International health research monitoring: exploring a scientific and a cooperative approach using participatory action research.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate and determine the value of monitoring models developed by the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Research Unit and the East African Consortium for Clinical Research, consider how this can be measured and explore monitors' and investigators' experiences of and views about the nature, purpose and practice of monitoring.

Research design

A case study approach was used within the context of participatory action research because one of the aims was to guide and improve practice. 34 interviews, five focus groups and observations of monitoring practice were conducted.

Setting and participants

Fieldwork occurred in the places where the monitoring models are coordinated and applied in Thailand, Cambodia, Uganda and Kenya. Participants included those coordinating the

SUBMITTER: Chantler T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927800 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature