Monitoring and evaluating family planning / reproductive health programmes: an introduction

Alfredo Luis Fort

From Research to Practice: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2011

July 1, 2011 - Geneva

Fort AL. Monitoring and evaluating family planning / reproductive health programmes: an introduction. Paper presented at: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research; 2011 Jul 1; Geneva. Available from: https://www.gfmer.ch/SRH-Course-2011/research-methodology/Monitoring-evaluating-FP-RH-programmes-Fort-2011.htm

References - further reading

For a framework and construction of indicators: J. Bertrand and Escudero, G., Compendium of Indicators for Evaluating Reproductive Health Programs, Volume One. MEASURE Evaluation Manual Series, No. 6, August 2002
For discussion on what can be accomplished with different assessments and evaluation designs: JP Habicht, CG Victora and JP Vaughan, Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact, International Journal of Epidemiology, 1999; 28: 10-18
For presentation of different types of research and evaluation designs: AA Fisher, JR Foreit, J Laing, J Stoeckel and J Townsend, HIV/AIDS Intervention Studies: An Operations Research Handbook, The Population Council, 2002
For how to assess quality of care in facilities, including instruments: Quick Investigation of Quality (QIQ) A User's Guide for Monitoring Quality of Care in Family Planning, MEASURE Evaluation Manual Series, No. 2, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
For M&E plans for Adolescent SRH programs: S Adamchak, K Bond, L MacLaren et al, A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluating Adolescent Reproductive Health Programs, FOCUS on Young Adults, Tool Series 5, June 2000

Assignment

Develop an M&E framework for a 3-year initiative to reduce maternal mortality due to postpartum haemorrhage, through wide training of midwives and upgrade of health facilities in active management of the third stage of labour (AMTSL).
If you wanted to evaluate improved performance, from an average 45% who at baseline know well how to perform AMTSL, how many providers would you need to demonstrate it? And, would you need a "control" group?

Assignments presented by the participants