Conceptual model of the different domains impacting the use of Routine Health
Information System (RHIS) data in Senegal
Intraorganizational factors
Staffing
Regular feedback / data flow
Training
Supervision
Promotion of data culture
Proximal factors
Medial factors
Distal factors
Technical skills
Infrastructure
Financial factors
Availability of funds
Financial prioritization of RHIS
strenthening
Availability of open-source
technologies for RHIS
Computers
Data software
Telecommunications
Electricity supply
Computer software
skills
Statistical competency
Data visualization
Data quality
Timely, available and
accessible data
Missingness of data elements
Data accuracy
Level of data granularity
RHIS System Design
Governance
Global / donor pressures and
incentives for data use
MoH policies and directives
around data use
National and international DQA
protocols / guidelines
Health system decentralization
Computerization of RHIS
System integration
Harmonization of indicators
and data collection tools
Built-in data validation /
quality checks
Levels of data aggregation
Interorganizational factors
Data access / approvals
Data sharing
Sharing of data use experiences
Coordination for M&E
Data review meetings
Promotion of data culture
RHIS data
demand
Data managemenent
Timeliness of reporting
Completeness of reporting
Completeness of data
elements
Parallel reporting systems
Integration of communitybased program data
Availability of corroborating
data sources (surveys,
qualitative)
Behavioral factors
Attitudes about RHIS data and data use
Self-efficacy to use RHIS data
Motivation to conduct M&E activties
RHIS data use for
decision-making