Stewardship; The Missing Loop of Rehabilitation in the Health System: A Policy Brief

Zahra Najafi; Kianoush Abdi; Shahin Soltani

doi:10.47176/mjiri.37.66

Stewardship; The Missing Loop of Rehabilitation in the Health System: A Policy Brief

Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2023 Jun 13:37:66. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.37.66. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zahra Najafi¹, Kianoush Abdi², Shahin Soltani³

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Rehabilitation Management, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.

Abstract

Providing optimal rehabilitation services for people with disabilities has always been recognized as a major concern of health systems in all countries. Stewardship is one of the biggest challenges to provide rehabilitation services to people with disabilities in Iran. We advocate the Ministry of Health & Medical Education (MoHME) to take the lead as a steward of rehabilitation services in Iran, while the dedicated sections in the MoHME need to be determined, with a clear list of responsibilities and affiliations.

Keywords: Disability; Governance; Health System; Rehabilitation; Stewardship.