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A Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating Population-Health-Environment Programs

This document is a guide to effective M&E of integrated PHE projects and serves as a reference for the entire international development community. The guide consists of three parts covering the PHE conceptual framework, guidance on monitoring and evaluation in programs, and a detailed discussion of indicators for population, health, environment, integration and value-added. Starting with an overview and then diving into technical information, the guide covers types of evaluations, data quality and sources, and terminology. PHE indicators are provided and organized into categories for all aspects of a PHE project: population, health, environment, integration, and value-added. These indicators are presented clearly so that they can be adapted to and used for different projects.
Year: 2007
Source: MEASURE Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation

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A Framework for Population, Health and Environment Program

This document, with its accompanying Excel file, provides an interactive tool for assessing the potential impact of a PHE integrated approach. In essence, the Framework mirrors the logical framework of a PHE program but allows for more detail and for various assumptions on how inputs, outputs and outcomes are related.

Year: 2015

Source: Health Policy Project

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2019 Revision of World Population Prospects

The 2019 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-sixth round of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

The main results are presented in a series of Excel files displaying key demographic indicators for each UN development group, World Bank income group, geographic region, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) region, subregion and country or area for selected periods or dates within 1950-2100. For advanced users who need to use these data in a database form or statistical software, we recommend to use the CSV format for bulk download. Forthcoming special aggregates will also provide additional groupings of countries.

Year: 2019

Source: United Nations

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2013 International Population, Health and Environment Conference Proceedings

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The 2013 International Population, Health, and Environment Conference, organized by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and the PHE Ethiopia Consortium, convened over two days in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia around the theme “Healthy Families, Healthy Environments.” The PHE Conference brought together over 150 PHE implementers and advocates representing 20 different countries from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and North America.

Practitioners, donors, policymakers, journalists, and potential partners had the chance to learn about recent accomplishments and pressing issues during roundtable discussions, plenary sessions, and an evening reception. Roundtable discussions provided a space to discuss experiences and challenges and chart paths forward in areas critical to the advancement of the field. The discussion themes included: “Best Practices in Implementation,” “Monitoring and Evaluation,” “Expanding and Institutionalizing PHE Interventions,” and “Advocacy and Communications/Networks.”

Year: 2014

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Advocacy

Implementation

Integration

Monitoring & Evaluation

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Population, Health, and Environment Voices: Stories from PHE Champions, Model Households, and Policy Makers in the Lake Victoria Basin of the East African Community

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Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) programs improve primary health care services such as family planning and reproductive health, while also helping communities conserve biodiversity, manage natural resources, and develop sustainable livelihoods. When these issues are addressed simultaneously, communities thrive. This collection highlights the experiences of PHE stakeholders and champions in the Lake Victoria Basin through stories and photos. The booklet shares a diverse set of voices from policy makers, community members, and PHE program implementers.

Year: 2018

Source: Lake Victoria Basin Commission | Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project

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Integrating Population, Health, and Environment for Sustainable Development in Kenya

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This ENGAGE presentation highlights many of Kenya’s development successes, including the national climate change strategy and national population policy. Breaking down complex concepts and using nontechnical language, the presentation shows the connections between people’s access to family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) information and services, their health, and their reliance on natural resources. The presentation connects the impacts of FP/RH access for households, communities, and the country, drawing on examples of successful PHE efforts in Kenya. Stakeholders from diverse sectors within Kenya can use this resource to promote a policy dialogue about the critical role of population dynamics with health and the environment, and the ways that investments in FP/RH can propel progress towards Kenya’s many development goals.

Available in English and Kiswahili.

Year: 2017

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Advocacy

Conservation

Family Planning

Institutionalization

Integration

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Working Together: Population, Health, and Environment in Madagascar

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As part of JSI’s Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Integration Activity, policymakers and program implementers learned how community members perceive and participate in community-based health services. JSI, in collaboration with a local NGO Ny Tanintsika, used the partnership model to introduce communities to high impact approaches that can support income generation activities to reduce human pressure on the forest corridor and water. This video provides beautiful footage and scenery of the forest corridor of Fandriana Vondrozo in Madagascar and the interviews and perspectives from the community members in the village of Ambilo. The video is in Malagasy with English subtitles.

Year: 2019

Source: John Snow Inc (JSI)

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Community of Hope: A Look at Pathfinder International’s HoPE-LVB Project

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The Health of People and Environment in the Lake Victoria Basin (HoPE-LVB) project uses an integrated Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) approach with island and coastal communities in Kenya and Uganda. The project, managed by Pathfinder International and local partners, works to ensure that community members can access voluntary family planning and reproductive health services while also managing their natural resources in a way that safeguards their future. This video highlights the project and its activities – including how they aligned their program design with several of the High Impact Practices (HIPs) in Family Planning such as Community Health Workers, Community Group Engagement, and Policy. The video includes beautiful photography and footage of the Lake Victoria Basin region and has excerpts of community members describing the HIPs being used in the project.

Year: 2018

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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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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New Research Links Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health to Boosting Resilience

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New research indicates that voluntary family planning and use of maternal and child health facilities is positively associated with resilience. Resilience has a range of definitions and operates at different scales. It is generally understood as the ability of an individual, household, community, or system to cope with shocks by responding in ways that maintain their essential functions while expanding their capacity to adapt to change. This fact sheet discusses the findings of a study that aimed to determine the factors associated with resilience with the goal of understanding how to build resilience among people in ecologically rich rural regions who rely on natural resources for their livelihoods. The research provides quantitative and qualitative evidence that the association between voluntary family planning and maternal and child health and resilience is robust across a range of factors and broadly related to the construct of resilience.

Year: 2019

Source: Population Reference Bureau

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Maternal and Child Health

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