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A Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating Population-Health-Environment Programs, Second Edition

Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) programs deliver voluntary family planning, basic health services, environmental management or conservation information, and service interventions to rural communities in a coordinated or integrated fashion. The effective management and execution of these or any projects depend on the ability to define and measure success at several levels. A well-thought-out and implemented monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system provides the information for measuring success. This guide serves as a comprehensive reference for practitioners and provides not only a list of potential indicators but also advice on setting up M&E systems; the addition of livelihoods indicators, and a section on evaluating complex programs.

Year: 2018

Source: MEASURE Evaluation

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    Population, Health, and Environment Integration Programming Manual

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    The Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) approach necessitates an integrated design and implementation of program activities. The purpose of this manual is to provide basic, easy to use information on the different stages of a PHE program cycle. In the Designing a PHE Program section, the authors walk through the design process including pre-project planning, establishing the linkages between the identified problem to be addressed through the integrated approach, selecting the appropriate interventions and activities, and gaining support and partnerships for the PHE program among local governments and communities. The Implementing PHE Projects section outlines models of implementation including multi-sectoral coordination, peer education, and involving community members, including women and youth, in PHE project activities. The final two sections of the manual focus on monitoring, evaluating, and communicating results and the sustaining and scaling up of PHE programming.

    Year: 2018

    Source: PHE Ethiopia Consortium

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      Population, Health, and Environment as a Biodiversity Conservation Strategic Approach: A Synthesis of Evidence

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      The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been a strong supporter of Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) activities for over two decades and established a Population-Environment program to allocate funds for voluntary family planning and reproductive health care in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species. In an effort to strengthen the evidence base about integrated programming, this report synthesizes the documentation around three distinct topics. First, it aims to improve program design by demonstrating the causal pathways between PHE projects and their stated goals. Second, it provides a synthesis of the indicators used by PHE programs to assess their biodiversity conservation impacts. And third, it summarizes major assumptions that underpin PHE activities. In addition, the report provides recommendations for improving biodiversity outcomes and monitoring for missions considering this integrated approach.

      Year: 2018

      Source: ICF | Environmental Incentives

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        The Impact of Population, Health, and Environment Projects: A Synthesis of the Evidence

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        This synthesis report examines and summarizes available evidence from integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) projects to document what they are measuring and/or not measuring, assess the current state of PHE project monitoring and evaluation, and identify gaps in evaluation and research for current and future PHE projects to improve upon. Forty-three documents from 35 projects were reviewed in conducting this synthesis. The report analyzes the available documentation assessing integrated programming’s effectiveness at implementing complementary interventions in the well-established fields of population, health, and the environment. It explores the documentation available from projects across different sectors and thus gives a sense of the current state of monitoring and evaluation within PHE projects. Findings from the synthesis suggest that projects report data and impact in some areas, particularly family planning, consistently.

        Year: 2015

        Source: Population Council

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          The Link Between Climate Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Evidence Review

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          This report is designed to be used by decision-makers and climate change, humanitarian, and gender equality advocates to better understand the linkages between sectors and align efforts to generate effective policies and programs. Drawing on published literature as well as key informant interviews, this evidence review explores: (i) the impact of climate change on SRHR and (ii) the linkages between climate action, including adaptation and mitigation, and SRHR. The evidence review also explores the evidence through an intersectional lens.

          Year: 2021

          Source: Women Deliver

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            Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: A Manual on Integrating Health and Family Planning into Conservation Projects

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            Several conservation organizations integrate health and family planning with conservation projects. This integration has multiple benefits. Often conservation practitioners recognize the potential value of integrated PHE (population-health-environment) projects, but need guidance on how to effectively incorporate P and H components into their project or on how to create a PHE project from scratch. This manual was created as a resource for these practitioners. It reviews not only the how, but also the why and what of PHE projects. The manual defines PHE as projects that integrate health and/or family planning with conservation activities, thereby seeking synergistic successes and greater conservation and human welfare outcomes than if they were implemented in single-sector approaches.

            Year: 2008

            Source: World Wildlife Fund

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              Building Resilient Communities: The PHE Way

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              A brochure from Pathfinder International, PAI, and the Sierra Club on how PHE contributes to the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.

              Year: 2015

              Source: Pathfinder International | PAI | Sierra Club

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                Population, Health, and Environment Approaches Enhance Youth Leadership and Development

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                This policy brief and web feature describe how PHE projects contribute to youth development. Youth are defined in these products as young people between the ages of 10 and 29. The brief and web feature illustrate how youth leadership and inclusion within integrated approaches contribute to sectoral outcomes, and the web feature includes two case studies and videos that explore these outcomes. Finally, the products provide recommendations for policymakers, advocates, and organizations interested in youth and PHE to improve project design, foster youth development, and invest in monitoring and evaluating the benefits of PHE integration for youth.

                Year: 2018

                Source: Population Reference Bureau

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                  Family Planning High Impact Practices Can Improve Outcomes for Population, Health, and Environment Programs

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                  Experts in the family planning sector have developed a set of evidence-based practices—known as Family Planning High Impact Practices (HIPs)—that improve family planning and reproductive health program outcomes. HIPs can also be applied in development programs that integrate multiple sectors at the community level, including family planning. This policy brief explores the promising opportunity that exists to expand the use of HIPs within population, health, and environment (PHE) projects.

                  Year: 2019

                  Source: Population Reference Bureau

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                    The Impact of Population, Health, and Environment Projects: A Synthesis of the Evidence

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                    This working paper by the Evidence Project synthesizes the available research from the latest generation of population, health, and environment (PHE) projects, providing a detailed account of the benefits of integrated projects and gaps in the evidence base.

                    Year: 2015

                    Source: Population Reference Bureau

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