IDEAS project - Private sector health data sharing study in West Bengal

Gautham, M, Manish, S, Sanjay, G and Spicer, N. 2015. IDEAS project - Private sector health data sharing study in West Bengal. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.112.

Gautham, M, Manish, S, Sanjay, G and Spicer, N. IDEAS project - Private sector health data sharing study in West Bengal [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2015. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.112.

Gautham, M, Manish, S, Sanjay, G and Spicer, N (2015). IDEAS project - Private sector health data sharing study in West Bengal. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.112.

Description

The IDEAS project sought to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies through generating evidence to inform policy and practice. This data collection is part of the formative research for the creation of a Data Informed Platform (DIPH) for Health in West Bengal to strengthen the public sector’s capacity for data-based decision-making. It consists of a rapid situational analysis of the private health sector in West Bengal to gain insights and understand the private sector’s role and relevance in maternal, newborn and child health services and data sharing. A field study of private health facilities providing maternal and newborn health services was undertaken in two districts – North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas. Face-to-face interviews with key informants from these facilities were conducted to identify existing private/public partnerships for health; the maternal and newborn health services provided by them; and the related data that private facilities shared with the public sector.

Methods

Description of data capture

Face-to-face qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposively selected key informants in the two pilot districts for the West Bengal DIPH - North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas. Data capture method labelled as 'Other' refers to a documents review based on photographs of health records taken by the researchers when interviews were conducted.

Data capture method

Field observation, Interview: Face-to-face, Other

Data Collection Period

From	To
August 2015	September 2015

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

2015

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
22.6003	89.1156	21.5236	88.157

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Gautham, M, Manish, S, Sanjay, G and Spicer, N
Associated roles	Schellenberg, J (Principal Investigator), Avan, B (Project Leader), Bhattacharrya, S (Project Member), Wickremasinghe, D (Data Manager) and Gautham, M (Work Package Leader)
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, London, Impact Partners in Social Development, New Delhi, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
IDEAS – Informed Decisions for Actions to improve maternal and newborn health	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Gates Global Health Grant Number: OPP1017031	UNSPECIFIED