In each study location, a trained researcher approached the facility's patients in early labor as they entered the maternity unit, explained the study and its objectives, and requested their written consent for the observation.
The survey questionnaire included a consent form on the first page which offered an overview of the research project and its objectives and requested participating nurses to consent to participation by ticking a box without specifying their name.
Letters describing the study objectives and requesting participation were given to eligible families by their health care provider, either personal or by regular mail.
Feed-back on the study approach and proposed objectives was also requested through informal discussions with individuals from representative organizations.
While responses regarding policies and programmes were objective, the information requested on interventions and research gaps was subjective.
Purpose/ Objective: The HCT has requested an inter-agency real-time evaluation as a means of obtaining real-time analysis and feedback to help better focus and adjust on-going implementation strategies.
When designing a structured or semistructured interview form, information on dosage, previous similar events and objective evidence should be requested, in addition to the essential information regarding temporal association and discontinuation.
Purpose / Objective To this end, the Mozambique office requested a review whose overall objectives were to: - Review the efficiency and effectiveness of UNICEF's Phase I Flood Emergency Operations in Mozambique with a view to strengthen them.
The first part of the questionnaire described the aims and objectives of the research and requested demographical information from the participants.
A psychologist presented the QPL and its objectives to the patients, and requested them to rate each question's adequacy of content (if the wording and content of the question was adequate to the context), clarity of wording, usefulness, and the level of anxiety it generated, using a 3-point Likert scale, as well as to provide any comments or suggestions.
