Our methodology centers on participatory action research (PAR) — and a freemium model that builds trust before it asks for a budget.
PAR treats the people affected by a health challenge as co-researchers, not subjects. Local governments, community health workers, and residents help define the questions, gather the evidence, and interpret what it means — which is what makes the findings usable once the research ends.
This is the model behind our current focus on local government advocacy: helping LGUs build an evidence base for health decisions, using a process they helped shape.
Because partners are involved throughout, findings arrive already translated into the local context — ready to inform budgeting, policy, or program design, rather than sitting in a report.
We start with a scoped, lower-cost engagement on a specific local health challenge — low risk for the partner, high value in what it demonstrates.
The project produces real, usable findings and shows the partner what working with us looks like in practice.
With trust established, we scope a bigger, funded research partnership — often with a broader mandate and longer time horizon.
We can scope a small PAR engagement around a specific challenge you're facing.