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    Posted on: June 29, 2017 - Method descriptions

    Evaluating Complex Health Interventions: A Guide to Rigorous Research Designs


    “Evaluating Complex Health Interventions: A Guide to Rigorous Research Designs” was co-authored by researchers from ASSIST and IHI, and published by AcademyHealth. This guide provides a framework to guide decision-making around appropriate designs to ...

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    Posted on: September 15, 2016 - Method descriptions

    Approche en six étapes pour identifier et combler les écarts liés au genre


    Le projet Application de la science pour le renforcement et l’amélioration des systèmes (ASSIST) de l’USAID utilise une approche holistique et efficace de l’intégration des genres dans l’amélioration de la qualité des soins de santé. Le partenaire d ...

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    Posted on: April 1, 2016 - Method descriptions

    Health Worker Engagement Assessment Tool


    With PEPFAR support, the USAID Health Care Improvement Project tested several instruments to measure health worker engagement in order to relate changes in engagement to other measures of performance and job retention. Initially, instruments used were ...

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    Posted on: March 25, 2016 - Method descriptions

    Self Management Progress Form


    The self management (SM) progress form provides an opportunity to health workers to have an in-depth understanding of the factors responsible for HIV-related challenges that clients face while in care and further to monitor client progress through a ...

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    Posted on: April 15, 2015 - Method descriptions

    A Quality Improvement Approach in the Partnership for HIV-Free Survival that Responds to Gender Issues


    Why address gender issues in the Partnership for HIV-Free Survival Male partners and other family members often influence whether a mother and baby access and remain in care in low- and middle-income countries. It’s important to analyze the social and ...

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    Posted on: March 21, 2015 - Method descriptions

    Excel Databases for Improvement


    These Excel databases were developed by the USAID ASSIST Project. They were designed to store indicator data from multiple facilities, pool indicator data from the facilities, and create run charts of the pooled indicator data. They will automatically ...

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    Posted on: December 9, 2014 - Method descriptions

    An Improvement Approach to Respond to Gender-Based Violence


    Gender-based violence (GBV) is violence directed at a woman, man, girl or boy based on that person’s sex, gender identity, or how that person meets or does not meet cultural norms of femininity or masculinity. Sexual, physical and psychological abuse are ...

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    Posted on: September 13, 2014 - Method descriptions

    Tested Changes and Applied Evidence-Based Clinical Interventions to Improve Care of Respiratory Infections Among Children in Georgia’s Imereti Region


    In February 2012 the USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) and in July 2014 the USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project implemented by University Research Co., LLC began to address challenges related to quality, ...

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    Posted on: May 30, 2014 - Method descriptions

    Gender Considerations in Monitoring and Evaluation


    This practical guide explains the steps to integrate and address gender considerations throughout the phases of a project. Why collect sex-disaggregated and gender-sensitive data? In many contexts, women, men, girls, and boys have different needs and face ...

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    Posted on: May 28, 2014 - Method descriptions

    Excel Template for Presenting Denominators in Column Charts


    Excel data tables can be hard to read when they contain more than a few data points. However, it is important to include the denominator when presenting time-series percentage or rate indicators. One alternative to the data table is to present two stacked ...

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