SLURC completes three-day workshop on health systems research
In partnership with the Institute for Development Studies (IDS), and the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Future Health Systems, the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre has successfully ended a three day workshop on Future Health Systems Research which took place on the 15th to 17th January 2018. The workshop was facilitated by Daniela Rodriguez from the John Hopkins University and Annie Wilkinson from the Institute for Development Studies. The workshop attracted participants and academics from the Njala University, staff of SLURC and some members from the communities
The aim of the workshop according to the facilitators were to do a rapid review of health systems research where introduction to concepts of health systems, health systems research, relevant methodologies, and practical and ethical considerations, do a scoping exercise review and deep dive into scoping exercise, identify SLURC priorities for 2018 FHS research, and lastly to do an intensive work planning for SLURC 2018 activities, stakeholder engagement, capacity building needs, and policy and research uptake.
Before the start of the presentation by the facilitators, SLURC made a presentation of the Scoping report on Urban Health it conducted where the findings of the report were presented. The presentation was done by Dr. Joseph Macarthy, Co- Director at SLURC and Abu Conteh, Health Research Consultant at SLURC. Day one of the workshop started with a review scoping exercise where process and results were discussed, discussion on scoping exercise results and work planning, overview of health systems and health systems research, quantitative and qualitative methods for health systems research. These were presented by both Annie Wilkinson and Daniella Rodriguez who were the facilitators. Day two looked at mixed methods for Health Systems Research, complex adaptive systems for Health Systems Research, Health Systems Research for policy and practice, Gender, equity and human rights, and how Health Systems Research methods compare to SLURC’s usual approaches, scoping exercise priorities, and how to pursue priorities of research and practice. The last and final day of the training looked at detailed work planning, and SLURC health research activities for 2018, the approaches to be used by SLURC, stakeholders’ engagement plan, and to identify capacity building needs for SLURC both internal and external.
On the last and final day of the training, several research questions were proposed by staff of SLURC who ended up agreeing on the topic ‘How living conditions of people in informal settlements affect their health’ for the 2018 period. The research topic will look at the various living conditions of people in informal settlements and identify what effects these have on their health. All research related areas including methods, data collection, and timelines were agreed upon. The research is scheduled to start this January and is expected to be disseminated between the periods of November to December 2018.
Participants at the end of the workshop expressed their delight and paid a special gratitude to the Future Health Systems for organising such a workshop that has further enhanced and improved their research capabilities especially on health related issue. They promised to use the knowledge gained to come out with concrete and explicit research findings during the research.
The aim of the workshop according to the facilitators were to do a rapid review of health systems research where introduction to concepts of health systems, health systems research, relevant methodologies, and practical and ethical considerations, do a scoping exercise review and deep dive into scoping exercise, identify SLURC priorities for 2018 FHS research, and lastly to do an intensive work planning for SLURC 2018 activities, stakeholder engagement, capacity building needs, and policy and research uptake.
Before the start of the presentation by the facilitators, SLURC made a presentation of the Scoping report on Urban Health it conducted where the findings of the report were presented. The presentation was done by Dr. Joseph Macarthy, Co- Director at SLURC and Abu Conteh, Health Research Consultant at SLURC. Day one of the workshop started with a review scoping exercise where process and results were discussed, discussion on scoping exercise results and work planning, overview of health systems and health systems research, quantitative and qualitative methods for health systems research. These were presented by both Annie Wilkinson and Daniella Rodriguez who were the facilitators. Day two looked at mixed methods for Health Systems Research, complex adaptive systems for Health Systems Research, Health Systems Research for policy and practice, Gender, equity and human rights, and how Health Systems Research methods compare to SLURC’s usual approaches, scoping exercise priorities, and how to pursue priorities of research and practice. The last and final day of the training looked at detailed work planning, and SLURC health research activities for 2018, the approaches to be used by SLURC, stakeholders’ engagement plan, and to identify capacity building needs for SLURC both internal and external.
On the last and final day of the training, several research questions were proposed by staff of SLURC who ended up agreeing on the topic ‘How living conditions of people in informal settlements affect their health’ for the 2018 period. The research topic will look at the various living conditions of people in informal settlements and identify what effects these have on their health. All research related areas including methods, data collection, and timelines were agreed upon. The research is scheduled to start this January and is expected to be disseminated between the periods of November to December 2018.
Participants at the end of the workshop expressed their delight and paid a special gratitude to the Future Health Systems for organising such a workshop that has further enhanced and improved their research capabilities especially on health related issue. They promised to use the knowledge gained to come out with concrete and explicit research findings during the research.