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Table 2 Metrics of outputs, outcomes and impacts of PHIT research capacity building activities

From: Research capacity building integrated into PHIT projects: leveraging research and research funding to build national capacity

  

Countries Reporting

 

Capacity building level

Indicators

Overall

For specific activities

Not collecting data

Aggregate Outcomes a

Individuals / Teams

Average number of applications per training per country

2

2

1

18

Average number of participants per training per country

2

2

1

12

Number of participants completing the training

2

2

1

201

Number of practitioners/clinical staff trained

2

0

3

14

Number of program staff trained

2

0

3

27

Number of PhD, Masters or research scholarships awarded

2

2

1

22

Number of mentorship relationships (individual or team based)

2

1

2

56

Number of research protocols developed

3

1

1

44

Number of publishable manuscripts written

3

1

1

116

Number of peer reviewed publications

3

1

1

59

Number of peer reviewed publications with a national first author

3

1

1

29

Number of peer reviewed publications with a national senior author

3

1

1

18

Number of conferences / workshops / public lectures where trainees presented

2

2

1

99

Number of trainees collaborating in new research

2

1

2

43

Number of trainees who led new research projects

2

0

3

4

Number of trainees who became facilitators or mentors

0

3

2

19

Organizational

Number of research trainings conducted (whether long or short)

3

2

0

54

Range of the main trainings in days per session

5

0

0

2–14 days

Range of the training contact time in days

2

3

0

2–150 days

Total number of PhD / Masters level trainers

4

1

0

25

Number of national PhD or Masters trainers / facilitators

4

0

1

11

Number of research related career promotions

2

0

3

9

Number of research guidelines used (internal, government or network

1

1

3

8

Networks

Number of networks/ collaborations established or joined

1

1

3

9

Number of forums between policy makers and researchers

2

2

1

37

Number of times research findings impacted program, practice or policy

0

1

4

3

Number of times research findings impacted quality of health care or health outcomes

0

0

5

N/A

Number of times research findings led to reduction in costs of product, service or intervention

0

0

5

N/A

Number of external donors expressing interest to fund activities

1

2

2

8

  1. aCalculated as total for countries that reported the indicator unless the indicator specifies “average” and then is an average across countries. QI Quality improvement