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Table 1 Analytic framework: contextual barriers and enablers to scale-up

From: ‘The stars seem aligned’: a qualitative study to understand the effects of context on scale-up of maternal and newborn health innovations in Ethiopia, India and Nigeria

 

CONTEXTUAL BARRIERS AND ENABLERS

Contextual factors influencing government decisions to accept, adopt and finance innovations at scale

How health policies are made

• Government willingness to collaborate with development partners and implementers

• Government responsiveness to civil society

• Evidence-based decision making

• Turnaround of government officials

• Bureaucratic government institutions

Prioritising and funding maternal and newborn health

• National policy frameworks

• Economic resources and global and development partners’ influence

• Influence of powerful country actors

Development partner harmonisation

• Information sharing and coordinated communication with government

• Embracing donor coordination mechanisms

Contextual factors influencing the implementation of innovations at scale

Health systems capacity

• Health infrastructure

• Human resources

• Logistics and commodity supply

• Health systems governance and health information systems

• Financing

Security context

Contextual factors influencing community willingness and ability to accept and take up innovations at scale

Sociocultural contexts and demand for healthcare

• Education and awareness of health issues

• ‘Traditional’ health-related beliefs and practices

• Hegemonic gender relations

• Heterogeneity

Access to healthcare

• Geographical distances

• Poverty