Mixed evaluation of the implementation of the Ministry of Health Home Visits with Social Actors intervention, on the sidelines of child health priority
| Areas | : | Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher/s in charge | : | Unidad de Proyectos |
| Other researchers | : | Lorena Alcazar, Miguel Jaramillo, Elizabeth Lucas, Carlos Ricse |
| Execution time | : | March 2020 |
Presentation
The objective of the study was to evaluate how the intervention of home visits with social actors has been implemented by the MINSA teams, as well as to assess the quality of visits and technical assistance to local governments, social actors, and managers of the incentive plan and health personnel. For this, an exploratory study with qualitative and quantitative analysis was carried out in a non-probabilistic sample of households from the jungle, highlands, and Metropolitan Lima districts.
From this, the quality of home visits was acceptable. However, there is still room for improvement; particularly, the organization of the visits could be more efficient by having an up-to-date register with addresses and sketches and ensuring around 15 children per social actor. Also, there are other improvement opportunities related to the frequency and home visit duration, and to preferential treatment of health establishments for mothers and/or caregivers with a communal reference card, which purpose is to provide facilities for medical attention to community members.
