During integration of interventions, a multidisciplinary team (e.g., registered dietitian, psychologist, linguist, social worker, etc).
We investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of the integration of interventions to enhance child development and growth outcomes in the Lady Health Worker LHWW) programme in Sindh, Pakistan.
This study has revealed a heterogeneous picture for the nature, extent of integration of interventions and results.
Integration of interventions must be pursued in view of the limits of the available resources, and the requirements of the existing policies.
Insufficient implementation was defined as poor coverage in terms of degree of integration of interventions and area as well as the efficiency of implementation.
At the program level, integration of interventions has the potential to be more cost-effective and sustainable than separate, vertical efforts [ 28, 29].
This praiseworthy policy action could be further strengthened by the integration of interventions that reduce job stressors and improve work quality [ 74].
36 Future research should be planned in collaboration with policy makers to ensure applicability and successful integration of interventions into current delivery systems.
Atun and colleagues have addressed integration of interventions into the health system, and in their framework they define how interventions are more or less integrated in to health system functions (20).
The question of process evaluation draws attention not only to questions of measuring effectiveness, but also to problems of understanding the workability and integration of interventions in settings that are themselves dynamic and complex [ 5, 6].
The associations of higher level of needs and trauma experiences, on the one hand, and negative health outcomes on the other, demand greater integration of interventions directed towards various needs and mental health.
