Discursive gaps in the implementation of public health policy guidelines in India: The case of HIV testing

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 71; no. 11; pp. 2005 - 2013
• Main Authors: Sheikh, Kabir, Porter, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2010; Elsevier
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Biological and medical sciences; Communication; Decision Making; Discourse analysis; Diseases; Empirical Research; Health planning; Health Policy; Health Problems; HIV; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV testing; Human viral diseases; Humans; Implementation; India; India Public health policy making Implementation Public health guidelines HIV testing Policy analysis Interpretive analysis; Infectious diseases; Interpretive analysis; Interprofessional Relations; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Policy Analysis; Policy Implementation; Policy Making; Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards; Prevention and actions; Professional Role; Public Health; Public health guidelines; Public health policy making; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Asia; India; Interpretive analysis; HIV testing; Public health policy making; Implementation; Policy analysis; India; Public health guidelines; Political aspect; Serology; Health policy; Diagnosis; Public health; Human; Immunopathology; Retroviridae; AIDS; Medical screening; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Recommendation; Infection; Virus; Viral disease; Social medicine; Human immunodeficiency virus

The implementation of standardized policy guidelines for care of diseases of public health importance has emerged as a subject of concern in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) globally. We conducted an empirical research study using the interpretive policy analysis approach to diagnose reasons f...