Finding the best examples of healthcare quality improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-2010
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to summarise the current state of healthcare quality improvement literature focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
METHODS: Conventional methods of searching the literature were quickly found to be inadequate or inappropriate, given the different needs of practitioners in sub-Saharan Africa, and the inaccessibility of the literature.
RESULTS: The group derived a core list of what were deemed exemplary quality improvement articles, based on consensus and a search into the "grey" literature of quality improvement.
CONCLUSIONS: Quality improvement articles from sub-Saharan Africa are difficult to find, and suffer from a lack of centrality and organisation of literature. Efforts to address this are critical to fostering the growth of quality improvement literature in developing country settings.
Volume
19
Issue
5
First Page
416
Last Page
419
ISSN
1475-3901
Published In/Presented At
Liu, C., Babigumira, J., Chiunda, A., Katamba, A., Litvak, I., Miller, L., Namagembe, I., Sekandi, J., Seicean, A., Seicean, S., & Neuhauser, D. (2010). Finding the best examples of healthcare quality improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa. Quality & safety in health care, 19(5), 416–419. https://doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2008.028548
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
20977994
Department(s)
Department of Emergency Medicine
Document Type
Article