NARROWING A RESEARCH PROBLEMHEALTH

STEP 1-IDENTIFY
Health

STEP 2-DISSECT

Health services provided to the community Effectiveness of the services Cost of the services Health insurance schemes available to people Training to health professionals Adherence to ethics in health practices Attitude of the consumers towards health services Community responsiveness in the delivery of health services

STEP 3-SELECT
Community responsiveness in the delivery of

health services

STEP 4-RAISE QUESTIONS

How do the health administrators, planners,

service providers and consumers define community responsiveness? How can community responsiveness be achieved? What indicators can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of community responsiveness strategies?

STEP 5- FORMULATE OBJECTIVES

Main objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of community responsiveness strategies in the delivery of health services

Specific objectives: To find out the understanding of the concept 'community responsiveness among health administrators, planners, service providers and service consumers To identify the strategies to implement the concept of community responsiveness in health services To develop a set of indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies used in implementation of community responsiveness

Step 6- MAKE SURE

Assess your objectives in the light of: Work involved Time available to you Financial resources at your disposal Your and (your research supervisors) technical expertise in the area

STEP 7-DOUBLE-CHECK
Ask yourself: Are you really interested in the study? Do you agree with the objectives? Do you have adequate resources?