“The purpose of this special supplement is to spur the development and maturation of social innovation in health as an academic field and to broaden multidisciplinary collaboration to this end. Here, contributors describe and analyse the history, concepts, tensions and research evidence of community-engaged social innovations and related person-centred approaches.
The overarching goal is to better understand how social innovations can be embedded in health education, training, research, policy, programmes and systems.
Ultimately, the special supplement will demonstrate how social innovation contributes toward a holistic approach to health and development.””
Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard University & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
BMJ Innovations’ special supplement on social innovations for health highlights some of the most important research work, concepts, and practices in social innovations in health. It also showcases the best available case examples of significant improvements in health outcomes.
Launch webinar recordings
For the supplement launch, BMJ Group facilitated a webinar to show how social innovations can positively affect health and social outcomes, drive more resilient health systems, engage communities, and help achieve universal health.
The event was held in English with simultaneous interpretations in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
About BMJ Innovations
Research on emerging digital health, medical devices, and innovations. This peer-reviewed online journal is focused on novel technologies, emerging digital health, and pioneering medical devices. The journal champions high-quality original research, systemic and narrative reviews, and early-stage innovation reports designed to accelerate transferable lessons from new health solutions.
Along with a rich mix of news, discussion, and debate, BMJ Innovations helps innovators, clinicians, leaders, and policy makers stay informed and empowered to adopt the latest innovations that will have the biggest impact on health.
The journal focuses on three broad areas of innovation:
- Digital health
- Medical devices
- Novel technologies
This special supplement is kindly supported by the Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI), BMJ Innovations and other BMJ journals. It is also supported by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO). The call for submissions was in partnership with the Social Innovation in Health Initiative and Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health. It was co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and the World Health Organization. TDR received additional funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), to support SIHI.
Without these valuable contributions, the production of this important supplement would not have been possible. We thank all those involved.
