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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)

From: Institutional capacity for health systems research in East and Central Africa schools of public health: enhancing capacity to design and implement teaching programs

  

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)