Publications by authors named "Maureen Mupeta Kombe"

Rural areas have the greatest health needs and yet they face the largest shortage of human resources for health which negatively impacts health systems capacity to deliver quality care as they struggle to motivate and retain healthcare workers in such settings. This study explored factors that shape motivation and retention of primary healthcare workers in rural health facilities in Chipata and Chadiza Districts of Zambia using a phenomenological research design. The data consisted 28 in-depth interviews with rural primary healthcare workers and were analysed using thematic analysis.

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Background: The translation of public health research evidence into policy is critical to strengthening the capacity of local health systems to respond to major health challenges. However, a limited amount of public health research evidence generated in developing countries is actually translated into policy because of various factors. This study sought to explore the process of health research knowledge translation into policy and to identify factors that facilitate or hinder the process in Zambia.

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Background: One important ethical issue in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is randomisation. Relatively little is known about how participating individuals and communities understand and perceive central aspects of randomisation such as equality, fairness, transparency and accountability in community-based trials. The aim of this study was to understand and explore study communities' perspectives of the randomisation process in a cluster RCT in rural Zambia studying the effectiveness of different support packages for adolescent girls on early childbearing.

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