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Malawi Secondary Education Expansion for Development (SEED) Impact Evaluation Baseline and Midline
No full textThe Malawi Secondary Education Expansion for Development (SEED) activity is a $90 million commitment from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for urban expansion and rural construction of Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs). Data for Impact (D4I) is conducting an evaluation of the SEED activity to understand whether there is an impact on SEED communities. This mixed methods impact evaluation covers a range of development outcomes, including the impact of SEED on children who are enrolled in Standard 7 in primary schools at baseline in rural SEED CDSS catchment areas. The outcomes evaluated include educational outcomes; sexual behaviors; water, sanitation, and hygiene behaviors; and child safety. At baseline, we recruited Standard 7 students (n=761) from 32 rural primary treatment schools that will feed into new rural CDSSs, as well as from 32 rural comparison primary schools outside new CDSS catchment areas. To measure the pre-intervention primary to secondary school transition rate, we surveyed a retrospective cohort1 of students 2 (n=599) enrolled in Standard 8. At midline, we followed students in the prospective cohort. However, the construction of SEED schools in the Northern region was incomplete, and the Northern region was excluded. At both timepoints, the qualitative component consisted of focus group discussions (FGDs) with students and caregivers, key informant interviews (KIIs) with community leaders and teachers, and in-depth interviews (IDIs) with students. Rural findings showed positive impacts of the SEED activity, including reduced absenteeism among girls due to menstrual hygiene management and reduced child marriage. Urban qualitative findings also showed perceived positive outcomes, including a conducive learning environment and reduced absenteeism among girls
Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition Multi-Activity Evaluation: Health Facility Assessment
No full textData for Impact (D4I) conducted a mixed methods portfolio-level outcome evaluation of four USAID/Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) activities to provide evidence for health programming, with a focus on comparing an integrated health programming approach with a disease-focused approach (malaria). D4I conducted a health facility assessment (HFA) as part of the evaluation to gather information on health facilities’ service availability and readiness to provide services both generally and specifically for malaria, family planning, and antenatal care service domains
Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition Multi-Activity Evaluation: Provider Survey
No full textData for Impact (D4I) conducted a mixed methods portfolio-level outcome evaluation of four USAID/Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) activities to provide evidence for health programming, with a focus on comparing an integrated health programming approach with a disease-focused approach (malaria). This dataset is from a health provider survey conducted by D4I as one component of a mixed methods outcome evaluation of four United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) activities.]The objective of the health provider survey evaluation component was to provide evidence for health programming, with a focus on comparing an integrated health programming approach with a disease-focused approach (malaria)
Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition Multi-Activity Evaluation: Organizational Network Analysis
No full textData for Impact (D4I) conducted a prospective mixed-methods portfolio evaluation of four USAID/Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition (HPN) activities, with a focus on comparing an integrated health-programming approach with a disease-focused approach (malaria). As part of this evaluation, we conducted an organizational network analysis (ONA) to better understand collaboration and coordination through structural aspects of resource, information, and funding exchange in Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Zamfara
Performance Evaluation of USAID’s Integrated Health Program (IHP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
No full textAs part of its strategy to improve health outcomes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the USAID Integrated Health Program (IHP) in 2018. The program began operations in July 2018 and is being implemented by Abt Associates and several partner organizations. The purpose of USAID IHP is to strengthen the capacity of Congolese institutions and communities to deliver high-quality, integrated health services to sustainably improve the health status of the country’s population. The specific health, population, and nutrition areas of focus for the project are maternal health; neonatal, infant, and child health; tuberculosis (TB); malaria; child nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); and family planning (FP). USAID IHP is working in nine contextually diverse provinces in the regions of Eastern Congo, Katanga, and Kasai, and implements a wide array of interventions.
Given the breadth and depth of the planned interventions, the USAID Mission in DRC requested Data for Impact (D4I) to conduct an independent, third-party evaluation of the performance and impact of USAID IHP on key health systems-related outcomes, including the uptake of FP and healthcare services; health systems functioning (i.e., improved disease surveillance, the availability of essential commodities, and health worker motivation); and the practice of key healthy behaviors. The available data sets constitute the basis for the performance evaluation and provide information on provincial health offices, health zone offices, hospitals, health centers, and community-based health systems (i.e., health area development committees and community health workers)
Nigeria Health, Population, and Nutrition Multi-Activity Evaluation: Sustainability Survey
No full textData for Impact (D4I) conducted a mixed-methods portfolio evaluation of four USAID/Nigeria HPN Activities, with a focus on comparing an integrated health programming approach with a disease-focused approach (malaria). The 2022 sustainability assessment explores how the HPN Activities are contributing to the sustainability of health systems and health outcomes in Ebonyi, Kebbi, and Zamfara states. The assessment used a mixed-method approach that featured a quantitative survey and semi-structured key informant interviews (KIIs). Both quantitative and qualitative findings find evidence that HPN Activities are contributing to sustainable state health systems and outcomes
Geospatial Mapping of Children’s Homes in Uganda 2023
No full textThe aims of collecting the geospatial data were to (a) identify the “hot spots” i.e., areas with high concentration of children’s homes and/or children in residential care, (b) create a database of existing children’s Homes. Geospatial data and detailed information about each home was collected using QField, an open-source field data collection app and cloud storage service that allows for on-site data entry on GPS-enabled mobile devices. The tool gives flexibility to sync the data collected in the field to QGIS for monitoring and visualization
D4I Behavioral Interventions for the Use of Evaluation Findings
No full textUnder this Data for Impact (D4I) activity, we will conduct an experimental study to test how
messaging works to increase health decision makers’ willingness to endorse the use of evidence for decision making in hypothetical scenarios. The study will test the impact (on participants’ willingness to endorse the use of evidence) of different descriptions of evaluations and of evaluators. The aim is for the findings to help those producing or disseminating global health evaluation evidence to describe evaluations in a way that supports the use of the evidence
2021 DRC health facility survey - midline data collection
No full textAs part of its strategy to improve health outcomes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded the USAID Integrated Health Program (IHP) in 2018. The program began operations in July 2018 and is being implemented by Abt Associates and several partner organizations. The purpose of USAID IHP is to strengthen the capacity of Congolese institutions and communities to deliver high-quality, integrated health services to sustainably improve the health status of the country’s population. The specific health, population, and nutrition areas of focus for the project are maternal health; neonatal, infant, and child health; tuberculosis (TB); malaria; child nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); and family planning (FP). USAID IHP is working in nine contextually diverse provinces in the regions of Eastern Congo, Katanga, and Kasai, and implements a wide array of interventions.
Given the breadth and depth of the planned interventions, the USAID Mission in DRC requested Data for Impact (D4I) to conduct an independent, third-party evaluation of the performance and impact of USAID IHP on key health systems-related outcomes, including the uptake of FP and healthcare services; health systems functioning (i.e., improved disease surveillance, the availability of essential commodities, and health worker motivation); and the practice of key healthy behaviors. The available data sets constitute the basis for the performance evaluation and provide information on provincial health offices, health zone offices, hospitals, health centers, and community-based health systems (i.e., health area development committees and community health workers)
Assessment of the Zimbabwe Assistance Program in Malaria (ZAPIM)
No full textThis data was aggregated for the purposes of evaluating ZAPIM in Zimbabwe. Data for Impact (D4I) sought to document the current status of malaria management practices and progress that the project has made since its inception with an assessment to address these questions:
• What are the trends in malaria intervention coverage in ZAPIM and non-ZAPIM districts?
• What are the trends in malaria morbidity and mortality in ZAPIM and non-ZAPIM districts?
• What is the capacity of the NMCP and the districts to manage and implement various malaria interventions in ZAPIM and non-ZAPIM districts?
• What are the facilitators of and barriers to planned achievements by the ZAPIM project?
The assessment used a mixed-methods approach comprising a document review, secondary data analysis, key informant (KI) interviews, health facility assessments, and an organizational capacity assessment. This data was aggregated to address the first two points
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