Research Catalog

Title

Role of sustainability impact assessment in public health policy change / Francis Sarr.

Author

Sarr, Francis

Publication

• The Gambia : CENMEDRA, the Centre for Media and Development Research in Africa, 2018.
• ©2018

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Description

xvii, 202 pages : illustrations, portrait; 23 cm

Summary

This book presents analyses of the concepts of public health, sustainability and policy change. It describes stakeholder analysis and national health accounts frameworks in Gambia. The case study is the Sustainability Impact Assessment framework and its role in policy change in immunization systems.This book is divided into eleven chapters. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 present analyses of the concepts of public health, sustainability and policy change. Chapters 4 and 5 describe the stakeholder analysis and national health accounts frameworks. These chapters determine the attributes, characteristics and other features of these concepts and frameworks. The aim is to improve general clarity and understanding of these concepts and frameworks that contribute to the Sustainability Impact Assessment framework and the case study methodological approach that exemplifies its role in sustainability assessment of policy change in immunization systems. Chapter 6 outlines the Sustainability Impact Assessment framework itself, setting out the steps involved in a typical SIA with examples of methodologies used in the case study. Chapter 7 describes the case study methodological approach including its rationale and components. Chapter 8 outlines the application context of the case study with emphasis on the country's immunization system. Chapters 9 and 10 describe the application scenarios of the methodological approach, detailing the stakeholder analysis and resource map assessment processes. The summary and conclusions of the book are provided in Chapter 11. This chapter reviews the contributions of the Sustainability Impact Assessment framework and case study methodological approach, providing additional discussion of relevant issues and some directions for future work. [Back cover].

Subject

• Medical policy > Africa
• Medical policy
• Health Policy
• Health Impact Assessment > methods
• Sustainable Development
• Gambia
• public health
• health policy
• vaccination
• Medical policy
• Gambia
• Africa

Note

• First published in The Gambia by Bohnjack Group Limited in 2013.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.

ISBN

• 9789983960198
• 9983960192

LCCN

2019433897

OCLC

• on1043575952
• 1043575952
• SCSB-9193803

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library