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Improving the use of focus group discussions in low income settingsThis paper authored by Pauline Scheelbeek et al and published in BMC Medical Research Methodology describes how six exercises were used in 32 maternal and newborn care themed Focus Group Discussions (FGD). The exercises included: picture sorting, associative pictures, picture ranking, decision trees, predictive...
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Listening to Gombe MothersFeedback from patients about their experience of health care is a critically important step to improving quality of care. But mechanisms for connecting with health care users to hear their stories can be problematic, an issue highlighted by the movement to promote and address respectful maternity care. The high...
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Routine health management information system data in Ethiopia: consistency, trends and challengesThe paper, authored by analysts from the ORCA project, made use of a WHO data quality review toolkit and compared data from the Health Management...
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Improving the use of focus group discussions in low income settingsThis paper authored by Pauline Scheelbeek et al and published in BMC Medical Research Methodology describes how six exercises were used in 32...
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Using social media to improve routine data quality metricsHow is this all linked to social media? The study, published in BMJ Open, measured changes in data quality metrics before and after the...
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“There Is No Link Between Resource Allocation and Use of Local Data”The study authors show that districts have a decision-making structure, including representatives of all relevant government departments, and...
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Half-way there: positive steps in maternal and newborn care in Northeast NigeriaThis IDEAS-led study, authored by Josephine Exley et al and published in BMJ Open, offers unique insights into the quality of care provided to...
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Listening to Gombe MothersFeedback from patients about their experience of health care is a critically important step to improving quality of care. But mechanisms for...
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