Table 3 CHEPSAA assessment methods by partner

Health Policy Research Group and the Department of Health Administration and Management, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu-Campus, Nigeria (HPRG-COMUNEC)

▪ Document review (e.g., National code for research ethics)

▪ In depth interviews x 27

▪ Focus group discussions x 4

▪ Staff survey (College) of 121 respondents

School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana (SPH-UG)

▪ Document review (e.g., annual reports from research and development division of the Ghana Health Service)

▪ In depth interview x 1

▪ Staff survey of 57 respondents

▪ Focus group discussions (using NetMap tool) x 3

Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya (TICH-GLUK)

▪ Document review (e.g., programme and research reports, case study reports)

▪ In-depth interviews x 78

▪ Focus group discussions x 9

▪ Staff survey of 7 respondents

▪ Student survey of 98 respondents

Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (IDS-UDSM)

▪ Document review (e.g., analysis of key policy documents)

▪ In depth interviews x 25

▪ Staff and former student survey of 31 respondents

Health Policy and Systems Programme/Health Economics Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa (HPSP/HEU-UCT)

▪ Document review (e.g., UCT guidelines on assessment of staff performance)

▪ In-depth interviews x 13

▪ Focus group discussions x 2

▪ Staff survey of 13 respondents

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa (SOPH-UWC)

▪ Document review (e.g., SOPH annual reports, project management guidelines)

▪ In-depth interviews x 9

▪ Focus group discussion x 1 (which included a mini staff survey of 9 respondents)

Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa (CHP-WITS)

▪ Document review (e.g., context mapping report, CHP annual reports)

▪ In depth interviews x 11

▪ Staff survey of 7 respondents