ArticleEvaluation (London, England : 1995)2014
Strengthening patient-centred communication in rural Ugandan health centres: A theory-driven evaluation within a cluster randomized trial.
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- Understanding the context of delays in seeking appropriate care for children with symptoms of severe malaria in Uganda.PloS one · 2019Trial
- The Impact of an Intervention to Improve Malaria Care in Public Health Centers on Health Indicators of Children in Tororo, Uganda (PRIME): A Cluster-Randomized Trial.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Trial
- Patient-centred care: a scoping review of measures of patient centredness in healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Ecancermedicalscience · 2026Review
- Perception of patient-centred care and its relationship with management outcomes and complications among patients with DM in Malawi.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Trajectories of re-engagement: factors and mechanisms enabling patient return to HIV care in Zambia.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Article
- Stakeholder perceptions on patient-centered care at primary health care level in rural eastern Uganda: A qualitative inquiry.PloS one · 2019Article
- Health care provider communication training in rural Tanzania empowers HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy to discuss adherence problems.HIV medicine · 2017Article
- Combining Theory-Driven Evaluation and Causal Loop Diagramming for Opening the 'Black Box' of an Intervention in the Health Sector: A Case of Performance-Based Financing in Western Uganda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- The determinants and outcomes of good provider communication: a cross-sectional study in seven African countries.BMJ open · 2017Article
- Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies.Health systems and reform · 2016Article
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- Behind the scenes of the PRIME intervention: designing a complex intervention to improve malaria care at public health centres in Uganda.Global health action · 2015Article
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Abstract
This article describes a theory-driven evaluation of one component of an intervention to improve the quality of health care at Ugandan public health centres. Patient-centred services have been advocated widely, but such approaches have received little attention in Africa. A cluster randomized trial is evaluating population-level outcomes of an intervention with multiple components, including 'patient-centred services.' A process evaluation was designed within this trial to articulate and evaluate the implementation and programme theories of the intervention. This article evaluates one hypothesized mechanism of change within the programme theory: the impact of the Patient Centred Services component on health-worker communication. The theory-driven approach extended to evaluation of the outcome measures. The study found that the proximal outcome of patient-centred communication was rated 10 percent higher (
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