Monthly Archives: September 2014

BLOG: Are Local Authorities using their new responsibilities to shift the gravity of their spending towards preventive health?

Are Local Authorities using their new responsibilities to shift the gravity of their spending towards preventive health?  Some public health professionals initially struggled to understand different decision-making mechanisms after councils took over public health. What help do public health commissioners need … Continue reading

Follow Africa’s lead in meticulous evaluation of P4P schemes for healthcare

By Mylene Lagarde Working with researchers to evaluate the introduction of financial incentives in developed healthcare economies would yield vital knowledge, explains Mylene Lagarde The jury is very much out on pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes in healthcare – at least as … Continue reading

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Missing: confidence in Liberia’s health system

by Margaret E. Kruk, Associate Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health “Fear of Ebola breeds a terror of physicians” proclaimed an article in the New York Times recently, observing that sick people in rural areas were more comfortable … Continue reading

SEMINAR: ‘Politics, localism and epistemologies of practice: How will evidence-based public health fair in the world of local government?’

SPHR@L Seminar Series NIHR School for Public Health Research @ LSHTM ‘Politics, localism and epistemologies of practice: How will evidence-based public health fair in the world of local government?’ Speaker: Gemma Phillips (University of Edinburgh/ University of Glasgow) Seminar abstract – G Phillips … Continue reading

Top 5 downloaded papers from LSHTM Research Online – August 2014

Image caption: Metric Mania by Batega. License: CC-BY Last month LSHTM Research Online had over 21,000 full text papers downloaded. The top three downloading countries last month were Germany, US and France.  Below are the top five downloaded papers for … Continue reading