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Meeting Report
Implementation Science Approaches to Family Planning and Reproductive Health: Experiential Learning and Sharing for Implementers, Policy-makers, Researchers, and Advocates
This interactive half-day auxiliary session at ICFP 2016 in Nusa Dua, Bali provided participants with practical examples of how implementation science (IS) can inform programming and policies related to family planning and reproductive health. Presentations, case studies, and group discussions sought to address the following questions:
- What are the benefits and challenges or limitations of an IS approach to FP/RH programming?
- What is the relationship between evidence and advocacy?
- How can evidence be best utilized to inform the scale up of programming and best practices?
- How can we engage stakeholders and build institutional capacity to leverage IS approaches?
Presentations:
- Implementation Science: Finding Common Ground and Perspectives presentation by Laura Reichenbach, the Evidence Project
- The Power of Implementation Science: Community-Based Provision of injectable Contraceptives in Sub-Saharan Africa presentation by John Stanback, FHI 360
- Catalyzing the Respectful Maternity Care Movement: The Interplay Between Evidence and Advocacy presentation by Emily Peca, the TRAction Project
- Standards of Evidence to Inform Decision Making presentation by Shawn Malarcher, USAID and Ilene Spiezer, UNC Chapel Hill
- Evidence Use in Policies, Programs and Practices presentation by Karen Hardee, the Evidence Project
Additional Resource: State of Implementation Science in IBP Member Organizations: Findings from the 2015 state of implementation science survey of IBP members