IDEAS project - Scaling-up innovations to improve maternal and newborn health - Nigeria case study resources

Spicer, N, Alkali, Y, Akogun, O, Atiku, J, Umar, N and Wickremasinghe, D. 2015. IDEAS project - Scaling-up innovations to improve maternal and newborn health - Nigeria case study resources. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.118.

Spicer, N, Alkali, Y, Akogun, O, Atiku, J, Umar, N and Wickremasinghe, D. IDEAS project - Scaling-up innovations to improve maternal and newborn health - Nigeria case study resources [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2015. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.118.

Spicer, N, Alkali, Y, Akogun, O, Atiku, J, Umar, N and Wickremasinghe, D (2015). IDEAS project - Scaling-up innovations to improve maternal and newborn health - Nigeria case study resources. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.118.

Description

The IDEAS project sought to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform policy and practice in Ethiopia, northeast Nigeria and Uttar Pradesh, India. This data collection contains interview field notes and supporting information produced as part of a case study to investigate how an emergency transport scheme for pregnant women and newborn babies introduced in Gombe state had been scaled up to Adamawa state by Transaid and the Society for Family Health, working with National Union of Transport Workers.

Methods

Description of data capture

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 purposively selected key informants who had experience or an understanding of the process by which this emergency transport scheme was being scaled up from Gombe State to Adamawa State.

Data capture method

Interview: Face-to-face, Interview: Telephone-delivery

Data Collection Period

From	To
October 2014	February 2015

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

2015

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
11.3632	13.255	7.41858	7.01477

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Spicer, N, Alkali, Y, Akogun, O, Atiku, J, Umar, N and Wickremasinghe, D
Associated roles	Spicer, N (Project Leader), Umar, N (Regional Co-ordinator), Wickremasinghe, D (Researcher) and Schellenberg, J (Principal Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Disease Control
Research Centre	Centre for Maternal, Reproductive and Child Health (MARCH) IDEAS
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Childcare & Wellness Clinics, Abuja

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
IDEAS - Informed Decisions for Actions in Maternal and Newborn Health	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Gates Global Health Grant Number: OPP1017031	UNSPECIFIED