Robert Scherpbier
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3085970 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Robert Scherpbier |
| PRENOMES | Robert |
| SOBRENOME | Scherpbier |
| ASSINATURA | SCHERPBIER R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | United Nations Children's Fund |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5910-5160 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
What makes embedded implementation research work? A multicountry synthesis of Unicef-supported initiatives in low- and middle-income countries
Introduction: Embedded implementation research (EIR) integrates research within health programmes to address delivery bottlenecks and improve uptake of evidence. While widely promoted, its influence on policy, programme delivery, and service outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains under-documented. We examined how EIR has influenced policy adaptation, programme design, and service delivery outcomes across LMICs where UNICEF h…
Embedded research to advance primary health care
Realising renewed efforts to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage, manage health emergencies and create healthier populations requires integrated action on system-wide challenges. One of the best ways to do this is to focus on primary health care (PHC). Advancing PHC needs the support of a robust learning agenda—encompassing questions on how to improve both essential and emergency services, engage and empower communities and addr…
Comparison of text messaging data collection vs face-to-face interviews for public health surveys
BACKGROUND: To compare text messaging and face-to-face interviews to conduct a survey on childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia. METHODS: Caregivers of young children able to send text messages in Zhao County in rural China were included in this crossover study. Villages (clusters) were randomized into two groups using the ratio 1:1.6 to account for an expected higher drop-out in group 2. In group 1, participants first completed the face-to-face and t…
Inequality in early childhood neurodevelopment in six poor rural counties of China
The early childhood neurodevelopment in the surveyed area is poor and unfair. Factors including household economic status, caregivers' depressive symptoms, learning material and family support for learning are significantly associated with children's suspected developmental delay and early developmental inequality. The results highlight the urgent need of monitoring child neurodevelopment in poor rural areas. Interventions targeting the caregiver…
Child health security in China
Socioeconomic inequities in the health and nutrition of children in low/middle income countries
OBJECTIVE: To describe the effects of social inequities on the health and nutrition of children in low and middle income countries. METHODS: We reviewed existing data on socioeconomic disparities within-countries relative to the use of services, nutritional status, morbidity, and mortality. A conceptual framework including five major hierarchical categories affecting inequities was adopted: socioeconomic context and position, differential exposur…
An approach to estimating human resource requirements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
In the context of the Millennium Development Goals, human resources represent the most critical constraint in achieving the targets. Therefore, it is important for health planners and decision-makers to identify what are the human resources required to meet those targets. Planning the human resources for health is a complex process. It needs to consider both the technical aspects related to estimating the number, skills and distribution of health…
Context matters
Appropriate consideration of contextual factors is essential for ensuring internal and external validity of randomized and non-randomized evaluations. Contextual factors may confound the association between delivery of the intervention and its potential health impact. They may also modify the effect of the intervention or programme, thus affecting the generalizability of results. This is particularly true for large-scale health programmes, for wh…
Programmatic pathways to child survival
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the expectations held by World Health Organization programme personnel about how the introduction of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy would lead to improvements in child health and nutrition, to compare these expectations with what was learned from the Multi-Country Evaluation of IMCI Effectiveness, Cost and Impact (MCE-IMCI), and to discuss the implications of these findings for child surviva…
Context matters
Appropriate consideration of contextual factors is essential for ensuring internal and external validity of randomized and non-randomized evaluations. Contextual factors may confound the association between delivery of the intervention and its potential health impact. They may also modify the effect of the intervention or programme, thus affecting the generalizability of results. This is particularly true for large-scale health programmes, for wh…
Programmatic pathways to child survival
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the expectations held by World Health Organization programme personnel about how the introduction of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy would lead to improvements in child health and nutrition, to compare these expectations with what was learned from the Multi-Country Evaluation of IMCI Effectiveness, Cost and Impact (MCE-IMCI), and to discuss the implications of these findings for child surviva…
Socioeconomic inequities in the health and nutrition of children in low/middle income countries
OBJECTIVE: To describe the effects of social inequities on the health and nutrition of children in low and middle income countries. METHODS: We reviewed existing data on socioeconomic disparities within-countries relative to the use of services, nutritional status, morbidity, and mortality. A conceptual framework including five major hierarchical categories affecting inequities was adopted: socioeconomic context and position, differential exposur…
Child health security in China
An approach to estimating human resource requirements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
In the context of the Millennium Development Goals, human resources represent the most critical constraint in achieving the targets. Therefore, it is important for health planners and decision-makers to identify what are the human resources required to meet those targets. Planning the human resources for health is a complex process. It needs to consider both the technical aspects related to estimating the number, skills and distribution of health…
An approach to estimating human resource requirements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
In the context of the Millennium Development Goals, human resources represent the most critical constraint in achieving the targets. Therefore, it is important for health planners and decision-makers to identify what are the human resources required to meet those targets. Planning the human resources for health is a complex process. It needs to consider both the technical aspects related to estimating the number, skills and distribution of health…
Context matters
Appropriate consideration of contextual factors is essential for ensuring internal and external validity of randomized and non-randomized evaluations. Contextual factors may confound the association between delivery of the intervention and its potential health impact. They may also modify the effect of the intervention or programme, thus affecting the generalizability of results. This is particularly true for large-scale health programmes, for wh…
Programmatic pathways to child survival
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the expectations held by World Health Organization programme personnel about how the introduction of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy would lead to improvements in child health and nutrition, to compare these expectations with what was learned from the Multi-Country Evaluation of IMCI Effectiveness, Cost and Impact (MCE-IMCI), and to discuss the implications of these findings for child surviva…
Socioeconomic inequities in the health and nutrition of children in low/middle income countries
OBJECTIVE: To describe the effects of social inequities on the health and nutrition of children in low and middle income countries. METHODS: We reviewed existing data on socioeconomic disparities within-countries relative to the use of services, nutritional status, morbidity, and mortality. A conceptual framework including five major hierarchical categories affecting inequities was adopted: socioeconomic context and position, differential exposur…
Child health security in China
Inequality in early childhood neurodevelopment in six poor rural counties of China
The early childhood neurodevelopment in the surveyed area is poor and unfair. Factors including household economic status, caregivers' depressive symptoms, learning material and family support for learning are significantly associated with children's suspected developmental delay and early developmental inequality. The results highlight the urgent need of monitoring child neurodevelopment in poor rural areas. Interventions targeting the caregiver…
Comparison of text messaging data collection vs face-to-face interviews for public health surveys
BACKGROUND: To compare text messaging and face-to-face interviews to conduct a survey on childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia. METHODS: Caregivers of young children able to send text messages in Zhao County in rural China were included in this crossover study. Villages (clusters) were randomized into two groups using the ratio 1:1.6 to account for an expected higher drop-out in group 2. In group 1, participants first completed the face-to-face and t…
Embedded research to advance primary health care
Realising renewed efforts to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage, manage health emergencies and create healthier populations requires integrated action on system-wide challenges. One of the best ways to do this is to focus on primary health care (PHC). Advancing PHC needs the support of a robust learning agenda—encompassing questions on how to improve both essential and emergency services, engage and empower communities and addr…
What makes embedded implementation research work? A multicountry synthesis of Unicef-supported initiatives in low- and middle-income countries
Introduction: Embedded implementation research (EIR) integrates research within health programmes to address delivery bottlenecks and improve uptake of evidence. While widely promoted, its influence on policy, programme delivery, and service outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains under-documented. We examined how EIR has influenced policy adaptation, programme design, and service delivery outcomes across LMICs where UNICEF h…
Global Maternal and Child Health (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras) · Economics (5 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Nursing (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Context (archaeology) (3 obras)