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Operational Research Picture Story 1

Welcome to Operational Research. We are going to describe one of our studies that we are currently working on to explain how operational research...

Operational Research Picture Story 2

The study represents the first country wide qualitative analysis of the beliefs, views and practices of users (the pregnant women) and service providers (the health staff) associated with ante-natal care / reproductive child health services in The Ga

Operational Research Picture Story 3

In this photo, a focus group discussion (FGD) is happening.We need to find out what influences how a woman decides when to attend a clinic – is it money, transport, how far they had to travel, superstition about when to announce her pregnancy, level

Operation Research Picture Story 4

As well as pre-testing questionnaires to make sure they establish the type of information sought and do not provide bias later in the analysis, good research also means cross-checking information - information such as distance from communities to hea

Operation Research Picture Story 5

….some had stopped functioning or had moved.The 3rd part of the study involved a national survey of women of child bearing age. Its purpose was to find out if going to the clinics late in pregnancy or only once was affected by the woman's le

Operation Research Picture Story 6

The 4th and 5th (and most intensive) stages were yet to come!A team of 5 field researchers set out to collect data and information from the health workers, particularly motivating and demotivating factors and their views on service quality…

Operation Research Picture Story 7

…and extract 3 years of data directly from the ANC and delivery registers used in each and every health facility.

Operational Research Picture Story 8

Starting at the furthest most part, they drove to every part of the country, crossing many parts of the river and its tributaries. Most of the ferries are manual so most passengers get involved in pulling car, vehicles, animals, and people across. Th

Operational Research Picture Story 9

The data extraction was not always straight forward! The challenges of data storage and recording is one of the reasons for CIAM to design a workshop on recording keeping for particular health clinics.

Operational Research Picture Story 10

After 26 very long days, the research team did finally return home – though without a trophy! (The trophy in the photo is one they helped deliver during their trek.)The data entry and analysis of the various stages has started and should be comple