Sumit Kane

Protocol for a realist synthesis of health systems responsiveness in low-income and middle-income countries.

Tolib Mirzoev, Anna Cronin de Chavez, Ana Manzano, Irene Akua Agyepong, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Leveana Gyimah, Lucy Yevoo, Elizabeth Awini, Bui Thi Thu Ha, Trang Do Thi Hanh, Quynh-Chi Thai Nguyen, Thi Minh Le, Vui Thi Le, Joseph Paul Hicks, Judy M Wright, Sumit Kane

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Health systems responsiveness is a key objective of any health system, yet it is the least studied of all objectives..

Challenges in Implementing Community-Based Healthcare Teams in a Low-Income Country Context: Lessons From Ethiopia's Family Health Teams.

Teralynn Ludwick, Misganu Endrias, Alison Morgan, Sumit Kane, Margaret Kelaher, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Health Policy Manag

BACKGROUND: Addressing chronic diseases and intra-urban health disparities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) requires ne..

Is there an association between public spending on health and choice of healthcare providers across socioeconomic groups in India? - Evidence from a national sample

Patrick Mulcahy, Ajay Mahal, Barbara McPake, Sumit Kane, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2021  |  Social Science & Medicine

Realist evaluation to improve health systems responsiveness to neglected health needs of vulnerable groups in Ghana and Vietnam: Study protocol

Tolib Mirzoev, Ana Manzano, Thi Thu Ha Bui, Irene Akua Agyepong, Thi Hanh Trang Do, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Minh Thi Le, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Thi Vui Le, Leveana Gyimah, Thai Quynh Chi Nguyen, Lucy Yevoo, Thi Thuy Duong Doan, Elizabeth Awini, Joseph Paul Hicks, Anna Cronin de Chavez, Sumit Kane

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: Socio-economic growth in many low and middle-income countries has resulted in more available, though not equitably acc..

How do patient feedback systems work in low-income and middle-income countries? Insights from a realist evaluation in Bangladesh

Tolib Mirzoev, Sumit Kane, Zunayed Al Azdi, Bassey Ebenso, Ayesha Afroz Chowdhury, Rumana Huque

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Well-functioning patient feedback systems can contribute to improved quality of healthcare and systems accountability...

Strengthening the response to drug-resistant TB in Pakistan: a practice theory-informed approach

S Abbas, M Kermode, S Kane

Journal article  |  2020  |  PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION

Background: While Pakistan's Programmatic Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (PMDT) programme, launched in 2010, initially ..

Making effective referrals happen: a theory-informed policy analysis

Sumit Kane, Hong Jiang, Yuan Tian, Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Xu Qian

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Effective referral is a critical element of a well-functioning health system. While having a good referral policy in place is impo..

The distinctive roles of urban community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the literature

Teralynn Ludwick, Alison Morgan, Sumit Kane, Margaret Kelaher, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Addressing urban health challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been hampered by lack of evidence on effective ..

Enabling change in public health services: Insights from the implementation of nurse mentoring interventions to improve quality of obstetric and newborn care in two North Indian states

Sumit Kane, Prarthna Dayal, Tanmay Mahapatra, Sanjiv Kumar, Shikha Bhasin, Aboli Gore, Aritra Das, Sandeep Reddy, Ajay Mahal, Suneeta Krishnan, Michelle Kermode

Journal article  |  2020  |  Gates Open Research

Background: Few studies have explicitly examined the implementation of change interventions in low- and middle-income country (LMI..

Community Health Workers as Influential Health System Actors and not "Just Another Pair Of Hands".

Sumit Kane, Anjali Radkar, Mukta Gadgil, Barbara McPake

Journal article  |  2020  |  Int J Health Policy Manag

BACKGROUND: Over the last 20 years, community health workers (CHWs) have become a mainstay of human resources for health in many l..