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A health systems resilience research agenda : moving from concept to practice

Saulnier, Dell D LU orcid ; Blanchet, Karl ; Canila, Carmelita ; Cobos Muñoz, Daniel ; Dal Zennaro, Livia ; de Savigny, Don ; Durski, Kara N ; Garcia, Fernando ; Grimm, Pauline Yongeun and Kwamie, Aku , et al. (2021) In BMJ Global Health 6(8).
Abstract

Health system resilience, known as the ability for health systems to absorb, adapt or transform to maintain essential functions when stressed or shocked, has quickly gained popularity following shocks like COVID-19. The concept is relatively new in health policy and systems research and the existing research remains mostly theoretical. Research to date has viewed resilience as an outcome that can be measured through performance outcomes, as an ability of complex adaptive systems that is derived from dynamic behaviour and interactions, or as both. However, there is little congruence on the theory and the existing frameworks have not been widely used, which as diluted the research applications for health system resilience. A global group... (More)

Health system resilience, known as the ability for health systems to absorb, adapt or transform to maintain essential functions when stressed or shocked, has quickly gained popularity following shocks like COVID-19. The concept is relatively new in health policy and systems research and the existing research remains mostly theoretical. Research to date has viewed resilience as an outcome that can be measured through performance outcomes, as an ability of complex adaptive systems that is derived from dynamic behaviour and interactions, or as both. However, there is little congruence on the theory and the existing frameworks have not been widely used, which as diluted the research applications for health system resilience. A global group of health system researchers were convened in March 2021 to discuss and identify priorities for health system resilience research and implementation based on lessons from COVID-19 and other health emergencies. Five research priority areas were identified: (1) measuring and managing systems dynamic performance, (2) the linkages between societal resilience and health system resilience, (3) the effect of governance on the capacity for resilience, (4) creating legitimacy and (5) the influence of the private sector on health system resilience. A key to filling these research gaps will be longitudinal and comparative case studies that use cocreation and coproduction approaches that go beyond researchers to include policy-makers, practitioners and the public.

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COVID-19, Emergencies, Government Programs, Health Policy, Humans, SARS-CoV-2
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BMJ Global Health
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8
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5 pages
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BMJ Publishing Group
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  • scopus:85112151782
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2059-7908
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10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006779
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Health system resilience, known as the ability for health systems to absorb, adapt or transform to maintain essential functions when stressed or shocked, has quickly gained popularity following shocks like COVID-19. The concept is relatively new in health policy and systems research and the existing research remains mostly theoretical. Research to date has viewed resilience as an outcome that can be measured through performance outcomes, as an ability of complex adaptive systems that is derived from dynamic behaviour and interactions, or as both. However, there is little congruence on the theory and the existing frameworks have not been widely used, which as diluted the research applications for health system resilience. A global group of health system researchers were convened in March 2021 to discuss and identify priorities for health system resilience research and implementation based on lessons from COVID-19 and other health emergencies. Five research priority areas were identified: (1) measuring and managing systems dynamic performance, (2) the linkages between societal resilience and health system resilience, (3) the effect of governance on the capacity for resilience, (4) creating legitimacy and (5) the influence of the private sector on health system resilience. A key to filling these research gaps will be longitudinal and comparative case studies that use cocreation and coproduction approaches that go beyond researchers to include policy-makers, practitioners and the public.</p>}},
  author       = {{Saulnier, Dell D and Blanchet, Karl and Canila, Carmelita and Cobos Muñoz, Daniel and Dal Zennaro, Livia and de Savigny, Don and Durski, Kara N and Garcia, Fernando and Grimm, Pauline Yongeun and Kwamie, Aku and Maceira, Daniel and Marten, Robert and Peytremann-Bridevaux, Isabelle and Poroes, Camille and Ridde, Valery and Seematter, Laurence and Stern, Barbara and Suarez, Patricia and Teddy, Gina and Wernli, Didier and Wyss, Kaspar and Tediosi, Fabrizio}},
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  keywords     = {{COVID-19; Emergencies; Government Programs; Health Policy; Humans; SARS-CoV-2}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{8}},
  publisher    = {{BMJ Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{BMJ Global Health}},
  title        = {{A health systems resilience research agenda : moving from concept to practice}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006779}},
  doi          = {{10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006779}},
  volume       = {{6}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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