Social science approaches in health policy & systems

SHAPES is a thematic working group focused on social science approaches for research and engagement in health policy & systems. SHAPES convenes activities and discussions to strengthen the application, and raise the profile of social science approaches.

If you would like to find out more about the SHAPES TWG, the activities we will be involved in at the Symposium, or engage in this important area of research, why not:

  • Visit us at the HSG stall in the Exhibition space
  • Follow #SHAPESHSR on Twitter
  • Join us at one of the exciting sessions listed below.

Official TWG sessions

Session Type

Title

Short description

Date & time

Location

Organized Session

SHAPES Debates: Are social sciences irrelevant to health systems policy making

Global health and health systems policy is typically informed by the biomedical and health sciences, with epidemiology playing a dominant role. Join us for a panel debate with audience participation on the proposition: that social sciences are irrelevant in health systems policymaking today.

Friday, October 12, 11:00 – 12:30

ACC room 1B

Business meeting

TWG business meeting: Social Science Approaches for Research and Engagement in Health Policy & Systems (SHAPES)

SHAPES Thematic Working Group business meeting – all welcome and encouraged to attend

Wednesday, October 10, 12:30 – 13:45

ACC Hall 2E

Launch

LAUNCH of the SHAPES Special Issue of IJEqH: Showcasing Social Science Approaches to Health Systems and Policy Research

 Join the Guest Editors to celebrate this issue with presentations from authors: Sana Contractor, Anne Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Anuj Kapilashrami, Veena Sriram & Simon Lewin

Tuesday, October 9, 7:30 –

ACC room 3B

TWG member sessions

Name of SHAPES member

Session Type

Title of presentation

Date & time

Location

Kadidiatou Kadio

Poster

Comment la connaissance scientifique informe le processus politique? Le cas de la politique nationale de protection sociale du Burkina Faso

 

ACC Hall 2N, Galleria & Level 3

Nasreen Jessani

Satellite session

Making Universal Health Coverage a   reality by 2030: evidence of what works

Monday, October 8, 9:00 – 11:00

ACC room 4B

Sassy Molyneux

Skills building session

Navigating day to day ethics dilemmas in health policy and systems research

Monday, October 8, 13:00 – 17:00

ACC room 12

Rene Loewenson

Satellite session

Shaping health: Grounding health action in community cultures and systems

Tuesday, October 9, 13:30

Conference room 14

Fabiana da Cunha Saddi

Satellite session

Pay for Performance (P4P), how, why, where and what? Learning from research across income settings: a one day workshop for researchers and practitioners

Tuesday, October 9, 8:00 – 17:00

Mersey Suite, Pullman Hotel (Kings Dock, Monarchs Quay, L3 4FP), Liverpool

André Janse van Rensburg

Oral presentation

The significance of power dynamics in shaping government and private sector mental health care engagement in constrained resource settings: Lessons from South Africa

Tuesday, October 9, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC room 4A

Valéry Ridde

Poster

A video for better management of dengue fever in a health system focused on malaria in Burkina Faso

Wednesday, October 10, 10:40 – 10:45

ACC Hall 2M

SESSION ID: G1

Sarah Dalglish

Oral presentation

Adapting acute malnutrition treatment protocols in fragile and conflict-affected settings to reach every child

Wednesday, October 10, 11:00 – 12:30

ACC room 11C

Peter Delobelle

Poster

Poster presentation

Wednesday, October 10, 13:15

ACC Hall 2N, Galleria & Level 3 (posters)

Stephanie Topp

Poster

Rethinking Retention: Mapping Interactions Between Multiple Factors That Influence Long-Term Engagement in HIV Care

Wednesday, October 10, 13:30 – 13:35

ACC Hall 2M

Nasreen Jessani

TWG organized session

Bringing the pieces together: Multiple perspectives on translating evidence into action

Wednesday, October 10, 14:00 – 15:30

ACC Main Auditorium

Abi Deivanayagam

Poster

Financing health systems that leave no-one behind: a survey of models from 20 nations and their provision for 20 marginalised population groups

Wednesday, October 10, 15:45 – 15:50

ACC Hall 2M

Sumegha Asthana

Oral presentation

Global health discourses

Wednesday, October 10, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC room 11B

Kerry Scott

Oral session

Institutions for accountability and trust

Wednesday, October 10, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC room 4A

Ana B. Amaya

Panel session

Working with the neighbours: the opportunities and challenges for health systems within regional trading bloc

Wednesday, October 10, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC Hall 2N

 

Dickson Okello

Oral presentation

The role of leadership in Health System Strengthening

Wednesday, October 10, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC room 4B

Elisabeth PAUL

Panel session

It’s not just about money: why work on UHC requires a multidisciplinary approach to establish national legal and institutional frameworks

Thursday, October 11, 11:00 – 12:30

ACC room 12

Kerry Scott

Oral presentation

“Yes, no, maybe so: The importance of cognitive interviewing to enhance structured surveys on respectful maternity care for use in rural India” in Methodological approaches to understanding complex realities

Thursday, October 11, 11:00 – 12:30

ACC room 11C

Rene Loewenson

Oral presentation

Health as core business: integrating duties for health and health systems in the extractive sector in east and southern Africa

Thursday, October 11, 14:00 – 15:30

ACC room 4A

Emilie Robert

Participatory session

Le dialogue sur les politiques: partage d’expériences et de données probantes pour renforcer la multisectorialité dans la gouvernance du système de santé

Thursday, October 11, 14:00 – 15:30

ACC room 3A

Valéry Ridde

Oral presentation

Lack of access to health care for children born in Canada to migrant parents without medical insurance in Quebec (Canada)

Thursday, October 11, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC room 3B

Sassy Molyneux

Organized session

Incorporating a justice lens into HPSR ethics: implications for policy and practice in the global south

Thursday, October 11, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC room 12

Michelle Sadler

Panel session

Covering the Last Mile of Maternal Health Programming

Thursday, October 11, 16:00 – 17:30

ACC Hall 2F

Kaaren Mathias

Organized session

New frontiers in community based health systems: experiences in the collaborative governance of innovations that expand access

Friday, October 12, 9:00 – 10:30

ACC Hall 2E

Stephanie Topp

Oral presentation

“We are everything to everyone”: factors influencing accountability relationships of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (AHWs) in the Australian health system  

Friday, October 12, 9:00 – 10:30

ACC room 3A  

Tim Martineau

Panel session

Lessons on scaling up interventions to improve equitable access to health care

Friday, October 12, 11:00 – 12:30

ACC room 1C

Elisabeth Paul

Poster

Poster presentation

Friday, October 12, 12:45

ACC Hall 2N, Galleria & Level 3: ID H3

Kerry Scott

Panel session

Community embeddedness: How community health actors in diverse health system contexts negotiate between government and community needs, values and relationships

Friday, October 12, 14:00 – 15:30

ACC Hall 2L