Capacity Strengthening in Research & Evaluation

The MCHSTAR Initiative is committed to building the capacity of our Star Supported Institutes to conduct research and evaluation of global standards.

We do this by offering a series of research and evaluation workshops that are geared to help professionals gather, analysis and present meaningful interpretations of data that will drive programs and policies to improve the status of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) in India. MCH-STAR believed.

These workshops are centred around actually projects and are complemented by onsite coaching and mentoring.

 


 

 

 Workshop Title
Date
  Description More Information
Quantitative Data Collection and Analysis Workshop May 03, 2010

This workshop provided participants with a hands-on overview of two public domain software packages, CS Pro and EpiInfo. Participants learned how to use CS Pro to create a data entry application with wide range checks and skip patterns, as well as how to export data to other software packages such as SPSS, STATA, and SAS. Participants also learned how to use EpiInfo to perform descriptive analysis with frequencies and means, measure the association between variables with a risk ratios and comparisons of mean values, and use logistic regression to control for confounding.

Proposal Development Workshop February 1st to 5th 2010

This workshop facilitated four teams in transforming government requested concept notes into robust 20-page proposals and budgets for operations research study proposals. Plenary and didactic sessions were kept to a minimum, and emphasis was on subjects immediately relevant to the proposal development process.

Workshop on Systematic Reviews in MNCHN Policies and Programs April 14th to 15th 2009

This workshop built the capacity of public health professionals to understand and evaluate systematic reviews and identify their role in evidence informed health care and health policy with special reference to maternal, neonatal and child health and nutrition policies and programmes.
Advance Analysis of Secondary Data Using Multivariate Analysis September 29th to October 1st 2008 This workshop was a continuum of the Secondary Data Analysis Workshop, allowing participants to work on actual secondary data analysis on topics which were identified through stakeholder consultative meetings at various points in time in the recent past.
Secondary Data Analysis Workshop August 19th to 20th 2008 This workshop provided an orientation on basic data analysis techniques available from secondary sources in India and Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, in order to advocate for improvements in MNCHN outcomes.
Qualitative Research Methods October 14th to 17th 2008 This workshop provided an in depth orientation on qualitative research methodologies used in MNCHN research activities.