Co-editors:
K. Viswanath, Harvard University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Sohail Agha, Stanford Behavior Design Lab
The responsive feedback (RF) approach is part of a family of intervention designs that aim to collect timely data to serve as feedback to planners and implementers and make appropriate changes to the interventions to enhance their success while the intervention is still in progress. The RF approach is similar to but also builds on other approaches (e.g., adaptive management and feedback loops/mechanisms) to offer an integrated, systematic, and systemic method to improve outcomes. In sum, the RF approach is a culmination of a movement of experimentation aimed at improving social change programs building on the strengths of different intervention practices. Several initiatives are already using elements of the RF approach with varying degrees of success.
This supplement aims to describe:
- The RF approach and discuss similarities and differences with other approaches, such as continuous quality improvement
- Major challenges in designing and implementing an RF effort
- Theoretical, interventional, and methodological considerations in adopting and adapting RF
- Challenges in introducing and establishing “test and learn” cultures within organizations
- Exemplar cases using an RF approach in different variations
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Getting Rigor Right: A Framework for Methodological Choice in Adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation
Christina Synowiec, Erin Fletcher, Luke Heinkel, and Taylor Salisbury
Evidence for Decision-Making: The Importance of Systematic Data Collection as an Essential Component of Responsive Feedback
Rachel F. McCloud, Mesfin A. Bekalu, Tom Vaughan, Lydia Maranta, Eliz Peck, K. Viswanath
Using a Responsive Feedback Approach to Develop and Pilot a Counseling Chatbot to Strengthen Child Nutrition in Rural India
Namrata Tomar, Sriya Srikrishnan, Neal Lesh and Brian DeRenzi
Designing and Implementing the Adaptive Learning Meeting Cycle: The (re)solve Project Experience in Burkina Faso
Reshma Trasi, Cecelia Angelone, and Ginette Hounkanrin
Codeveloping an Adolescent Health Program in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of a Community-Partnered Responsive Feedback Approach
Ricky Sharma, Mohammed Danish, Yasmin Khajenoori, Daniya Shaikh, Yasmeen Chaudary, Hiba Khan, Neha Bhat, Avani Doshi, Samruddhi Nalawade, Pawan Rajput, Snigdha Shahi and Priya Shankar
Improving State Government’s Responsiveness to Family Planning Interventions in Nigeria Using an Innovative Reflection and Action Tool
Lekan Ajijola, Victor Igharo, Nneoma Anieto, Lisa Mwaikambo
Strengthening Social and Behavior Change Programming Through Application of an Adaptive Management Framework: A Case Study in Tanzania
Claire Gillum, Kara Tureski, Joseph Msofe
Using Responsive Feedback in Scaling a Gender Norms-Shifting Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kathryn M. Barker, Jennifer Gayles, Mariam Diakité, Florentine Gracia Diantisa, Rebecka Lundgren
Improving Program Outcomes Through Responsive Feedback: A Case Study of a Leadership Development Academy in Nigeria
Teslim Aminu, Onajite Otokpen, Ijeoma Mmirikwe, Oluwasegun Adetunde, Ibidun Ajuwon, Adesina Adelakun, Abdulateef Salisu, Faisal Shuaib, Uchenna Igbokwe and Muyi Aina
How The Challenge Initiative Adapted and Used Pause and Reflect Responsive Feedback Sessions for Adaptive Management in Nigeria
Nneoma Anieto, Lekan Ajijola, Victor Igharo, Sarah Jane Holcombe, Lisa Mwaikambo
Leveraging Responsive Feedback to Redesign a Demand Generation Strategy: Experience From the IntegratE Project in Lagos State, Nigeria
Emeka Emmanuel Okafor, Bolaji Gbenuade Oladejo, Michael Alagbile, Sikiru Baruwa, David O. Ayinde, Jennifer Anyanti, Toyin O. Akomolafe