His research and development efforts focused on the quality of raw materials and of products in the pilot-development phase.
It is an example of a UNICEF programme that has moved from pilot phase to development phase with the support of a range of strategies involving production of materials, training, technical assistance, advocacy and community mobilisation.
GP and MCH nurse identification and referral of women; recruitment of mentor mothers and assessment of their acceptability to referred women, and the training program for mentors, were each pilot tested in this development phase.
The four phases are 1) development phase, 2) pilot phase, 3) rollout phase and 4) maintenance phase, as visualized in Fig. 1.
Based on pilot studies conducted during the development phase of the knowledge test, we estimate that participants having received the intervention will reach 70% correct answers in the knowledge test, whereas those having received the control-intervention will reach 50% correct answers.
Following a development phase and a pilot study, we generated a list of descriptors reflecting spontaneous ongoing or paroxysmal pain, evoked pain (i.e. mechanical and thermal allodynia/hyperalgesia) and dysesthesia/paresthesia.
Although experts from low-income and middle-income countries revised the Food-EPI tool in its development phase, 13 additional pilot testing and adaptations for implementation of the tool and process in those settings might be needed.
Phase one concluded the pilot development activities of caTRIP, providing a baseline architecture and proof-of-concept user interface.
Piloting of patient questionnaires was undertaken during the development phase of the study.
The development phase was accelerated too.
Navan's research and development phase took four years.
