Development and validation of the ExPRESS instrument for primary health care providers' evaluation of external supervision.

ABSTRACT:

Background

External supervision of primary health care facilities to monitor and improve services is common in low-income countries. Currently there are no tools to measure the quality of support in external supervision in these countries.

Aim

To develop a provider-reported instrument to assess the support delivered through external supervision in Rwanda and other countries.

Methods

"External supervision: Provider Evaluation of Supervisor Support" (ExPRESS) was developed in 18 steps, primarily in Rwanda. Content validity was optimised using systematic search for related instruments, interviews, translations, and relevance assessments by international supervision experts as well as local experts in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Construct validity and reliability w

SUBMITTER: Schriver M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5945230 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature