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- The Impact of Health Information System Interventions on Maternal and Child Health Service Utilizations in Ethiopia: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Implementing health information system interventions to improve data quality improved the use of data for evidence-based decision-making at different health system levels and increased maternal and child health service utilization.
- Understanding Integrated Community Case Management Institutionalization Processes Within National Health Systems in Malawi, Mali, and Rwanda: A Qualitative Study
Documenting and analyzing the processes of integrated community case management institutionalization across multiple country contexts can further understanding of institutionalization and development of practical sensemaking conceptual models.
- mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana
How mHealth and digital innovations are key to transforming mental health care in Ghana, bridging gaps in a system challenged by resource scarcities and a critical shortage of mental health professionals.
- Recognizing and Addressing the Contraceptive Hesitancy-Acceptability Continuum: Adopting Lessons Learned From the Immunization Field
We propose a new framework that builds from vaccine hesitancy concepts and findings for the family planning community to better conceptualize, measure, and address the major drivers of contraceptive hesitancy and acceptability.
- Early Effects of Information Revolution Interventions on Health Information System Performance in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s shift to a digital health information system under the Information Revolution has laid a strong foundation for improved data quality. To fully realize the potential of this transformation, ongoing commitment to addressing key challenges in system integration and capacity-building is vital.
- Using the 5C Vaccine Hesitancy Framework to Elucidate and Measure Contraceptive Acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa
We draw lessons from immunization research by assessing the applicability of the 5C framework of vaccine hesitancy to contraceptive acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Recommendations for Using Health Service Coverage Cascades to Measure Effective Coverage for Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Services or Interventions
Using health service coverage cascades to measure effective coverage for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services on a global scale is premature and requires further research and validation to reach consensus.
- Simulation-Based Education of Health Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Simulation-based education has been widely applied in low- and middle-income countries and has been shown to improve outcomes in a variety of contexts.
- Process Evaluation of Teaching Critical Thinking About Health Using the Informed Health Choices Intervention in Rwanda: A Mixed Methods Study
In this process evaluation, we found that teacher training, student factors, and school support helped the implementation of an intervention designed to help students think critically about health claims.
- Hybrid Mentorship of Medical Laboratories to Achieve ISO 15189:2012 Accreditation in Malawi: The University of Maryland Malawi Experience
We describe a valuable hybrid mentorship and training model for supporting medical laboratories in low-resource settings in improving laboratory quality management systems and achieving accreditation.