Health Topics
- Rehabilitation Practices Delivered by Physical and Occupational Therapists to Brazilian Children With Congenital Zika Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study
This study highlighted that professional training and knowledge translation strategies are needed to implement evidence-based practices and improve the quality of physical and occupational therapy programs for Brazilian children with congenital Zika syndrome.
- Lessons Learned in Improving the Quality of a Free Reproductive Health Hotline in Benin
Benin's Ligne Verte reproductive health hotline is filling information gaps and linking callers to services while getting regular feedback from its users to improve the service provided.
- A Supervision Framework for Task-Shared Mental Health Workers: Implications for Clinical Trials and Beyond
The authors describe a supervision model that integrates elements of clinical supervision into categories that are suitable for use in task-shared trauma interventions in low-resource settings.
- Another Best Practice: Leveraging User and Stakeholder Perspectives to Improve and Refine Existing Medical Products
Refinement of existing medical products, which may already have an established evidence base, robust market, and experienced users, may better meet user and potential user needs, if feedback from key stakeholders is solicited and incorporated early in the refinement process.
- Many Cooks in the Kitchen: Iterating a Qualitative Analysis Process Across Multiple Countries, Sites, and Teams
The authors propose a model for multinational modified grounded theory studies and describe their team's process of collaborating and adapting the model to allow for local needs across countries.
- Service Delivery Considerations for Introducing New Injectable Contraceptives Lasting 4 and 6 Months in Nigeria and Uganda: A Qualitative Study
Family planning stakeholders in Nigeria and Uganda are interested in expanding the range of injectable contraceptives offered in their countries, and their engagement will be key to ensuring the successful introduction and scale-up of these new products.
- Using Responsive Feedback in Scaling a Gender Norms-Shifting Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Responsive feedback mechanisms—especially a culture of learning among donors, researchers, and implementers—facilitated timely adaptations and scale-up efforts of an adolescent sexual and reproductive health program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- How The Challenge Initiative Adapted and Used Pause and Reflect Responsive Feedback Sessions for Adaptive Management in Nigeria
Through pause and reflect sessions, The Challenge Initiative has instituted improvements for scaling up evidence-based, government-led FP/RH interventions, including government self-reliance assessment and development of more systematic coaching plans.
- Is Early Childhood Development Care at Public Health Facilities in Pakistan Effective? A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
An integrated early childhood development care intervention effectively reduced global development delays and improved growth outcomes in rural Pakistan.
- Unveiling Maternal Health Insights During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pakistan: Using Causal Loop Diagrams to Illuminate and Prevent Unintended Policy Effects
The authors explain that using causal loop diagrams can visualize retrospectively the unintended negative consequences of COVID-19 related policies on maternal health and has potential to be used prospectively to foster decision-making to prevent those consequences.