Table 1 Final coding framework
From: Towards a simple typology of international health partnerships
Theme | Category | Sub-categories | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Impact | Highest level of focus | Individual/organisational | If the intervention was provided so that the impact remained within the organisation after individuals had moved on, then projects were classified as having organisational level impacts. If the impact would move with health professionals as they moved between jobs then the impact was classified as individual. |
Absolute scope of influence of LMIC partner | Local/regional/national/international | Absolute scope of influence provided an estimation of size of the impact of interventions. | |
Approach | Strategy for capacity building | Education and training/infrastructure development | Approach to capacity building predominantly education/training or infrastructure strengthening. |
Health care issue addressed | Specialist/generic | Area of health care was classified as specialist if skills were not transferable to another area of clinical practice (e.g., fistula repair), and generic where they were (e.g., teaching skills for educators). | |
Relationship between partners | Mode of delivery | Direct delivery/via another organisation | Work was either delivered directly by one or other of the partner organisations or indirectly via a third organisation, a non-governmental organisation or a charity. |
Relative scope of influence of partners | Equal/unequal | Partnerships were classified by comparing the absolute scope of influence of the two partners. |