Organisational Capacity Building in Health Systems by Awofeso, Niyi;

Short description:

Looking at how to effectively design, implement and evaluate organisational capacity building initiatives, this book is ideal for public health, health promotion and health management researchers, students and practitioners.

Long description:

Capacity building – which focuses on understanding the obstacles that prevent organisations from realising their goals, while promoting those features that help them to achieve measurable and sustainable results – is vital to improve the delivery of health care in both developed and developing countries. Organisations are important structural building blocks of health systems because they provide platforms for delivery of curative and preventive health services, and facilitate health workforce financing and functions.

Organisational capacity building involves more than training and equipment and this book discusses management capacity to restructure systems, structures and roles strategically to optimise organisational performance in healthcare. Examining the topic in a practical and comprehensive way, Organisational Capacity Building in Health Systems is divided into five parts, looking at:

• What health organisations are and do









• Management and leadership in health organisations









• How to build capacity in health systems









• Building capacity in a range of health system contexts









• Dealing with challenges in building capacity and evaluating work

Looking at how to effectively design, implement and evaluate organisational capacity building initiatives, this book is ideal for public health, health promotion and health management researchers, students and practitioners.

Table of Contents:

Theme 1: Theories, Typology, and Functions of Organisations  Prologue  Chapter 1. Evolution of Capacity Building in Health Systems  Chapter 2. Health Systems  Chapter 3. Theories of Health Organisations  Chapter 4. Structures and Functions of Health Organisations  Theme 2: Management of Health Organisations  Chapter 5. Management Prescribed, Observed and Interpreted  Chapter 6. Leadership and Health Organisations  Theme 3: Capacity building in Health Systems: General Overview  Chapter 7. Capacity Building in the Health Sector: Conceptual Framework  Chapter 8. Intervention Points for Effective Capacity Building in Health Systems  Theme 4: Capacity Building in Health System Contexts  Chapter 9. Capacity Building for Communicable Diseases Control  Chapter 10. Capacity Building for Non-communicable Diseases Control  Chapter 11. Capacity Building for Health Systems Research  Chapter 12. Capacity Building for Health Workforce & Services Delivery  Chapter 13. Capacity Building for Reducing Maternal Mortality  Chapter 14. Capacity Building for Facilitating Optimal Resource Allocation to Disease Prevention and Health Promotion  Chapter 15. Capacity Building for Public Health Emergency Preparedness  Chapter 16. Capacity Building for Efficient Health Care Delivery to Prisoners  Chapter 17. Capacity Building for Improved Occupational Health and Safety  Chapter 18. Capacity Building for Improving Mental Health Service Delivery  Theme 5: Addressing Obstacles, and Evaluating Capacity Building Activities in the Health Systems  Chapter 19. Challenges Encountered in Health Systems’ Capacity Building  Chapter 20. Assessing the Impacts of Organisational Capacity Building in Health Systems  Epilogue