Equity and health policy in Africa: using concept mapping in Moore (Burkina Faso).

ABSTRACT:

Background

This methodological article is based on a health policy research project conducted in Burkina Faso (West Africa). Concept mapping (CM) was used as a research method to understand the local views of equity among stakeholders, who were concerned by the health policy under consideration. While this technique has been used in North America and elsewhere, to our knowledge it has not yet been applied in Africa in any vernacular language. Its application raises many issues and certain methodological limitations. Our objective in this article is to present its use in this particular context, and to share a number of methodological observations on the subject.

Methods

Two CMs were done among two different groups of local stakeholders following four steps: generating ideas,

SUBMITTER: Ridde V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2386119 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature