Supporting translation of research evidence into practice—the use of Normalisation Process Theory to assess and inform implementation within randomised controlled …

A Williams, L Lennox, M Harris, G Antonacci - Implementation Science, 2023 - Springer
Background The status of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) as the 'gold standard'for
evaluating efficacy in healthcare interventions is increasingly debated among the research …

Barriers to and enablers of quality improvement in primary health care in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review

CO Odhus, RR Kapanga, E Oele - PLOS Global Public Health, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The quality of health care remains generally poor across primary health care settings,
especially in low-and middle-income countries where tertiary care tends to take up much of …

CD4+ T-cell count at antiretroviral therapy initiation in the “treat-all” era in rural south africa: an interrupted time series analysis

HM Yapa, HY Kim, K Petoumenos… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background South Africa implemented universal test and treat (UTT) in September
2016 in an effort to encourage earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods We …

Good practices to optimise the performance of maternal and neonatal quality improvement teams: Results from a longitudinal qualitative evaluation in South Africa …

W Odendaal, M Tomlinson, A Goga, Y Singh… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Many maternal and neonatal deaths can be avoided if quality healthcare is provided. To this
end, the South African National Department of Health implemented a quality improvement …

Decision-maker roles in healthcare quality improvement projects: a scoping review

J Gagnon, M Breton, I Gaboury - BMJ Open Quality, 2024 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Objectives Evidence suggests that healthcare quality improvement (QI) projects are more
successful when decision-makers are involved in the process. However, guidance regarding …

Evidence of interventions and strategies to bridge the quality improvement gap led by HCW at the frontline in SSA: a scoping review

R Ng'ang'a, KN Kimani, L Okutoyi… - IJQHC …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Poor-quality health care is a significant cause of preventable deaths, especially
in low-and middle-income countries. Quality improvement (QI) is multifaceted. To move QI in …

Barriers to and enablers of quality improvement in primary health care in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

C Odhus¹, R Kapanga², E Oele³ - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The quality of health care remains generally poor across primary health care settings,
especially in low-and middle-income countries where tertiary care tends to take up much of …

It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it: The pitfalls of using routine data to measure early infant HIV diagnosis in HIV-exposed infants

E Chappell, C Thorne, IJ Collins, K Baisley, HM Yapa… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) is critical to ensuring timely diagnosis of HIV-
exposed infants, and treatment in those found to be infected. However estimates of coverage …

A mixed methods study on the barriers and facilitators of implementing HIV re-testing guidelines on pregnant women at a referral hospital in Kenya

J Njuki, D Wamalwa, R Kumar, AM Macharia - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background The Ministry of Health-Kenya developed guidelines on HIV testing for pregnant
women at different points in time as a mitigative measure against mother-to child …

Appendix III. Illustrative Examples and Quotes

J Gagnon - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
“The team attended the service user forum […] The team developed a theory of change as a
driver diagram […] Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycles involved the testing of posters in …