Close to community health providers post 2015: Realising their role in responsive health systems and addressing gendered social determinants of health

Theobald, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-211X, MacPherson, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7142-1158, McCollum, Rosalind and Tolhurst, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-6641 (2015) 'Close to community health providers post 2015: Realising their role in responsive health systems and addressing gendered social determinants of health'. BMC Proceedings, Vol 9, Issue Suppl 10, S8.

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Abstract

Universal health coverage is gaining momentum and is likely to form a core part of the post Millennium Development Goal (MDG) agenda and be linked to social determinants of health, including gender;
Close to community health providers are arguably key players in meeting the goal of universal health coverage through extending and delivering health services to poor and marginalised groups;
Close to community health providers are embedded in communities and may therefore be strategically placed to understand intra household gender and power dynamics and how social determinants shape health and well-being. However, the opportunities to develop critical awareness and to translate this knowledge into health system and multi-sectoral action are poorly understood;
Enabling close to community health providers to realise their potential requires health systems support and human resource management at multiple levels.

Item Type:	Article
Corporate Authors:	REACHOUT
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 309 Women's health WA Public Health > Health Administration and Organization > WA 546 Local Health Administration. Community Health Services
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-9-S10-S8
Related URLs:	http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/research/centres...
Depositing User:	Faye Moody
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2016 16:08
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2020 10:07
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5669

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