ReviewBMJ global health2024
We need to talk about 'bad' resilience.
Review in BMJ global health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- "Agarro Lo Mejor de Dos Mundos": Transfronteriza Mothers of Autistic Children as Nepantleras in a Rural U.S./Mexico Border.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Advancing justice and sustainability through health system resilience under economic sanctions.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- An account of health systems resilience to emergencies in Africa: a scoping review.Globalization and health · 2026Article
- Resilience and coping styles mediate the associations of autistic and ADHD traits with internet addiction in general adolescents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Justice at the interface: advancing community and health system resilience through intersectionality theory.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Getting unstuck: reframing health systems strengthening and resilience in fragile and conflict-affected settings.BMJ global health · 2026Review
- Strengthening health system resilience during COVID-19: a qualitative study of national-level decision-makers in Guinea and Sierra Leone.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Ideas matter: An analysis of the effects of framing on health system strengthening in Zimbabwe.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Self-Reported Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Normative convergence between global health security and universal health coverage: a qualitative analysis of international health negotiations in the wake of COVID-19.Globalization and health · 2025Article
- Favorable strategies and barriers to the attainment of resilience in healthcare systems: scoping review.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Exploring the inherent resilience of health districts in a context of chronic armed conflict: a case study in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.Health research policy and systems · 2024Article
- Learning Health Systems Are Resilient Health Systems Comment on "Re-evaluating Our Knowledge of Health System Resilience During COVID-19: Lessons From the First Two Years of the Pandemic".International journal of health policy and management · 2024Article
- Factors of Power and Equity: Enhancing Our Health System Resilience Research Frameworks Comment on "Re-evaluating Our Knowledge of Health System Resilience During COVID-19: Lessons From the First Two Years of the Pandemic".International journal of health policy and management · 2024Article
- Resilience: Now What? Comment on "Re-evaluating Our Knowledge of Health System Resilience During COVID-19: Lessons From the First Two Years of the Pandemic".International journal of health policy and management · 2024Article
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Abstract
In this analysis, we argue against seeing health system resilience as an inherently positive concept. The rise in the popularity of health system resilience has led to its increasingly normative framing. We question this widely accepted perspective by examining the underlying assumptions associated with this normative framing of 'good' resilience. Our focus is on the risks of accepting the assumption, which can lead us to ignore the social nature of health systems and overlook the consequences of change if resilience is seen as a positive, achievable objective. Finally, we suggest that seeing resilience as a normative concept can be detrimental to health system policy and research, and encourage a critical rethinking of these assumptions so that we can maintain resilience's usefulness for health systems.
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