Archive for: Integration

Assessing a Model of Sustainable and Comprehensive PHE in the Lake Victoria Basin of Western Kenya

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The USAID-funded Advancing Partners & Communities Project received funding for population, health, and environment (PHE) approaches in East Africa. The Nyanza Reproductive Health Society (NRHS) received an 18-month grant to pilot community PHE approaches in fragile ecosystems with at-risk populations in the Lake Victoria Basin region of Western Kenya. The NRHS team was tasked with creating a sustainable PHE model that integrates all PHE components—population (community-based family planning); health (linkages with the Kenyan health system); environment (conservation of fragile ecosystems, reforestation, beach management, etc.); and significant livelihoods components. This document details challenges, lessons learned and other takeaways regarding the sustainability of the activities.

Year: 2016

Source: Advancing Partners & Communities Project

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    Conservation

    Family Planning

    Integration

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    Analyzing Changes in Population, Health and Environment Perceptions and Behaviors in the Saandani National Park, Tanzania

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    This report shows the results of a Behavior Monitoring Survey conducted in 2012 in the communities around Saadani National Park (SANAPA) in Tanzania and a comparison with the results with those of a similar survey done three years earlier. In 2009, the BALANCED Project started working in the SANAPA area through an ongoing integrated coastal management initiative to develop and deliver integrated PHE messages through peer educators and community-based distributers of family planning commodities. In 2012, the BALANCED team conducted a follow-up survey to assess the changes in behaviors and attitudes resulting from the four years of BALANCED Project interventions. A comparison of results from the 2009 and 2012 surveys shows that the population, socioeconomic, health, and environmental conditions of those living around SANAPA have remained relatively stable between 2009 and 2012. It points as well to increased awareness of family planning and reproductive health FP/RH in the target areas, increased support amongst men for FP/RH, and increased support (by both males and females) for conservation activities.

    Year: 2013

    Source: The BALANCED Project

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      Coastal

      Community Outreach

      Conservation

      Family Planning

      Integration

      Monitoring & Evaluation

      Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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      An Assessment of the Benefits of Integrating Family Planning and Environmental Management Activities in the Visayas Region of the Philippines

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      The purpose of the research presented here is to further evaluate whether the integrated delivery of reproductive health and environmental management practices in one project results in added value. Finn (2007:19-20) defines value-added as “results across two or more sectors (e.g. reproductive health and coastal environmental management) in such a way that outcomes go beyond those anticipated if the interventions had been implemented separately.” Here, value-added is defined as meaning that the integration of the reproductive health and environmental management components will enhance the levels of success of each to the extent that their levels of achievement will be greater than if the projects were delivered separately.

      Year: 2011

      Source: The BALANCED Project

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        Integration

        Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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        A Manual for Training Community Conservation and Health Workers (CCHWs)

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        This manual for training Community Health Workers ( CHWs), Village Health Teams (VHTs), Community Forest Associations (CFAs) and Community Wildlife Conservation workers (CWCWs) aims at building their capacity to accompany the households and communities in their efforts to improve their health and environmental conservation initiatives in an integrated manner. Recognizing that households and communities are fully engaged in addressing their own health and issues, the training intends to enable Community Health Workers, Village Health Teams and Environmental Conservation Workers to assist communities in assessing their situations, identifying gaps and reflecting on the causes of the gaps in order to take action. The objective of this manual is to build the capacity of CCHWs to lead their communities in health improvement and environmental conservation initiatives in terms of: disease prevention, health promotion, simple curative care, conservation of forests and protected areas, pollution control, gender empowerment and livelihood improvement. In this way, the CBWs will be able to motivate and advocate for the key household health and conservation practices in their areas of coverage.

        Each module has a set of trainer resources, participant materials, training evaluation tools, and reference materials for further reading. The training manual is designed for so that the curriculum can cascade national, regional, local/district and community levels across LVBC member states.

        Year: 2014

        Source: Lake Victoria Basin Commission

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          Community Outreach

          Integration

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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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              Advocacy

              Implementation

              Integration

              Project Design

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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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                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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                  Community Outreach

                  Implementation

                  Integration

                  Monitoring & Evaluation

                  Project Design

                  Scale-up

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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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                    Monitoring & Evaluation

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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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                      Integration

                      Monitoring & Evaluation

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