The United Arab Emirates Health Policy-Making Process: Lessons in Maternal & Child Health Immanuel Azaad Moonesar R.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor- Health Policy Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government
Content Background of the Study Problem Statement Literature Review Purpose / Nature of the Study Theoretical Framework Research Questions Research Method Interpretation of Findings Limitations of the Study Implications for Social Change Recommendations for Action Page 2
United Arab Emirates 9.6 million population 7 Emirates 111th most populous country on earth 7 Emirates Capital: Abu Dhabi Currency: Dirham (AED) Language: Arabic & English
Recap of Key Points Background *EMR: Eastern Mediterranean Region 39,000 women & 923,000 children die in the EMR* 70% of maternal & 60% of child deaths preventable Low Adoption of MCH** Policies Evidence of Success of Policy Influence **MCH: Maternal & Child Health Problem Statement Health Systems & Policy* *↑ranked research priority- 26% by Chapman et al., 2014; COHRED; WHO; UN Purpose/Nature of the Study Investigate: UAE HC Professionals have Influence on policy Quantitative Correlational study objectives To investigate the population characteristics relationship to the policy influence To investigate the stage(s)of the policy influence by HC professionals To investigate policy influence in the context of the UAE
Literature Review
Research gaps, priority & opportunities Literature Review Research gaps, priority & opportunities High mortality rates in EMR UAE met MDGs target goals 4 & 5 Low adoption of policies and strategies Lack of policy-making process across EMR Lack of evidence: Andersen Model with other theories Lack of evidence: Andersen Model with correlations of elements Updated systematic review of studies Babitsch et al. 2012 to include EMR related studies and cases: -10 studies based on EMR (2013-1986) -17 studies based on worldwide (2011-1999) Page 6
Theoretical Framework
Research Questions
Research Design
Research Methodology Page 10
Key Results
Limitations of the Study
Implications of Social Change
Recommendations
Questions Immanuel.moonesar@mbrsg.ac.ae Page 16 14