Resource Type: Guide, manual or tool
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Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation System Assessment Tool
October 2013 — The Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System Assessment Tool (SAT) is a generic tool developed as a diagnostic exercise for programs and projects to critically examine their M&E systems, identify areas performing well and critical gaps, and develop a quality improvement plan to maintain strengths and overcome weaknesses in their M&E system. These guidelines…
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Participatory Data Verification and Improvement Tool
October 2013 — The Data Verification and Improvement Tool (DVT) is a generic tool developed as a diagnostic exercise for programs and projects to implement at all levels. These guidelines provide the framework and operational guidance) to assess and improve program or project data. The exercise will help to determine the accuracy of reported data, conduct root…
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A Guide to Effective and Efficient Provision of Combined Oral Contraceptives (COCs)
2008 — This easy-to-use tool assists health workers of all levels in the implementation of four evidence-based strategies recommended by the World Health Organization to increase uptake and continuation of combined oral contraceptives (COCs). These strategies include: Quick Start (women take their first pill under observation during a clinic visit, regardless of where they are…
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Job aids for the reinjection of injectable contraceptives
2009 — FHI 360 and IntraHealth International field tested and co-branded several job aids designed to help health care providers better serve women who return for reinjections of the contraceptives depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and norethisterone enantate (NET-EN). Research that FHI 360 conducted in South Africa, with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development, revealed that approximately half of injectable…
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Screening checklists for safe contraceptive use and to rule out pregnancy (Nigeria)
2009 — The Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria, in partnership with FHI 360, has developed multiple job aids to assist family planning providers in Nigeria to perform essential tasks such as screening clients for method eligibility. Checklist for Screening Clients Who Want to Initiate Combined Oral Contraceptives (Nigeria) A Guide to Effective and Efficient Provision…
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Screening checklists for safe contraceptive use and to rule out pregnancy (India)
2008 — The PROGRESS project, with the goal of expanding the access to contraceptive methods using existing high-impact practices, supported the distribution of checklists that allow providers to perform the essential screening process when providing contraceptives to clients. Several checklists shown to be effective have been translated into Hindi for wider use in India. The…
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Screening checklists for safe contraceptive use and to rule out pregnancy (Uganda)
2006–2007 — FHI 360, in partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, has developed several screening tools to assist family planning providers in Uganda to perform the essential screening process when providing contraceptives to clients. The method eligibility checklists determine whether a client may safely and effectively initiate her contraceptive method of choice. The pregnancy…
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Postsecondary Success for All: Leveraging Partners and Assets
November 2013 — In 2008, FHI 360 and the Citi Foundation joined together to launch the Citi Postsecondary Success Program, now called the Postsecondary Success Collaborative. Five years and 12,000 students later, the Postsecondary Success Collaborative has transformed the way participating schools and partners in Miami-Dade County, Philadelphia and San Francisco map resources and needs and…
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Clinical Facility and Service Assessment Field Guide: Quality Assessment (QA) and Quality Improvement (QI)
2007 — This field guide is designed for use by FHI 360 staff and partner organizations responsible for ensuring quality clinical services, at both facility and non-facility levels. The guide provides general information on how to organize, implement and follow up on quality assurance/quality improvement clinical facility and service assessments. The accompanying checklists are intended to…
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Life Skills Education Toolkit for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in India
October 2007 – This Life Skills Education Toolkit for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in India presents activities, modules and guides intended to help children and adolescents develop essential life skills to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, manage HIV/AIDS, and identify and cope with difficult circumstances, including care and loss. The toolkit…