The role of supportive supervision using mobile technology in monitoring and guiding program performance: a case study in Nigeria 2015–2016

摘要

BackgroundSupportive supervision is one of the interventions that fosters program improvement by way of imparting knowledge and skills to health workers. The basic challenge in supportive supervision is the availability of data in real time for timely and effective feedback. Thus, the main objective of this study was to determine the contribution of real-time data collection during supportive supervision for timely feedback and generation of evidence for health intervention planning.