QUALITY RESOURCES
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METRICS FOR MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE LIBRARY
RESOURCE LIBRARY
As part of our rigorous process, Metrics for Management writes and publicly shares a variety of technical reports, journal articles, and mass media communications. Please find a list of publications, articles, literature reviews, feature stories, and more in our four areas of work below.
| Image | Title | Summary | Metric | Resource | Date | country_hfilter | resource_type_hfilter | table_metric_hfilter |
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 | Definitions, measurement and indicator selection for quality of care in abortion | There is little consensus about how to measure quality of care for abortino services. Yet, standardized and validated quality metrics would move our field forward and contribute to quality improvement activities and, ultimately, to improved health outcomes for women and families. Partners in the Abortion Service Quality Initiative are collaborating to develop the first-ever global.... Read more. | Abortion Service Quality | Journal Article | November 30, 2019 | journal-article | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – September 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Newsletter | September 30, 2021 | newsletter | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | M4M Capability Statement | M4M Capability Statement | M4M Capability Statement | September 29, 2021 | m4m-capability-statement | |||
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – August 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Newsletter | August 31, 2021 | newsletter | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Stanford – 2021 Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize Winner | Metrics for Management is pleased to announce that the Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize for 2021 has been awarded to Stanford’s Environmental Arsenic Exposure and the Human Gut Microbiome Project. | Equity Measurement Prize | Media Release | August 30, 2021 | media-release | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | 2021 UNICEF / LIXIL – Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize Winner | Metrics for Management is pleased to announce that the Davidson Gwatkin Equity Measurement Prize for 2021 has been awarded to the UNICEF / LIXIL Partnership Monitoring System. | Equity Measurement Prize | Media Release | August 30, 2021 | media-release | equity-measurement-prize | |
 | Abortion Service Quality Initiative (ASQ): Measuring abortion services | ASQ brief on measuring abortion service quality. | Abortion Service Quality | Briefing Materials | June 16, 2021 | briefing-materials | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Abortion Service Quality Initiative (ASQ): Abortion metrics matter | ASQ brief on why metrics matter. | Abortion Service Quality | Briefing Materials | June 16, 2021 | briefing-materials | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Put Your Data To Use | Put your DATA to use. Global health needs rigorous, evidence based, standardised and goal driven metrics. | Efficiency, Equity, Impact, Quality | Video Resource | July 11, 2021 | video-resource | efficiency equity impact quality | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – July 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Newsletter | July 5, 2021 | newsletter | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – June 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Newsletter | June 15, 2021 | newsletter | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – May 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Newsletter | May 21, 2021 | newsletter | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Metrics Matter Newsletter – April 2021 | Monthly newsletter. | Family planning quality, Health impact, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity, Sustainability | Newsletter | April 16, 2021 | newsletter | family-planning-quality health-impact maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity sustainability | |
 | Person-Centered Maternity Care | Overview of Person-Centered Maternity Tool. | Maternal Health Quality | Briefing Materials | April 19, 2021 | briefing-materials | maternal-health-quality | |
 | Asset to Income Estimator | Overview of the Asset to Income Estimator. | Socioeconomic equity | Briefing Materials | April 19, 2021 | briefing-materials | socioeconomic-equity | |
 | Method Information Index | Overview of the Method Information Index. | Family planning quality | Briefing Materials | April 19, 2021 | briefing-materials | family-planning-quality | |
 | Measuring Service Quality and Assessing Its Relationship to Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Prospective Cohort Study in Pakistan and Uganda | The International Rescue Committee (IRC) used the EquityTool to understand existing in-country methods to identify the poor. The IRC will use EquityTool results to inform future iterations of their cash transfer program, ensuring the best use of their resources and the continued effectiveness of their crisis response. | Family planning quality | Journal Article | June 30, 2020 | pakistan uganda | journal-article | family-planning-quality |
 | METHOD INFORMATION INDEX | The quality of family planning counseling is important to support women to use, and continue using, contraception, when desired. Providing women with a choice of contraceptive methods and with high-quality counseling are critical elements of rights-based family planning. | Family planning quality | Guide | May 1, 2020 | guide | family-planning-quality | |
 | PERSON CENTERED MATERNITY CARE | Together with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Los Angeles we have developed a 13-item scale to assess PCMC. | Maternal Health Quality | Guide | May 1, 2020 | guide | maternal-health-quality | |
 | Measures of family planning service quality associated with contraceptive discontinuation: an analysis of Measurement, Learning & Evaluation (MLE) project data from urban Kenya | Many program implementers have difficulty collecting and analyzing data on program beneficiaries’ wealth because a large number of survey questions are required to construct the standard. | Family planning quality | Journal Article | March 1, 2020 | kenya | journal-article | family-planning-quality |
 | M4M Newsletter – October 2019 | Metrics for Management newsletter from October 2019, featuring: update from the first year of our Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative; EquityTool compatibility with DHIS2 and a new EquityTool in Jordan; fresh faces and a new President for the M4M Board of Directors. | Abortion Service Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Newsletter | October 28, 2019 | argentina bangladesh ethiopia jordan nigeria | newsletter | abortion-service-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Newsletter – July 2019 | Metrics for Management newsletter from April 2019, featuring: exciting news and a call for opinions for the India EquityTool; ICT4D and Women Deliver conferences; job announcement; recent publications; updates from the EquityTool. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Newsletter | July 17, 2019 | ghana india kenya | newsletter | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Toward the development of a short multi- country person- centered maternity care scale | Article in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics by Afulani, P. A., Feeser, K., Sudhinaraset, M., Aborigo, R., Montagu, D. and Chakraborty, N. using data from Ghana, Kenya, and India to develop a shortened, valid and reliable scale applicable across multiple settings for routine monitoring of person‐centered maternity care (PCMC). | Maternal Health Quality | Journal Article | May 9, 2019 | ghana india kenya | journal-article | maternal-health-quality |
 | M4M Newsletter – April 2019 | Metrics for Management newsletter from April 2019, featuring: exciting news and a call for opinions for the India EquityTool; ICT4D and Women Deliver conferences; job announcement; recent publications; updates from the EquityTool. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Newsletter | April 4, 2019 | india philippines sudan | newsletter | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M at Women Deliver 2019 | Visit M4M's demo table at Women Deliver 2019 in Vancouver to learn more about the EquityTool and our contributions to women's and girls' global health. | Abortion Service Quality, Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Conferences & Seminars, Event | June 3, 2019 | canada | conferences-seminars event | abortion-service-quality family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Association Between the Quality of Contraceptive Counseling and Method Continuation: Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study in Social Franchise Clinics in Pakistan and Uganda | Global Health Science and Practice article by Nirali M. Chakraborty, Karen Chang, Benjamin Bellows, Karen A. Grépin, Waqas Hameed, Amanda Kalamar, Xaher Gul, Lynn Atuyambe and Dominic Montagu, showing that higher Method Information Index (MII) scores in Pakistan and Uganda was associated with continued use of family planning over 12 months. | Family planning quality | Journal Article | March 8, 2019 | pakistan uganda | journal-article | family-planning-quality |
 | Email News Blast – Feb 2019 Articles | Metrics for Management email newsblast from February 2019 announcing three new publications on equity and quality measurement. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Newsletter | February 5, 2019 | bangladesh kenya pakistan uganda | newsletter | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Maternal & Neonatal Healthcare Quality Measurement: Real and Desired | Report by Chang, Hossain, Sarker, Montagu, and Chakraborty, in collaboration with BRAC in Bangladesh (JPGSPH). Starting with the 352 indicators within WHO Standards for Improving Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Health Facilities, this report proposes a prioritization of indicators based on evidence of correlation to outcomes and on service-level assessments of utility and viability. | Maternal Health Quality | Report | December 14, 2018 | bangladesh | report | maternal-health-quality |
 | Evaluating Quality of Contraceptive Counseling: An analysis of the Method Information Index | A Studies in Family Planning journal article by Chang, Mukanu, Bellows, Hameed, Kalamar, Grépin, Gul, and Chakraborty, assessing consistency between Method Information Index (MII) responses and the contraceptive method received in a prospective study in Uganda and Pakistan. | Family planning quality | Journal Article | January 19, 2019 | pakistan uganda | journal-article | family-planning-quality |
 | Who Serves the Poor? An Equity Analysis of Public and Private Providers of Family Planning and Child Health Services in Kenya | A Frontiers in Public Health journal article by Chakraborty, Montagu, Wanderi and Oduor, which uses the EquityTool to analyze differences in the wealth status of clients of family planning and child health services in Kenya by health sector. Collaboration with PSI and PS Kenya. | Family planning quality, Socioeconomic equity | Journal Article | January 8, 2019 | kenya | journal-article | family-planning-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | M4M Newsletter Oct 2018 | Metrics for Management newsletter from October 2018, featuring: ICFP, MERLTech and HSR conferences; Metric Bootcamp; and updates from the EquityTool. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality, Socioeconomic equity | Newsletter | October 17, 2018 | newsletter | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality socioeconomic-equity | |
 | M4M at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2018 | Metrics for Management is thrilled to be presenting a full line-up of our latest family planning quality and maternal health quality research at the 2018 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda, November 12-15. | Family planning quality, Maternal Health Quality | Conferences & Seminars, Event | November 12, 2018 | rwanda | conferences-seminars event | family-planning-quality maternal-health-quality |
 | M4M at Health Systems Research 2018 Global Symposium | M4M Director of Research and Technical Assistance Dr. Nirali Chakraborty will be presenting a poster: "Engaging the private sector to standardize quality measurement: A case study in family planning" at the 2018 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Oct. 8-12 in Liverpool, England. | Family planning quality | Conferences & Seminars, Event | October 8, 2018 | united-kingdom | conferences-seminars event | family-planning-quality |
 | Publication of book: Quality Measurement in Family Planning: Past, Present, Future | News alert announcing the publication of the book: Quality Measurement in Family Planning: Past, Present, Future. | Family planning quality | News | November 9, 2017 | news | family-planning-quality | |
 | M4M Side Session and Presentations at PAA 2018 Conference | Join us at our side session at the Population Association of America's annual conference: "Measuring Quality in Family Planning: state of the field and new opportunities". If you're attending the conference, look out for a presentation on the Method Information Index (MII) by Dr. Karen Chang, and a poster on identifying adopters of family planning by Karla Feeser. | Family planning quality | Conferences & Seminars, Event | April 26, 2018 | pakistan uganda | conferences-seminars event | family-planning-quality |
 | Metrics for Management Newsletter – July 2018 | Metrics for Management newsletter from July 2018, featuring: launch of the Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative; introduction to M4M, LLC; consulting case study with Project Concern International (PCI); board member Malabika Sarker's award; links to our BNJ Sexual and Reproductive Health editorial and International Journal of Equity in Health article; and updates from the EquityTool. | Abortion Service Quality, Family planning quality, Socioeconomic equity | Newsletter | July 19, 2018 | bangladesh guatemala india malawi peru tanzania united-states | newsletter | abortion-service-quality family-planning-quality socioeconomic-equity |
 | Ipas E-Newsletter on Safe Abortion Celebrates M4M ASQ Initiative | In this special Ipas email blast, Chief Scientific & Technical Officer Kathryn Andersen celebrates the importance of the Abortion Service Quality Initiative (ASQ), implemented in coordination with Metrics for Management and Ibis Reproductive Health. | Abortion Service Quality | Press | July 26, 2018 | press | abortion-service-quality | |
 | News Release: Launch of ASQ Initiative to Strengthen and Standardize Abortion Service Quality Measurement | Metrics for Management, Ibis Reproductive Health, and Ipas have joined forces to launch the Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative. Launched in April 2018, this three-year project will develop, validate, disseminate, and champion the widespread adoption of a common measure of abortion service quality for use in and out of facilities. | Abortion Service Quality | News | July 18, 2018 | aregentina bangladesh ethiopia nigeria | news | abortion-service-quality |
 | Symposium: Who should care for women? Reflections on the private sector’s role in reproductive and maternal health | M4M Director of Research Dr. Nirali Chakraborty will speak at this London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Symposium on May 21, 2018. | Conferences & Seminars, Event | May 5, 2018 | kenya uganda | conferences-seminars event | ||
 | Quality measuring in family planning: past, present, future | Papers from the Bellagio meeting on Family Planning Quality in October 2015. Collection edited by Hopkins Leisher, collated and managed by Sprockett, Longfield, Montagu. A book in three parts: 1) The importance of quality to family planning; 2) Experiences with measuring qualiy to date; 3) Key considerations for making progress in quality measurement. | Family planning quality | Book, Journal Article | January 5, 2016 | benin bolivia burkina-faso cambodia cameoon colombia dominican-republic egpyt el-salvador ethiopia ghana guatemala haiti honduras india indonesia kenya lao-pdr madagascar malawi mali mozambique myanmar namibia nepal nicaragua niger nigeria pakistan philippines rwanda senegal south-africa tanzania uganda vienam zambia zimbabwe | book journal-article | family-planning-quality |
 | Quality of care and abortion: beyond safety | Joint editorial from BMJ Journal – Sexual & Reproductive Health, stating that governments, advocates, providers, policymakers and other stakeholders who want to fully support women’s rights to access abortion across the globe must address quality of care, in addition to efforts to change abortion laws, train providers and expand service provision. | Abortion Service Quality | Journal Article | May 5, 2018 | journal-article | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Book: Advancing measurement of abortion quality | Report and next steps from Wilton Park abortion service quality stakeholder meeting. The purpose of the discussion was to seek support for the idea that common measures of abortion service quality are useful, and to reach agreement on the quality dimensions and outcomes of interest to prioritise in the development of a standardised suite of metrics. | Abortion Service Quality | Report | May 19, 2017 | report | abortion-service-quality | |
 | Review of quality assessment tools for family planning programmes in low- and middle-income countries | A Health Policy and Planning literature review by Andrea Sprockett to identify and assess 20 widely used public domain quality assessment tools with existing or potential application in clinic-based family planning programmes. | Family planning quality | Journal Article | March 16, 2016 | journal-article | family-planning-quality | |
 | Quality: Assuring quality in family planning service delivery | An overview of the family planning quality metric. | Family planning quality | Briefing Materials | March 1, 2017 | briefing-materials | family-planning-quality |
