The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies invites you for a talk by Professor & Associate Dean of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, and Director, CoE Science of Implementation & Scale Up (SISU), Dr. Malabika Sarker.
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DATE: Thursday, November 19, 2020
TIME: 9 am (Berkeley) | 5 pm (London) | 10 pm (Pakistan) | 10:30 pm (India & Nepal) | 11 pm (Bangladesh) | Calculate Your Local Time
This event will also be live streamed on the Center's FB page: ChowdhuryCenter
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Talk Abstract
Implementation Research (IR) is a systematic process of causal analysis, bottlenecks of implementation identification, and optimum strategy selection in a particular context. IR refers to the understanding of what, why, and how an intervention works in real-world settings and test approaches to improve them, introduce potential solutions to a system, or promote their large-scale use and sustainability. The presentation will showcase how implantation research facilitated evidence generation, enhanced implementation process, and identified bottlenecks. The first case study will reveal the reform of BRACs Innovative Health Loan in Protecting the Poor against Health and Asset Vulnerability in Bangladesh. The second case study will focus on using a single-blind randomized control trial (RCT) design to boost higher viewership of an entertainment-education campaign (TV series) on changing social norms about child marriage. Finally, the third case study will show the embedded implementation research method used in identifying MNCH implementation challenges in Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National (Rohingya Refugee) living in Cox Bazar Bangladesh.
Speaker Bio
Malabika Sarker is a Professor & Associate Dean of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh. As a mixed method specialist, Prof Sarker also oversees the research activity and leads the center of excellence of Science of Implementation & Scale Up (SISU). Dr. Sarker is a physician with a Master's in Public Health (MPH) from Harvard University, USA and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her current scholarly interest lies in implementation and intervention research. She has published more than 90+ articles in international peer-reviewed journals and authored three book chapters.
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The event is FREE and OPEN to the public.
