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Identifying barriers in the malaria control policymaking process in East Africa: insights from stakeholders and a structured literature review

BACKGROUND: The complexity of malaria and public health policy responses presents social, financial, cultural, and institutional barriers to policymaking at multiple stages in the policy process. These barriers reduce the effectiveness of health policy in achieving national goals. METHODS: We conduc...

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Autores principales: Paul, Christopher, Kramer, Randall, Lesser, Adriane, Mutero, Clifford, Miranda, Marie Lynn, Dickinson, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26341406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2183-6
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author Paul, Christopher
Kramer, Randall
Lesser, Adriane
Mutero, Clifford
Miranda, Marie Lynn
Dickinson, Katherine
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description BACKGROUND: The complexity of malaria and public health policy responses presents social, financial, cultural, and institutional barriers to policymaking at multiple stages in the policy process. These barriers reduce the effectiveness of health policy in achieving national goals. METHODS: We conducted a structured literature review to characterize malaria policy barriers, and we engaged stakeholders through surveys and workshops in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We compared common barriers presented in the scientific literature to barriers reported by malaria policy stakeholders. RESULTS: The barriers identified in the structured literature review differ from those described in policymaker surveys. The malaria policy literature emphasizes barriers in the implementation stage of policymaking such as those posed by health systems and specific intervention tools. Stakeholder responses placed greater emphasis on the political nature of policymaking, the disconnect between research and policymaking, and the need for better intersectoral collaboration. CONCLUSIONS: Identifying barriers to effective malaria control activities provides opportunities to improve health and other outcomes. Such barriers can occur at multiple stages and scales. Employing a stakeholder - designed decision tool framework has the potential to improve existing policies and ultimately the functioning of malaria related institutions. Furthermore, improved coordination between malaria research and policymaking would improve the quality and efficiency of interventions leading to better population health.
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spelling pubmed-45609172015-09-06 Identifying barriers in the malaria control policymaking process in East Africa: insights from stakeholders and a structured literature review Paul, Christopher Kramer, Randall Lesser, Adriane Mutero, Clifford Miranda, Marie Lynn Dickinson, Katherine BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: The complexity of malaria and public health policy responses presents social, financial, cultural, and institutional barriers to policymaking at multiple stages in the policy process. These barriers reduce the effectiveness of health policy in achieving national goals. METHODS: We conducted a structured literature review to characterize malaria policy barriers, and we engaged stakeholders through surveys and workshops in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. We compared common barriers presented in the scientific literature to barriers reported by malaria policy stakeholders. RESULTS: The barriers identified in the structured literature review differ from those described in policymaker surveys. The malaria policy literature emphasizes barriers in the implementation stage of policymaking such as those posed by health systems and specific intervention tools. Stakeholder responses placed greater emphasis on the political nature of policymaking, the disconnect between research and policymaking, and the need for better intersectoral collaboration. CONCLUSIONS: Identifying barriers to effective malaria control activities provides opportunities to improve health and other outcomes. Such barriers can occur at multiple stages and scales. Employing a stakeholder - designed decision tool framework has the potential to improve existing policies and ultimately the functioning of malaria related institutions. Furthermore, improved coordination between malaria research and policymaking would improve the quality and efficiency of interventions leading to better population health. BioMed Central 2015-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4560917/ /pubmed/26341406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2183-6 Text en © Paul et al. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26341406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2183-6
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