Table 2 Frequency showing research area needs that were met and unmet
From: Prioritising health research in KwaZulu-Natal: has the research conducted met the research needs?
| Â | Questions | Titles | Titles/Questions (%)a |
|---|---|---|---|
Adherence | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.50 |
Clinical management | 4.4 | 18.4 | 4.18 |
Community health | 5.6 | 1 | 0.18 |
Epidemiology | 2.2 | 13.5 | 6.14 |
Evaluation/impact | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.46 |
Geography | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.22 |
Health economics | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.24 |
Health policy | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.00 |
Health promotion | 3 | 0.7 | 0.23 |
Health systems | 9.6 | 4.1 | 0.43 |
HIV/AIDS | 8.3 | 4.2 | 0.51 |
Human resources management | 10.1 | 10 | 0.99 |
Infection prevention and control | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
Infectious/communicable disease | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.33 |
Information systems | 5.2 | 4.1 | 0.79 |
Intersectoral collaboration | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.13 |
Inter-sectoral collaboration, traditional | 0.5 | 0 | 0.00 |
Malaria | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.24 |
Maternal and child health | 8.2 | 5.8 | 0.71 |
Mental health | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.57 |
Non-communicable diseases | 0.1 | 9.2 | 92.00 |
Nutrition | 0 | 0.6 | 0.00 |
Occupational health and safety | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
Pregnancy-related healthcare | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.50 |
Quality of care | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.77 |
Service delivery | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.74 |
Sexual and reproductive health | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.07 |
Socio-behavioural and cultural factors | 7.5 | 5.1 | 0.68 |
Substance use | 0.1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Tuberculosis | 4.1 | 3.9 | 0.95 |
Teenage pregnancy | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.71 |
Traditional medicine | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.38 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 23/32 (72%) higher frequency of questions than titles |