Comparison of national strategies to reduce meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Japan and England.

Background: National responses to healthcare-associated infections vary between high-income countries, but, when analysed for contextual comparability, interventions can be assessed for transferability.

Aim: To identify learning from country-level approaches to addressing meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Japan and England.

Methods: A longitudinal analysis (2000-2017), comparing epidemiological trends and policy interventions.

Positioning Children's Voice in Clinical Trials Research: A New Model for Planning, Collaboration, and Reflection.

Following the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, there has been considerable growth in research with children about health and services that affect them. Creative methods to engage with children have also been developed. One area where progress has been slower is the inclusion of children's perspectives in qualitative research in the context of clinical trials or feasibility studies.

Community governance in primary health care: towards an international Ideal Type.

Against a global background of increased resource management responsibilities for primary health care agencies, general medical practices, in particular, are increasingly being required to demonstrate the legitimacy of their decision making in market oriented environments. In this context a scoping review explores the potential utility for health managers in primary health care of community governance as a policy concept. The review of recent research suggests that applied learning from international health systems with enhanced approaches to public and patient involvement may contribute to meeting this requirement.

Extending primary care: potential learning from Italy.

Health systems across Europe are under increasing pressure to shift care outside hospitals and into community settings. The emphasis is on providing high-quality, coordinated care for a growing population of older patients and those with long-term conditions. Extended primary care is regarded as the key means of achieving such a shift.

International sources of learning for the organisation of primary care.

This article explores the potential to learn from emerging international models of primary care organisation. It examines a series of exemplars from Southern Europe and Latin America which may help support moves towards a 'new localism' in the public management of primary care. Six lessons for the UK are identified.