The Demographic and Health Surveys Faculty Fellows Program: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned.

ABSTRACT: Primarily funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Faculty Fellows Program is designed to strengthen the institutional capacity of universities in low- and middle-income countries to use and analyze DHS data. This article provides an overview of the program's evolution and its current form; presents successes and impacts; and discusses challenges, lessons learned, and potential further directions.Initiated in 2008, the Fellows Program underwent several rounds of improvement. The current model involves a competitive team application process, 2 intensive in-person workshops, completion of a working paper of publishable quality, and the transfer of analysis skills learned during the fellowship to students and colleagues

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8324205 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature