Additional file 3: of A process evaluation exploring the lay counsellor experience of delivering a task shared psycho-social intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Consolidated criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (CORE Q 32. Item checklist). A checklist of 32 items that should be included in qualitative research. (DOCX 15 kb

Engineering the free world: the emergence of the OECD as an actor in education policy 1957–1972

This chapter analyzes the OECDs emerging role in education policy and retraces the early history of the Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), which has become highly influential through the launch of the famous Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). It argues that the OECD’s engagement in education policy was driven by a network of technocrats aiming to produce the “right kind of people,” or engineering the West. Paradoxically, the failure of this quantitative planning project opened the doors for the OECD to get involved with more qualitative aspects of education planning. Catalyzed by the United States, and in particular the Ford Foundation, goal-oriented sciences were used by the OECD as governing means, allowing an organization that lacked binding policy instruments to professionalize its soft-law governance

Additional file 2: of Process evaluations of task sharing interventions for perinatal depression in low and middle income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

Preferred Reporting Standards for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) Statement. A statement detailing the preferred reporting standards for systematic reviews. (DOCX 16 kb

Additional file 4: of Process evaluations of task sharing interventions for perinatal depression in low and middle income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) qualitative data checklist. A checklist for the assessment of qualitative data. (DOCX 12 kb

Additional file 1: of Process evaluations of task sharing interventions for perinatal depression in low and middle income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

Search strategy. A document which shows the search terms and search strategy that was used for the study. (DOCX 20 kb

Factors related to environmental barriers experienced by persons with and without disabilities in diverse African settings

<div><p>This paper explores differences in experienced environmental barriers between individuals with and without disabilities and the impact of additional factors on experienced environmental barriers. Data was collected in 2011–2012 by means of a two-stage cluster sampling and comprised 400–500 households in different sites in South Africa, Sudan Malawi and Namibia. Data were collected through self-report survey questionnaires. In addition to descriptive statistics and simple statistical tests a structural equation model was developed and tested. The combined file comprised 9,307 participants. The Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors was used to assess the level of environmental barriers. Transportation, the natural environment and access to health care services created the biggest barriers. An exploratory factor analysis yielded support for a one component solution for environmental barriers. A scale was constructed by adding the items together and dividing by number of items, yielding a range from one to five with five representing the highest level of environmental barriers and one the lowest. An overall mean value of 1.51 was found. Persons with disabilities scored 1.66 and persons without disabilities 1.36 (F = 466.89, p < .001). Bivariate regression analyses revealed environmental barriers to be higher among rural respondents, increasing with age and severity of disability, and lower for those with a higher level of education and with better physical and mental health. Gender had an impact only among persons without disabilities, where women report more barriers than men. Structural equation model analysis showed that socioeconomic status was significantly and negatively associated with environmental barriers. Activity limitation is significantly associated with environmental barriers when controlling for a number of other individual characteristics. Reducing barriers for the general population would go some way to reduce the impact of these for persons with activity limitations, but additional and specific adaptations will be required to ensure an inclusive society.</p></div

Association between activity limitations and environmental barriers.

<p>Association between activity limitations and environmental barriers.</p

Sample characteristics, by country.

<p>Sample characteristics, by country.</p

Bivariate regressions on environmental barriers, persons with and without disabilities.

<p>Bivariate regressions on environmental barriers, persons with and without disabilities.</p

Frequency of experiencing barriers, in percent.

<p>Frequency of experiencing barriers, in percent.</p