Evaluating: Is the polio response team ready to convince unwilling parents?

Evaluating: Is the polio response team ready to convince unwilling parents?

Challenge

  • Monitor and evaluate the impact (readiness) of the Polio Helpline operators on reducing parents’ resistance to administer polio vaccination.
  • Identify possible skill gaps and design training to fill those gaps

Solution

  • Provide Polio Assessments, a real-time skill assessment system, equipped with related competency tests
  • Design Polio Assessments microsite – illustrating communication and advocacy strategy
  • Provide online analytics for monitoring
  • Provide talent assessment reports that indicate helpline’s operators training need.

Approach

  • Study different situations affecting effective administrations of polio drops
  • Create competency assessments to measure helpline response team’s readiness
  • Launch Polio Assessments (assessment center and related communication plan)
  • Invite helpline response team for assessments
  • Identify possible skill gaps
  • Provide relevant training and other remedies

Outcome

  • Simple, real-time skill M& E system launched to build a qualified polio response team
  • Lessons learned from Polio Assessments can be applied to other public health communication programmes

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