Catherine Goodman
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3926329 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Catherine Goodman |
| NOMBRES | Catherine |
| APELLIDO | Goodman |
| FIRMA | GOODMAN C |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , UK |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Are hospital management practices associated with enhanced quality of care for small and sick newborns? A nationwide cross-sectional study using linked inpatient admission records in Malawi
Background: Improved quality of care is fundamental for reducing patient mortality and building sustainable health systems. Currently, there is a lack of research on the role of hospital management in improving the quality of care and health outcomes, particularly in low-income settings. Methods: We examined associations between hospital management practices and neonatal quality of care in Malawi. We adapted the World Management Survey tool to me…
Healthy competition? Market structure and the quality of clinical care given to standardised patients in Tanzania
The private health care sector in many low- and middle-income countries is rapidly expanding. Private sector advocates have long argued that market competition drives private providers to become more efficient and responsive to patients but empirical studies are limited to mostly high-income settings. We examine whether the number of competing health facilities in close proximity is associated with quality and prices, in a sample of 228 private f…
Management Practices and Quality of Care
We measure the adoption of management practices in over 220 private for-profit and non-profit health facilities in 64 districts across Tanzania and link these data to process quality-of-care metrics, assessed using undercover standardised patients and clinical observations. We find that better managed health facilities are more likely to provide correct treatment in accordance with national treatment guidelines, adhere to a checklist of essential…
What are the challenges for antibiotic stewardship at the community level? An analysis of the drivers of antibiotic provision by informal healthcare providers in rural India
In many low- and middle-income countries, providers without formal training are an important source of antibiotics, but may provide these inappropriately, contributing to the rising burden of drug resistant infections. Informal providers (IPs) who practise allopathic medicine are part of India's pluralistic health system legacy. They outnumber formal providers but operate in a policy environment of unclear legitimacy, creating unique challenges f…
Setting global research priorities for private sector child health service delivery
BACKGROUND: The private health sector is an important source of sick child care, yet evidence gaps persist in best practices for integrated management of private sector child health services. Further, there is no prioritized research agenda to address these gaps. We used a Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) process to identify priority research questions in response to these evidence gaps. CHNRI is a consultative approach that…
A smile is most important.' Why chains are not currently the answer to quality concerns in the Indian retail pharmacy sector
Chain pharmacies are expanding in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Historically practices of independent pharmacies in these settings have been poor, and there is a need to understand how these new organisational arrangements are affecting the functioning of pharmacies, and the implications for public health. Drawing on economics literature, we develop a set of hypotheses as to how chains could address the quality failures that typif…
Research Involving Health Providers and Managers
There is a growing interest in the ethics of Health Policy and Systems Research ( HPSR ), and especially in areas that have particular ethical salience across HPSR . Hyder et al (2014) provide an initial framework to consider this, and call for more conceptual and empirical work. In this paper, we respond by examining the ethical issues that arose for researchers over the course of conducting three HPSR studies in Kenya in which health managers a…
Performance of retail pharmacies in low- and middle-income Asian settings
Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences
In many African countries, user fees have failed to achieve intended access and quality of care improvements. Subsequent user fee reduction or elimination policies have often been poorly planned, without alternative sources of income for facilities. We describe early implementation of an innovative national health financing intervention in Kenya; the health sector services fund (HSSF). In HSSF, central funds are credited directly into a facility'…
Protecting the public or setting the bar too high? Understanding the causes and consequences of regulatory actions of front-line regulators and specialized drug shop operators in Kenya
Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
PURPOSE: This study addressed well-being of grandmothers raising grandchildren in coparenting and custodial households in a sample of African American, Latino, and White grandmothers. DESIGN AND METHODS: A sample of 1,058 grandmothers was recruited through the schools and media. Grandmothers raising or helping to raise school-aged grandchildren in Los Angeles were interviewed, and analyses were conducted within ethnic groups. RESULTS: African Ame…
Evaluation of a Model Self-Help Telephone Program
A study of a model telephone network program for caregivers of Alzheimer's disease victims considered its impact on caregivers' use of informal supports as well as perceived social supports, mental health, burden, and information about Alzheimer's disease. Participants were randomly assigned to a peer telephone network or an informational lecture series accessed over the telephone, and then they were reassigned to the alternative component after …
Income security and support for families in a changing social environment
Evaluation of a Model Self-Help Telephone Program
A study of a model telephone network program for caregivers of Alzheimer's disease victims considered its impact on caregivers' use of informal supports as well as perceived social supports, mental health, burden, and information about Alzheimer's disease. Participants were randomly assigned to a peer telephone network or an informational lecture series accessed over the telephone, and then they were reassigned to the alternative component after …
What are the challenges for antibiotic stewardship at the community level? An analysis of the drivers of antibiotic provision by informal healthcare providers in rural India
In many low- and middle-income countries, providers without formal training are an important source of antibiotics, but may provide these inappropriately, contributing to the rising burden of drug resistant infections. Informal providers (IPs) who practise allopathic medicine are part of India's pluralistic health system legacy. They outnumber formal providers but operate in a policy environment of unclear legitimacy, creating unique challenges f…
A smile is most important.' Why chains are not currently the answer to quality concerns in the Indian retail pharmacy sector
Chain pharmacies are expanding in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Historically practices of independent pharmacies in these settings have been poor, and there is a need to understand how these new organisational arrangements are affecting the functioning of pharmacies, and the implications for public health. Drawing on economics literature, we develop a set of hypotheses as to how chains could address the quality failures that typif…
Income security and support for families in a changing social environment
Evaluation of a Model Self-Help Telephone Program
A study of a model telephone network program for caregivers of Alzheimer's disease victims considered its impact on caregivers' use of informal supports as well as perceived social supports, mental health, burden, and information about Alzheimer's disease. Participants were randomly assigned to a peer telephone network or an informational lecture series accessed over the telephone, and then they were reassigned to the alternative component after …
Income security and support for families in a changing social environment
Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
PURPOSE: This study addressed well-being of grandmothers raising grandchildren in coparenting and custodial households in a sample of African American, Latino, and White grandmothers. DESIGN AND METHODS: A sample of 1,058 grandmothers was recruited through the schools and media. Grandmothers raising or helping to raise school-aged grandchildren in Los Angeles were interviewed, and analyses were conducted within ethnic groups. RESULTS: African Ame…
Protecting the public or setting the bar too high? Understanding the causes and consequences of regulatory actions of front-line regulators and specialized drug shop operators in Kenya
Research Involving Health Providers and Managers
There is a growing interest in the ethics of Health Policy and Systems Research ( HPSR ), and especially in areas that have particular ethical salience across HPSR . Hyder et al (2014) provide an initial framework to consider this, and call for more conceptual and empirical work. In this paper, we respond by examining the ethical issues that arose for researchers over the course of conducting three HPSR studies in Kenya in which health managers a…
Performance of retail pharmacies in low- and middle-income Asian settings
Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences
In many African countries, user fees have failed to achieve intended access and quality of care improvements. Subsequent user fee reduction or elimination policies have often been poorly planned, without alternative sources of income for facilities. We describe early implementation of an innovative national health financing intervention in Kenya; the health sector services fund (HSSF). In HSSF, central funds are credited directly into a facility'…
A smile is most important.' Why chains are not currently the answer to quality concerns in the Indian retail pharmacy sector
Chain pharmacies are expanding in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Historically practices of independent pharmacies in these settings have been poor, and there is a need to understand how these new organisational arrangements are affecting the functioning of pharmacies, and the implications for public health. Drawing on economics literature, we develop a set of hypotheses as to how chains could address the quality failures that typif…
Setting global research priorities for private sector child health service delivery
BACKGROUND: The private health sector is an important source of sick child care, yet evidence gaps persist in best practices for integrated management of private sector child health services. Further, there is no prioritized research agenda to address these gaps. We used a Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) process to identify priority research questions in response to these evidence gaps. CHNRI is a consultative approach that…
What are the challenges for antibiotic stewardship at the community level? An analysis of the drivers of antibiotic provision by informal healthcare providers in rural India
In many low- and middle-income countries, providers without formal training are an important source of antibiotics, but may provide these inappropriately, contributing to the rising burden of drug resistant infections. Informal providers (IPs) who practise allopathic medicine are part of India's pluralistic health system legacy. They outnumber formal providers but operate in a policy environment of unclear legitimacy, creating unique challenges f…
Management Practices and Quality of Care
We measure the adoption of management practices in over 220 private for-profit and non-profit health facilities in 64 districts across Tanzania and link these data to process quality-of-care metrics, assessed using undercover standardised patients and clinical observations. We find that better managed health facilities are more likely to provide correct treatment in accordance with national treatment guidelines, adhere to a checklist of essential…
Healthy competition? Market structure and the quality of clinical care given to standardised patients in Tanzania
The private health care sector in many low- and middle-income countries is rapidly expanding. Private sector advocates have long argued that market competition drives private providers to become more efficient and responsive to patients but empirical studies are limited to mostly high-income settings. We examine whether the number of competing health facilities in close proximity is associated with quality and prices, in a sample of 228 private f…
Are hospital management practices associated with enhanced quality of care for small and sick newborns? A nationwide cross-sectional study using linked inpatient admission records in Malawi
Background: Improved quality of care is fundamental for reducing patient mortality and building sustainable health systems. Currently, there is a lack of research on the role of hospital management in improving the quality of care and health outcomes, particularly in low-income settings. Methods: We examined associations between hospital management practices and neonatal quality of care in Malawi. We adapted the World Management Survey tool to me…
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