Supporting Provider Behavior Change: An Experiential Workshop

Applications are open for Breakthrough ACTION’s Supporting Provider Behavior Change Workshop. This virtual experiential learning workshop is an exciting opportunity for individuals to learn more about a new suite of tools for designing, implementing, and evaluating provider behavior change initiatives, and directly apply these same tools to their current work with facility-based healthcare providers through a guided process. This workshop is being offered as a free technical assistance opportunity.

By the end of the workshop, participants will have:

• Familiarized themselves with a new suite of tools that support provider behavior change initiatives
• Applied these tools to their work and developed an action plan for ongoing provider behavior change efforts

We invite teams of 3–5 individuals who are currently working together on a provider behavior change initiative with a specific organization (for example, government agency, public or private healthcare facility, local or international NGO) to submit an application to participate as a team in this experiential learning workshop. Teams selected to participate will be notified in April 2022.

This virtual workshop will take place in May/June 2022, with exact dates and format to be determined in collaboration with the selected teams. An essential output from the workshop will be the development of an action plan by each team.

Eligibility

• Full professional proficiency (writing, speaking, reading) in English
• An existing cohesive team of 3–5 individuals engaged in provider behavior change initiatives related to family planning and reproductive health and/or maternal, newborn, and child health in a low- or middle-income country context.
• Demonstrated interest and commitment to applying these tools to provider behavior change initiatives and sharing experiences and lessons learned.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be reviewed and selected based on the following criteria:

• Demonstration of team’s engagement with healthcare providers providing family planning and reproductive health and/or maternal, newborn, and child health services in a low- or middle-income country context.
• Demonstration of a distinct need for a provider engagement initiative to improve the quality of care and support positive provider behavior.
• Commitment to applying knowledge gained through the workshop in the design of activities to foster positive provider behavior and giving updates.

Key Dates

February 10, 2022: Application period opens

February 28, 2022: Application period closes

April 8, 2022: Notifications sent out

Questions?

Contact Heather Hancock with any questions.