Sanam Roder-DeWan

Dados Biográficos

ID9022157
NOMESanam Roder-DeWan
PRENOMESSanam
SOBRENOMERoder-DeWan
ASSINATURARODER-DEWAN S
AFILIAÇÕESDartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
ORCID0000-0003-0114-2505
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2018
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Mechanisms for stimulating facility quality improvement

    Open AccessSanam Roder-DeWan, Anna D Gage et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Tanzania launched the nationwide Star Rating Assessment in 2015 and has implemented it as a cornerstone of its national quality improvement program. We use variation in assessment results to explore mechanisms through which facilities improve quality. A mixed-methods positive deviance approach was applied by ranking all primary care facilities included in the Star Rating Assessment (n = 5,595) by their change in score between 2015/16 and 2017/18.…

  • Impact of travel time to health facilities on perinatal outcomes

    Open AccessSanam Roder-DeWan, Marwa Ramadan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: Evidence-based global guidance on safe travel time for small or sick newborns who require transfer to health facilities after birth is lacking. A two-hour threshold is frequently cited in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), while 30 minutes is commonly used in high-income countries (HICs). Although these thresholds are widely referenced, their empirical basis and consistency across levels of newborn care and journey types have n…

  • A behavioural science framework for tackling upstream challenges in health systems

    Open AccessJana Smith, Emily Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Insights from behavioural science can inform a wide range of solutions including policy reforms, infrastructure changes, process reengineering, communications, devices and others. Its application in global health has, however, often focused on narrowly defined issues with linear theories of change that are relatively straightforward to study. Using behavioural science to examine ‘upstream’ actors in complex health systems holds promise as a compl…

  • Health system redesign for maternal and newborn survival

    Open AccessSanam Roder-DeWan, M Tolbert-Smith et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Large disparities in maternal and neonatal mortality exist between low- and high-income countries. Mothers and babies continue to die at high rates in many countries despite substantial increases in facility birth. One reason for this may be the current design of health systems in most low-income countries where, unlike in high-income countries, a substantial proportion of births occur in primary care facilities that cannot offer definitive care …

  • Level of confidence in and endorsement of the health system among internet users in 12 low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessSanam Roder-DeWan, Rivera Vergara et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Confidence and endorsement of the health system were low across 12 LMICs. This may hinder efforts to gain support for universal health coverage. Positive patient experience was strongly associated with confidence in and endorsement of the health system

  • High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era

    Open AccessMargaret E Kruk, Anna D Gage et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Global Health2018

    and respecting all workers to deliver the best care possible. Fourth, governments and civil society should ignite demand for quality in the population to empower people to hold systems accountable and actively seek high-quality care. Additional targeted actions in areas such as health financing, management, district-level learning, and others can complement these efforts. What works in one setting might not work elsewhere, and improvement efforts…