Issue Briefs | December 2021

The IMPROVE Study in Lesotho

An integrated management team intervention package to improve maternal and child health outcomes
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Overview

The IMPROVE intervention in Lesotho integrated enhanced PHDP-focused counseling, skills-building training, and job aids; multidisciplinary  integrated management teams; and increased early community-based counseling and support, in order to explore the following:

 EFFECTIVENESS: Did participant outcomes and health seeking behaviors improve among participants in IMPROVE sites vs. control sites?

PATIENT SATISFACTION: Were participants in IMPROVE sites more satisfied with services than participants in the control sites? 

HEALTH CARE WORKER ATTITUDES: What did health workers at facility and community levels think of the IMPROVE model?

COSTING: What were the added costs associated with implementation of the IMPROVE intervention?

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Country:

Lesotho

Topics:

Maternal & Child Health