led by Ding Shijun for the POVILL programme, showed that, where inpatient care did not involve surgery, the cost of outpatient care for chronic diseases was similar -- but not covered by insurance.
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Barun Kanjilal of the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR) presents on the role of rural medical practitioners (RMPs) in 'underground' health care in India. The presentation was given on 9 July 2011 to the Private Sector in Health pre-congress symposium at iHEA 2011 in Toronto.
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M Hafizur Rahman from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health looks at the role of medical representatives in Chakaria, Bangladesh. He focuses on their link with informal providers of health services in rural areas. The presentation was given on 11 July 2011 at the 8th World Congress on Health Economics (iHEA).
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Chrispus Mayora of the Makerere University School of Public Health looks at the incremental costs of implementing a voucher scheme for ante-natal, delivery and post-natal care in several districts in Uganda. Presentation from iHEA's 8th World Congress on Health Economics, 11 July 2011, Toronto, Canada.
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