Alexandra Edelman

Datos Biográficos

ID8520269
NOMBREAlexandra Edelman
NOMBRESAlexandra
APELLIDOEdelman
FIRMAEDELMAN A
AFILIACIONESJames Cook University
ORCID0000-0002-2021-5266
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Role of a primary healthcare approach in Covid-19 pandemic response in the eastern Mediterranean region

    Open AccessFadi El-Jardali, Nour Ataya et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Primary healthcare (PHC) can play a critical role in disease preparedness and response. The PHC approach was not always considered in the COVID-19 response in the eastern Mediterranean region (EMR). This article assesses the extent to which a PHC approach was deployed in the pandemic response and identifies barriers, enablers and lessons learnt for strengthening PHC for disease preparedness and response in EMR. METHODS: A multicount…

  • Primary health care in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in 10 South-East Asian countries

    Open AccessAlexandra Edelman, Rainer Martens et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Introduction Strengthening primary health care (PHC) in the WHO South-East Asia Region is key to addressing evolving health needs, including the high burden of non-communicable diseases and emerging public health threats within rapidly changing demographic, climatic and geopolitical contexts. Between 2021 and 2023, 10 case studies were conducted to examine PHC in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-case regional synthesis aimed to ident…

  • An unfinished agenda

    Open AccessAlexandra Edelman, Lluis Vinyals Torres et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    In the WHO Western Pacific Region, primary health care (PHC) is considered ‘the future of health’ and the key to achieving universal health coverage. However, political, economic and social forces underlying curative, hospital-centric models have eroded public, local-level health service capacity—contributing to fragmented systems and persisting health inequities. Drawing insights from seven published country case studies from East Asia examining…

  • Democratising data to address health system inequities in Australia

    Open AccessStephanie M Topp, Fintan Thompson et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Understanding the health status of a population or community is crucial to equitable service planning. Among other uses, data on health status can help local and national planners and policy makers understand patterns and trends in current or emerging health and well-being, especially how disparities relating to geography, ethnicity, language and living with disability influence access to services. In this practice paper we draw attention to the …

  • The population health role of academic health centres

    Open AccessAlexandra Edelman, Judy Taylor et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2022

    BACKGROUND: Academic health centres (AHCs) are organisations that aim to mobilise knowledge into practice by improving the responsiveness of health systems to emerging evidence. This study aims to explore the population health role of AHCs in Australia and England, where AHCs represent novel organisational forms. METHODS: A multiple-case study design using qualitative methods was used to explore population health goals and activities in four disc…

  • Modified scoping review of the enablers and barriers to implementing primary health care in the Covid-19 context

    Open AccessAlexandra Edelman, Rainer Martens et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Since the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978, countries have varied in their progress towards establishing and sustaining comprehensive primary health care (PHC) and realizing its associated vision of ‘Health for All’. International health emergencies such as the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic underscore the importance of PHC in underpinning health equity, including via access to routine essential services and emergency responsiveness. This review …