Title |
A practical and systematic approach to organisational capacity strengthening for research in the health sector in Africa
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Published in |
Health Research Policy and Systems, March 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1478-4505-12-11 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Imelda Bates, Alan Boyd, Helen Smith, Donald C Cole |
Abstract |
Despite increasing investment in health research capacity strengthening efforts in low and middle income countries, published evidence to guide the systematic design and monitoring of such interventions is very limited. Systematic processes are important to underpin capacity strengthening interventions because they provide stepwise guidance and allow for continual improvement. Our objective here was to use evidence to inform the design of a replicable but flexible process to guide health research capacity strengthening that could be customized for different contexts, and to provide a framework for planning, collecting information, making decisions, and improving performance. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 6 | 27% |
United States | 3 | 14% |
Netherlands | 2 | 9% |
Canada | 1 | 5% |
South Africa | 1 | 5% |
Unknown | 9 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 14 | 64% |
Scientists | 4 | 18% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 9% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Unknown | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
Ghana | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Sierra Leone | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 173 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 16% |
Researcher | 25 | 14% |
Student > Master | 25 | 14% |
Other | 13 | 7% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 5% |
Other | 31 | 17% |
Unknown | 48 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 40 | 22% |
Social Sciences | 37 | 21% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 9% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 7 | 4% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 3% |
Other | 25 | 14% |
Unknown | 50 | 28% |