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Research paper thumbnail of Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle-income countries

Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded the two-day meeting of MNCH experts that lead... more Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded the two-day meeting of MNCH experts that lead to the second iteration of this exercise. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Research paper thumbnail of Conceptual framework

<p>Overview of the key steps in this adaptation of the CHNRI methodology.</p

Research paper thumbnail of CHNRI matrix

<p>Framework from which listing of many research options (level of 3–5-year research progra... more <p>Framework from which listing of many research options (level of 3–5-year research program) and research questions (level of individual research papers) were systematically proposed by technical experts.</p

Research paper thumbnail of Box 3. The Three Highest Scoring Research Questions within Each of the Six Priority-Setting Criteria

<p>CHNRI criteria score: Range from 0 to 100.</p

Research paper thumbnail of Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity

Research paper thumbnail of Enabling medical professionals to respond effectively and with sensitivity to the needs of adolescents

Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2005

Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period ... more Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period of both risk to health and well-being, and of opportunity to set the stage for healthy adulthood. Most adolescents are healthy, but a small (and in some places not so small) proportion of them face health (including both physical and psychological) problems as well as social problems. Many individuals and institutions have important contributions to make in ensuring the health of adolescents. Medical professionals have crucial contributions to make--both as service providers and as community-change agents. Studies from many places show that adolescents value medical professionals as credible sources of help, and reach out to them for health information and services, albeit in small numbers. However, studies from many parts of the world suggest that medical professionals are unable and/or unwilling to respond to the needs of adolescents effectively and with sensitivity. There is growing r...

Research paper thumbnail of Review of the evidence for interventions to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries

OBJECTIVE This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young peo... more OBJECTIVE This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries. METHODS We identified published and unpublished studies and reports from developing countries that provided information about interventions designed to increase young people's use of health services. The studies were classified into six different types based on whether they included some or all of the following characteristics: training for service providers and clinic staff; making efforts to improve the quality of the facilities; implementing community activities to generate demand and support for the services; and involving other sectors, notably schools and the media. The levels of evidence required to make decisions about policies and programmes were defined for each of these types. FINDINGS Despite the lack of detailed descriptions of interventions in the studies and difficulties interpreting the data reported in the eva...

Research paper thumbnail of Do efforts to standardize, assess and improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents by government-run health services in low and middle income countries, lead to improvements in service-quality and service-utilization by adolescents?

Reproductive health, Jan 6, 2016

Researchers and implementers working in adolescent health, and adolescents themselves question wh... more Researchers and implementers working in adolescent health, and adolescents themselves question whether government-run health services in conservative and resource-constrained settings can be made adolescent friendly. This paper aims to find out what selected low and middle income country (LMIC) governments have set out to do to improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents; whether their efforts led to measurable improvements in quality and to increased health service-utilization by adolescents. We gathered normative guidance and reports from eight LMICs in Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Pacific. We analysed national quality standards for adolescent friendly health services, findings from the assessments of the quality of health service provision, and findings on the utilization of health services. Governments of LMICs have set out to improve the accessibility, acceptability, equity, appropriateness and effectiveness of health service provi...

Research paper thumbnail of Setting Research Priorities for Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity

Research paper thumbnail of Review of the evidence for interventions to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries

Technical Report Series 930

This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young people's ... more This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries. We identified published and unpublished studies and reports from developing countries that provided information about interventions designed to increase young people's use of health services. The studies were classified into six different types based on whether they included some or all of the following characteristics: training for service providers and clinic staff; making efforts to improve the quality of the facilities; implementing community activities to generate demand and support for the services; and involving other sectors, notably schools and the media. The levels of evidence required to make decisions about policies and programmes were defined for each of these types. Despite the lack of detailed descriptions of interventions in the studies and difficulties interpreting the data reported in the evaluations, the studies provi...

Research paper thumbnail of Setting Research Priorities for Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity

Research paper thumbnail of Enabling medical professionals to respond effectively and with sensitivity to the needs of adolescents

Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2005

Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period ... more Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period of both risk to health and well-being, and of opportunity to set the stage for healthy adulthood. Most adolescents are healthy, but a small (and in some places not so small) proportion of them face health (including both physical and psychological) problems as well as social problems. Many individuals and institutions have important contributions to make in ensuring the health of adolescents. Medical professionals have crucial contributions to make--both as service providers and as community-change agents. Studies from many places show that adolescents value medical professionals as credible sources of help, and reach out to them for health information and services, albeit in small numbers. However, studies from many parts of the world suggest that medical professionals are unable and/or unwilling to respond to the needs of adolescents effectively and with sensitivity. There is growing r...

Research paper thumbnail of Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle-income countries

Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded the two-day meeting of MNCH experts that lead... more Funding: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded the two-day meeting of MNCH experts that lead to the second iteration of this exercise. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Research paper thumbnail of Conceptual framework

<p>Overview of the key steps in this adaptation of the CHNRI methodology.</p

Research paper thumbnail of CHNRI matrix

<p>Framework from which listing of many research options (level of 3–5-year research progra... more <p>Framework from which listing of many research options (level of 3–5-year research program) and research questions (level of individual research papers) were systematically proposed by technical experts.</p

Research paper thumbnail of Box 3. The Three Highest Scoring Research Questions within Each of the Six Priority-Setting Criteria

<p>CHNRI criteria score: Range from 0 to 100.</p

Research paper thumbnail of Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity

Research paper thumbnail of Enabling medical professionals to respond effectively and with sensitivity to the needs of adolescents

Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2005

Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period ... more Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period of both risk to health and well-being, and of opportunity to set the stage for healthy adulthood. Most adolescents are healthy, but a small (and in some places not so small) proportion of them face health (including both physical and psychological) problems as well as social problems. Many individuals and institutions have important contributions to make in ensuring the health of adolescents. Medical professionals have crucial contributions to make--both as service providers and as community-change agents. Studies from many places show that adolescents value medical professionals as credible sources of help, and reach out to them for health information and services, albeit in small numbers. However, studies from many parts of the world suggest that medical professionals are unable and/or unwilling to respond to the needs of adolescents effectively and with sensitivity. There is growing r...

Research paper thumbnail of Review of the evidence for interventions to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries

OBJECTIVE This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young peo... more OBJECTIVE This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries. METHODS We identified published and unpublished studies and reports from developing countries that provided information about interventions designed to increase young people's use of health services. The studies were classified into six different types based on whether they included some or all of the following characteristics: training for service providers and clinic staff; making efforts to improve the quality of the facilities; implementing community activities to generate demand and support for the services; and involving other sectors, notably schools and the media. The levels of evidence required to make decisions about policies and programmes were defined for each of these types. FINDINGS Despite the lack of detailed descriptions of interventions in the studies and difficulties interpreting the data reported in the eva...

Research paper thumbnail of Do efforts to standardize, assess and improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents by government-run health services in low and middle income countries, lead to improvements in service-quality and service-utilization by adolescents?

Reproductive health, Jan 6, 2016

Researchers and implementers working in adolescent health, and adolescents themselves question wh... more Researchers and implementers working in adolescent health, and adolescents themselves question whether government-run health services in conservative and resource-constrained settings can be made adolescent friendly. This paper aims to find out what selected low and middle income country (LMIC) governments have set out to do to improve the quality of health service provision to adolescents; whether their efforts led to measurable improvements in quality and to increased health service-utilization by adolescents. We gathered normative guidance and reports from eight LMICs in Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Pacific. We analysed national quality standards for adolescent friendly health services, findings from the assessments of the quality of health service provision, and findings on the utilization of health services. Governments of LMICs have set out to improve the accessibility, acceptability, equity, appropriateness and effectiveness of health service provi...

Research paper thumbnail of Setting Research Priorities for Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity

Research paper thumbnail of Review of the evidence for interventions to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries

Technical Report Series 930

This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young people's ... more This chapter reviews the evidence base for interventions that aim to increase young people's use of health services in developing countries. We identified published and unpublished studies and reports from developing countries that provided information about interventions designed to increase young people's use of health services. The studies were classified into six different types based on whether they included some or all of the following characteristics: training for service providers and clinic staff; making efforts to improve the quality of the facilities; implementing community activities to generate demand and support for the services; and involving other sectors, notably schools and the media. The levels of evidence required to make decisions about policies and programmes were defined for each of these types. Despite the lack of detailed descriptions of interventions in the studies and difficulties interpreting the data reported in the evaluations, the studies provi...

Research paper thumbnail of Setting Research Priorities for Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity

Research paper thumbnail of Enabling medical professionals to respond effectively and with sensitivity to the needs of adolescents

Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2005

Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period ... more Adolescence is a period when important changes occur in an individual's life. It is a period of both risk to health and well-being, and of opportunity to set the stage for healthy adulthood. Most adolescents are healthy, but a small (and in some places not so small) proportion of them face health (including both physical and psychological) problems as well as social problems. Many individuals and institutions have important contributions to make in ensuring the health of adolescents. Medical professionals have crucial contributions to make--both as service providers and as community-change agents. Studies from many places show that adolescents value medical professionals as credible sources of help, and reach out to them for health information and services, albeit in small numbers. However, studies from many parts of the world suggest that medical professionals are unable and/or unwilling to respond to the needs of adolescents effectively and with sensitivity. There is growing r...