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Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Case book, 2019
This chapter reports on a set of three Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) studies exploring contr... more This chapter reports on a set of three Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) studies exploring contributions of international volunteer educators to university-level nursing, medical, and midwifery training. The US-based NGO Seed Global Health (Seed) commissioned the studies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi on behalf of the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), a collaboration between Seed, the Peace Corps, and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The studies relied on blindfolded interviews with students and some staff, in combination with unblindfolded interviews with university heads of department. This data supplemented routine activity reports produced by volunteer educators. One striking finding, amid respondents' rich and diverse reflection on their learning, was their appreciation of the volunteers' efforts to take training beyond the classroom and into clinical practice. This chapter is one of seven case studies exploring how the QuIP was used in specific contexts during 2016 and 2017.
Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Case book, 2019
This chapter reports on the use of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) to evaluate the Harness... more This chapter reports on the use of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) to evaluate the Harnessing Agriculture for Nutrition Outcomes (HANO) programme. This was implemented by Save the Children (with funding from Irish Aid) in the Lindi Region of southern Tanzania over five years from 2012, to help reduce chronic malnour-ishment among infants and young children. The QuIP study explored HANO's peer-education approach to promoting behaviour change in key infant and young children feeding practices, and the programme's efforts to strengthen the capacity of local government and civil society organizations (CSOs). The chapter focuses particularly on two innovations to the QuIP: combining household-level data collection with blindfolded key informant interviews of CSO and government staff; and collab-orative interpretation of findings after the study was completed. It also highlights how achieving potentially transformational attitudinal change hinged on delivering a package of complementary activities spanning agriculture, nutrition, and gender-aware social development. This is one of seven case studies exploring how the QuIP was used in specific contexts during 2016 and 2017.
Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Case book, 2019
This chapter presents a case study of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP). It was used as a 'd... more This chapter presents a case study of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP). It was used as a 'deep dive' into the social impact of global beverage company Diageo's investment in supply chain development in Ethiopia. The Sourcing for Growth (S4G) programme promoted barley production by smallholder farmers for use in commercial beer production. Two farming localities were selected for comparison to capture variation in offtake of grain per hectare relative to supply of inputs. This highlighted wide variation in social and economic impact. In addition to illustrating the value of informed and purposeful 'small n' sample selection, the chapter emphasizes the importance of locating impact evaluation in a wider political economy context. It is one of seven case studies exploring how the QuIP was used in different contexts during 2016 and 2017.
Cultures of wellbeing: methods, place, policy, 2016
This book chapter focuses on one aspect of my doctoral fieldwork: the use of participatory photog... more This book chapter focuses on one aspect of my doctoral fieldwork: the use of participatory photography and photo-elicitation interviews within a mine-affected community in Cambodia. It documents some of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of utilising a participatory and visual approach in the assessment of wellbeing. Ultimately it concludes that participatory photography provides a three-dimensional approach to discussions about what people need for life to be good that encapsulates the material, relational and subjective dimensions of wellbeing, as well as people’s past, present and future aspirations, all in the space of one image.
Objective: to investigate how recent graduates from a combined work/study midwifery degree progra... more Objective: to investigate how recent graduates from a combined work/study midwifery degree programme in Uganda viewed its effects on their wellbeing and work prospects. Design: Using an adapted version of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP), a phenomenological approach was applied to thematic analysis to examine semi-structured interviews and WhatsApp group discussion. Setting: Introduction of enhanced midwifery training (from Diploma to Degree level) combining study with professional practice within a low income country health system facing extreme capacity constraints. Participants: 14 members of the first cohort of graduates from the degree programme. Findings: The graduates were overwhelmingly positive about improved professional knowledge, clinical skills, confidence, career commitment and prospects. They also had to contend with resentment from colleagues, increased workload and debt. Counselling training, peer support, and experience of managing stress during the training helped them to cope with these challenges. Conclusions: Qualitative feedback from those receiving advanced midwifery training highlights the importance of addressing social as well as technical skills, including leadership capacity and resilience in handling working relationships.
Myths, Methods, and Messiness: Insights for Qualitative Research Analysis: An Edited Volume of the Proceedings of the 5th Annual Qualitative Research Symposium at the University of Bath, 2019
The paper reflects on action research into the use of a qualitative impact protocol (the QuIP) to... more The paper reflects on action research into the use of a qualitative impact protocol (the QuIP) to conduct commissioned evaluations of the social impact of development interventions in complex contexts. Unusually, the QuIP unbundles the tasks of data collection and analysis. This can enhance the transparency and auditability of the evaluative process, and hence its credibility to users, but also accentuates the importance of reflection on the analyst’s positionality. With sufficient safeguards, we argue that the approach opens up new opportunities for generating qualitative evidence to influence development practice. The paper first describes the QuIP and its approach to coding and analysis. It then reflects on the challenges analysts face, emphasising that positionality relates not only to their personal characteristics but also to how their role is structured in relation to that of other stakeholders.
KEYWORDS Coding; impact evaluation; positionality; qualitative data analysis
Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Case book, 2019
This chapter reports on a set of three Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) studies exploring contr... more This chapter reports on a set of three Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) studies exploring contributions of international volunteer educators to university-level nursing, medical, and midwifery training. The US-based NGO Seed Global Health (Seed) commissioned the studies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Malawi on behalf of the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP), a collaboration between Seed, the Peace Corps, and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The studies relied on blindfolded interviews with students and some staff, in combination with unblindfolded interviews with university heads of department. This data supplemented routine activity reports produced by volunteer educators. One striking finding, amid respondents' rich and diverse reflection on their learning, was their appreciation of the volunteers' efforts to take training beyond the classroom and into clinical practice. This chapter is one of seven case studies exploring how the QuIP was used in specific contexts during 2016 and 2017.
Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Case book, 2019
This chapter reports on the use of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) to evaluate the Harness... more This chapter reports on the use of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) to evaluate the Harnessing Agriculture for Nutrition Outcomes (HANO) programme. This was implemented by Save the Children (with funding from Irish Aid) in the Lindi Region of southern Tanzania over five years from 2012, to help reduce chronic malnour-ishment among infants and young children. The QuIP study explored HANO's peer-education approach to promoting behaviour change in key infant and young children feeding practices, and the programme's efforts to strengthen the capacity of local government and civil society organizations (CSOs). The chapter focuses particularly on two innovations to the QuIP: combining household-level data collection with blindfolded key informant interviews of CSO and government staff; and collab-orative interpretation of findings after the study was completed. It also highlights how achieving potentially transformational attitudinal change hinged on delivering a package of complementary activities spanning agriculture, nutrition, and gender-aware social development. This is one of seven case studies exploring how the QuIP was used in specific contexts during 2016 and 2017.
Attributing Development Impact: QuIP Case book, 2019
This chapter presents a case study of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP). It was used as a 'd... more This chapter presents a case study of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP). It was used as a 'deep dive' into the social impact of global beverage company Diageo's investment in supply chain development in Ethiopia. The Sourcing for Growth (S4G) programme promoted barley production by smallholder farmers for use in commercial beer production. Two farming localities were selected for comparison to capture variation in offtake of grain per hectare relative to supply of inputs. This highlighted wide variation in social and economic impact. In addition to illustrating the value of informed and purposeful 'small n' sample selection, the chapter emphasizes the importance of locating impact evaluation in a wider political economy context. It is one of seven case studies exploring how the QuIP was used in different contexts during 2016 and 2017.
Cultures of wellbeing: methods, place, policy, 2016
This book chapter focuses on one aspect of my doctoral fieldwork: the use of participatory photog... more This book chapter focuses on one aspect of my doctoral fieldwork: the use of participatory photography and photo-elicitation interviews within a mine-affected community in Cambodia. It documents some of the trials, tribulations and triumphs of utilising a participatory and visual approach in the assessment of wellbeing. Ultimately it concludes that participatory photography provides a three-dimensional approach to discussions about what people need for life to be good that encapsulates the material, relational and subjective dimensions of wellbeing, as well as people’s past, present and future aspirations, all in the space of one image.
Objective: to investigate how recent graduates from a combined work/study midwifery degree progra... more Objective: to investigate how recent graduates from a combined work/study midwifery degree programme in Uganda viewed its effects on their wellbeing and work prospects. Design: Using an adapted version of the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP), a phenomenological approach was applied to thematic analysis to examine semi-structured interviews and WhatsApp group discussion. Setting: Introduction of enhanced midwifery training (from Diploma to Degree level) combining study with professional practice within a low income country health system facing extreme capacity constraints. Participants: 14 members of the first cohort of graduates from the degree programme. Findings: The graduates were overwhelmingly positive about improved professional knowledge, clinical skills, confidence, career commitment and prospects. They also had to contend with resentment from colleagues, increased workload and debt. Counselling training, peer support, and experience of managing stress during the training helped them to cope with these challenges. Conclusions: Qualitative feedback from those receiving advanced midwifery training highlights the importance of addressing social as well as technical skills, including leadership capacity and resilience in handling working relationships.
Myths, Methods, and Messiness: Insights for Qualitative Research Analysis: An Edited Volume of the Proceedings of the 5th Annual Qualitative Research Symposium at the University of Bath, 2019
The paper reflects on action research into the use of a qualitative impact protocol (the QuIP) to... more The paper reflects on action research into the use of a qualitative impact protocol (the QuIP) to conduct commissioned evaluations of the social impact of development interventions in complex contexts. Unusually, the QuIP unbundles the tasks of data collection and analysis. This can enhance the transparency and auditability of the evaluative process, and hence its credibility to users, but also accentuates the importance of reflection on the analyst’s positionality. With sufficient safeguards, we argue that the approach opens up new opportunities for generating qualitative evidence to influence development practice. The paper first describes the QuIP and its approach to coding and analysis. It then reflects on the challenges analysts face, emphasising that positionality relates not only to their personal characteristics but also to how their role is structured in relation to that of other stakeholders.
KEYWORDS Coding; impact evaluation; positionality; qualitative data analysis
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Coding; impact evaluation; positionality; qualitative data analysis
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Coding; impact evaluation; positionality; qualitative data analysis