Gill Walt... un merecido tributo.

Acaba de salir la edición de setiembre (Número 5, Volumen 23) de la revista Health Policy and Planning, prestigiosa publicación de consulta obligatoria para cualquiera que esté vinculado al tema de las políticas de salud.

Este número, sin embargo, es de colección. Está dedicado completamente a la doctora Gill Walt, profesora de Política de Salud Internacional de la Unidad de Política de Salud de la London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine de la Universidad de Londres y autora de extraordinarios e indispensables libros de consulta en la especialidad: Health Policy: An Introduction to Process and Power y Making Health Policy (este último en co-autoría con Kent Buse y Nicholas Mays).

Además, incluye varios artículos de acceso gratuito, entre ellos uno de particular relevancia: 'Doing' health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and challenges, escrito por la propia Dra. Walt. Pero no solo está la Dra. Walt, si no que otros destacados autores participan en esta publicación. Por ejemplo, profesores de altísima calidad como el propio Dr. Buse y la Doctora Lucy Gilson.

El listado completo de los artículos los puedes encontrar en
Health Policy and Planning. Volume 23, Number 5, September 2008

o, en todo caso, los pueden revisar directamente de este sitio:

Lucy Gilson, Kent Buse, Susan F Murray, and Clare Dickinson Future directions for health policy analysis: a tribute to the work of Professor Gill Walt. Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published on July 29, 2008. Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 291-293; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn025 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lucy Gilson and Nika Raphaely The terrain of health policy analysis in low and middle income countries: a review of published literature 1994–2007. Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published on July 22, 2008. Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 294-307; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Gill Walt, Jeremy Shiffman, Helen Schneider, Susan F Murray, Ruairi Brugha, and Lucy Gilson ‘Doing’ health policy analysis: methodological and conceptual reflections and challenges. Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 308-317; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn024. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Mark Exworthy Policy to tackle the social determinants of health: using conceptual models to understand the policy process. Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 318-327; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sripen Tantivess and Gill Walt The role of state and non-state actors in the policy process: the contribution of policy networks to the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Thailand. Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 328-338; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joanna Crichton Changing fortunes: analysis of fluctuating policy space for family planning in Kenya Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published on July 24, 2008
Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 339-350; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn020. [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Kent Buse Addressing the theoretical, practical and ethical challenges inherent in prospective health policy analysis. Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published on July 29, 2008. Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 351-360; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ermin Erasmus and Lucy Gilson How to start thinking about investigating power in the organizational settings of policy implementation. Health Policy and Planning Advance Access published on July 29, 2008. Health Policy Plan. 2008 23: 361-368; doi:10.1093/heapol/czn021. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]