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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Sustainability science: an integrated approach for health-programme planning
The Lancet, Volume 372, No. 9649, Year 2008
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Description
Planning for programme sustainability is a key contributor to health and development, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. A consensus evidence-based operational framework would facilitate policy and research advances in understanding, measuring, and improving programme sustainability. We did a systematic review of both conceptual frameworks and empirical studies about health-programme sustainability. On the basis of the review, we propose that sustainable health programmes are regarded as complex systems that encompass programmes, health problems targeted by programmes, and programmes' drivers or key stakeholders, all of which interact dynamically within any given context. We show the usefulness of this approach with case studies drawn from the authors' experience. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gruen, Russell L.
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Elliott, Julian H.
Australia, Melbourne
The Alfred
Nolan, Monica L.
South Africa, Cape Town
Mothers 2 Mothers
Lawton, Paul D.
Australia, Darwin
Royal Darwin Hospital
Parkhill, Anne
Australia, Melbourne
Aptly Information Design
McLaren, Cameron J.
Australia, Sydney
Unsw Sydney
Lavis, John Norman
Canada, Hamilton
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
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Citations: 350
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61659-1
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Approach
Systematic review