Jill Olivier
Biographic Data
| ID | 4140872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill Olivier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Olivier |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVIER J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Towards contextualized complex systems approaches to scaling-up hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination in the African region: A qualitative systematic review
Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya
Responsiveness is one of four health system goals alongside health outcomes, equity in financing and efficiency. Many studies examining responsiveness report a composite satisfaction index or proportions of patients describing satisfaction with dimensions of responsiveness. Consequently, responsiveness is predominantly based on collation of service users’ feedback and could be termed service responsiveness . We conceptualise system responsiveness…
Health system reform and path-dependency: How ideas constrained change in South Africa’s national health insurance policy process
Path-dependency theory says that complex systems, such as health systems, are shaped by prior conditions and decisions, and are resistant to change. As a result, major policy changes, such as health system reform, are often only possible in policy windows—moments of transition or contextual crisis that re-balance social power dynamics and enable the consideration of new policy ideas. However, even in policy windows there can be resistance to chan…
Health systems for all in the SDG era: Key reflections based on the Liverpool statement for the fifth global symposium on health systems research
The year 2018 marked anniversaries of several significant milestones in public health: the birth of the UK National Health Service, the Alma Ata declaration and the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool reflected on these foundational events and their significance for the maturing field of health policy and systems research (HPSR) and for our growing professional associatio…
Hoist by our own petard: Backing slowly out of religion and development advocacy
There has been a massive advocacy movement over the last 15 years that has sought to advance the case of religion into view of decision-makers in the international development sector. This advocacy effort has been dispersed and not centrally organised, and is made up of the efforts of multiple development actors, religious institutions, researchers and others. This article shows how this advocacy approach has been highly successful in increasing …
Innovative Faith-Community Responses to HIV and Aids: Summative lessons from Over Two Decades of Work
It has been acknowledged for decades that “communities” are key to all levels of HIV and AIDS response. However, for a long time community-level responses have been poorly assessed or documented, a
Getting dirty: Working with Faith Leaders to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence
One area that many faith entities, and specifically faith-based organisations (FBOs), have increasingly been focusing on is gender-based violence (GBV). A recent report mapping faith-based responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Asia-Pacific Region, identified 58 FBOs responding to VAWG, and noted this represents only a small proportion of the FBOs addressing GBV in the region
Interventions with Local Faith Communities on Immunization in Development contexts
Immunization is often viewed as a leading light of public health intervention—a “magic bullet” providing a seemingly straightforward solution to some of our most complex health challenges. The Worl
Understanding the roles of faith-based health-care providers in Africa: Review of the evidence with a focus on magnitude, reach, cost, and satisfaction
Estimating the Development Assistance for Health Provided to Faith-Based Organizations, 1990–2013
BACKGROUND: Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have been active in the health sector for decades. Recently, the role of FBOs in global health has been of increased interest. However, little is known about the magnitude and trends in development assistance for health (DAH) channeled through these organizations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were collected from the 21 most recent editions of the Report of Voluntary Agencies. These reports provide inform…
Religion, Reproductive Health, and Sexual Behavior in Ghana: Why Statistics From Large Surveys Don't Tell the Whole Story
Confusions and contradictory generalizations about religion and health in Africa are commonplace, especially in the area of reproductive health and sexual behavior. For example, it is often said by
Mapping Interdisciplinary Communication Between the Disciplines of Religion and Public Health in the Context of HIV/Aids in Africa
While there has been a massive surge of interest and grey literature publication on religion and development and religion and health, especially at an international advocacy level, the academic disciplinary processes for such work remains poorly clarified – and largely uncritical. This paper examines the interdisciplinary intersection of religion and public health (using the example of research on HIV/AIDS in Africa), and considers lingering clas…
Increased Funding for Aids-Engaged Faith-Based Organizations in Africa
While civil society organizations (CSOs) have been recognized as being critically import to the HIV/AIDS response by multilaterals, agencies, and governments, the extent to which they have been able to access targeted sources of funding remains a much-debated concern. There is evidence that funding for well-established CSOs has increased significantly over the last decade, but it has also been suggested that local-level and less formal CSOs still…
Faith-Inspired Education in Ghana: A Historical Case Example
In order to understand the current role of faith-inspired schools (FISs) in Africa and some of the debates about the magnitude of the services they provide, it is useful to consider their presence in a historical perspective. Faith-inspired schools have a long and distinguished tradition in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this article is to sketch that history using the case of Ghana, a country where FISs date back to early Islamic schools and…
Market Share of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Africa
Market share estimates—typically in the 30 percent to 40 percent range—are frequently wielded as the most concrete evidence of faith-inspired activity and impact in the area of health care provision in Sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, there are few speeches, reports, or articles that do not make some mention of market share, attaching some percentage to the significance of faith-inspired healthcare provision in the continent as a whole, or in specifi…
Faith-Inspired Health Care Provision in Ghana: Market Share, Reach to the Poor, and Performance
It is commonly accepted that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide a substantial share of health services in sub-Saharan Africa. To substantiate this perception, one would ideally like to have a comprehensive assessment of the scope and scale of all health-related services provided not only by government facilities and faith-inspired providers, but also by private-for-profit providers and other non-religious non-governmental organizations (N…
Faith-Inspired Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction to the Spring 2014 Issue
This special issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs is comprised of seven articles aiming to strengthen the evidence on faith-inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. The field of enquiry is diverse, with few foundational texts, few standardized frameworks for reference, and a wildly varied terminology. In fact, this variation in terminology often results in a nearly impenetrable field of acronyms for the uninitiated, ra…
The Role of Faith-inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volume 1
This role of faith-inspired health care \n providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private \n partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on \n strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in \n health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of \n interest in the role of faith in development has generated \n much debate and dialogue at the international and national \n levels over the last decade. Despite difficulties in …
The Comparative Nature of Faith-Inspired Health Care Provision in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volume 2
This role of faith-inspired health care \n providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private \n partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on \n strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in \n health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of \n interest in the role of faith in development has generated \n much debate and dialogue at the international and national \n levels over the last decade. Despite difficulties in …
Mapping, Cost, and Reach to the Poor of Faith-inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volume 3
This role of faith-inspired health care \n providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private \n partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on \n strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in \n health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of \n interest in the role of faith in development has generated \n much debate and dialogue at the international and national \n levels over the last decade. Despite difficulties in …
Playing broken telephone: Assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa
In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such statements back to the 1960s, highlighting a process of ‘broken telephone’ whereby estimates are passed on and frequently distorted by policy- and advocacy-oriented influences at both the national and i…
Innovative Faith-Community Responses to HIV and Aids: Summative lessons from Over Two Decades of Work
It has been acknowledged for decades that “communities” are key to all levels of HIV and AIDS response. However, for a long time community-level responses have been poorly assessed or documented, a
Playing broken telephone: Assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa
In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such statements back to the 1960s, highlighting a process of ‘broken telephone’ whereby estimates are passed on and frequently distorted by policy- and advocacy-oriented influences at both the national and i…
Getting dirty: Working with Faith Leaders to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence
One area that many faith entities, and specifically faith-based organisations (FBOs), have increasingly been focusing on is gender-based violence (GBV). A recent report mapping faith-based responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Asia-Pacific Region, identified 58 FBOs responding to VAWG, and noted this represents only a small proportion of the FBOs addressing GBV in the region
Faith-Inspired Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction to the Spring 2014 Issue
This special issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs is comprised of seven articles aiming to strengthen the evidence on faith-inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. The field of enquiry is diverse, with few foundational texts, few standardized frameworks for reference, and a wildly varied terminology. In fact, this variation in terminology often results in a nearly impenetrable field of acronyms for the uninitiated, ra…
Faith-Inspired Health Care Provision in Ghana: Market Share, Reach to the Poor, and Performance
It is commonly accepted that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide a substantial share of health services in sub-Saharan Africa. To substantiate this perception, one would ideally like to have a comprehensive assessment of the scope and scale of all health-related services provided not only by government facilities and faith-inspired providers, but also by private-for-profit providers and other non-religious non-governmental organizations (N…
Increased Funding for Aids-Engaged Faith-Based Organizations in Africa
While civil society organizations (CSOs) have been recognized as being critically import to the HIV/AIDS response by multilaterals, agencies, and governments, the extent to which they have been able to access targeted sources of funding remains a much-debated concern. There is evidence that funding for well-established CSOs has increased significantly over the last decade, but it has also been suggested that local-level and less formal CSOs still…
Market Share of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Africa
Market share estimates—typically in the 30 percent to 40 percent range—are frequently wielded as the most concrete evidence of faith-inspired activity and impact in the area of health care provision in Sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, there are few speeches, reports, or articles that do not make some mention of market share, attaching some percentage to the significance of faith-inspired healthcare provision in the continent as a whole, or in specifi…
Interventions with Local Faith Communities on Immunization in Development contexts
Immunization is often viewed as a leading light of public health intervention—a “magic bullet” providing a seemingly straightforward solution to some of our most complex health challenges. The Worl
Religion, Reproductive Health, and Sexual Behavior in Ghana: Why Statistics From Large Surveys Don't Tell the Whole Story
Confusions and contradictory generalizations about religion and health in Africa are commonplace, especially in the area of reproductive health and sexual behavior. For example, it is often said by
Health system reform and path-dependency: How ideas constrained change in South Africa’s national health insurance policy process
Path-dependency theory says that complex systems, such as health systems, are shaped by prior conditions and decisions, and are resistant to change. As a result, major policy changes, such as health system reform, are often only possible in policy windows—moments of transition or contextual crisis that re-balance social power dynamics and enable the consideration of new policy ideas. However, even in policy windows there can be resistance to chan…
The Role of Faith-inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volume 1
This role of faith-inspired health care \n providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private \n partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on \n strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in \n health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of \n interest in the role of faith in development has generated \n much debate and dialogue at the international and national \n levels over the last decade. Despite difficulties in …
The Comparative Nature of Faith-Inspired Health Care Provision in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volume 2
This role of faith-inspired health care \n providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private \n partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on \n strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in \n health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of \n interest in the role of faith in development has generated \n much debate and dialogue at the international and national \n levels over the last decade. Despite difficulties in …
Mapping, Cost, and Reach to the Poor of Faith-inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, Volume 3
This role of faith-inspired health care \n providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private \n partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on \n strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in \n health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of \n interest in the role of faith in development has generated \n much debate and dialogue at the international and national \n levels over the last decade. Despite difficulties in …
Playing broken telephone: Assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa
In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such statements back to the 1960s, highlighting a process of ‘broken telephone’ whereby estimates are passed on and frequently distorted by policy- and advocacy-oriented influences at both the national and i…
Mapping Interdisciplinary Communication Between the Disciplines of Religion and Public Health in the Context of HIV/Aids in Africa
While there has been a massive surge of interest and grey literature publication on religion and development and religion and health, especially at an international advocacy level, the academic disciplinary processes for such work remains poorly clarified – and largely uncritical. This paper examines the interdisciplinary intersection of religion and public health (using the example of research on HIV/AIDS in Africa), and considers lingering clas…
Increased Funding for Aids-Engaged Faith-Based Organizations in Africa
While civil society organizations (CSOs) have been recognized as being critically import to the HIV/AIDS response by multilaterals, agencies, and governments, the extent to which they have been able to access targeted sources of funding remains a much-debated concern. There is evidence that funding for well-established CSOs has increased significantly over the last decade, but it has also been suggested that local-level and less formal CSOs still…
Faith-Inspired Education in Ghana: A Historical Case Example
In order to understand the current role of faith-inspired schools (FISs) in Africa and some of the debates about the magnitude of the services they provide, it is useful to consider their presence in a historical perspective. Faith-inspired schools have a long and distinguished tradition in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this article is to sketch that history using the case of Ghana, a country where FISs date back to early Islamic schools and…
Market Share of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Africa
Market share estimates—typically in the 30 percent to 40 percent range—are frequently wielded as the most concrete evidence of faith-inspired activity and impact in the area of health care provision in Sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, there are few speeches, reports, or articles that do not make some mention of market share, attaching some percentage to the significance of faith-inspired healthcare provision in the continent as a whole, or in specifi…
Faith-Inspired Health Care Provision in Ghana: Market Share, Reach to the Poor, and Performance
It is commonly accepted that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide a substantial share of health services in sub-Saharan Africa. To substantiate this perception, one would ideally like to have a comprehensive assessment of the scope and scale of all health-related services provided not only by government facilities and faith-inspired providers, but also by private-for-profit providers and other non-religious non-governmental organizations (N…
Faith-Inspired Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction to the Spring 2014 Issue
This special issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs is comprised of seven articles aiming to strengthen the evidence on faith-inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. The field of enquiry is diverse, with few foundational texts, few standardized frameworks for reference, and a wildly varied terminology. In fact, this variation in terminology often results in a nearly impenetrable field of acronyms for the uninitiated, ra…
Understanding the roles of faith-based health-care providers in Africa: Review of the evidence with a focus on magnitude, reach, cost, and satisfaction
Estimating the Development Assistance for Health Provided to Faith-Based Organizations, 1990–2013
BACKGROUND: Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have been active in the health sector for decades. Recently, the role of FBOs in global health has been of increased interest. However, little is known about the magnitude and trends in development assistance for health (DAH) channeled through these organizations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were collected from the 21 most recent editions of the Report of Voluntary Agencies. These reports provide inform…
Religion, Reproductive Health, and Sexual Behavior in Ghana: Why Statistics From Large Surveys Don't Tell the Whole Story
Confusions and contradictory generalizations about religion and health in Africa are commonplace, especially in the area of reproductive health and sexual behavior. For example, it is often said by
Hoist by our own petard: Backing slowly out of religion and development advocacy
There has been a massive advocacy movement over the last 15 years that has sought to advance the case of religion into view of decision-makers in the international development sector. This advocacy effort has been dispersed and not centrally organised, and is made up of the efforts of multiple development actors, religious institutions, researchers and others. This article shows how this advocacy approach has been highly successful in increasing …
Innovative Faith-Community Responses to HIV and Aids: Summative lessons from Over Two Decades of Work
It has been acknowledged for decades that “communities” are key to all levels of HIV and AIDS response. However, for a long time community-level responses have been poorly assessed or documented, a
Getting dirty: Working with Faith Leaders to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence
One area that many faith entities, and specifically faith-based organisations (FBOs), have increasingly been focusing on is gender-based violence (GBV). A recent report mapping faith-based responses to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the Asia-Pacific Region, identified 58 FBOs responding to VAWG, and noted this represents only a small proportion of the FBOs addressing GBV in the region
Interventions with Local Faith Communities on Immunization in Development contexts
Immunization is often viewed as a leading light of public health intervention—a “magic bullet” providing a seemingly straightforward solution to some of our most complex health challenges. The Worl
Health systems for all in the SDG era: Key reflections based on the Liverpool statement for the fifth global symposium on health systems research
The year 2018 marked anniversaries of several significant milestones in public health: the birth of the UK National Health Service, the Alma Ata declaration and the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool reflected on these foundational events and their significance for the maturing field of health policy and systems research (HPSR) and for our growing professional associatio…
Towards contextualized complex systems approaches to scaling-up hepatitis B birth-dose vaccination in the African region: A qualitative systematic review
Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya
Responsiveness is one of four health system goals alongside health outcomes, equity in financing and efficiency. Many studies examining responsiveness report a composite satisfaction index or proportions of patients describing satisfaction with dimensions of responsiveness. Consequently, responsiveness is predominantly based on collation of service users’ feedback and could be termed service responsiveness . We conceptualise system responsiveness…
Health system reform and path-dependency: How ideas constrained change in South Africa’s national health insurance policy process
Path-dependency theory says that complex systems, such as health systems, are shaped by prior conditions and decisions, and are resistant to change. As a result, major policy changes, such as health system reform, are often only possible in policy windows—moments of transition or contextual crisis that re-balance social power dynamics and enable the consideration of new policy ideas. However, even in policy windows there can be resistance to chan…
Religion, Society, and Development (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Faith (14 works) · Health care (12 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Business (8 works)