<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><i>Please send expressions of interest to <b>Helene Perold at <a href="mailto:hperold@hpa.co.za">hperold@hpa.co.za</a></b> if you are interested.</i></div><div><br></div><b>CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST IN CONDUCTING A PATIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY<br></b><br>I run an independent consultancy in Johannesburg, South Africa and am looking for senior researchers in Cape Verde, The Gambia, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda who can rapidly conduct a small patient care satisfaction survey in each of these countries. <br><br>The country surveys need to be run by people who have health or social science research experience and can conduct the survey with a sample of approx. 150 people in five public health clinics across selected urban, peri-urban and rural areas. The location of the clinics will be determined by the Department of Health and 30 respondents will be interviewed at each site. I will supply the researcher with the sampling framework and a short questionnaire (10-15 questions). The researcher will need to undertake the following activities:<br><br>1. Recruit, train and manage a fieldwork team in order to collect the data between 20 October and 7 November 2014. <br>2. Put in place appropriate measures to assure the quality of the data collected.<br>3. Capture the data in Excel<br>4. Write a report on the survey results, using a template designed by the project. This is due no later than 19 November 2014.<br>5. Send the original questionnaires to the project coordinator in Johannesburg, South Africa by 21 November 2014.<br><br>Please send expressions of interest to Helene Perold at <a href="mailto:hperold@hpa.co.za">hperold@hpa.co.za</a> and include the following information:<br><br>· The reasons why you are interested in this assignment<br>· Relevant research experience<br>· Recommendations for assuring the quality of the data collected<br>· Challenges that you foresee in conducting the survey<br>· Other commitments that you have in October and November 2014 and how you will manage the research alongside these<br>· Your daily rate for professional fees<br>· A full CV<br>· The names and contact details of two references who can comment on your suitability for this assignment.<br><br>The closing date for submitting expressions of interest is Friday 26 September 2014.<br><br>Posted by Helene Perold, hperold@hpa.co.za 19 September 2014</body></html>