Bridging the Gap Between Evidence‐based Innovation and National Health‐sector Reform in Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10795844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Koku Awoonor‐Williams (0000-0002-1094-8212, Ghana Health Service), Ellie S Feinglass, Ellie Feinglass (Population Council, corresponding author), Rachel Tobey (Population Council, corresponding author), Maya N Vaughan‐Smith, Maya Vaughan-Smith, Frank K Nyonator, Frank Nyonator (Ghana Health Service), Tanya Jones (0000-0002-6108-3458, Population Council), Tanya C Jones |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 161-177 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2004.00020.x |
| PMID | 15511060 |
| OpenAlex | W2065921489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 15 |
Although experimental trials often identify optimal strategies for improving community health, transferring operational innovation from well‐funded research programs to resource‐constrained settings often languishes. Because research initiatives are based in institutions equipped with unique resources and staff capabilities, results are often dismissed by decisionmakers as irrelevant to large‐scale operations and national health policy. This article describes an initiative undertaken in Nkwanta District, Ghana, focusing on this problem. The Nkwanta District initiative is a critical link between the experimental study conducted in Navrongo, Ghana, and a national effort to scale up the innovations developed in that study. A 2002 Nkwanta district‐level survey provides the basis for assessing the likelihood that the Navrongo model is replicable elsewhere in Ghana. The effect of community‐based health planning and services exposure on family planning and safe‐motherhood indicators supports the hypothesis that Navrongo effects are transferable to impoverished rural settings elsewhere, confirming the need for strategies to bridge the gap between Navrongo evidence‐based innovation and national health‐sector reform
Bridging (networking · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Implementation research · Monitoring and evaluation · Resource (disambiguation · Scale (ratio · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Trends in the timing of first marriage among men and women in the developing world
Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana
Temporal trends in childhood mortality in Ghana
Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect of the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana
Food on the table and disease at the door
Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana
Supporting the utilization of community-based primary health care implementation research in Ghana
Quality of Antenatal Care Services in the Birim North District of Ghana
Group boundary salience and nonaccommodation between healthcare workers and community members in Ghana
The complex association of health insurance and maternal health services in the context of a premium exemption for pregnant women
The Long‐Term Fertility Impact of the Navrongo Project in Northern Ghana
Religion, Reproductive Health, and Sexual Behavior in Ghana
Ghana's community-based primary health care
Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact
Reforming Health Service Delivery at District Level in Ghana
The Strategic Approach to Contraceptive Introduction
Developing a Culturally Appropriate Family Planning Program for the Navrongo Experiment
Guidelines for Overcoming Design Problems in Family Planning Operations Research
Transferring Health and Family Planning Service Innovations to the Public Sector
The Impact of the Navrongo Project on Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, Reproductive Preferences, and Fertility
The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project
Factors influencing the success of applied research
Policy Entrepreneurs and the Diffusion of Innovation
Translating research findings into health policy
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |