Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Shayo, Elizabeth H."
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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 ... -
Challenges of disseminating clinical practice guidelines in a weak health system: the case of HIV and infant feeding recommendations in Tanzania
Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Våga, Bodil Bø; Moland, Karen Marie; Kamuzora, Peter; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-23)Background: Clinical guidelines aim to improve patient outcomes by providing recommendations on appropriate healthcare for specific clinical conditions. Scientific evidence produced over time leads to change in clinical ... -
Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: a qualitative assessment from Tanzania
Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Mboera, Leonard E. G.; Byskov, Jens; Maluka, Stephen; Kamuzora, Peter; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-07)Background: Fair processes in decision making need the involvement of stakeholders who can discuss issues and reach an agreement based on reasons that are justifiable and appropriate in meeting people’s needs. In Tanzania, ... -
Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia
Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Blystad, Astrid; Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Makundi, Emmanuel; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Zulu, Joseph; Byskov, Jens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-11-26)Background: A number of studies from countries with severe HIV epidemics have found gaps in condom availability, even in places where there is a substantial potential for HIV transmission. Although reported condom use has ... -
Practicing provider-initiated HIV testing in high prevalence settings: consent concerns and missed preventive opportunities
Njeru, Mercy Karimi; Blystad, Astrid; Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Nyamongo, Isaac K.; Fylkesnes, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-21)Background: Counselling is considered a prerequisite for the proper handling of testing and for ensuring effective HIV preventive efforts. HIV testing services have recently been scaled up substantially with a particular ... -
Stakeholder engagement in health-related decision making. The Case of Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Tanzania
Shayo, Elizabeth H. (Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-30)Background: In Tanzania, the policy of decentralisation and health sector reform advocate bottom-up approaches, and places substantial emphasis on community participation in decision-making processes. Through these reforms ... -
Stakeholders' participation in planning and priority setting in the context of a decentralised health care system: the case of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programme in Tanzania
Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Mboera, Leonard E. G.; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-12)Background: In Tanzania, decentralisation processes and reforms in the health sector aimed at improving planning and accountability in the sector. As a result, districts were given authority to undertake local planning and ...