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Global health actors claim to support health system strengthening: is this reality or rhetoric? by Marchal, Bruno, Cavalli, Anna, Kegels, Guy

“…Bruno Marchal and colleagues argue that most current strategies aimed at health systems strengthening remain selectively targeted at specific diseases…”
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A realist evaluation of the management of a well-performing regional hospital in Ghana by Marchal, Bruno, Dedzo, McDamien, Kegels, Guy

“…Realist evaluation offers an interesting approach to evaluation of interventions in complex settings, but has been little applied in health care. We report on…”
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Health systems frameworks in their political context: framing divergent agendas by van Olmen, Josefien, Marchal, Bruno, Van Damme, Wim, Kegels, Guy, Hill, Peter S

“…Despite the mounting attention for health systems and health systems theories, there is a persisting lack of consensus on their conceptualisation and…”
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How to develop a theory-driven evaluation design? Lessons learned from an adolescent sexual and reproductive health programme in West Africa by Van Belle, Sara B, Marchal, Bruno, Dubourg, Dominique, Kegels, Guy

“…This paper presents the development of a study design built on the principles of theory-driven evaluation. The theory-driven evaluation approach was used to…”
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Turning around an ailing district hospital: a realist evaluation of strategic changes at Ho Municipal Hospital (Ghana) by Marchal, Bruno, Dedzo, McDamien, Kegels, Guy

“…There is a growing consensus that linear approaches to improving the performance of health workers and health care organisations may only obtain short-term…”
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The growing caseload of chronic life-long conditions calls for a move towards full self-management in low-income countries by van Olmen, Josefien, Ku, Grace Marie, Bermejo, Raoul, Kegels, Guy, Hermann, Katharina, Van Damme, Wim

“…The growing caseload caused by patients with chronic life-long conditions leads to increased needs for health care providers and rising costs of health…”
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Process evaluation of a mobile health intervention for people with diabetes in low income countries - the implementation of the TEXT4DSM study by Van Olmen, Josefien, Van Pelt, Maurits, Malombo, Billy, Ku, Grace M, Kanda, Dominique, Heang, Hen, Darras, Christian, Kegels, Guy, Schellevis, François

“…Introduction Evidence about mobile health (mHealth) approaches to manage diabetes shows modest effects on outcomes, but little is known about implementation…”
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The effect of text message support on diabetes self-management in developing countries - a randomised trial by Van Olmen, Josefien, Kegels, Guy, Korachais, Catherine, de Man, Jeroen, Van Acker, Kristien, Clovis Kalobu, Jean, van Pelt, Maurits, Marie Ku, Grace, Hen, Heang, Kanda, Dominique, Malombo, Billy, Darras, Christian, Schellevis, François

“…Highlights • Report of a randomised trial on an mHealth intervention in 3 low income countries. • There was no additional effect of the text message…”
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Integrating chronic care with primary care activities: enriching healthcare staff knowledge and skills and improving glycemic control of a cohort of people with diabetes through the First Line Diabetes Care Project in the Philippines by Ku, Grace Marie V., Kegels, Guy

“…This study investigated the effects of integrating primary chronic care with current healthcare activities in two local government health units (LGHU) of the…”
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Are Expert Patients an Untapped Resource for ART Provision in Sub-Saharan Africa? by Decroo, Tom, Van Damme, Wim, Kegels, Guy, Remartinez, Daniel, Rasschaert, Freya

“…Since the introduction of antiretroviral treatment, HIV/AIDS can be framed as a chronic lifelong condition, requiring lifelong adherence to medication…”
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Management of Chronic Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-Fertilisation between HIV/AIDS and Diabetes Care by van Olmen, Josefien, Schellevis, François, Van Damme, Wim, Kegels, Guy, Rasschaert, Freya

“…There is growing attention for chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and for bridges between the management of HIV/AIDS and other (noncommunicable)…”
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Viewpoint: HIV/AIDS and the health workforce crisis: What are the next steps? by Marchal, Bruno, Brouwere, Vincent De, Kegels, Guy

“…Summary In scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART), financing is fast becoming less of a constraint than the human resources to ensure the implementation of…”
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The contribution of international health volunteers to the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa by Laleman, Geert, Kegels, Guy, Marchal, Bruno, Van der Roost, Dirk, Bogaert, Isa, Van Damme, Wim

“…In this paper, we aim to quantify the contribution of international health volunteers to the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa and to explore the…”
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Realist RCTs of complex interventions – An oxymoron by Marchal, Bruno, Westhorp, Gill, Wong, Geoff, Van Belle, Sara, Greenhalgh, Trisha, Kegels, Guy, Pawson, Ray

“…Bonell et al. discuss the challenges of carrying out randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate complex interventions in public health, and consider the…”
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Is realist evaluation keeping its promise? A review of published empirical studies in the field of health systems research by Marchal, Bruno, van Belle, Sara, van Olmen, Josefien, Hoerée, Tom, Kegels, Guy

“…This overview aims to stimulate conceptual and practical discussions to help unlock the full potential of realist evaluation in health systems research. Based…”
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Scaling-up antiretroviral treatment in Southern African countries with human resource shortage: How will health systems adapt? by Van Damme, Wim, Kober, Katharina, Kegels, Guy

“…Scaling-up antiretroviral treatment (ART) to socially meaningful levels in low-income countries with a high AIDS burden is constrained by (1) the continuously…”
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Effects of the First Line Diabetes Care (FiLDCare) self-management education and support project on knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, self-management practices and glycaemic control: a quasi-experimental study conducted in the Northern Philippines by Ku, Grace Marie V, Kegels, Guy

“…Objectives To investigate the effects of implementing a context-adapted diabetes self-management education and support (DSME/S) project based on chronic care…”
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Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: a realist evaluation of a capacity building programme for district managers in Tumkur, India by Prashanth, Nuggehalli Srinivas, Marchal, Bruno, Devadasan, Narayanan, Kegels, Guy, Criel, Bart

“…Health systems interventions, such as capacity-building of health workers, are implemented across districts in order to improve performance of healthcare…”
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Neglected tropical disease (NTD) control in health systems: The interface between programmes and general health services by Marchal, Bruno, Van Dormael, Monique, Pirard, Marjan, Cavalli, Anna, Kegels, Guy, Polman, Katja

“…In this paper, we examine the interface between current drug-based NTD control programmes and general health services, and make suggestions for creating…”
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Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of people with type 2 diabetes as related to self-management practices: Results of a cross-sectional study conducted in Luzon, Philippines by Ku, Grace Marie V, Kegels, Guy

“…Objective This study measured factors that could be associated with self-management practices of people with type 2 diabetes from two different health systems…”
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