Working Together: An integration resource guide for immunization services throughout the life course

This resource guide is intended for use by national managers from immunization, reproductive, maternal child and adolescent health and other related programs. It may also be useful for global, regional and country level policy-makers and partners responsible for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of integrated services, policies or health systems strengthening. The guide aims to bring together a range of relevant resources, summarize current knowledge and provide guidance on the integration of immunization with other health interventions, health policies or activities to strengthen health systems. The guide applies existing academic literature on integration. Included in the guide is information on the interventions, or packages of interventions, that might be integrated with immunization and a summary of documented country experiences.

Sectors

General Health (non FP/RH)

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Training Manual on Basic Monitoring and Evaluation of Social and Behavior Change Communication Health Programs

This training manual is organized around concepts of M&E for SBCC interventions with strengths and weaknesses of approaches and recommendations wherever applicable. The manual aims to strengthen efforts of SBCC interventions by building capacity to effectively monitor and evaluate intervention against desired outcomes and provide learning for SBCC strategies. This training is intended for master trainers, state program M&E officers and managers, district level officials and supervisors whose main job is to monitor SBCC interventions in their geographical area of work.

Sectors

General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Monitoring & Evaluation

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SBC Tools & Resources

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SPRING Project Tools

SPRING publications curate evidence, best practices, and policies to help improve nutrition through health, agriculture, and economic development programs.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, General Health (non FP/RH)

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Evidence, SBC Tools & Resources

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Mission Brief on Integrated SBCC

This Brief is intended for USAID Mission and Washington technical and management staff who are considering designing integrated social and behavior change communication (SBCC) projects, or who would like to better understand and manage existing projects. The brief defines key concepts, outlines the advantages and challenges of integrated SBCC programming and highlights important considerations for USAID staff throughout the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project.

Sectors

General Health (non FP/RH)

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Evidence, SBC Tools & Resources

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Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Family Planning (MIYCN-FP) Integration Toolkit

This toolkit is a strategic package of resources to guide program managers at implementing organizations, advocates, and decision makers through the processes of piloting, implementing, and scaling up integrated programs and advocating for policy change. These resources include: up-to-date global and country-specific background and reference materials to inform advocacy and assist with the design of evidence-based, state-of-the-art programs; job aids, curricula, and other tools to increase the effectiveness and quality of program activities and services; and, publications that detail key implementation processes and lessons learned.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Cross-cutting, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

Classifications

Community of Practice, SBC Tools & Resources

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List of Integrated Development Tools

A list of publications and tools demonstrating the value and best practices of integrated design, delivery and evaluation of programs.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Conservation, Democracy, Rights & Governance, General Health (non FP/RH)

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Evidence, Frameworks & Models, SBC Tools & Resources

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Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: A Manual on Integrating Health and Family Planning into Conservation Projects

This manual provides guidance for field-based conservation practitioners in developing countries on integrating health and family planning into community conservation projects. It is designed for those who are starting work in a new area as well as those who might be adding on a health or population component to an existing conservation project. In addition, some sections are likely to be of interest to health partners, development organizations and donors.

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Conservation, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, General Health (non FP/RH), Population, Health & Environment

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SBC Tools & Resources

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Evidence of Effective Approaches to Social and Behavior Change Communication for Preventing and Reducing Stunting and Anemia: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review (SPRING)

SPRING conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed evidence regarding the effectiveness of Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) approaches to increase the uptake of three key nutrition behaviors: women’s dietary practices during pregnancy and lactation; breastfeeding practices; and complementary feeding practices. This review also identifies gaps in the evidence and provides recommendations for further areas of study. The SBCC interventions included in the review can be broadly categorized into three areas: interpersonal communication, use of media, and community/social mobilization.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, General Health (non FP/RH)

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Evidence

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Designing for Behavior Change: For Agriculture, NRM, Health and Nutrition

This field-tested, six-day training curriculum responds to community development managers’, program planners’ and behavior change officers’ need for a practical behavioral framework that helps them with developing effective behavior change strategies in the fields of agriculture, Natural Resource Management (NRM), health, and nutrition.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

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Designing for Behavior Change For Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, Health and Nutrition

This field-tested, six-day training curriculum responds to community development managers’, program planners’ and behavior change officers’ need for a practical behavioral framework that helps them with developing effective behavior change strategies in the fields of agriculture, Natural Resource Management(NRM), health, and nutrition.

Sectors

Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Conservation, General Health (non FP/RH)

Project Stages

Monitoring & Evaluation, Project Design

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