A graphic artist and research staff developed store-level communications materials based on formative research findings.
Variables for inclusion in the model were determined a priori based on published literature [ 1, 20, 8, 22, 23] and our formative phase findings.
The intervention was tailored, based on formative research findings, to be readily applicable to local prenatal care services and acceptable to local pregnant women and health providers.
MCHIP, in consultation with the MOHSW, developed an integration model, which was informed by the formative assessment findings and experiences in other countries.
The intervention mapping process (specified behavioural outcomes in particular), including the formative assessment findings, led to the development of the following HealthKick goals for the behaviour of learners, and have guided the intervention thus far.
A paper by Wu describes the formative research findings that were used to inform the adaptation of an intervention for methamphetamine-involved heterosexual couples, Connect, into an intervention for methamphetamine-involved African American MSM couples.
This was supported by formative assessment findings that identified educators' capacity as a barrier to the implementation of school-based health promotion programmes, as well as other research in this area [ 9].
The formative research findings led to a specific emphasis during the intervention design process on generating feedback from the health system and the community as well as cultivating a sense of connectedness with both.
When health workers were sensitised about these referral cards they were more likely to see the mother-baby pair quickly The mix of public and private facilities required a unified approach with both sectors targeted with health facility strengthening interventions The formative research findings were presented at an intervention design workshop in Jinja, eastern Uganda, in September 2008.
