Assessment of Family Planning and Immunization Service Integration in Malawi
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Contraception
- Sponsor
- Jhpiego
- Enrollment
- 43
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Penta 1 doses administered
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a mixed methods process evaluation of a programmatic intervention to integrate family planning and immunization services at health facilities and through outreach services in Dowa and Ntchisi districts of Malawi. The study involved qualitative methods (in depth interviews and focus group discussions with service providers, mothers and fathers of infants <1 year, and supervisors and program managers) as well as secondary analysis of service statistics for family planning and immunization services and of supervision reports.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All health facilities and associated outreach sites in Ntchisi and Dowa districts implementing the integrated approach with support from the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Survival Program
Exclusion Criteria
- •All health facilities and associated outreach sites not implementing the integrated approach with support from the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Survival Program
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Penta 1 doses administered
Time Frame: June 2016 through September 2017 (we also collected pre-intervention data from January to May 2016)
Number of modern family planning users
Time Frame: June 2016 through September 2017 (we also collected pre-intervention data from January to May 2016)
Number of Penta 3 doses administered
Time Frame: June 2016 through September 2017 (we also collected pre-intervention data from January to May 2016)