Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation
Introduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is characterised by major health disparities and complex migration flows. Yet, because of a lack of epidemiological data, there is an urgent need to strengthen routine data collection around migrant health and to define key indicators towar...
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| author | Farah Seedat Bouchra Assarag Kolitha Wickramage Sally Hargreaves Ana Requena-Mendez Dominik Zenner Anna Deal Stella Evangelidou Oumnia Bouaddi Moudrick Abdellatifi Hassan Edries Eman Elafef Taha Maatoug Anissa Ouahchi Sara Arias Adel Abdelkhalek Ibrahim Ahmed Bani Kenza Hassouni Mahmoud Hilali Mohamed Khalis Wejdene Mansour Ali Mtiraoui Hassan Chrifi Mohamed Douagi Abdedayem Khelifi |
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| description | Introduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is characterised by major health disparities and complex migration flows. Yet, because of a lack of epidemiological data, there is an urgent need to strengthen routine data collection around migrant health and to define key indicators towards migrant health monitoring. To address this problem, we aim to design and pilot test the Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) which can collate country-level data collection around migration health data, policies and healthcare provision.Methods and analysis The MHCP-t development is a stepwise process that will integrate a process evaluation model with active involvement and engagement of multilevel stakeholders. First, towards the generation of indicators, qualitative field activities will be conducted in different regions in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt with migrants (n=50 per region), migrant community leaders (n=20 per region) and professionals working with them (n=20 per region). Deductive–inductive thematic analysis will be applied to the data collected. Results from the national qualitative studies and a series of systematic reviews in the MENA region will conclude with a first draft of tool indicators which will be reviewed by national and international experts using the Nominal Group Technique. The revised indicators will be entered into an electronic data capture system and the tool will be pilot-tested by applying a mixed-methods process evaluation to examine its relevance, comprehensiveness, comprehensibility and other practical issues, such as completion time and ease of responding. Mechanisms of change will be assessed on how the participative interactions towards the tool development can trigger change at national and regional levels.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the institutional review boards at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, the University of Sousse in Sousse, Tunisia, the University Hospital of Tanger, Morocco and Badr University of Cairo in Egypt. Findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and communications to national and regional congresses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-93d6b68b207447f4baa2915c6de4ad9f2025-01-23T09:50:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552025-01-0115110.1136/bmjopen-2024-085455Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluationFarah Seedat0Bouchra Assarag1Kolitha Wickramage2Sally Hargreaves3Ana Requena-Mendez4Dominik Zenner5Anna Deal6Stella Evangelidou7Oumnia Bouaddi8Moudrick Abdellatifi9Hassan Edries10Eman Elafef11Taha Maatoug12Anissa Ouahchi13Sara Arias14Adel Abdelkhalek15Ibrahim Ahmed Bani16Kenza Hassouni17Mahmoud Hilali18Mohamed Khalis19Wejdene Mansour20Ali Mtiraoui21Hassan Chrifi22Mohamed Douagi23Abdedayem Khelifi242 The Migrant Health Research Group, St George`s University of London Institute for Infection and Immunity, London, UK7 Ecole Nationale de Santé Publique, Rabat, Morocco13 International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland2 The Migrant Health Research Group, St George`s University of London Institute for Infection and Immunity, London, UK1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain14 Queen Mary University of London, London, UK2 The Migrant Health Research Group, St George`s University of London Institute for Infection and Immunity, London, UK1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain1 Migrant Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain8 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Badr University in Cairo, Badr, Egypt4 University of Gezira, Gezira, Sudan5 Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco4 University of Gezira, Gezira, Sudan5 Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco3 University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia3 University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia7 Ecole Nationale de Santé Publique, Rabat, Morocco6 Office Nationale de la Famille et de la Population, Tunis, Tunisia6 Office Nationale de la Famille et de la Population, Tunis, TunisiaIntroduction The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is characterised by major health disparities and complex migration flows. Yet, because of a lack of epidemiological data, there is an urgent need to strengthen routine data collection around migrant health and to define key indicators towards migrant health monitoring. To address this problem, we aim to design and pilot test the Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) which can collate country-level data collection around migration health data, policies and healthcare provision.Methods and analysis The MHCP-t development is a stepwise process that will integrate a process evaluation model with active involvement and engagement of multilevel stakeholders. First, towards the generation of indicators, qualitative field activities will be conducted in different regions in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt with migrants (n=50 per region), migrant community leaders (n=20 per region) and professionals working with them (n=20 per region). Deductive–inductive thematic analysis will be applied to the data collected. Results from the national qualitative studies and a series of systematic reviews in the MENA region will conclude with a first draft of tool indicators which will be reviewed by national and international experts using the Nominal Group Technique. The revised indicators will be entered into an electronic data capture system and the tool will be pilot-tested by applying a mixed-methods process evaluation to examine its relevance, comprehensiveness, comprehensibility and other practical issues, such as completion time and ease of responding. Mechanisms of change will be assessed on how the participative interactions towards the tool development can trigger change at national and regional levels.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the institutional review boards at the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, the University of Sousse in Sousse, Tunisia, the University Hospital of Tanger, Morocco and Badr University of Cairo in Egypt. Findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and communications to national and regional congresses.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e085455.full |
| spellingShingle | Farah Seedat Bouchra Assarag Kolitha Wickramage Sally Hargreaves Ana Requena-Mendez Dominik Zenner Anna Deal Stella Evangelidou Oumnia Bouaddi Moudrick Abdellatifi Hassan Edries Eman Elafef Taha Maatoug Anissa Ouahchi Sara Arias Adel Abdelkhalek Ibrahim Ahmed Bani Kenza Hassouni Mahmoud Hilali Mohamed Khalis Wejdene Mansour Ali Mtiraoui Hassan Chrifi Mohamed Douagi Abdedayem Khelifi Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation BMJ Open |
| title | Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation |
| title_full | Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation |
| title_fullStr | Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation |
| title_short | Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation |
| title_sort | migrant health country profile tool mhcp t for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the middle east and north african mena region tool development protocol with embedded process evaluation |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e085455.full |
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