MotherCare

,-ritera est.abl ished by t.he group based
,-, c':'gnizable signs ad
.ymptms and :::tinial :ourse. The prc,,:ess diagn,sis data .nalysis
was basically desript.ive.
-. P.rticiPat,ive mhodo.,vv. In keeping with the OCF 7approach t,:,
development a,:tivit.ies, both t.he analysis pro,:,ess and the workshop
prsentfatirn were fully participat ive. The DJC study team,
MotherCare project physic.ian-supervi sor, WOF maternal ,:hild health
physician-supervis,:,r, .tnd
0C81 data manager participated Fully wt.h
"he consultant in t.he t,:t.al process ,:,f analysis, including
variable selection and definition or
categorization, case-control
.omparison, statist.i,:al testing and interpretat.i.-,n, and case
review and assignment ,f diagnoses. in this process, the
principles of understanding the implications of data, arid of.
extracting useful information from the analysis process, and
t,he
epidemiologic concepts of association versus cause, attribut.able
r i sk,
predi:tive v,Iue, ,:onfounding, and multifactor assoc:at i,n
were bought into focus (although riot always using t.echnical names
or terminology).
The group then communicated this process as well
as selected preliminary results in the workshop for :ther
urganizations held on
the
final
jay of the consultancy.
C. Focused informakion exchange wit.h responsible ,-decisiorn rakers,
Persons aI working meetings with key profess ionals, parti.:u;larly
-CF/Bolivia Director and MotherCare Bolivia representative.