How is the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) used in the global health community? Results of a mixed-methods LiST user study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is a computer-based model that estimates the impact of scaling up key interventions to improve maternal, newborn and child health. Initially developed to inform the Lancet Child Survival Series of 2003, the functionality and scope of LiST have been expanded greatly over the past 10 years. This study sought to "take stock" of how LiST is now being used and for what purposes. METHODS:We conducted a quantitative survey of LiST users, qualitative interviews with a smaller sample of LiST users and members of the LiST team at Johns Hopkins University, and a literature review of studies involving LiST analyses. RESULTS:LiST is being used by donors, international organizations, governments, NGOs and academic institutions to assist program evaluation, inform s

SUBMITTER: Stegmuller AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5688436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature