Resource Type: Guide, manual or tool
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Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collector’s Field Guide
2005 — This how-to guide covers the mechanics of data collection for applied qualitative research. It is appropriate for novice and experienced researchers alike. It can be used as both a training tool and a daily reference manual for field team members. The question and answer format and modular design make it easy for readers to…
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Promising and Best Practices in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for West and Central Africa – English and French
February 2006 — One of the critical focus areas of the Action for West Africa Region-HIV/AIDS (AWARE-HIV/AIDS) project is identifying, disseminating and supporting the replication in West Africa of best-practice interventions that reduce the transmission of HIV and AIDS and ensure access to treatment. This collection covers behavior change communication, voluntary counseling and testing, reduction of…
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Partnering for Promotion of FP Information Delivered by Mobile Phone
With funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, FHI 360’s Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project began developing the Mobile for Reproductive Health (m4RH) project, which developed a set of text messages on family planning (fp) methods that users can access via their mobile phones. To date, m4RH has reached more than 70,000…
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Partnering for Care in HIV Prevention Trials: A How-To Manual
2008 — Ensuring the effective care and treatment of people who are HIV positive is a critically important counterpart to the search for methods to prevent the spread of the virus. Many clinical trials of new HIV prevention methods, such as vaccines and microbicides, are under way or planned in several parts of the world. The…
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Nursing Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS
March 2008 — Since the inception of the epidemic, nurses have played a crucial role in caring for individuals infected with HIV. Especially in resource-limited settings, nurses have assumed multiple responsibilities in HIV care and treatment, both in traditional nursing roles and new areas. FHI 360 published Nursing Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS, a package of…
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My Changing Body: Fertility Awareness for Young People (PDF in English, French, Spanish)
2003 — My Changing Body: Fertility Awareness for Young People is a training manual that has been developed by FHI 360 and the Institute for Reproductive Health of Georgetown University to teach girls and boys ages 10 to 14 years about the changes they experience as they approach puberty. It also seeks to help youth take…
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Monitoring HIV/AIDS Programs
November 2004 — This training resource is designed to build skills for conducting quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities. The course is anchored by three core modules: Introduction to M&E; Collecting, Analyzing and Using Monitoring Data; and Developing an M&E Work Plan. The course features seven additional modules designed for specific contexts, such as home-based care…
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Reaching Young People with FP Information via Mobile Phone
Working in partnership with K4Health, the Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project is producing an mHealth implementation guide, an e-learning course, and a high-impact practices (HIP) brief that provides a summary of the literature as well as lessons learned for how to implement various mHealth approaches to support family planning objectives.
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Managing Chronic Conditions: Optimizing Health Throughout Life
March 2009 — The enormous burden currently posed by chronic disease in low-resource countries and the realistic prospect that this burden will continue to increase provide compelling reasons to rapidly address chronic illness from both a public health perspective and the impact on individual lives. This document is intended for FHI 360 global staff and other health…
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International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects
2002 — This is the third in a series of international ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects issued by the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) since 1982. The CIOMS Guidelines, with their concern for the application of the Declaration of Helsinki in developing countries, reflect the conditions and needs of biomedical…