Formative study kicked off
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The ENABLE research project has passed a milestone. We have officially kicked off the formative research data collection for the project.
The project is now engaged in conducting key informant interviews with policymakers, health professionals, and community leaders, and focus group discussions (FGDs) with pregnant women, and health workers from primary health care facilities.
"This is a critical step in understanding real-world practices and building sustainable health interventions", says Eleni Papadopoulou, Principal Investigator.
Engaging in formative research
In tandem, the formative study will perform a secondary analyses on already collected, relevant data from national surveys on NCD risk factors and antenatal care service provision and use. An additional survey will be conducted to assess needs and challenges related to capacity building in implementation science, environmental health and monitoring, health information systems, and digital health.
"Engaging in formative research is invaluable for the ENABLE project. This allows us to capture frontline perspectives on health challenges, as well as understand better the context and the complex interplay of factors that influence clinical practice, health behaviors, and outcomes", shares Abraham Sahilemichael, ENABLE Postdoctoral Fellow.
Insights from four Ethiopian cities
The ENABLE formative study will use qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the local context and gain insights from diverse stakeholders and users in four Ethiopian cities. This will provide a solid baseline understanding to guide the design of a tailored non-communicable disease (NCD) intervention study, the “ENABLE” intervention, in an equitable and sustainable way.
This milestone further contributes to the aim of the ENABLE project: to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases by reducing such diseases among pregnant women in Ethiopia.
