Resource Type: Guide, manual or tool
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Checklists for Screening Clients Who Want to Initiate Use of the LNG-IUS
January 2017 — The levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) checklist consists of questions designed to rule out pregnancy and identify other medical conditions and high-risk behaviors that would prevent safe LNG-IUS use or require further screening. It also provides guidance and directions based on a client’s responses and a provider’s observations. The English, French and Spanish…
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Pathways to High Adherence: An Adherence Support Manual for Vaginal Ring Trials
September 2016 — The Pathways to High Adherence manual was designed for research teams that are involved in supporting adherence to use of antiretroviral-based vaginal rings in HIV prevention clinical trials. Much of the content is also applicable to clinical trials of other HIV prevention products, such as oral pre-exposure prophylaxis, microbicide gels and vaginal films. This…
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Research Utilization Strategic Planning Tools
2016 — These practical and adaptable tools are intended to support strategic planning for research utilization during study design, stakeholder analysis and systematic tracking of interventions during study implementation. Researchers, program implementers and other decisionmakers can use these tools to apply findings and to scale up successful interventions after study results are known.
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Exploring the Potential of Schoolchildren as Change Agents in the Context of School WASH in Rural Zambia: Final Report
July 2014 — Access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at school has been shown to improve health of pupils and increase school attendance. Interventions that target the school can also serve as an entry point to improve WASH access at home. In this study, conducted through the school-based WASH program, SPLASH, and funded by the…
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Development Sector Adjacency Map: A Planning Tool for Integrated Development
May 2016 — In the global development context, adjacencies are represented by the sectors that lie outside of a particular program’s current scope yet are related enough that they pose opportunities for strategic integration. Integrated development, therefore, seeks to deliberately leverage key sector adjacencies by creating more multi-faceted, holistic approaches that ultimately produce amplified impact. FHI 360’s…
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USAID/Uganda Community Connector Technical Note Series
This series of nine technical notes from the USAID/Uganda Community Connector (CC) Project reviews the multisectoral components and how the project is supporting each one. The CC project is a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future flagship program, which provides a comprehensive and multisectoral approach to improving household food security, income and…
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Linking to Improve Health and Livelihoods for Vulnerable Populations
May 2015 — The Livelihoods and Food Security Technical Assistance (LIFT) project provides technical assistance and strategic support to U.S. and foreign government agencies, their implementing partners and other public, private and civil society partners to improve the food and livelihood security of vulnerable households, with a particular focus on people living with HIV, orphans and vulnerable…
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Time Use PRA Guide and Toolkit for Child and Youth Development Practitioners
March 2013 — The STRIVE Philippines project, which had the goal of improving the well-being of vulnerable children and youth through economic strengthening of households and individuals, created a time use participatory rapid appraisal (PRA) tool for participants ages 8–18 to gather information for project evaluation. The tool was piloted in January 2010 with follow-up in January…