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Diagnostic Test Cost Analysis for the Developing World: Research Reports
In 2007, the Gates Foundation awarded the Diagnostic Test Cost Analysis for the Developing World project to URC's Center for Human Services (CHS) to research
potential demand for diagnostic tests for disease areas that cause high burdens in the developing world: acute lower
respiratory infection, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted infections. CHS conducted research to evaluate potential demand for new diagnostic tests and to identify factors that
might affect that demand among consumers and within the public, private for-profit, and private nonprofit
health sectors. The research includes six reports, one for each diagnostic included in the study. The case studies examine past experiences with introducing diagnostic tests as a way of smoothing the way
for introduction of new diagnostics as they become available.
Willingness to use and pay for a new
diagnostic test for active tuberculosis in
HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals:
Results from Benin, Peru, and Tanzania
Willingness to use and pay for a new
diagnostic test for acute lower
respiratory infection: Results from
Benin, Peru, and Tanzania
Willingness to use and pay for a new diagnostic
test for gonorrhea and chlamydia in high risk asymptomatic populations:
Results from Benin, Peru, and Tanzania
Willingness to use and pay for a new
diagnostic test for HIV in infants
under 18 months of age:
Results from Benin, Peru, and Tanzania
Willingness to use and pay for a new
diagnostic test for malaria in children
under 5:
Results from Benin, Peru, and Tanzania
Willingness to use and pay for
new diagnostic tests
for six priority diseases:
Results from India
Willingness to use and pay for a new diagnostic test for syphilis screening in pregnant women:
Results from Benin, Peru, and Tanzania
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests
in the Peruvian Amazon:
A promising start and an uncertain future
Rapid syphilis tests in Tanzania:
A long road to adoption
submitted
 Job Aids
Rationale
for Use and Experience to Date describes URC's work in developing, testing, and using job aids. The paper discusses a range of factors relevant to job aids: types of users; the development process; contributions to quality improvement and behavior change; qualitative and quantitative results; and potential best practices and lessons learned. Download PDF.
Technical Reports and Resource Materials
Sustaining Quality of Healthcare: Institutionalization of Quality Assurance. This monograph presents the framework the QA Project has developed to help health managers institutionalize quality assurance in developing country settings. The framework describes the elements necessary for institutionalizing quality of care and a road map of the process an organization would follow to sustain quality care.
View PDF of Sustaining Quality of Healthcare: Institutionalization of Quality Assurance. (To download right click on link and select "Save Target As".)
Communication Strategy Guide: A Look at Methamphetamine Use Among Three Populations shares findings of an exploratory study of methamphetamine use among three populations-truck drivers, Mexican American/Mexican workers, and men who have sex with men-that have implications for communication planning. This publication, developed for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, also suggests ways to translate this information into communications strategies.
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 Communications Technical Assistance Bulletins. Produced for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, these short, "how to" bulletins provide useful information and tips for using communication as a strategy to prevent substance abuse. View PDF files for the following bulletins:
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 Everybody's Business: Media, Youth, and Drugs is a resource guide with facts about marijuana use among youth and the influence of media and culture. The publication was developed for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
View PDF of View PDF of "Infórmese acerca del alcohol, el tabaco y drogas ilícitas"
View PDF of "Reglas claras, toma de decisions y presión de los amigos"
View PDF of "Ayuda a sus hijos a sentirse bien consigo mismo"
View PDF of "Comuníquese bien y frecuentemente"
View PDF of "Maravillosa tarea" (To download right click on link and select "Save Target As".)
 Health Manager's Guide: Monitoring the Quality of Hospital Care. Produced for the U.S. Agency for International Development Quality Assurance Project, this volume in the Health Manager's Guide series describes a systematic approach to implementing quality monitoring in a hospital. Case examples illustrate how to use each quality monitoring method, including collecting, using, and reporting data; setting standards and criteria; and using graphs, flowcharts, fishbone diagrams, and prioritization matrices.
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Issue Paper: The Use and Effect of Computer-Based Training. Produced for the U.S. Agency for International Development Quality Assurance Project, this volume in the Issue Paper series reviews current published and unpublished research on the effectiveness of computer-based training in health care. Special focus is made on its implementation in developing country settings.
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Quality Assurance Case Studies. Produced for the U.S. Agency for International Development Quality Assurance Project, the Case Study series presents real applications of quality assurance (QA) methods in maternal and reproductive health, child survival, and infectious disease programs in developing countries. Each case study focuses on one or more major QA activities, such as quality improvement, quality design, development of standards, and quality assessment.
View PDF of "Assessing Health Worker Performance of IMCI in Kenya" (To download right click on link and select "Save Target As".)
 Quality Assurance Operations Research Summaries. Produced for the U.S. Agency for International Development Quality Assurance Project, the Operations Research Summary series offers two-page summaries of findings from Quality Assurance Project operations research studies on the application of quality assurance tools and techniques around the world.
View PDF of "Improving Provider-Client Communication: Reinforcing IPC/C Training in Indonesia with Self-Assessment and Peer Review" (To download right click on link and select "Save Target As".)
 A Toolkit for Hispanic/Latino Community Groups. This resource guide in English and Spanish helps Hispanic/Latino communities organize to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use. Produced for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's Hispanic/Latino Initiative.
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Informational and Promotional Products
Hablemos en Confianza. Produced for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, the five booklets aim to assist Hispanic parents and caregivers in better communicating with their children about alcohol and drug abuse.
View PDF of "Infórmese acerca del alcohol, el tabaco y drogas ilícitas"
View PDF of "Reglas claras, toma de decisions y presión de los amigos"
View PDF of "Ayuda a sus hijos a sentirse bien consigo mismo"
View PDF of "Comuníquese bien y frecuentemente"
View PDF of "Maravillosa tarea"
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