Facilitators, best practices and barriers to integrating family planning data in Uganda's health management information system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health management information systems (HMIS) are instrumental in addressing health delivery problems and strengthening health sectors by generating credible evidence about the health status of clients. There is paucity of studies which have explored possibilities for integrating family planning data from the public and private health sectors in Uganda's national HMIS. This study sought to investigate the facilitators, best practices and barriers of integrating family planning data into the district and national HMIS in Uganda.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study in Kampala, Jinja, and Hoima Districts of Uganda, based on 16 key informant interviews and a multi-stakeholder dialogue workshop with 11 participants. Deductive and inductive thematic methods were use

SUBMITTER: Wandera SO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532212 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature