MAXQDA Professional Trainer:
Okwen Patrick Mbah
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| Language(s) | English, French |
| Location | Bamenda, Cameroon |
| Radius | Africa (West, Central, North, East and South Africa), open to other Global Destinations as well |
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| Methodological Expertise | Focus Group Discussions, Key Informant Interviews, Health, Community Based Programs, Performance Based Financing, mHealth, Evidence Based Medicine, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Qualitative Evaluation, Content Analysis, Online Research |
| Consulting Services | Health systems research, Community Research, Low and Middle Income Countries, Consulting Research Groups in Social Research |
| Experience | I have been a MAXQDA-Trainer since 2010 and have given training to peers, data collectors, data analysts, students in Low and Middle Income Countries. I am a medical doctor with Masters in Health Economics and currently pursuing a PhD in health economics. I also do systematic reviews with Cochrane and I am a scientific committee member on Guidleines International Network and International Society of Pharmaco-Economics and Research Outcome. I have used MAXQDA for analyzing qualitative interviews based on Grounded Theory Methodology during my dissertation. I have developed a strong interest in Mixed Method approaches, which I am happy to share in my workshops or to apply as a consulting service for interested research groups. |
| Relevant Publications | Culture is central: A framework for incorporating cultural influences in promoting exclusive breastfeeding. The FASEB Journal. 2012;26:1028.1 Evidence Hesitancy: How an innovative evidence translation approach decrypted a wicked problem: https://bit.ly/36u9JIw Improving livelihoods of children with disabilities (CWD) using innovation and best practices: https://bit.ly/39xsQTV Stories on Disability: https://bit.ly/3muiqYV DataMaps, Evidence, and Decision Making for Sustainable Development Goals: Experiences from Basic Services in Cameroon: https://bit.ly/37uF1OH A protocol for a pilot cluster randomized control trial of e-vouchers and mobile phone application to enhance access to maternal health services in Cameroon: file:Nkangu2020_Article_AProtocolForAPilotClusterRando.pdf Akofu, Aweh, and Patrick Okwen. "Facilitating Evidence Informed Decision Making to Non-Literate Consumers in Cameroon." AAS Open Res 3 (2020). |
| Website | http://www.cdbph.org/ |
| okwenpatrick@yahoo.fr | |
| Phone | +237 – 6 7731 9374 |
