Publications by authors named "A Kalbarczyk"

Traditional engagement with local governments often relies on financial and human resources from international or local partners, leading to direct implementation by organizations, which can hinder sustainability. While some organizations include sustainability indicators, few focus on transferring technical and financial ownership to governments. The Challenge Initiative (TCI) uses a phased coaching model-lead, assist, observe, and monitor-to build local government capacity for scaling family planning (FP) and adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) programs.

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  • * Gender scores, like the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI), can help researchers quantify gender differences, but their application reveals complexities in understanding gender identity across different contexts and time periods.
  • * A study on older adults' reactions to the influenza vaccine showed that many participants' gender scores varied over three years, highlighting the fluidity of gender and the need for careful interpretation of such data in relation to health outcomes.
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Background: Evidence-based decision-making is essential to improve public health benefits and resources, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but the mechanisms of its implementation remain less straightforward. The availability of high-quality, reliable, and sufficient data in LMICs can be challenging due to issues such as a lack of human resource capacity and weak digital infrastructure, among others. Health information systems (HISs) have been critical for aggregating and integrating health-related data from different sources to support evidence-based decision-making.

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  • Researchers studied how social and economic factors affect people's acceptance of nutrition programs!
  • They used what they learned to improve the way a health trial was designed, making sure people would like and want to use the product!
  • They focused on making it easier for women to get the product at home and created plans to help them keep using it!
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