Social values and health systems in health policy and systems research: a mixed-method systematic review and evidence map.

ABSTRACT: Because health systems are conceptualized as social systems, embedded in social contexts and shaped by human agency, values are a key factor in health system change. As such, health systems software-including values, norms, ideas and relationships-is considered a foundational focus of the field of health policy and systems research (HPSR). A substantive evidence-base exploring the influence of software factors on system functioning has developed but remains fragmented, with a lack of conceptual clarity and theoretical coherence. This is especially true for work on 'social values' within health systems-for which there is currently no substantive review available. This study reports on a systematic mixed-methods evidence mapping review on social values within HPSR. The study reaffirms the ce

SUBMITTER: Whyle E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294246 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature