Action research and health system strengthening: the case of the health sector support programme in Mauritania, West Africa.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Access to qualitative and equitable healthcare is a major challenge in Mauritania. In order to support the country's efforts, a health sector strengthening programme was set up with participatory action research at its core. Reinforcing a health system requires a customised and comprehensive approach to face the complexity inherent to health systems. Yet, limited knowledge is available on how policies could enhance the performance of the system and how multi-stakeholder efforts could give rise to changes in health policy. We aimed to analyse the ongoing participatory action research and, more specifically, see in how far action research as an embedded research approach could contribute to strengthening health systems. METHODS:We adopted a single-case study design, based on two s

SUBMITTER: Accoe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7031916 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature