Implementation research protocol on the national community health policy in Guinea: A sequential mixed-methods study using a decision space approach.

ABSTRACT: The overall goal of this study is to explore the rollout of the community health policy in Guinea in the context of decentralization, and the role of decision space (the decision authority, capacities, and accountability of local officials) in explaining gaps between the policy's conceptualization and actual implementation. The implementation research study will employ a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design. The study will be conducted in 27 communes purposefully selected across the country and include communes where the national community health policy is fully, partially, and not yet being implemented. The quantitative component, based on a survey questionnaire and secondary data, will use ordinary least squares (OLS) multiple regression to compare maternal and child health (MCH)

SUBMITTER: Delamou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9858093 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature