On this page, we post academic publications ideas that could be conducted with Nyaya Health.  As a "sandbox" page, it is important to note that many of these ideas will never be undertaken, and that some may not be feasible for several years.  We post them, however, so that they can be catalogued and vetted by members.  All research must of course comply with our Research guidelines.   We encourage members to submit a brief abstract/concept note to team@ email list prior to beginning any research, so that collaborators can be quickly identified.

Overview

For our purposes, there are two broad categories of academic publications: empirical and non-empirical. In non-empirical papers, we review evidence, discuss policy, or present strategies. In empirical papers, we analyze data, interviews, or operations practices from our work in Achham.   We point out this relatively obvious difference for a purely practical reason in that empirical research requires a significant amount of logistical work on the ground in Achham.  Additionally, non-empirical papers are often the starting point for us to develop the insights and expertise to conduct empirical research. 

Key elements to successful academic research projects: 

• Think passion.  Pick a topic you are passionate about, that you are excited to wake up in the morning to work on, that you mull over at night before you go to bed
• Think big.  Pick an overall strategy that doesn't just get you published, but really pushes the field forward in new directions.  If the research is not innovative, if it won't change practice or how people
• Think feasible.  Develop a realistic timeline that fits Nyaya's capacity and your skills.
• Think collaborative.  Email team@ at every step along your research pathway
• Think long-term agenda.  Each article or research project should be along an overall trajectory to help build a slice of the overall global health delivery pie.

Empirical Ideas

Mortality Review Program

Notes:

MortalityData 

Ultrasound & Yale ED collaboration

Notes: UltrasoundData

Improving the quality of care in resource-poor settings

Improving quality in resource poor settings: observational study from rural Rwanda.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19880528?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=2

Impact of Uptodate.com Access on Continuing Medical Education and Provider Morale

Or some such qualitative/quantitative evaluation of the uptodate grant that we have recently received.  This research would ideally be integrated within a broader collaborative research structure with other grant recipients.  Benefits of such research include: 1) help to establish a cross-national collaborative research precedent that is important to nyaya organizational-culturally; 2) further networking within the global health delivery community; 3) evaluation of a technology that Nyaya has been generously provided, to help our own accountability to our donors.

Uterine prolapse: Prevention and Treatment in Achham

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease epidemiology

TB

HIV

PMTCT

Comprehensive Abortion Care

Sex selection

Non-Empirical Ideas

Continuing Medical Education in Resource-Poor Settings

Notes: 

http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/23/930/

CHWs and Telemedicine

Notes:  

http://www.nyayahealth.org/Library/AlmaAta_DigitalEra.pdf

Scaling up Essential Healthcare Services in Resource-Poor Settings: Case Study of Nyaya Health in Rural Nepal 

Notes: a critical history and self-reflection on Nyaya Health's work to date

Audience/Target Journals: Health and Human Rights

Strategic Marketing for Global Health Non-Profit Organizations: Review of Effective Techniques and Pitfalls

Non-profit Management Strategies in the Globalized Era

Notes: Issues in teambuilding across continents, using internet technologies, fostering relationships

Review of Healthcare Supplies Chains Systems in Rural Resource-Poor Settings

Review of Healthcare Data Monitoring Systems in Rural Resource-Poor Settings

Metrics for Development: Core Performance Measures in Rural Health Systems

Development

Notes: Policy piece on what are the core metrics that we should be using

Completed: Empirical

Completed: Non-Empirical

Global Health Delivery 2.0

[http://blog.nyayahealth.org/2009/11/30/global-health-delivery-2-0-nyaya-publishes-in-plos-medicine/]

Radiology Services in Resource-Poor Settings

[Completed; to be published shortly]