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Introduction to Empathways

Breakthrough ACTION French, English South Africa, Nepal, Liberia, Kenya, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Francophone West Africa Maternal and Child Health, Youth, Service Delivery, Provider Behavior Change, Sexual and Reproductive Health Tool, Fact Sheet/Brief, Case Study Community Engagement Breakthrough ACTION

Empathways is a three-round card deck designed to spark important discussion and joint reflection between young people and family planning service providers.

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Tested Solutions for Supporting Facility-Based Delivery

Breakthrough ACTION English Liberia Service Delivery, Maternal and Child Health Implementation Guidance Behavioral Science Breakthrough ACTION

Breakthrough ACTION used behavioral design to develop a package of solutions to support women and their families with their facility-based delivery intentions.

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Strengthening Social Accountability to Improve Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services

Breakthrough ACTION English Francophone West Africa Service Delivery, Sexual and Reproductive Health Fact Sheet/Brief Social and Structural Breakthrough ACTION

This brief documents Breakthrough ACTION learnings from its work to strengthen social accountability in reproductive health and family planning services in West Africa.

Six female primary health care workers in India

Increasing the Use of Social and Behavior Change in Health Systems Strengthening: Evidence and Recommendations to Improve Primary Health Care

Breakthrough ACTION English Service Delivery, Provider Behavior Change, Sexual and Reproductive Health Fact Sheet/Brief Social and Structural, Human-centered Design, Community Engagement, Behavioral Science Breakthrough ACTION

This brief summarizes findings from a literature review and consultations about using social and behavior change to strengthen health systems.

A community volunteer poses outside her grocery store in India

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Using Social and Behavior Change to Strengthen Self-Care for Sexual and Reproductive Health

Breakthrough ACTION English Service Delivery, Provider Behavior Change, Sexual and Reproductive Health Fact Sheet/Brief Human-centered Design, Community Engagement, Audience Segmentation Breakthrough ACTION

This brief outlines how self-care practitioners can use proven and emergent social and behavior change approaches to enhance self-care efforts.

Two women working with the Contraception Discontinuation Testing Toolkit

Contraception Discontinuation Testing Toolkit

Breakthrough ACTION English Philippines Youth, Service Delivery, Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Toolkit Social and Behavior Change Communication, Integration, Human-centered Design Breakthrough ACTION

This toolkit contains six solutions family planning practitioners can adapt to address contraception discontinuation in their local context.

A health extension worker facilitates a women's conversation on family planning in Ethiopia

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Addressing Barriers to Family Planning for Postpartum Women Experiencing Depression and Anxiety

Breakthrough ACTION English Ethiopia Maternal and Child Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Mental Health Case Study Behavioral Science Breakthrough ACTION

This case study explores the use of cognitive behavioral therapy approaches to address postpartum anxiety and depression, which may inhibit contraceptive use.

Nourishing Connections CHW job aid and supporting tools

Nutrition Job Aid for Community Health Workers

Breakthrough ACTION French, English Nigeria Provider Behavior Change, Service Delivery, Nutrition Tool Human-centered Design, Community Engagement Breakthrough ACTION

This set of tools, which includes an easy-to-use job aid, helps community health workers provide more empathetic nutrition counseling.

Evaluation of the Confiance Totale Campaign in Togo

Breakthrough ACTION English Togo, Francophone West Africa Sexual and Reproductive Health Report Social and Behavior Change Communication Breakthrough ACTION

This report summarizes the finding of an evaluation of a campaign promoting confidence in and use of family planning methods in Togo.

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