Harry Coleman

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Harry completed his master’s degree (MSc.) in Global Health from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he is currently finishing a PhD.

His PhD focuses on the relationship between housing insecurity (primarily, homelessness) and health, and interventions in healthcare outreach, local policy and advocacy that can leaven the ill health and social disadvantage associated with inadequate housing conditions. The research was engaged with the Centre for Equity Studies in New Delhi, India that manages healthcare outreach teams for homeless persons.

Harry is interested in health policy and systems research, financing, novel service delivery approaches, governance and institutional arrangements, and integrating social science theory, mixed methods and participatory action research to strengthen global and local health systems.

Harry is involved with KIT’s portfolio of health financing projects, and also looking at research and learning within ASCEND (Accelerating Sustainable Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases) Lot 1 countries; particularly in the context of disruption to community health worker activities due to Covid-19.

Publications

Why did informal sector workers stop paying for health insurance in Indonesia? Exploring enrollees’ ability and willingness to pay

Indonesia faces a growing informal sector in the wake of implementing a national social health insurance system—Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN)—that supersedes the vertical programmes historically tied to informal employment.

Authors: M Muttaqien, H Setiyaningsih, H.L.S Coleman, M.S Hidayat, E Dhanalvin, D.R Siregar, A.G Mukti, M.O Kok

Year of Publication: 2021

Downloads: Download Why did informal sector workers stop paying for health insurance in Indonesia?

Other Publications

Muttaqien S., Setiyaningsih H., Aristianti V., Coleman H. L. S., Hidayat M. S., Dhanalvin E., Siregar D. R., Kok M. O., & Mukti A. G. (2020). Ability and willingness to pay for National Health Insurance in Indonesia: a study of the informal sector. Health Policy and Planning (submitted).

Lumagbas, L. B., Coleman, H. L. S., Bunders, J., Pariente, A., Belonje, A., & de Cock Buning, T. (2018). Non-communicable diseases in Indian slums: re-framing the Social Determinants of Health. Global Health Action, 11(1), 1438840.

Houngbo, P. T., Zweekhorst, M., Bunders, J., Coleman, H. L. S., Medenou, D., Dakpanon, L., & De Cock Buning, T. (2017). The root causes of ineffective and inefficient healthcare technology management in Benin public health sector. Health Policy and Technology, 6(4), 446–456.

Houngbo, P. T., De Cock Buning, T., Bunders, J., Coleman, H. L. S., Medenou, D., Dakpanon, L., & Zweekhorst, M. (2017). Ineffective Healthcare Technology Management in Benin’s Public Health Sector: The Perceptions of Key Actors and Their Ability to Address the Main Problems. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 6(10), 587–600.

Houngbo, P. T., Coleman, H. L. S., Zweekhorst, M., De Cock Buning, T., Medenou, D., & Bunders, J. F. G. (2017). A Model for Good Governance of Healthcare Technology Management in the Public Sector: Learning from Evidence-Informed Policy Development and Implementation in Benin. PLOS ONE, 12(1), e0168842.

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