Open Access Training

The training video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

The training video was accompanied by a ten-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

The training video was accompanied by a ten-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

The training video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

The training video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

Additional recommended resources for this training are:

1. Brunson, L., Lauzier-Jobin, F., Olson, B. and Côté, L. P. (2022) Seven key insights from critical realism and their implications for ecological thinking and action in community psychology, Journal of Community Psychology, 1-21. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23054 (Accessed 14th February 2024).
2. Critical Realism Network (2020) Critical Realist Philosophy of Social Science [Video]. Available at: Critical Realist Philosophy of Social Science - YouTube (Accessed 14th February 2024).
3. Singleton, H., Porter, S., Beavis, J., Falconer, L., Priego Hernandez, J., and Holley, D. (2023) Accounting for complexity in critical realist trials: the promise of PLS-SEM, Journal of Critical Realism, 22:3, 384-403. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2023.2217652 (Accessed 14th February 2024).
4. Critical Realism Network (2021) Critical Realism Philosophy of Social Science [Online]. Available at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8uTsTFMwRFE80CZSVxeVoXpcxX29UESV (Accessed 19th April 2024).
5. Koopmans, E., and Schiller, C. (2022) Understanding Causation in Healthcare: An Introduction to Critical Realism, Qualitative Health Research, vol.32(8-9), pp. 1207-1214. Available at: doi.org/10.1177/10497323221105737 (Accessed 19th April 2024).

This training video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

This training video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

Additional recommended resources for this training are: 

Balane, M. A., Palafox, B., Palileo-Villanueva, L. M., McKee, M., Balabanova, D. (2020). Enhancing the use of stakeholder analysis for policy implementation research: towards a novel framing and operationalised measures. BMJ Global Health, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002661 (Accessed 14th February 2024).

This video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

Further discussion on Framework Analysis took place at a team workshop in Addis Ababa in January 2024. The slides titled 'Framework analysis according to Gale et al. 2013*' are available here. (Dr Rachel Shanks). 

This training video was accompanied by a 10-question multiple-choice test. The questions are available here. Please email nihrcmw@abdn.ac.uk for the answer key.

Research Strand

The workshop objectives (research) were: 

1. Participate in work package and whole-project meetings to advance activities and participate in team-building activities.
2. For members of the Work Package 3 Applied Health Research to advance planning activities related to the trial.

The research workshop agenda is available here. 

Slide decks and other resources

Monday AM - NIHR Project Overview and Programme Theory (Professor Pamela Abbott)

Tuesday AM onwards - Qualitative Research - Asking Questions in Critical Realist Research (Professor Pamela Abbott)

Thursday AM - PEA (Dr Lucia D'Ambruoso)

Thursday PM - Framework analysis according to Gale et al., 2013* (Dr Rachel Shanks)

Dissemination Slides (Professor Pamela Abbott)

From 11th to 15th September 2023 colleagues from Rwanda, Ethiopia and the UK met at the University of Rwanda College of Medicene and Health Sciences, Kigali, to fulfil the below objectives.

Objectives

1. Build the team: develop relationships, explore equitable research partnerships, and deliver training for current and upcoming WPs.
2. Launch the project: engage Rwandan policy actors in a project launch and overview.
3. Train the Teacher Educator team in teaching mindfulness, train the Mindfulness Champions in mindfulness, and begin developing the intervention.

The workshop was divided into three seperate strands, or "themes". Theme 1 was Research, Theme 2 was Mindfulness and Theme 3 was Admin.

Workshop Timetable

Slide decks - Research

Monday AM Slot 2 - Run through of the research project (Professor Pamela Abbott)

Supporting Materials: Research Protocol (opens on new site)

Monday PM Slot 1 - Work Package 1 Introduction to sessions (Dr Lucia D'Ambruoso)

Monday PM Slot 1 - PEA in Ethiopia (Dr Kibur Engdawork)

Monday PM Slot 2 - PEA Preliminary Findings - Rwanda (Professor Laetitia Nyirazinyoye)

Tuesday AM Slot 1 - Reviewing literature / an overview of systematic literature reviews (Professor Pamela Abbott)

Tuesday AM Slot 2 - What is wellbeing and how to measure it? (Professor Pamela Abbott)

Thursday AM Slot 1 (altered from agenda) - Health Economics Training (Professor Paul McNamee)

Thursday AM Slot 2 (altered from agenda) - Overview of WP3 Tasks and Timelines (Professor Paul McNamee)

Friday AM Slots 1 & 2 - NVivo (Dr Rachel Shanks)

NVivo to analyse qualitative data

NVivo to analyse qualitative data - projects and files

NVivo to analyse qualitative data - coding

12 myths to dispel about NVivo

Presentations and resources from the Inaugural Policy Actor Event (Rwanda) can be found on our Publications page, here.

“As a result of the training, my confidence to organise and progress a participatory action research (PAR) process has significantly changed ….Besides, I had no idea about power distribution between researchers and participants in the whole process of PAR and how to facilitate the PAR activities in a workshop before the training. It was during and after the training that I came up with enough knowledge, skills, and attitudes to organise a PAR process.” - Quote from participant.

Materials from Training Exchange on Participatory Action Research (PAR) as part of Work Package 1, which took place in-person in Kigali, April 2023.

PAR Training Exchange - Welcome

PAR Training Exchange - What is PAR?

PAR Training Exchange - Participant selection, recruitment and ethical considerations

PAR Training Exchange - Rwanda PAR - Participant selection, recruitment, ethical considerations 

PAR Training Exchange - Data collection, analysis, ethical considerations

PAR Training Exchange - PAR in context, mindfulness in schools (and day 2 orientation)

PAR Training Exchange - PAR in context (partner lead perspectives)

PAR Training Exchange - Mindfulness in schools

PAR Training Exchange - Roleplays

PAR Training Exchange - Final reflection and exchange

PAR Training Exchange Summary Report