Evidence Acquisition and Evaluation for Evidence Summit on Enhancing Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services through Financial Incentives.
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2013-12
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Recognizing the need for evidence to inform US Government and governments of the low- and middleincome
countries on efficient, effective maternal health policies, strategies, and programmes, the US Government
convened the Evidence Summit on Enhancing Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services
through Financial Incentives in April 2012 in Washington, DC, USA. This paper summarizes the background
and methods for the acquisition and evaluation of the evidence used for achieving the goals of the
Summit. The goal of the Summit was to obtain multidisciplinary expert review of literature to inform both
US Government and governments of the low- and middle-income countries on evidence-informed practice,
policies, and strategies for financial incentives. Several steps were undertaken to define the tasks for the
Summit and identify the appropriate evidence for review. The process began by identifying focal questions
intended to inform governments of the low-and middle-income countries and the US Government about
the efficacy of supply- and demand-side financial incentives for enhanced provision and use of quality
maternal health services. Experts were selected representing the research and programme communities,
academia, relevant non-governmental organizations, and government agencies and were assembled into
Evidence Review Teams. This was followed by a systematic process to gather relevant peer-reviewed literature
that would inform the focal questions. Members of the Evidence Review Teams were invited to add
relevant papers not identified in the initial literature review to complete the bibliography. The Evidence
Review Teams were asked to comply with a specific evaluation framework for recommendations on practice
and policy based on both expert opinion and the quality of the data. Details of the search processes and
methods used for screening and quality reviews are described.
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Incentive, Maternal health services, Maternal mortality, Motivation, Perinatal mortality, Prenatal care, Reimbursement
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Higgs Elizabeth S, Stammer Emily, Roth Rebecca, Balster Robert L. Evidence Acquisition and Evaluation for Evidence Summit on Enhancing Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services through Financial Incentives. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2013 Dec; 31(4Suppl_2): 23-35.