The role of provincial health administration in supporting district health management teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo: eliciting an initial programme theory of a realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2006, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo designed a strategy to strengthen the health system by developing health districts. This strategy included a reform of the provincial health administration to provide effective technical support to district health management teams in terms of leadership and management. The provincial health teams were set up in 2014, but few studies have been done on how, for whom, and under what circumstances their support to the districts works. We report on the development of an initial programme theory that is the first step of a realist evaluation seeking to address this knowledge gap.

Methods

To inform the initial programme theory, we collected data through a scoping review of primary studies on leadership o

SUBMITTER: Bosongo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880215 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature