Table 4.
Perceived interests, capacities for designing, and competencies to teaching and mentoring health systems research (HSR) courses at the seven schools of public health (SPHs)
| Perceived interest of staff and students in HSR | Perceived competencies for teaching HSR | Perceived capacity for designing evidence based courses | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of SPH |
Proportion of respondents based on number of staff in the school |
Mean score and percentage of staff reporting adequate number of researchers in SPH interested in HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff reporting many graduate students at their SPH are interested in HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff reporting many undergraduate students at their SPH interested in HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff with strong quantitative skills interested in HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff with strong qualitative skills interested in HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff with adequate knowledge to teach HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff reporting their SPH offers courses relevant to HSR % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff reporting courses provided draw upon appropriate literature and teaching materials % (mean score) |
Mean score and percentage of staff reporting adequate library materials for teaching HSR % (mean score) |
| KSPH, DRC |
92.1% (35/38) |
85.7% (4.0) |
22.9% (3.1) |
48.6% (3.2) |
77.1% (3.9) |
51.5% (3.3) |
82.9% (4.0) |
65.7% (3.5) |
28.6% (2.9) |
14.3% (2.4) |
| MUSPHSS, Tanzania |
37.2% (16/43) |
62.5% (3.7) |
25% (2.8) |
62.5% (3.0) |
62.5% (3.8) |
62.5% (3.8) |
68.75% (4.1) |
68.75% (3.6) |
50% (3.6) |
6.25% (2.5) |
| NURSPH, Rwanda |
21.1% (4/19) |
0% (3.0) |
25% (3.0) |
25% (2.5) |
100% (4.5) |
0% (2.5) |
25% (3.0) |
100% (5.0) |
25% (2.8) |
0% (2.5) |
| MakSPH, Uganda |
25.9% (15/58) |
86.7% (4.0) |
20% (3.1) |
73.3% (3.9) |
73.3% (4.2) |
56.7% (3.9) |
93.3% (4.1) |
93.3% (4.1) |
56.7% (3.7) |
46.7% (3.2) |
| MUSOPH, Kenya |
62.9% (22/35) |
50% (3.9) |
25% (3.3) |
62.5% 3.9 |
62.5% 3.8 |
37.5% 3.4 |
62.5% 3.6 |
62.5% 3.7 |
62.5% 3.6 |
12.5% 2.5 |
| SPHUoN, Kenya |
27.8% (5/18) |
60% (2.0) |
60% (4.6) |
0% (3.0) |
0% (2.0) |
0% (2.0) |
60% (4.0) |
60% (4.0) |
0% (3.0) |
0% (2.0) |
| CPHMS, Ethiopia | 9.1% (26/285 | 61.5% (3.6) | 53.9% (3.5) | 65.4% (3.9) | 73.1% (3.8) | 57.7% (3.3) | 57.7% (3.5) | 73.1% (4.0) | 46.2% (3.2) | 57.7% (3.5) |