Eva PILOT, Maastricht University, Netherlands
The idea of “Systems Thinking for Health Systems Strengthening”(World Health Organization, 2009) has influenced the health systems debate during the last decade. Using a complexity lens requires a paradigm shift from linear reductionist approaches to dynamic and holistic approaches to embrace the complex and interconnected relationships among health system sections (Adam & de Savigny, 2012). Public health surveillance is embedded in the health system. Public health surveillance provides critical contributions to evidence-based decision-making by identifying outbreaks as early as possible and/or observing health trends.
An interlinked system approach is desirable to enable holistic recognition of public health surveillance across sectors and enhance the potential benefits of surveillance. Such a system thinking approach facilitates a broad recognition of the possibility of using public health surveillance as a connector to enhance health system performance and effectiveness. As a contribution to this debate, a conceptual framework for public health surveillance is introduced in this paper. The aim is to provide an analysis tool using the lens of public health surveillance to facilitate health system strengthening following a system perspective.
Mots clés : Health Geography|Public Health Surveillance|System Thinking |Intersectoral Collaboration
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