Table 1 Study research questions
Specific Research Questions | Relevant objective |
|---|---|
1. What are the supply and demand mechanisms, including costs, by which CHW programmes can improve equitable access to quality MCH care in Nigeria? | 1–3 |
2. What are the relationships between the different components of successful CHW programmes? | |
3. Which contextual factors determine whether intervention mechanisms lead to intended outputs, and subsequently outcomes, in Nigeria? | |
4. Which contextual factors determine whether the programme outputs and outcomes are sustained following withdrawal of targeted support? | |
5. In what ways do different advocacy and lobbying efforts influence the entrenching of MCH on the political agenda? | 4 |
6. In what ways do the entrenchment of MCH on the political agenda influence the provision of MCH services in Anambra State? | |
7. What lessons for scaling up and sustainability can we learn from the assessment of implementation of CHW programme, during and after targeted support? | 3, 5 |
8. What wider lessons can other programmes, and other countries, learn from the implementation of CHW programmes during and after targeted support in Nigeria? |