Ruairi Brugha

Ruairi Brugha

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

H-index: 55

Europe-Ireland

About Ruairi Brugha

Ruairi Brugha, With an exceptional h-index of 55 and a recent h-index of 31 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, specializes in the field of Quantitative research methods (epidemiological study design), qualitative research (especially for policy analysis) and mixed methods studies.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Dimensions of patient-centred care from the perspective of patients and healthcare workers in hospital settings in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative evidence synthesis

A EU-Africa partnership to co-design a training intervention to scale-up access to surgery in Africa

Using participatory action research to empower district hospital staff to deliver quality-assured essential surgery to rural populations in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania

Research update: celebrating a passion for research

Evidence-informed surgical systems strengthening with meaningful stakeholder involvement in low-resource settings: a response to recent commentaries

Critical shortage of capacity to deliver safe paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 67 hospitals in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania

Tackling breast cancer where almost no care is available. A Europe-Africa partnership

Economic costs of providing district-and regional-level surgeries in Tanzania

Ruairi Brugha Information

University

Position

Professor & Chair Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine

Citations(all)

13047

Citations(since 2020)

4472

Cited By

11733

hIndex(all)

55

hIndex(since 2020)

31

i10Index(all)

146

i10Index(since 2020)

93

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Ruairi Brugha Skills & Research Interests

Quantitative research methods (epidemiological study design)

qualitative research (especially for policy analysis) and mixed methods studies

Top articles of Ruairi Brugha

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Dimensions of patient-centred care from the perspective of patients and healthcare workers in hospital settings in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative evidence synthesis

Paul K Okeny

Chiara Pittalis

Celina Flocks Monaghan

Ruairi Brugha

Jakub Gajewski

2024/4/16

A EU-Africa partnership to co-design a training intervention to scale-up access to surgery in Africa

European Journal of Public Health

Chiara Pittalis

G Drury

G Mwapasa

E Borgstein

M Cheelo

...

2023/10/1

Using participatory action research to empower district hospital staff to deliver quality-assured essential surgery to rural populations in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania

Frontiers in Public Health

Chiara Pittalis

Grace Drury

Gerald Mwapasa

Jakub Gajewski

2023/9/14

Research update: celebrating a passion for research

Hannah Mc Gee

Mohit Butaney

Jenna Geers

Noel G McElvaney

Arnold Hill

...

2023/8/9

Evidence-informed surgical systems strengthening with meaningful stakeholder involvement in low-resource settings: a response to recent commentaries

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Leon Bijlmakers

Ruairí Brugha

Martilord Ifeanyichi

Jakub Gajewski

Henk Broekhuizen

2023/12/1

Critical shortage of capacity to deliver safe paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 67 hospitals in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Jakub Gajewski

Chiara Pittalis

Eric Borgstein

Leon Bijlmakers

Gerald Mwapasa

...

2023/5/31

Tackling breast cancer where almost no care is available. A Europe-Africa partnership

European Journal of Public Health

Jakub Gajewski

C Pittalis

R Mwandira

E Schouten

R Brugha

2023/10/1

Economic costs of providing district-and regional-level surgeries in Tanzania

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Martilord Ifeanyichi

Henk Broekhuizen

Adinan Juma

Kondo Chilonga

Edward Kataika

...

2022/7

Surgical capacity, productivity and efficiency at the district level in Sub-Saharan Africa: A three-country study

Plos one

Mengyang Zhang

Jakub Gajewski

Chiara Pittalis

Mark Shrime

Henk Broekhuizen

...

2022/11/30

Doctor Retention in a COVID-World: An Opportunity to Reconfigure the Health Workforce, or" Plus ça change plus c’est la meme chose"? A Response to the Recent Commentaries

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Ruairí Brugha

2022/6/1

Using network and complexity theories to understand the functionality of referral systems for surgical patients in resource-limited settings, the case of Malawi

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Chiara Pittalis

Ruairí Brugha

Leon Bijlmakers

Frances Cunningham

Gerald Mwapasa

...

2022/12

Challenges in introducing innovation. Barriers and enablers to the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: a qualitative study

Judith Munthali

Chiara Pittalis

Leon Bijlmakers

John Kachimba

Mweene Cheelo

...

2022/4/12

Improving access to surgery through surgical team mentoring–policy lessons from group model building with local stakeholders in Malawi

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Henk Broekhuizen

Martilord Ifeanyichi

Gerald Mwapasa

Chiara Pittalis

Patrick Noah

...

2022/9

Why do they leave? Challenges to retention of surgical clinical officers in district hospitals in Malawi

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Jakub Gajewski

Marisa Wallace

Chiara Pittalis

Gerald Mwapasa

Eric Borgstein

...

2022/3

Barriers and enablers to utilisation of the WHO surgical safety checklist at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Judith Munthali

Chiara Pittalis

Leon Bijlmakers

John Kachimba

Mweene Cheelo

...

2022/12

Using group model building to capture the complex dynamics of scaling up district-level surgery in Arusha region, Tanzania

H Broekhuizen-Versteeg

MEM Lansu

J Gajewski

C Pittalis

MI Ifeanyichi

...

2022

COP27: The prospects and challenges for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Amirhossein Takian

Arefeh Mousavi

Martin McKee

Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi

Ronald Labonté

...

2022/12

Authors’ Reply: Which Surgical Operations Should be Performed in District Hospitals in East, Central and Southern Africa? Results of a Survey of Regional Clinicians

World Journal of Surgery

Zineb Bentounsi

Chris Lavy

Chiara Pittalis

Morgane Clarke

Jean Rizk

...

2021/3

Surgical ambulance referrals in sub-Saharan Africa–Financial costs and coping strategies at district hospitals in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia

BMC Health Services Research

Martilord Ifeanyichi

Henk Broekhuizen

Mweene Cheelo

Adinan Juma

Gerald Mwapasa

...

2021/12

Evaluation of a managed surgical consultation network in Malawi

World Journal of Surgery

Gerald Mwapasa

Chiara Pittalis

Morgane Clarke

Leon Bijlmakers

Grace Le

...

2021/2

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