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Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Primary health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) need context-specific evidence to address current challenges. Increased family physician (FP) research activity could help fill this gap. AIM: To describe the research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst AfriWon Renaissance...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35792629 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3367 |
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author | Ameh, Pius O. McGuire, Chelsea M. van Waes, Alexandra Fatusin, Bolatito B. MacIntyre, Lara S. Lelei-Mailu, Faith Kodicherla, Hithaishini Buadu, Maame A. Egyirwa Dankyau, Musa Yakubu, Kenneth |
author_facet | Ameh, Pius O. McGuire, Chelsea M. van Waes, Alexandra Fatusin, Bolatito B. MacIntyre, Lara S. Lelei-Mailu, Faith Kodicherla, Hithaishini Buadu, Maame A. Egyirwa Dankyau, Musa Yakubu, Kenneth |
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description | BACKGROUND: Primary health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) need context-specific evidence to address current challenges. Increased family physician (FP) research activity could help fill this gap. AIM: To describe the research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst AfriWon Renaissance members. SETTING: An online programme was designed to improve research activity amongst members of AfriWon Renaissance, an organisation of early-career and trainee FPs in SSA. This article provides a baseline description of their research activity. METHODS: All AfriWon Renaissance members were invited to participate in an online survey. A content-validated study tool assessed research activity, including participation in research meetings, engagement in research mentorship, number of projects and published articles. Facilitators and barriers were assessed via Likert scales and two open-ended questions. The researchers conducted descriptive statistics using Epi Info 7, a content analysis of open-ended responses and triangulation. RESULTS: Amongst the 77 respondents, 49 (63.6%) were still in training. Over two-thirds (71.4%) had participated in a research discussion in the past month. Whilst more than half (63.5%) reported having a manuscript under development, only 26 (33.8%) reported a recent publication. Nearly all (94.8%) intend to continue research in their FP careers. The most common facilitators were the institutional requirement to conduct research and having supportive peers and mentors. The most predominant barriers were time constraints and a lack of training on analysis. CONCLUSION: There is a cohort of committed young FP researchers who would benefit from efforts to address identified barriers and support for their ongoing research activity, in order to increase primary care research outputs in SSA. |
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spelling | pubmed-92577122022-07-07 Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey Ameh, Pius O. McGuire, Chelsea M. van Waes, Alexandra Fatusin, Bolatito B. MacIntyre, Lara S. Lelei-Mailu, Faith Kodicherla, Hithaishini Buadu, Maame A. Egyirwa Dankyau, Musa Yakubu, Kenneth Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Original Research BACKGROUND: Primary health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) need context-specific evidence to address current challenges. Increased family physician (FP) research activity could help fill this gap. AIM: To describe the research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst AfriWon Renaissance members. SETTING: An online programme was designed to improve research activity amongst members of AfriWon Renaissance, an organisation of early-career and trainee FPs in SSA. This article provides a baseline description of their research activity. METHODS: All AfriWon Renaissance members were invited to participate in an online survey. A content-validated study tool assessed research activity, including participation in research meetings, engagement in research mentorship, number of projects and published articles. Facilitators and barriers were assessed via Likert scales and two open-ended questions. The researchers conducted descriptive statistics using Epi Info 7, a content analysis of open-ended responses and triangulation. RESULTS: Amongst the 77 respondents, 49 (63.6%) were still in training. Over two-thirds (71.4%) had participated in a research discussion in the past month. Whilst more than half (63.5%) reported having a manuscript under development, only 26 (33.8%) reported a recent publication. Nearly all (94.8%) intend to continue research in their FP careers. The most common facilitators were the institutional requirement to conduct research and having supportive peers and mentors. The most predominant barriers were time constraints and a lack of training on analysis. CONCLUSION: There is a cohort of committed young FP researchers who would benefit from efforts to address identified barriers and support for their ongoing research activity, in order to increase primary care research outputs in SSA. AOSIS 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9257712/ /pubmed/35792629 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3367 Text en © 2022. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ameh, Pius O. McGuire, Chelsea M. van Waes, Alexandra Fatusin, Bolatito B. MacIntyre, Lara S. Lelei-Mailu, Faith Kodicherla, Hithaishini Buadu, Maame A. Egyirwa Dankyau, Musa Yakubu, Kenneth Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey |
title | Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey |
title_full | Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey |
title_fullStr | Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey |
title_short | Research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional survey |
title_sort | research activity, facilitators and barriers amongst trainee and early-career family physicians in sub-saharan africa: a cross-sectional survey |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35792629 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3367 |
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