Since its inception, along with systematic involvement in action at local, state and national level, SATHI’s strength lies in conducting action linked, Health Policy and Systems research initiatives, as relevant to the emerging issues from community action and advocacy activities. Going beyond academic research, we consciously ensure the use of research findings for action and advocacy initiatives for people’s rights to health care. The component of utilizing the research findings for advocacy purposes is envisaged right at the planning stage.
Research in SATHI is linked with field-level issues pertaining to functioning of the health system, that seeks to understand the health system’s performance, implementation of programs as well as assess health policies. It aims to provide inputs to refine community action, strengthen policy advocacy and ultimately contribute to improving the design and implementation of health programs and policies. The SATHI research team keenly employs relevant and novel research methods in its work. For example, as part of research with King’s College, the team employed the technique of witness seminars which has been little used in LMICs until now. SATHI conducts research across its three key work areas i.e. strengthening the public health system, community action for improving child nutrition and social accountability of the private healthcare sector.
Some of the recent studies conducted by SATHI include the following- Documenting the experiences of patients regarding healthcare services from public and private healthcare system during the COVID 19 pandemic. Practices, Regulation and Accountability in the Evolving Private Healthcare Sector: Lessons from Maharashtra State, India’ Understanding challenges faced by nurses during the COVID 19 pandemic In Maharashtra Assessing and Explaining the Impact of Community Based Monitoring and Planning (CBMP) across Multiple Contexts in the State of Maharashtra Our research-based knowledge products range from popular media articles, short booklets in vernacular language, research briefs, policy briefs, reports, to journal articles and papers for reaching out to a diverse audience. SATHI has a number of research publications to its credit.
So far SATHI has partnered with following academic institutes and has conducted collaborative studies with them-
King’s College London (https://unsettlinghealthcare.org/projects/corporatisation-and-regulation/), Accountability Research Center (ARC), American University (https://accountabilityresearch.org/) Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai (https://tiss.edu/ ) Although there is a dedicated research team, this team works in tandem with the Action Team, and the workflows seamlessly across the teams.
Research in SATHI is linked with field-level issues pertaining to functioning of the health system, that seeks to understand the health system’s performance, implementation of programs as well as assess health policies. It aims to provide inputs to refine community action, strengthen policy advocacy and ultimately contribute to improving the design and implementation of health programs and policies. The SATHI research team keenly employs relevant and novel research methods in its work. For example, as part of research with King’s College, the team employed the technique of witness seminars which has been little used in LMICs until now. SATHI conducts research across its three key work areas i.e. strengthening the public health system, community action for improving child nutrition and social accountability of the private healthcare sector.
Some of the recent studies conducted by SATHI include the following- Documenting the experiences of patients regarding healthcare services from public and private healthcare system during the COVID 19 pandemic. Practices, Regulation and Accountability in the Evolving Private Healthcare Sector: Lessons from Maharashtra State, India’ Understanding challenges faced by nurses during the COVID 19 pandemic In Maharashtra Assessing and Explaining the Impact of Community Based Monitoring and Planning (CBMP) across Multiple Contexts in the State of Maharashtra Our research-based knowledge products range from popular media articles, short booklets in vernacular language, research briefs, policy briefs, reports, to journal articles and papers for reaching out to a diverse audience. SATHI has a number of research publications to its credit.
So far SATHI has partnered with following academic institutes and has conducted collaborative studies with them-
King’s College London (https://unsettlinghealthcare.org/projects/corporatisation-and-regulation/), Accountability Research Center (ARC), American University (https://accountabilityresearch.org/) Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai (https://tiss.edu/ ) Although there is a dedicated research team, this team works in tandem with the Action Team, and the workflows seamlessly across the teams.
