In 2016 insight impact consultants led the training of over 40 quantitative data collectors in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. After 10 days of intensive training on research ethics, data collection and the use of the Open Data Kit electronic data collection system 5 teams were ready to take to the field.

Over the course of 6 weeks of data collection over 1700 individuals were interviewed in the community (youth) and health facilities on sexual and reproductive health knowledge, beliefs and services as part of a 4 district program evaluation.

Over the course of 3 years, insight impact consultants conducted in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with women of reproductive age in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who were former, current or non-users of family planning.

Using health social science approaches, interviews explored perceptions and practices surrounding fertility and the use of contraceptive methods newly introduced into the surrounding health facilities by government and NGO efforts.

We take our work very seriously.

insight impact believes much of quality research is about genuine relationship building and engaging with community and individual realities making participant observation one of the most powerful tools for both qualitative and quantitative projects.

insight impact consultants spent days before conducting any interviews sitting with women at maternity waiting homes (lodging for pregnant women in the last stages of pregnancy located close to a hospital). By understanding the rhythms of the women's lives and through informal conversation, we were able to understand more of their realities as women and mothers in their communities. We also demonstrated our genuine interest in them as people, not just research subjects which led to higher quality data.

insight impact consultants are experienced in the theoretical & practical training of research assistants for quantitative & qualitative data collection in challenging contexts. training is available in both English & French.

In 2016, Dr Mari Dumbaugh was called into a local partner's project to lead training and support efforts in French on the Open Data Kit electronic data collection system taking place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

interactive qualitative training for unique research questions

Some projects demand a certain creativity, energy & insight.

insight impact consultants are experienced in developing & facilitating training for all types of research explorations such as this qualitative data collection training to discuss sensitive information on experiences of interpersonal violence with young girls.

Data collection tools developed by insight impact consultants included unique activities geared towards the specific age group and research context. research assistants learned a number of ice breakers and ways to approach interactions with girls which led to excellent results in the field.

Let us take care of the logistics! insight impact consultants have led large-scale data collection efforts using the latest data collection technology. quantitative surveys and analysis have never been easier.

In Democratic Republic of Congo team supervisors upload data collected for a pilot run of a large-scale quantitative survey outside of Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu province

insight impact has worked on a variety of health research topics. We specialize in questions surrounding sexual, reproductive, maternal & child health.

Maternity waiting homes aim to combat physical access barriers to essential maternal health care by providing women with housing close to health facilities that are equipped with emergency obstetric care so that women are already staying close to essential services when they go into labor.

After spending days with these women lodged at a maternity waiting home in South Kivu province, DRC insight impact consultants said good bye to the women who provided incredible insight for our research questions surrounding fertility, reproduction, gender dynamics and access to care. Some women were pregnant for the first time while others were pregnant with their eighth child.

As our name suggests, insight impact strongly believes in the benefit of health social science approaches to research questions. this often includes the use of participant observation to learn more about a context and inform the development of more relevant and meaningful research tools. this ultimately results in data collection which directly responds to your research questions.

In short, better research.

Here insight impact consultants led participant observation of a conditional cash transfer payment for a maternal health program, contributing greatly to an evaluation of the program's operations.

Traveling to a remote part of an island on Lake Kivu, African Great Lakes Region, to interview some of the few remaining traditional birth attendants in the region.

We are committed to providing the highest quality research services to inform important policy & programming decision making, no matter where the research context.

insight impact consultants have almost exclusively conducted field work in some of the world's most fragile and hard-to-reach research contexts and we are highly experienced in managing large- and small-scale data collection logistics in challenging settings.

insight impact strongly believes that the best research partners and key informants are often those who live in the communities we want to know more about.

For previous projects consultants have traveled to hard to reach places to train community health workers, integrating them as key components of our research teams facilitating community relationships and assisting us in creating well-adapted survey methods that speak to the populations with which we work.

insight impact recognizes the complexities and power dynamics inherent in working in communities that are not necessarily our own. Therefore, we know that ethical, respectful and impactful research requires establishing trusting relationships with communities & individual research participants.

We always aim to demonstrate our dedication and and genuine investment in the communities in which we work and these principles are reflected in our research approaches.

During qualitative data collection in Democratic Republic of Congo researchers worked with young girls to understand their experiences of interpersonal violence. To establish trusting relationships with the girls we visited them multiple times and spent time getting to know them on a personal level through games and sharing activities before engaging in interviews. These approaches resulted in excellent data collection by insight impact trained teams.