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Background: Learning is integral to building resilient health systems and plays a pivotal role in their continuous strengthening and adaptation. This research aims to analyse what and how Guinea’s health system has learnt from respectful maternity care (RMC) and perinatal mental health (PMH) in Guinea from 2012 to 2024.
Methods: This research will use mixed approaches. These include a mixed-methods systematic review to describe the lessons learnt from RMC and PMH in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming at informing the analysis of learning health system at the organisational and cross-organisational levels in Guinea (Study 1); a rapid realist review of the liter¬ature to explore how RMC and PMH interventions in sub-Saharan Africa can lead to improved maternal and neonatal health outcomes, aiming to nurture the organisational and cross-organisational learning analysis (Study 2), and a retrospective longitudinal single embedded case study design to analyse what and how the health system has learnt from RMC and PMH in Guinea over the past 12 years (Study 3). Various data collection and analysis methods will be applied based on the specific designs of the planned studies. This project will be done between April 2024 and December 2027.
Expected results and implications: This research is expected to provide insights into how RMC and PMH interventions can enhance maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Guinea by identifying key drivers of effective practices and learning mechanisms within the health system. The findings will inform policy, strengthen health system resilience, and contribute to advancing equitable, patient-centred care in Guinea and similar low-resource settings. It is noteworthy that this PhD project synergistically aligns with the ongoing ITM-supported activities in Guinea such as the MISPOD study exploring the link between the mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth and post-partum depression and getting research into policy and practice (GRIPP).
Methods: This research will use mixed approaches. These include a mixed-methods systematic review to describe the lessons learnt from RMC and PMH in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming at informing the analysis of learning health system at the organisational and cross-organisational levels in Guinea (Study 1); a rapid realist review of the liter¬ature to explore how RMC and PMH interventions in sub-Saharan Africa can lead to improved maternal and neonatal health outcomes, aiming to nurture the organisational and cross-organisational learning analysis (Study 2), and a retrospective longitudinal single embedded case study design to analyse what and how the health system has learnt from RMC and PMH in Guinea over the past 12 years (Study 3). Various data collection and analysis methods will be applied based on the specific designs of the planned studies. This project will be done between April 2024 and December 2027.
Expected results and implications: This research is expected to provide insights into how RMC and PMH interventions can enhance maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Guinea by identifying key drivers of effective practices and learning mechanisms within the health system. The findings will inform policy, strengthen health system resilience, and contribute to advancing equitable, patient-centred care in Guinea and similar low-resource settings. It is noteworthy that this PhD project synergistically aligns with the ongoing ITM-supported activities in Guinea such as the MISPOD study exploring the link between the mistreatment of women during facility-based childbirth and post-partum depression and getting research into policy and practice (GRIPP).
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/26 → … |
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