TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating a Global Legal and Policy Database and Document Repository
T2 - Challenges and Lessons Learned From the World Health Organization Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Policy Survey
AU - Katwan, Elizabeth
AU - Bisoborwa, Geoffrey
AU - Butron-Riveros, Betzabe
AU - Bychkov, Sergei
AU - Dadji, Kwami
AU - Fedkina, Natalia
AU - Jayathilaka, C. Anoma
AU - Kumar, Dhiraj
AU - Li, Zhao
AU - Mehta, Rajesh
AU - Raina, Neena
AU - Siddeeg, Khalid
AU - Ferguson, Laura
AU - Handlos, Line Neerup
AU - Sheffel, Ashley
AU - Kiarie, James
AU - Festin, Mario R.
AU - Diaz, Theresa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has collected information on policies on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) over many years. Creating a global survey that works for every country context is a well-recognized challenge. A comprehensive SRMNCAH policy survey was conducted by WHO from August 2018 through May 2019. WHO regional and country offices coordinated with Ministries of Health and/or national institutions who completed the questionnaire. The survey was completed by 150 of 194 WHO Member States using an online platform that allowed for submission of national source documents. A validation of the responses for selected survey questions against content of the national source documents was conducted for 101 countries (67%) for the first time in the administration of the survey. Data validation draws attention to survey questions that may have been misunderstood or where there was a lot of missing data, but varying methods for validating survey responses against source documents and separate analysis of laws from policies and guidelines may have hindered the overall conclusions of this process. The SRMNCAH policy survey both provided a platform for countries to track their progress in adopting WHO recommendations in national SRMNCAH-related legislation, policies, guidelines and strategies and was used to create a global database and searchable document repository. The outputs of the SRMNCAH policy survey are resources whose importance will be enriched through policy dialogues and wide utilization. Lessons learned from the methodology used for this survey can help to improve future updates and inform similar efforts.
AB - The World Health Organization (WHO) has collected information on policies on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) over many years. Creating a global survey that works for every country context is a well-recognized challenge. A comprehensive SRMNCAH policy survey was conducted by WHO from August 2018 through May 2019. WHO regional and country offices coordinated with Ministries of Health and/or national institutions who completed the questionnaire. The survey was completed by 150 of 194 WHO Member States using an online platform that allowed for submission of national source documents. A validation of the responses for selected survey questions against content of the national source documents was conducted for 101 countries (67%) for the first time in the administration of the survey. Data validation draws attention to survey questions that may have been misunderstood or where there was a lot of missing data, but varying methods for validating survey responses against source documents and separate analysis of laws from policies and guidelines may have hindered the overall conclusions of this process. The SRMNCAH policy survey both provided a platform for countries to track their progress in adopting WHO recommendations in national SRMNCAH-related legislation, policies, guidelines and strategies and was used to create a global database and searchable document repository. The outputs of the SRMNCAH policy survey are resources whose importance will be enriched through policy dialogues and wide utilization. Lessons learned from the methodology used for this survey can help to improve future updates and inform similar efforts.
KW - Child and Adolescent
KW - Global Policy Database
KW - Health Policy Database
KW - Health Policy Survey
KW - Maternal and Newborn
KW - Reproductive Health
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U2 - 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.153
DO - 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.153
M3 - Article
C2 - 34861763
AN - SCOPUS:85142632357
SN - 2322-5939
VL - 11
SP - 2415
EP - 2421
JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management
JF - International Journal of Health Policy and Management
IS - 11
ER -