BPREP: Beneficiary perspectives on the performance of humanitarian healthcare missions in Nicaragua

The BPREP (Beneficiary perspectives on the performance of humanitarian healthcare missions in Nicaragua) study was conducted in the Nicaraguan departments of Jinotega and Leon. From July 1 to August 24, 2013, the principal investigator conducted one-on-one interviews with Nicaraguan physicians, nurses, community leaders, patients, and family members of patients who have received medical attention from one or more foreign medical missions in the last two years, as well as community members who have avoided foreign medical missions. The goal of this study was to gather Nicaraguan perspectives on the work of foreign humanitarian healthcare missions working in their communities. More specifically, this research set out to provide organizations and volunteers supporting foreign medical missions in Nicaragua with feedback on the performance of their organizations from the perspective of local ‘beneficiary’ community members, as a means of contributing to reflection and quality improvement in Nicaraguan-directed but also other trans-national medical care.