TY - JOUR
T1 - Strengthening effectiveness evaluations through gender integration to improve programs for women, newborn, child, and adolescent health
AU - Morgan, Rosemary
AU - Garrison-Desany, Henri
AU - Hobbs, Amy J.
AU - Wilson, Emily
N1 - Funding Information:
This project received funding from Global Affairs Canada under the Real Accountability: Data Analysis for Results project (Johns Hopkins University grant [90067950]). We would like to acknowledge the RADAR team at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and our in-country partners.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Over the past decade, there has been substantial progress towards integrating our understanding of social determinants of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) into health planning and programs. For these programs, gender inequity remains one of the most harmful factors for women’s access to healthcare. Designing RMNCAH programs to be gender-responsive through active engagement with and overcoming of gender-related barriers remains paramount to increasing women’s access to and use of health programs. However, the integration of gender within RMNCAH programs and their evaluation is often non-existent or is limited in scope. Building on a prior framework for comprehensive gender analysis in RMNCAH, we discuss key steps used to incorporate a gender lens and analytical approach in the Real Accountability: Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) evaluation framework. In order to effectively address these key areas, gender must be integrated into all stages of the evaluation, including tool development and programmatic activities that are associated with each question. Our paper includes practical activities and tools that evaluators may use to integrate gender into their evaluation tools.
AB - Over the past decade, there has been substantial progress towards integrating our understanding of social determinants of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) into health planning and programs. For these programs, gender inequity remains one of the most harmful factors for women’s access to healthcare. Designing RMNCAH programs to be gender-responsive through active engagement with and overcoming of gender-related barriers remains paramount to increasing women’s access to and use of health programs. However, the integration of gender within RMNCAH programs and their evaluation is often non-existent or is limited in scope. Building on a prior framework for comprehensive gender analysis in RMNCAH, we discuss key steps used to incorporate a gender lens and analytical approach in the Real Accountability: Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) evaluation framework. In order to effectively address these key areas, gender must be integrated into all stages of the evaluation, including tool development and programmatic activities that are associated with each question. Our paper includes practical activities and tools that evaluators may use to integrate gender into their evaluation tools.
KW - Gender
KW - child health
KW - gender integration
KW - maternal health
KW - women’s health
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U2 - 10.1080/16549716.2021.2006420
DO - 10.1080/16549716.2021.2006420
M3 - Article
C2 - 36098954
AN - SCOPUS:85138294635
SN - 1654-9716
VL - 15
JO - Global health action
JF - Global health action
IS - sup1
M1 - 2006420
ER -