Applying a Power Analysis to Everything We Do: A Qualitative Inquiry to Decolonize the Global Health and Development Project Cycle (R4S Project activity CC3)

This qualitative study was conducted with 20 key informants from 15 different organizations across the Global North (GN) and Global South (GS). Fifteen participants were from the GS, and 5 were from the GN. Key informant interviews (KIIs) were conducted from August 2021 to March 2022 via online platform or phone call. Participants in the KIIs were asked to share their experiences and perspectives related to the decolonization of the Global Health and Development (GHD) field. Prior to coding the data, an analytical framework was adopted to identify challenges and strategies related to colonial legacies and decolonization respectively. A codebook was developed and informed by the analytic framework, and included deductive codes for both challenges and strategies related to colonialism and decolonization throughout the GHD project life cycle. The life cycle phases used for analysis were conceptualization and contracting, program planning and implementation, and program evaluation and dissemination. This study was made possible by the American People through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided to FHI 360 through Cooperative Agreement 7200AA19CA00041 to implement Research for Scalable Solutions. Partners on this work included Evidence for Sustainable Human Development Systems in Africa, Makerere University School of Public Health in Uganda, Population Services International, and Save the Children.

本研究为质性研究，共纳入来自全球北方（Global North, GN）与全球南方（Global South, GS）15家不同机构的20名关键信息提供者，其中15名参与者来自全球南方，5名来自全球北方。关键信息提供者访谈（Key Informant Interviews, KIIs）于2021年8月至2022年3月期间通过线上平台或电话方式开展，访谈参与者被要求分享其与全球卫生与发展（Global Health and Development, GHD）领域去殖民化相关的经历与观点。在对数据进行编码前，本研究采用分析框架分别识别与殖民遗产及去殖民化相关的挑战与策略；研究团队基于该分析框架编制了编码手册，其中包含覆盖GHD项目全生命周期中与殖民主义及去殖民化相关的挑战与策略的演绎编码。本次分析所用的项目全生命周期阶段包括概念设计与合同签订、项目规划与实施，以及项目评估与成果传播。本研究由美国民众通过美国国际开发署（U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID）资助，通过合作协议7200AA19CA00041拨付至FHI 360，用于开展“可规模化解决方案研究”项目。本研究的合作方包括非洲可持续人类发展系统证据项目、乌干达马凯雷雷大学公共卫生学院、国际人口服务组织以及救助儿童会。