Challenges and Lessons Learned From Providing Large-Scale Evaluation Technical Assistance to Build the Adolescent Pregnancy Evidence Base

Knab, Jean; Cole, Russell; Zief, Susan

doi:10.2105/ajph.2016.303358

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“…Challenges with timeliness were one of the key lessons learned from the NEEP program—many grantees experienced delays in institutional review board (IRB) approval and data collection despite a time cushion at the end of the project. Knab et al (2016) noted similar challenges in their ETA program. The program duration would need to be long enough to account for delays and challenges during the evaluations, allow enough time to pass to adequately measure evaluation impact, and allow sufficient time for evidence dissemination and uptake.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…As EETA was not originally in the program scope, the role of the NEEP team as ETA manager and EETA provider evolved over the duration of the program and was key to its success. Other evaluation grant programs had a similar ETA provider role (Holin et al, 2012; Knab et al, 2016). EETA in this model combines the two approaches highlighted by Miller and Campbell (2006) and implemented by NEEP: structured guidance approaches (in-person workshops) and Socratic coaching (tailored grantee ETA).…”

Section: Targeted Eta For the Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme: An Evaluation Technical Assistance Model for Supporting Civil Society Organizations to Conduct Quality Nutrition Impact Evaluations

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The Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme (NEEP) was a global 4-year program (2013–2017) funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development created to respond to gaps in the nutrition evidence base. The NEEP implementing agency—PATH—provided grants and evaluation technical assistance (ETA) to civil society organizations (CSOs) from 12 countries to conduct robust nutrition-related impact evaluations. The programmatic approach of having an intermediary agent to manage the funding and ETA mechanisms for nutrition impact evaluations is rare and therefore provides a unique opportunity to understand its effectiveness. Over the program duration, NEEP collected lessons learned that were analyzed and disaggregated into key themes considered critical for the completion of high-quality impact evaluations. From these lessons learned, NEEP provides an ETA program model that can be replicated or adapted to other international development sectors. This model highlights the key role of the three tiers (donor, ETA manager, and CSOs) in ensuring the best value for money and effective technical support for conducting impact evaluations and fostering the importance of knowledge uptake and evaluative culture for maximum knowledge diffusion. In this way, global research can be targeted to approaches that provide options to collaborate with the program implementers and contribute to a holistic evidence base to inform policy and programmatic decisions.

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Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme: An Evaluation Technical Assistance Model for Supporting Civil Society Organizations to Conduct Quality Nutrition Impact Evaluations

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“…First, there have been some attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of TA and to identify good practice and lessons learned in relation to different approaches to its provision. These include evaluations of TA, broadly defined and involving a range of projects and sectors, [8][9][10] assessments carried out by a range of partners [11][12][13][14] using different approaches [15] and focusing on different specific issues (for example, capacity building for staff of the ministry of health, NGOs and others, [16] programme evaluation [17] and the role of "sectoral advisers" [18]). Secondly, although specific mention of evaluating TA is sometimes missing from major TA providers, [19] there is a growing literature on the challenges of evaluating TA, [20] including the evaluation of TA within the context of broader organizational programme support, [21] and the development of concepts and guiding principles for the provision of TA [22,23].…”

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Providing technical assistance: lessons learned from the first three years of the WHO Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Technical Assistance Coordination Mechanism

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Plesons,

Simon

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Reprod Health

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Young people’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH) continues to be a major challenge in low and middle-income countries, with implications for public health now and in the future. Fortunately there is a growing array of evidence-based interventions, and commitments from governments, development partners and donors, to support programmes that aim to improve young people’s SRH.However, in some situations, the technical assistance that governments feel that they need to strengthen and implement national policies and strategies, to move from words to action, is not available. The WHO Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AYSRHR) Technical Assistance (TA) Coordination Mechanism was initiated to help fill this technical assistance gap; to respond to TA requests from ministries of health in ways that are timely, efficient, effective and contribute to strengthening capacity.This paper describes the process of developing the Technical Assistance Coordination Mechanism (TA Mechanism) and the outcomes, experiences and lessons learned after three years of working. It triangulates the findings from a preliminary review of the literature and discussions with selected key informants; the outcomes from a series of structured review meetings; and the documented processes and results of the technical assistance provided to countries.The lessons learned focus on three aspects of the TA Mechanism. How it was conceptualized and designed: through listening to people who provide and receive AYSRHR TA and by reviewing and synthesizing past experiences of TA provision. What the TA Mechanism has achieved: a standardized process for TA provision, at different stages for a range of AYSRHR issues in ten countries in three geographic regions. And what worked well and what did not: which common challenges was the TA Mechanism able to address and which ones persisted despite efforts to avoid or resolve them. The paper ends with the implications of the lessons learned for future action.

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Expanding Evidence-Based Sexual Health Programs in the U.S.: New Findings on a Parent-Teen Program for Rural Families

Kantor

2021

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Challenges and Lessons Learned From Providing Large-Scale Evaluation Technical Assistance to Build the Adolescent Pregnancy Evidence Base

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme: An Evaluation Technical Assistance Model for Supporting Civil Society Organizations to Conduct Quality Nutrition Impact Evaluations

Nutrition Embedding Evaluation Programme: An Evaluation Technical Assistance Model for Supporting Civil Society Organizations to Conduct Quality Nutrition Impact Evaluations

Providing technical assistance: lessons learned from the first three years of the WHO Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Technical Assistance Coordination Mechanism

Expanding Evidence-Based Sexual Health Programs in the U.S.: New Findings on a Parent-Teen Program for Rural Families

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