Public-private partnerships in sexual and reproductive healthcare provision: establishing a gender analysis

Gideon, J., Hunter, B. and Murray, S. F. (2017) Public-private partnerships in sexual and reproductive healthcare provision: establishing a gender analysis. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 33(2), pp. 166-180. (doi: 10.1080/21699763.2017.1329157)

Abstract

The past few decades have seen the growing popularity of public-private partnerships (PPPs) across the health sector – a catch all term used to encompass diverse activities involving both public and private sector entities in areas of global and domestic health. In the article we consider the factors that have led to this proliferation of PPPs in the healthcare delivery field and consider the link to the process of ‘scientization’ of healthcare. With a focus on sexual and reproductive health the article also considers two commonly used mechanisms employed in SRH service delivery that have been used in PPPs – social franchise and health voucher schemes. We then reprise key points from the existing critical literature on gendered health systems and go on to consider their application to such service provision-oriented PPPs, using an exploratory analysis of a case study of the use of maternal health vouchers in India.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Gender, Public private partnerships, Reproductive Health Services, India, vouchers
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hunter, Dr Benjamin
• Authors: Gideon, J., Hunter, B., and Murray, S. F.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Economic and Social History
• Journal Name: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISSN: 2169-9763
• ISSN (Online): 2169-978X
• Copyright Holders: Copyright: © 2017 The Author(s)
• First Published: First published in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy 33, 2
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence