International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 24 Issue 4

Whose community is being benefitted?

David Birnbaum, Michael Decker

Civic engagement in the Indonesia health sector: The role of religiosity, empathy, and materialism attitude

Aluisius Hery Pratono, Firman Rosjadi Djoemadi, Christina Avanti, Nur Flora Nita Taruli Basa Sinaga, Asri Maharani

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of religiosity on civic engagement in the health sector through giving advocacy for people with AIDs, mental health, cancer…

Lessons from the field for community engagement and accountability

Alex Berland

In Canada, community engagement and accountability are a political imperative, resulting in an omnipresent program with varied opportunities for public participation. The purpose…

A content analysis of Arabic YouTube videos for cancer treatment

Ajayeb S. Abu Daabes, Faten F. Kharbat

The purpose of this paper is to describe and assess Arabic videos related to cancer treatment to gain insights about the nature of health information as it is shared on YouTube…

Health service engagement with consumers and community in Australia for issue: Engagement and accountability with your community

Shane Rendalls, Allan D. Spigelman, Catherine Goodwin, Nataliya Daniel

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of consumer and community engagement in health service planning, quality improvement and programme evaluation in Australia, and…

Power of partnerships: What makes a difference in reducing maternal mortality and how can Canadians contribute?

Farah Shroff, Jasmit S. Minhas, Christian Laugen

Many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are struggling to reduce maternal mortality rates, despite increased efforts by the United Nations through the implementation of…

Equity analysis of health system accessibility from perspective of people with disability

Hussain Zandam, Muhamad Hanafiah Juni

Self-evaluated access and accessibility has been found to be associated with healthcare seeking and quality of life. Studies have shown that, however, a vast majority of…

Health delivery system for older adults in academic campus in India

Tulika Bhattacharyya, Chandrima Chatterjee, Suhita Chopra Chatterjee

Residential academic campuses generally support a skewed population profile that favours a younger population, mainly the student community, and thereby marginalize the needs of…

It takes a community to care for the sick and disabled

Fiona MacVane Phipps

The purpose of this paper is to provide a broad overview of the articles published in the current issue.