This article reports on the theory-driven evaluation of a drop-in center for youth that incorporated a literature search, concept mapping with staff, and focus groups with youth. Findings revealed strong agreement among the three sources of data around specific elements identified as critical...

This article reports on some results from the evaluation of Project YIT, a pilot-project (2003-2006) from Québec's Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS). The program entailed the implementation of service coordination teams throughout the province, whose purpose was to improve the...

This article presents the results from the evaluation of the Montreal Brief and Intensive Intervention (BII) program designed to prevent emergency placements or other longer-term services by Youth centers in situations involving family crises by providing short-term, intensive interventions. A...

Purpose: A performance-based financing (PBF) pilot project was implemented in 2011 in Burkina Faso. After more than five years of implementation (data collection in 2016), the project's sustainability was not guaranteed. This study's objective is to assess this project's sustainability in 2016...

Purpose: The study aims to explore the theoretical bases justifying the use of performance-based financing (PBF) in the health sector in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a scoping review of the literature on PBF so as to identify the...

The use of community health workers to administer prompt treatments is gaining popularity in most sub-Saharan African countries. Their performance is a key challenge because it varies considerably, depending on the context, while being closely associated with the effectiveness of case management...

In humanitarian and post-conflict settings, evaluations are rarely participative due to constraints such as limited time, resources or expertise. External evaluators control most of the process while stakeholders are the most consulted but are rarely participants. Yet, we believe that not all...

In 2007, Burkina Faso launched a public policy to subsidize 80% of the cost of normal deliveries. Although women are required to pay only the remaining 20%, i.e., 900F CFA (1.4 Euros), some qualitative evidence suggests they actually pay more.