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Lucy Gilson

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GB
Area of research
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health · Finance
Research interest
Research interests include Public relations, Health policy, Health services research, Public health, Health administration, and Accountability.
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citations
3,301
works
66
NIH funding
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Recent publications

How has the concept of health system software been used in health policy and systems research? A scoping review
Health Policy and Planning 2025cited by 5position: lastdoi
Creating different global health futures: mapping the health research ecosystem and taking decolonial action
BMC Health Services Research 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Responsibility without autonomy: exploring the emergence of distributed leadership in a district hospital of the Western Cape province, South Africa
Health Policy and Planning 2025cited by 2position: lastdoi
Health systems as human systems: reflexivity, relationships, and resilience in the pursuit of the SDGs
Frontiers in Public Health 2025cited by 2position: firstdoi
A story of (in)coherence: climate adaptation for health in South African policies
Health Policy and Planning 2024cited by 13position: lastdoi
Examining sustained sub-national health system development: experience from the Western Cape Province, South Africa, 1994–2016
Health Policy and Planning 2024cited by 6position: firstdoi
The District Health System must become a learning health system
South African Medical Journal 2024cited by 4position: firstdoi
A community-based ambulance model: lessons for emergency medical services and everyday health systems resilience from South Africa
Health Policy and Planning 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Learning in the district health system: How can meetings become spaces of reflection?
South African Medical Journal 2024cited by 3position: lastdoi
Initiating systemic capacity development for leadership from the bottom-up: a realist evaluation of a leadership innovation in a South African health district
Health Policy and Planning 2024cited by 2position: lastdoi
Power and positionality in the practice of health system responsiveness at sub-national level: insights from the Kenyan coast
International Journal for Equity in Health 2024cited by 2position: lastdoi
Workplace-based learning in district health leadership and management strengthening: a framework synthesis
Health Policy and Planning 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya
PLOS Global Public Health 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Role of actor networks in primary health care implementation in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
Global Health Action 2023cited by 7position: lastdoi
Learning from COVID and climatic events to build a resilient health system: Western Cape Department of Health
South African Health Review 2023cited by 3position: middledoi
Political Prioritisation for Performance-Based Financing at the County Level in Kenya: 2015 to 2018
International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
Conceptual framework for systemic capacity strengthening for health policy and systems research
BMJ Global Health 2022cited by 35position: lastdoi
How does power shape district health management team responsiveness to public feedback in low- and middle-income countries: an interpretive synthesis
Health Policy and Planning 2022cited by 14position: lastdoi
Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature
International Journal for Equity in Health 2021cited by 85position: middledoi
An innovative leadership development initiative to support building everyday resilience in health systems
Health Policy and Planning 2021cited by 65position: middledoi
Collective sensemaking for action: researchers and decision makers working collaboratively to strengthen health systems
BMJ 2021cited by 43position: firstdoi
Prioritizing people and rapid learning in times of crisis: A virtual learning initiative to support health workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2021cited by 17position: middledoi
Bottom-up innovation for health management capacity development: a qualitative case study in a South African health district
BMC Public Health 2021cited by 16position: lastdoi
Introduction to the Special Issue on "Analysing the Politics of Health Policy Change in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The HPA Fellowship Programme 2017-2019"
International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2021cited by 4position: firstdoi
Prolonged health worker strikes in Kenya- perspectives and experiences of frontline health managers and local communities in Kilifi County
International Journal for Equity in Health 2020cited by 81position: middledoi
Organizational change and everyday health system resilience: Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa
Social Science & Medicine 2020cited by 75position: firstdoi
What role can health policy and systems research play in supporting responses to COVID-19 that strengthen socially just health systems?
Health Policy and Planning 2020cited by 47position: firstdoi
Justice: a key consideration in health policy and systems research ethics
BMJ Global Health 2020cited by 29position: middledoi
"The Actor Is Policy": Application of Elite Theory to Explore Actors’ Interests and Power Underlying Maternal Health Policies in Uganda, 2000-2015
International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2020cited by 26position: middledoi
Application of "Actor Interface Analysis" to Examine Practices of Power in Health Policy Implementation: An Interpretive Synthesis and Guiding Steps
International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2020cited by 18position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Sassy Molyneux · University of Cape Town14 papers (2013–2025)Benjamin Tsofa · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine11 papers (2017–2024)Edwine Barasa · University of Cape Town9 papers (2017–2023)Uta Lehmann · University of Cape Town8 papers (2012–2021) · 7 papers (2020–2024)Marsha Orgill · University of Cape Town7 papers (2014–2024)Eleanor Whyle · University of Cape Town5 papers (2020–2024)Ermin Erasmus · University of Cape Town5 papers (2014–2019) · 4 papers (2019–2024)Maylene Shung-King · University of Cape Town4 papers (2017–2021)Helen Schneider · University of Cape Town4 papers (2014–2024)Irène Akua Agyepong · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine4 papers (2015–2018)Leanne Brady · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine4 papers (2020–2024)Susan Cleary · University of Cape Town4 papers (2013–2018)Jill Olivier · University of Cape Town4 papers (2017–2024)Benjamin Uzochukwu · University of Cape Town4 papers (2014–2016)Nonhlanhla Nxumalo · University of Cape Town4 papers (2016–2021) · 3 papers (2020–2020) · 3 papers (2015–2021) · 3 papers (2020–2023)