Background
Description of the condition
Description of the intervention
How the intervention might work
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P: professionals working at district health management level
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I: site-based training with or without mentoring AND/OR operational research
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C: normal institutional arrangements
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O: district health management functions (see Table 1)
Primary outcomes District management functions refer to the functions of budgeting and expenditure control, supervisory practices, staffing, planning and resource allocation, procurement of supplies, maintenance, local adaptation of national policies, and revenue raising and training. Leadership functions stand for interagency coordination, inter-sectorial collaboration, strategic orientation, and staff alignment and motivation Managerial and leadership functions are what Gilson (2012) refers to as the meso-level health system functions. |
Why it is important to do this review
Objectives
Criteria for considering studies for this review
Population
Intervention(s)
Intensity
Who delivers the intervention
Comparators
Outcomes
Primary outcomes
Secondary outcomes
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Mechanisms underlying the effect of the intervention
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Enabling and constraining contextual factors
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Comparison of effectiveness of single intervention versus multicomponent intervention
Types of study
Context
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Search strategy
Study designs | ((((((((((((((“evaluation”[All Fields]) OR realist[All Fields]) OR “Program Evaluation”[Mesh]) OR “Evaluation Studies” [Publication Type]) OR “cohort studies”[MeSH Terms]) OR (“Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)”[Mesh])) OR Evalu*) OR interview) OR Qualitative) OR “Qualitative Research” [Mesh]) OR Randomized Controlled Trial [Publication Type]) OR Random*) OR Randomly [tiab]) OR Randomized controlled trial [pt]) OR Interrupted Time Series Analysis |
Publication types | Grey literature will not be reviewed |
Date of publication | From 1978a |
Language | English, French, Arabic and Spanish |
Other limits | Filter humans |
Databases | (1) MEDLINE, (2) PsycInfo, (3) Cochrane Library, (4) CRD database (DARE), (5) Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) group, (6) ISI Web of Knowledge, (7) Health Evidence.org, (8) PDQ-Evidence, (9) ERIC, (10) EMBASE, (11) TRIP |
Grey literature | We will review only published articles. |
Other sources | Reference tracking, citation tracking, hand-searching journals |
Data collection and analysis
Study selection
Data extraction
Data extraction form
Country Year Duration of the programme, Frequency Programme components Underlying theory of change Barriers Facilitators Educational methods Intervention model Participants Programme Goal Programme evaluation Evaluation results Outcomes Sustainability Length of post intervention follow-up |