Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool: A decision support tool for health policy makers and implementers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Promising health interventions tested in pilot studies will only achieve population-wide impact if they are implemented at scale across communities and health systems. Scaling up effective health interventions is vital as not doing so denies the community the most effective services and programmes. However, there remains a paucity of practical tools to assess the suitability of health interventions for scale-up. The Intervention Scalability Assessment Tool (ISAT) was developed to support policy-makers and practitioners to make systematic assessments of the suitability of health interventions for scale-up.

Methods

The ISAT was developed over three stages; the first stage involved a literature review to identify similar tools and frameworks that could be used to gui

SUBMITTER: Milat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942323 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature