Chris Willott
Biographic Data
| ID | 4176992 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Willott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Willott |
| SIGNATURE | WILLOTT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0940-4215 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (Asset) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care
To achieve universal health coverage, health system strengthening (HSS) is required to support the of delivery of high-quality care. The aim of the National Institute for Health Research Global Research Unit on HeAlth System StrEngThening in Sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET) is to address this need in a four-year programme, with three healthcare platforms involving eight work-packages. Key to effective health system strengthening (HSS) is the pre-implem…
Staff recognition and its importance for surgical service delivery
We examined the views of providers and users of the surgical system in Freetown, Sierra Leone on processes of care, job and service satisfaction and barriers to achieving quality and accessible care, focusing particularly on the main public tertiary hospital in Freetown and two secondary and six primary sites from which patients are referred to it. We conducted interviews with health care providers (N = 66), service users (n = 24) and people with…
Structured medical electives
Political views of doctors in the UK
Background Little is known about the political views of doctors in the UK despite doctors' importance in the functioning of the National Health Service (NHS). Methods This is a survey-based, cross-sectional study in which we asked questions about voting behaviour in 2015 and 2017 UK general elections and 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union (EU) (Brexit), and questions relating to recent health policies. Results 1172 doctors (45.1% women…
Rejecting Continuity and Rupture
Patronage and financial corruption are rife in the contemporary Nigerian state and have gained widespread social acceptance, indicating a belief that it is legitimate to appropriate state resources for personal gain. In this paper I concentrate on the historical antecedents of this state of affairs. Focusing on the Igbo-speaking south-east of the country, I argue that an understanding of contemporary Nigeria must be based on a syncretic analysis:…
The evolution of global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula
BACKGROUND: Since the early 1990s there has been a burgeoning interest in global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula. In this article we trace the evolution of this teaching and present recommendations for how the discipline might develop in future years. DISCUSSION: Undergraduate global health teaching has seen a marked growth over the past ten years, partly as a response to student demand and partly due to increasing globalizatio…
Conceptualising global health
BACKGROUND: There has long been debate around the definition of the field of education, research and practice known as global health. In this article we step back from attempts at definition and instead ask what current definitions tell us about the evolution of the field, identifying gaps and points of debate and using these to inform discussions of how global health might be taught. DISCUSSION: What we now know as global health has its roots in…
After 2015
Get to the bridge and I will help you to cross
This article examines the methods students use to gain access to a university in Nigeria's elite federal sector. It explains the relationships between three 'currencies' - merit, personal connections and money - that are utilised by students to achieve their goals. I argue that influences representing the official rules - merit - and those representing semi-official or unofficial processes - personal connections and money - intersect in ways that…
Get to the bridge and I will help you to cross
This article examines the methods students use to gain access to a university in Nigeria's elite federal sector. It explains the relationships between three 'currencies' - merit, personal connections and money - that are utilised by students to achieve their goals. I argue that influences representing the official rules - merit - and those representing semi-official or unofficial processes - personal connections and money - intersect in ways that…
After 2015
Get to the bridge and I will help you to cross
This article examines the methods students use to gain access to a university in Nigeria's elite federal sector. It explains the relationships between three 'currencies' - merit, personal connections and money - that are utilised by students to achieve their goals. I argue that influences representing the official rules - merit - and those representing semi-official or unofficial processes - personal connections and money - intersect in ways that…
The evolution of global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula
BACKGROUND: Since the early 1990s there has been a burgeoning interest in global health teaching in undergraduate medical curricula. In this article we trace the evolution of this teaching and present recommendations for how the discipline might develop in future years. DISCUSSION: Undergraduate global health teaching has seen a marked growth over the past ten years, partly as a response to student demand and partly due to increasing globalizatio…
Conceptualising global health
BACKGROUND: There has long been debate around the definition of the field of education, research and practice known as global health. In this article we step back from attempts at definition and instead ask what current definitions tell us about the evolution of the field, identifying gaps and points of debate and using these to inform discussions of how global health might be taught. DISCUSSION: What we now know as global health has its roots in…
Rejecting Continuity and Rupture
Patronage and financial corruption are rife in the contemporary Nigerian state and have gained widespread social acceptance, indicating a belief that it is legitimate to appropriate state resources for personal gain. In this paper I concentrate on the historical antecedents of this state of affairs. Focusing on the Igbo-speaking south-east of the country, I argue that an understanding of contemporary Nigeria must be based on a syncretic analysis:…
Political views of doctors in the UK
Background Little is known about the political views of doctors in the UK despite doctors' importance in the functioning of the National Health Service (NHS). Methods This is a survey-based, cross-sectional study in which we asked questions about voting behaviour in 2015 and 2017 UK general elections and 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union (EU) (Brexit), and questions relating to recent health policies. Results 1172 doctors (45.1% women…
Structured medical electives
Staff recognition and its importance for surgical service delivery
We examined the views of providers and users of the surgical system in Freetown, Sierra Leone on processes of care, job and service satisfaction and barriers to achieving quality and accessible care, focusing particularly on the main public tertiary hospital in Freetown and two secondary and six primary sites from which patients are referred to it. We conducted interviews with health care providers (N = 66), service users (n = 24) and people with…
HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (Asset) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care
To achieve universal health coverage, health system strengthening (HSS) is required to support the of delivery of high-quality care. The aim of the National Institute for Health Research Global Research Unit on HeAlth System StrEngThening in Sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET) is to address this need in a four-year programme, with three healthcare platforms involving eight work-packages. Key to effective health system strengthening (HSS) is the pre-implem…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Global Health and Surgery (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Public health (3 works)