A model for scale up of family health innovations in low-income and middle-income settings: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT: Many family health innovations that have been shown to be both efficacious and cost-effective fail to scale up for widespread use particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC). Although individual cases of successful scale-up, in which widespread take up occurs, have been described, we lack an integrated and practical model of scale-up that may be applicable to a wide range of public health innovations in LMIC. To develop an integrated and practical model of scale-up that synthesises experiences of family health programmes in LMICs. We conducted a mixed methods study that included in-depth interviews with 33 key informants and a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature from 11 electronic databases and 20 global health agency web sites. We included key informan

SUBMITTER: Bradley EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3432850 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature