Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Hurtig, Anna-Karin"
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The accountability for reasonableness approach to guide priority setting in health systems within limited resources - findings from action research at district level in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia
Byskov, Jens; Marchal, Bruno; Maluka, Stephen; Zulu, Joseph; Bukachi, Salome A.; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Blystad, Astrid; Kamuzora, Peter; Michelo, Charles; Nyandieka, Lillian N.; Ndawi, Benedict; Bloch, Paul; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; the REACT Consortium (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-20)Background: Priority-setting decisions are based on an important, but not sufficient set of values and thus lead to disagreement on priorities. Accountability for Reasonableness (AFR) is an ethics-based approach to a ... -
Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries
Byskov, Jens; Bloch, Paul; Blystad, Astrid; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Fylkesnes, Knut; Kamuzora, Peter; Kombe, Yeri; Kvåle, Gunnar; Marchal, Bruno; Martin, Douglas K.; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Ndawi, Benedict; Ngulube, Thabale J.; Nyamongo, Isaac; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Onyango-Ouma, Washington; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Silwamba, Gavin; Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Tuba, Mary (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-10-24)Abstract Despite multiple efforts to strengthen health systems in low and middle income countries, intended sustainable improvements in health outcomes have not been shown. To date most priority setting initiatives in ... -
Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents? A realist informed study in rural Zambia
Mulubwa, Chama; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Goicolea, Isabel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction Community-based sexual reproductive interventions are key in attaining universal health coverage for all by 2030, yet adolescents in many countries still lack health services that are responsive to their ... -
Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia
Mulubwa, Chama; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Zulu, Joseph; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Goicolea, Isabel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction This article aimed to analyse constructions of adolescents’ sexualities and sexual health and the consequences of these discourses for adolescents’ exercise of their sexual reproductive health and rights ... -
Increased fairness in priority setting processes within the health sector: the case of Kapiri-Mposhi District, Zambia
Zulu, Joseph; Michelo, Charles; Msoni, Carol; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Byskov, Jens; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-18)Background: The challenge of priority setting (PS) in health care within contexts of severe resource limitations has continued to receive attention. Accountability for Reasonableness (AFR) has emerged as a useful framework ... -
Pathways to accountability in rural Guatemala: A qualitative comparative analysis of citizen-led initiatives for the right to health of indigenous populations
Hernández, Alison; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Goicolea, Isabel; San Sebastián, Miguel; Flores, Walter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Strengthening citizen-led accountability initiatives is a critical rights-based strategy for improving health services for indigenous and other marginalized populations. As these initiatives have gained prominence in health ... -
A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today's Sustainable Development Goals
Byskov, Jens; Maluka, Stephen; Marchal, Bruno; Shayo, Elizabeth Henry; Blystad, Astrid; Bukachi, Salome A.; Zulu, Joseph Mumba; Michelo, Charles; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Bloch, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-30)Priority setting within health systems has not led to accountable, fair and sustainable solutions to improving population health. Providers, users and other stakeholders each have their own health and service priorities ...