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| Title |
Training for health services and systems research in Sub-Saharan Africa - a case study at four East and Southern African Universities
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| Published in |
Human Resources for Health, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1478-4491-11-68 |
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| Authors |
David Guwatudde, Freddie Bwanga, Lilian Dudley, Lumbwe Chola, Germana Henry Leyna, Elia John Mmbaga, Newton Kumwenda, Myroslava Protsiv, Salla Atkins, Merrick Zwarenstein, Celestino Obua, James K Tumwine |
| Abstract |
The need to develop capacity for health services and systems research (HSSR) in low and middle income countries has been highlighted in a number of international forums. However, little is known about the level of HSSR training in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We conducted an assessment at four major East and Southern African universities to describe: a) the numbers of HSSR PhD trainees at these institutions, b) existing HSSR curricula and mode of delivery, and c) motivating and challenging factors for PhD training, from the trainees' experience. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 93 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 85 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 12% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 23 | 25% |
| Unknown | 21 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 29% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 6% |
| Engineering | 6 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 21 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2018.
All research outputs
#6,571,272
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Human Resources for Health
#695
of 1,261 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#70,865
of 320,874 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Human Resources for Health
#13
of 19 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,261 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.3. This one is in the 44th percentile – i.e., 44% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 19 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 31st percentile – i.e., 31% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.