TY - JOUR
T1 - Researching maternal, neonatal and child health service use in rural and pastoralist Ethiopia
T2 - A key informant research approach
AU - King, Rosey
AU - Jackson, Ruth
AU - Dietsch, Jennie
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Like many nations in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia has both a highneonatal mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio and is unlikelyto meet Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015. Thisworking paper examines how Key Informant Research (KIR) inrural and pastoralist Ethiopia will identify facilitators and barriersto the use of maternal, neonatal and child health services. Themethodology is informed by Participative Ethnographic EvaluationResearch (PEER) and Key Informant Monitoring (KIM). KeyInformant Research (KIR) training will provide research skillsto Health Extension Workers (HEWs) and Non-governmentorganisation (NGO) staff to enable them to develop researchquestions, collect data and participate in preliminary data analysis.This will enable the identification of strategies that improve theidentification of risk, enhance early referral, increase access,affordability and acceptability of skilled birthing services in rural and pastoralist Ethiopia.
AB - Like many nations in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia has both a highneonatal mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio and is unlikelyto meet Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015. Thisworking paper examines how Key Informant Research (KIR) inrural and pastoralist Ethiopia will identify facilitators and barriersto the use of maternal, neonatal and child health services. Themethodology is informed by Participative Ethnographic EvaluationResearch (PEER) and Key Informant Monitoring (KIM). KeyInformant Research (KIR) training will provide research skillsto Health Extension Workers (HEWs) and Non-governmentorganisation (NGO) staff to enable them to develop researchquestions, collect data and participate in preliminary data analysis.This will enable the identification of strategies that improve theidentification of risk, enhance early referral, increase access,affordability and acceptability of skilled birthing services in rural and pastoralist Ethiopia.
KW - Open access version available
KW - Ethiopia
KW - Key informant research
KW - Maternal and child health
M3 - Article
SN - 1837-7432
SP - 7
EP - 21
JO - Social Sciences and Humanities Engaging Policy; Working Papers Series 2
JF - Social Sciences and Humanities Engaging Policy; Working Papers Series 2
IS - 43
ER -
