Table 2.
Metrics of outputs, outcomes and impacts of PHIT research capacity building activities
| 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 | |
aCalculated as total for countries that reported the indicator unless the indicator specifies “average” and then is an average across countries. QI Quality improvement