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Part Three: indicators
integration indicators: Partnerships and Communication
Recent assessments of integrated PHE programs in the Philippines have
found that integrated programs have several advantages over stand-alone
population, child health, or environment programs. The assessments found
that integrated programs were cost-effective compared to the cost of sin-
gle-sector population, child health and safety, or environment programs.
Integrated programs also recruited a greater number of men to family
planning efforts and a greater number of women and adolescents to en-
vironment/conservation efforts. Integrated programs also improved the
perceived value of family planning efforts by packaging them with health
interventions.
One of the main long-term goals of integrated PHE programs is to ensure
local ownership and sustainability. Therefore, the outcome indicator "num-
ber of enabling local ordinances/policies/strategies/doctrines supporting
PHE" is included in this section. Short-term outcome indicators in this
section measure local PHE awareness ("number of policy-makers, media,
and scholars knowledgeable about or aware of a specific PHE issue"), or
the diversification of PHE efforts.
Process indicators in this section measure linkages between materials
("number of linked messages/materials created") and partnerships that in-
crease integration ("number of new PHE partnerships created that make
linkages among organizations or institutions from different sectors"). Out-
put indicators in this section measure PHE promotion/education efforts
("number and frequency of PHE educational sessions provided in the tar-
get community").
While any of the indicators in this section may be valuable for the M&E
of integrated programs, programs that have a focused nature or that face
limited budgets may concentrate on measuring a few indicators that best
fit their needs.