The politics of ‘branding’ in policy transfer: the case of DOTS for tuberculosis control

Ogden, Jessica; Walt, Gill; Lush, Louisiana

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00373-8

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“…Research remains weak in the consideration of global, international and transnational structures, and whether policy transfer has become more widespread in recent decades (Evans & Davies, 1999;Ogden, Walt & Lush, 2003). The literature has focused on lessons and policy transfers between nation-states with an implicit tendency to assume a bilateral relationship.…”

Section: Non-state Transfers State-led Exports and International Polmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…International transfers of policy and practice do not always occur in a simple bilateral exchange between sovereign states but can be complemented and/or by-passed by transnational transfer networks. Few studies have addressed the key role of international organisations in policy transfer (but see Ogden, Walt & Lush, 2003). Secondly, drawing on some international relations (IR) literature, the argument that transfer is likely to be more effective where learning has also taken place is advanced.…”

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Transfer agents and global networks in the ‘transnationalization’ of policy

Stone

2004

Journal of European Public Policy

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This paper focuses on the role of international actors in policy/knowledge transfer processes to suggest that a dynamic for the transnationalisation of policy results. The paper seeks to redress the tendency towards methodological nationalism in much of the early policy transfer literature by bringing to the fore the role of international organisations and non-state actors in transnational transfer networks. Secondly, attention is drawn to 'soft' forms of transfer -such as the spread of norms -as a necessary complement to the hard transfer of policy tools, structures and practices and in which non-state actors play a more prominent role. Thirdly, transnational networks are identified as an important vehicle for the spread of policy and practice not only cross-nationally but in emergent venues of global governance.

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Section: Non-state Transfers State-led Exports and International Polmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Transfer agents and global networks in the ‘transnationalization’ of policy

Stone

2004

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…The DOTS (Directly Observed Therapy, Short-Course) strategy, currently expanded by the STOP TB plan, emphasizes this idea, as it constitutes a TB control policy included in the health system instead of a simple protocol with a clinical approach (2) . TB care also implies dealing with a disease considered to be a chronic condition, requiring specific abilities to provide a unique service, as this is a long-Rev.…”

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Accessibility to tuberculosis treatment: assessment of health service performance

Arakawa¹,

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Scatolin

et al. 2011

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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The aim of this study was to assess the accessibility of patients to the treatment of tuberculosis in Ribeirão Preto, countryside of São Paulo State. Evaluation study type, with a quantity approach. Interviews with 100 patients initiated on anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy between 2006-2007 were conducted, using a structured questionnaire based on the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT). Data were analyzed through variance analysis. There was a positive feedback regarding to organizational accessibility, however, the performance of health services has been unsatisfactory in providing transportation vouchers and in addressing the need to use transport for displacement to the health unit, resulting in indirect costs to patients. The services with the highest number of patients treated were those with higher irregularity in the conduct of home visits, showing that the availability of resources (human, material and time) and the organization of care may influence the accessibility to treatment.

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“…20 This idea is complemented when it understands that "the strategy is not simply a clinical approach; rather, it is a policy for TB control that is included in the healthcare system". 12 Therefore, organizing services in accordance with the primary healthcare components requires, among others, the fulfillment of the "access" dimension. Access is a multidimensional concept that expresses a set of characteristics of the offer that facilitates or limits people's capacity to use the healthcare services when they need them.…”

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Desempenho da atenção básica no controle da tuberculose

et al. 2009

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OBJECTIVE:To assess the access to tuberculosis treatment in healthcare services with Programa Saúde da Família (PSF -Family Health Program) and at a reference outpatient clinic. METHODS:A descriptive inquiry was carried out in 2007 with 106 patients who received tuberculosis treatment through the PSF or the reference outpatient clinic in Campina Grande, Northeastern Brazil, from July 2006 to August 2007. To assess the health services, the instrument Primary Care Assessment Tool was used, validated and adapted to assess tuberculosis care in Brazil. The main variables analyzed referred to the transportation and distance to the service and patients' supervision. RESULTS:Of the 106 patients, 83.9% performed self-administered treatment and 16.0% received supervised treatment. The indicators from the PSF units and from the reference outpatient clinic that were similar (p>0.05) were: 65.1% "losing half work day to attend the medical visit"; 65.0% "having to use motorized transport"; 50.0% "always having to pay for motorized transport"; and 69.0% "not receiving treatment at healthcare units near home". The indicators "using motorized transport", "paying for transport to attend the medical visit" and "receiving treatment near home" were statistically different (p<0.05) between the services. Standardized and non-standardized Cronbach's alpha coefficients were, respectively, 0.7275 and 0.7075, based on the eight items of the questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS:Although the city has 85 PSF teams, supervised treatment was carried out by few health workers. Although the tuberculosis treatment is offered by the public health service, it still represents a cost to the patients, due to the distance to the healthcare service and losing half work day in order to attend medical visits.

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The politics of ‘branding’ in policy transfer: the case of DOTS for tuberculosis control

Cited by 113 publications

References 21 publications

Transfer agents and global networks in the ‘transnationalization’ of policy

Transfer agents and global networks in the ‘transnationalization’ of policy

Accessibility to tuberculosis treatment: assessment of health service performance

Desempenho da atenção básica no controle da tuberculose

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