Prioritising health research in KwaZulu-Natal: has the research conducted met the research needs?

Table 9 Matching between research questions and research titles

	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles	Questions	Titles
	Clinical management		Non-communicable diseases		Sexual and reproductive health		Mental health		Infection prevention and control		Health policy		Epidemiology		Health policy		Nutrition
Adherence				0.2
Clinical management								0.3					0.3	0.3				0.2
Community health			0.1	0.1		0.1		0.1					0.1
Epidemiology				4.4		0.3	0.2	1.1
Evaluation/impact	2	3.6		4.1	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.9		0.7	0.6		0.4
Health promotion								0.2						0.1
Health systems	0.7	0.7		0.2	0.2		0.6		0.2	0.5	0.2	0.5			0.2	0.5
HIV/AIDS	0.9	2.6						0.1						3.6
Human resources management		0.6		0.4	0.1	0.4			0.2		0.2			0.1	0.2
Info systems	0.1	0					0.1
Intersectoral collaboration													0.1
Maternal and child health	0.3	2.2				0.2								2.8
Mental health	0.2
Non-communicable diseases	0.2	6.2												5.3
Nutrition													0.6
Pregnancy-related healthcare		0.9								0.1		0.1		1.1		0.1
Quality of care
Sexual and reproductive health		0.2							0.1		0.1				0.1
Socio-behavioural and cultural factors	0.1	0.1					0.2	0.2					0.1
Substance use													0.1	0.2
Tuberculosis		1.3
Teenage pregnancy		0.1			0.4									0.1
Traditional medicine						0.1
Total	4.4	18.4	0.1	9.2	1.4	1.5	1.4	2.2	0.5	0.8	1.2	1.2	2.2	13.5	1.2	1.2	0	0.6

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