Collective sensemaking for action: researchers and decision makers working collaboratively to strengthen health systems

Lucy Gilson; Edwine Barasa; Leanne Brady; Nancy Kagwanja; Nonhlanhla Nxumalo; Jacinta Nzinga; Sassy Molyneux; Benjamin Tsofa

doi:10.1136/bmj.m4650

Collective sensemaking for action: researchers and decision makers working collaboratively to strengthen health systems

BMJ. 2021 Feb 15:372:m4650. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4650.

Authors

Lucy Gilson^{1

2}, Edwine Barasa^{3

4}, Leanne Brady^{2

5}, Nancy Kagwanja⁶, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo⁷, Jacinta Nzinga³, Sassy Molyneux^{4

6}, Benjamin Tsofa⁶

Affiliations

¹ Health Policy and Systems Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa [email protected].
² Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
³ Health Economics Research Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
⁵ Emergency Medical Services, Department of Health, Western Cape Government, South Africa.
⁶ Health Systems Research Group, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
⁷ Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Abstract

Lucy Gilson and colleagues draw on experiences from Kenya and South Africa to consider the practice, benefits, and challenges of research co-production for strengthening health systems

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Developing Countries*
Health Policy*
Health Services Research / organization & administration*
Humans
Intersectoral Collaboration*
Kenya
Regional Health Planning / organization & administration*
Research Personnel / organization & administration*
South Africa