Abstract
Global health programs are developed and planned based on clinically sound practices and research evidence. We have also learned that medical care and treatment are much more. Behavior, culture, race, and ethnicity, and economic and political stability affect the ways health care is accessed and delivered.
More than ever, health workers are engaged across multiple disciplines to implement health programs. To get meaningful answers that will lead to better decisions for implementing health programs, effective, powerful questions must be asked to individuals and those who play roles across the healthcare spectrum. This chapter gives some background on the research that forms effective, powerful questions and “how to” suggestions for asking them.
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Crouse, D.M. (2015). Asking Effective, Powerful Questions. In: Beracochea, E. (eds) Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2721-0_24
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