IDEAS project - Professional advice network study in Ethiopia

This collection contains quantitative data, collection tools and documentation associated with a social network analysis study of the professional advice networks used by health care workers in Ethiopia. The cross-sectional, mixed-methods observational network study compared professional advice networks of 160 healthcare workers in 8 primary health care units (PHCUs) across four regions of Ethiopia; Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and Tigray.

PHCUs include a health centre and typically 5 satellite health posts. Data captured included health care worker advice seeking and giving for the provision of four areas along the continuum of maternal and newborn care: antenatal care, childbirth care, postnatal care and newborn care. Additional information captured regarded professional advice exchange beyond the roster of health care workers in the PHCU.