Research, evaluation and surveys
Formative research for the mHealth initiative for Female Community Health Volunteers
Anweshan led formative research for BBC Media Action in Darchula, Rautahat and Tehrathum to find out how mobile phones could support Female Community Health Volunteers during Health Mothers’ Group meetings.
- Completed
- 2018-2019
- BBC Media Action
- Darchula, Rautahat and Tehrathum, Nepal
Overview
Through interviews and group discussions with 135 participants, the team mapped how volunteers communicate, what limits their access and how they work day to day. BBC Media Action used the findings to refine the mHealth intervention before its evaluation.
Expertise
- Formative research
- Qualitative research
How we worked
- 01
Designed interview and group-discussion guides with BBC Media Action around the questions the mHealth design needed answered.
- 02
Ran interviews and group discussions with 135 participants across Darchula, Rautahat and Tehrathum.
- 03
Analysed how volunteers communicate, where access breaks down and how Health Mothers’ Group meetings actually run.
- 04
Shared findings with BBC Media Action to shape the intervention before evaluation.
What it produced
- Formative research report on how Female Community Health Volunteers work and communicate
- Evidence used to refine the mHealth intervention design