How has Human-Centered Design Contributed to Youth Engagement in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming?
Human-centered design (HCD) offers a framework to leverage people’s perspectives in a process to solve a specific problem. It focuses on developing empathy to better understand how people experience the problem and its proposed solutions (HCDExchange, 2022). In the last decade, HCD has demonstrated the potential to increase youth engagement in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) programming by incorporating young people’s perspectives and ideas in developing ASRH solutions. However, there is limited systematic analysis or documentation of the role that HCD has played in promoting youth engagement in ASRH programs. This technical brief addresses that gap by describing how HCD has been employed to enhance youth engagement in the design, implementation, refinement, and evaluation of ASRH programming.
Human-centered design (HCD) offers a framework to leverage people’s perspectives in a process to solve a specific problem. It focuses on developing empathy to better understand how people experience the problem and its proposed solutions (HCDExchange, 2022). In the last decade, HCD has demonstrated the potential to increase youth engagement in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) programming by incorporating young people’s perspectives and ideas in developing ASRH solutions. However, there is limited systematic analysis or documentation of the role that HCD has played in promoting youth engagement in ASRH programs. This technical brief addresses that gap by describing how HCD has been employed to enhance youth engagement in the design, implementation, refinement, and evaluation of ASRH programming.
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A360’s Learning and Growth since the 2018 Mid-Term Evaluation
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This report presents A360’s reflections from its programs on adolescent contraceptive service delivery in three countries; Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria. These learnings are generated through cross learning across the different contexts, and are focused on the adaptive management of A360’s programs during the first two and a half years of implementation. Furthermore, the report also offers considerations to be taken into account for future implementation of A360’s programs. This is a useful resource for ASRH practitioners who would like to learn more about adaptive management of programs post implementation.
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Midterm Review of the Adolescents 360 Program
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This midterm review synthesizes evaluation findings from the design phase of A360 and the first few quarters of implementation (Aug 2016 – Sep 2018), drawing together insights from an ongoing process evaluation, a cost-effectiveness analysis, and the baseline findings from an outcome evaluation. Although the review does not determine the effectiveness of the solutions and therefore A360 as a whole, it finds that the value of the A360 approach is starting to emerge, while also highlighting a number of challenges and trade-offs that the consortium continues to navigate. The MTE’s takeaways are useful for evaluators of HCD and adaptive programs (see page 10), and for donors and future ASRH implementers (see page 49).
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Designing for and with Girls: A Girl with a Plan!
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A360’s brief showcases how country level insights gathered from field-testing as part of human centered design in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania can be used to frame clear messaging that resonates strongly with girls. This document shares data on conversion rates that indicate positive shifts in adoption of contraception in each geography providing evidence to ASRH practitioners on the importance of using insights as a blueprint for rapid change.
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Integrating Human-Centered Design in a Multidisciplinary Effort to Address Provider Bias: a Summary of the Beyond Bias Experience (Part 3)
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This executive summary unpacks the use of HCD in ‘Beyond Bias’, an adolescent focused project that addresses provider bias. Along with providing an overview of the HCD methodology used, and the solutions generated by the project, this publication also reflects on the use of HCD in an ASRH project. It highlights the value additions of using human centered design, the key challenges that were faced, and important recommendations informed by project learnings. This is a good resource for designers and ASRH implementers to understand the application, benefits and limitations of the HCD process in the context of ASRH.
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A360 Evaluation Findings Synthesis: No 1. How might we better meet the needs of adolescent couples with contraceptive counseling and services through Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program?
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This publication is a summary of the process evaluation done by ITAD, for A360’s Smart Start project in Ethiopia. It highlights the methodology used for this process evaluation, and the key insights that were arrived at through action research with the users and a sounding workshop with the A360 team. The publication also provides direction and recommendations that are informed by the insights generated through the process evaluation of the Smart Start project. This is a great resource for implementers and evaluators who are seeking a methodology and some inspiration to evaluate their programs.
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