Challenges to Fair Decision-Making Processes in the Context of Health Care Services: A Qualitative Assessment from Tanzania
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Date
2012
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BioMed Central
Abstract
Fair processes in decision making need the involvement of stakeholders who can discuss issues and reach an agreement based on reasons that are justifiable and appropriate in meeting people’s needs. In Tanzania, the policy of decentralization and the health sector reform place an emphasis on community participation in making decisions in health care. However, aspects that can influence an individual’s opportunity to be listened to and to contribute to discussion have been researched to a very limited extent in low-income settings. The objective of this study was to explore challenges to fair decision-making processes in health care services with a special focus on the potential influence of gender, wealth, ethnicity and education. We draw on the principle of fairness as outlined in the deliberative democratic theory.
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Keywords
Fairness, Decision-making processes, Health care services, Health systems
Citation
Shayo, E.H., Norheim, O.F., Mboera, L.E., Byskov, J., Maluka, S., Kamuzora, P. and Blystad, A., 2012. Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: a qualitative assessment from Tanzania. Int J Equity Health, 11(1), p.30.