Abstract Background The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing
and equity as intrinsic goals of health systems. However, of the three, responsiveness …

Background As coproduction in public services increases, understanding the role of
leadership in this context is essential to the tasks of establishing relational partnerships and …

Participatory programs can reduce the informational and power asymmetries that engender
mistrust. These programs, however, cannot include every citizen. Hence, it is important to …

Healthcare services in Australia are the primary responsibility of state and territory
governments, which recruit and deploy health providers in hospital and primary-care …

We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve
maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in Indonesia and Tanzania. Co-designed …

We examine trust at the theory level as an engine driving sustainable change. We propose a
new measurable dimension of the trust construct: reciprocity. Cooperative reciprocal …

Introduction Despite many institutions gaining access to improved water sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) services, childcare centres in informal settlements have low access and …

Relational community engagement may be a powerful approach with multiple health
outcomes. Relational community engagement has the potential to promote health and …

There is a growing body of research on the role of social accountability in bringing about
more accessible and better-quality healthcare. Here, we refer to social accountability as …

Background The perspectives of citizens are an important and often overlooked source of
evidence for informing health policy. Despite growing encouragement for its adoption, little is …