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Posts that highlight analysis about the conduct of research and evaluation

Health
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As we refocus our efforts on tackling HIV, what can we learn from resilience in the face of COVID-19?

Jul 29, 2022 | By Edward Oladele, Hadiza Khamofu and Moses Bateganya
Research
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

How often are local authors the lead on health research conducted in low- and middle-income countries?

Jun 28, 2022 | By Krishma Bashyal and Annette N. Brown
Health
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Turned Away: The role of providers in denying family planning to women in Malawi

May 16, 2022 | By Jill Peterson
HealthResearch
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

Developing a framework for measuring menstrual changes

May 2, 2022 | By Emily Hoppes
Research
  • Conferences
  • R&E Practice

Transferring evidence between contexts: Highlights from CEDIL annual conference

Apr 27, 2022 | By Dorgham Abusalim
Health
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

How we define health outcomes impacts our research: The case of COVID-19 among smokers

Apr 4, 2022 | By Jessica Baker
Supply Chain
Health
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

Effective supply chain management approach for essential drugs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Mar 22, 2022 | By Krishma Bashyal
EducationYouth
  • R&E Practice

The power of belonging in developing positive math identity

Mar 8, 2022 | By Felix Fernandez, Merle Froschl, Lara Lorenzetti and Maryann Stimmer
Health
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

Participant Engagement Activities: A tool for promoting ownership and understanding among participants in clinical trials

Feb 22, 2022 | By Morgan Garcia
EducationYouth
  • R&E Practice

Using ethnography to understand how complex system dynamics influence individual health provider behaviors

Feb 7, 2022 | By Tom Newton-Lewis
Annette Brown and Corey White speak about the R&E Search of Evidence blog
Research
  • R&E Practice
  • Uncategorized

Five-year retrospective: Our founding editors recount the growing pains and the humor of building a research blog

Jan 27, 2022 | By Annette N. Brown and Corey White
A light bulb with sparklers behind it
Research
  • R&E Practice

Year in review: Read our top blog posts of 2021

Dec 30, 2021 | By Sarah Muthler
Workshop facilitator conducting a session from her home office
HealthTechnology
  • R&E Practice

Keeping our ears and minds open: Monitoring and evaluation for a virtual training

Nov 2, 2021 | By Lilian Tutegyereize and Aubrey Weber
iPad device displaying the cover of the book, How the Other Half Banks
Economic DevelopmentResearch
  • Book Review
  • R&E Practice

How the other half banks: Exclusion, exploitation and the threat to democracy – A book review

Sep 30, 2021 | By Ebelechukwu Monye
Woman talks to a clinical office receptionist through COVID protection glass
Health
  • R&E Practice

Conducting clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jun 29, 2021 | By Anja Lendvay, Shacondra Johnson and Emily Hoppes
Flowchart illustration of the HIV test-and-prevent intervention components
Health
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Can a test-and-prevent approach link people at risk of HIV to prevention services?

Jun 16, 2021 | By Kayla Stankevitz
Friends sitting together talking after pick up soccer game in urban park
Health
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice
  • Uncategorized

Behavior change using social norms: Does the popular opinion leader intervention work in LMICs?

May 19, 2021 | By Annette N. Brown and Caroline Harik
Four types of contraception shown against a blue background
Health
  • R&E Practice

Reimagining how social-behavioral research can be integrated into contraceptive R&D

May 6, 2021 | By Amelia Mackenzie
Black man wearing a face mask and leaning against a wall looking at a mobile phone
Research
  • R&E Practice

Our most popular research blog posts of 2020

Dec 28, 2020 | By Corey White
Four young siblings wearing school uniforms walk across a crop field
Nutrition
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice
  • Uncategorized

School-based physical activity and diet interventions can be effective for addressing obesity in children in LMICs: Evidence from systematic reviews

Nov 13, 2020 | By Annette N. Brown and Jacqueline Shieh
Teacher administering a vision test in a rural African school (Kenya)
Education
  • R&E Practice

Disability screening tools and when to use them: Lessons learned under the Equity Initiative

Oct 19, 2020 | By Rachel Hatch
WHO illustration of the dual burden of malnutrition
Nutrition
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

What evidence is there for interventions to address the dual burden of malnutrition? A rapid review

Oct 13, 2020 | By Annette N. Brown and Jacqueline Shieh
Hands of two Black children in Madagascar using a tippy tap handwashing tool
Health
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

New evidence for improving handwashing access and behavior during COVID-19 and beyond

Aug 25, 2020 | By Aarin Palomares
Syrian refugee children learn skills on the rooftop at Mardin Circus school next to brightly colored walls
Civil SocietyCrisis Response
  • R&E Practice

The challenges for the triple nexus approach to humanitarian assistance: A case study analysis

Aug 13, 2020 | By Michael OBrien
Two Indian women examining a family planning flowchart; one teaching the other
Research
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

Research utilization is the connective tissue between evidence and action

Jun 30, 2020 | By Aubrey Weber
An African woman and school-age girl smiling and using a tablet
Education
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

Operationalizing ‘what works’ for education in emergencies research: 5 factors that facilitate ethical randomized designs

May 7, 2020 | By Anne Smiley, Wael Moussa and Tanya Smith-Sreen
Handwashing with soap
Health
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Did you get the message? My favorite behavior change studies can inform the COVID-19 response

Apr 10, 2020 | By Julia Rosenbaum
Hand holding a tablet displaying the cover of "Peace through Entrepreneurship" by Steven Koltai
Economic Development
  • Book Review
  • R&E Practice

Book review: Peace through Entrepreneurship by Steven Koltai

Mar 17, 2020 | By Annette N. Brown
Gender, Equity, Safeguarding and Social inclusionHealth
  • R&E Practice

Why we need to act now to integrate gender in health development research

Mar 3, 2020 | By Judith Nalukwago
Collection of images showing four modes of data collection: in-person, online video, online text-based chat, and online message-board style posts
Research
  • Methods
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

What’s mode got to do with it? Comparing in-person and online qualitative data collection

Jan 29, 2020 | By Emily Namey
Two women participating in a computer video call
Research
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

Can you see me now? My experiences testing different modes of qualitative data collection

Jan 14, 2020 | By Emily Namey
Hand holding a burning sparkler firework
Research
  • Methods
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Year in review: What are the most popular blog posts of 2019?

Dec 30, 2019 | By Corey White
Tortoise and hare
Health
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Public health vs. social science: Do publication lags matter?

Dec 18, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Colleagues working around a table
Health
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Public health vs. social science research: How does authorship differ?

Dec 6, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Hand holding an iPad displaying the book cover of "The Trillion Dollar Shift" by Marga Hoek
Environment and Climate Change
  • Book Review
  • R&E Practice

Achieving the SDGs requires governments and businesses to think alike: A book review of Marga Hoek’s The Trillion Dollar Shift

Nov 19, 2019 | By Ishak Mohammed
Civil SocietyEducation
  • R&E Practice

Next steps in strengthening education in emergencies data

Sep 30, 2019 | By Anne Smiley
Education
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

Looking ahead: Assessing the accuracy of Education Policy and Data Center projections

Sep 17, 2019 | By Sean Cremin
Gender, Equity, Safeguarding and Social inclusionHealth
  • R&E Practice

Why understanding adolescents’ perceptions of gender inequitable norms is important for development programming

Sep 9, 2019 | By Judith Nalukwago
Health
  • R&E Practice

Highlights from the GCIS 2019 conference and thoughts on the future of implementation science

Sep 5, 2019 | By Taufique Joarder
Annette Brown: Let’s bring back theory to theory of change
Research
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

Let’s bring back theory to theory of change

Aug 22, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Book review of The Business of Changing the World by Raj Kumar
Economic Development
  • Book Review
  • R&E Practice

Hey Jude: A book review of The Business of Changing the World by Raj Kumar

Jul 25, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Education
  • R&E Practice

New country landing page visualizations offer users dynamic ways to engage with education data

Jun 5, 2019 | By Jane Sullivan
Technology
  • R&E Practice

What’s in a cell? How to read an evidence map with a digital identity example

Apr 29, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Research
  • R&E Practice
  • Research Roundtables

Research Roundtable video: Best practices for engaging research participants

Apr 10, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
HealthResearchTechnology
  • R&E Practice
  • Research Roundtables

Research Roundtable video: Text messaging for reproductive health

Mar 21, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Research
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

That’s great, but what does it cost?

Mar 18, 2019 | By Rick Homan
Research
  • Book Review
  • R&E Practice

Book review: Lean Impact by Ann Mei Chang (and thoughts on science and the scientific method)

Feb 1, 2019 | By Annette N. Brown
Research
  • R&E Practice

Looking back at the most popular posts and prolific authors in 2018

Dec 31, 2018 | By Corey White
Economic DevelopmentEnvironment and Climate Change
  • R&E Practice

What do we know about the costs of natural disasters and disease outbreaks?

Dec 18, 2018 | By Katherine Whitton
Civil Society
  • R&E Practice

Sneaky in a good way: The use of survey and assessment metadata in soft skills measurement

Dec 4, 2018 | By Sarah Gates
Education
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

6 steps for measuring equitable education access in crisis and conflict settings

Nov 21, 2018 | By Fernanda Soares and Anne Smiley
Research
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

How to conduct a replication study: What not to do

Nov 14, 2018 | By Annette N. Brown
Research
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

How to conduct a replication study: Which tests not witch hunts

Oct 31, 2018 | By Annette N. Brown
Technology
  • New Evidence
  • R&E Practice

The calculations are in: Digitizing salaries can save governments millions

Aug 7, 2018 | By Zach Andersson
Economic DevelopmentHealth
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

We should be able to evaluate interventions for the disabled

Jun 29, 2018 | By Annette N. Brown
Technology
  • R&E Practice

Midline research reveals promising results for mLabour health application

May 24, 2018 | By Emily Keyes
Research
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

New directions in portfolio reviews

Apr 30, 2018 | By Michael Ferguson, Mandy Swann and Lara Lorenzetti
Technology
  • R&E Practice

3 women leading the charge in ICT4D research

Apr 19, 2018 | By Hannah Skelly
Research
  • R&E Practice

Quarterly recap of FHI 360’s blog on research and evaluation, January–March 2018

Apr 9, 2018 | By Annette N. Brown
Crisis ResponseHealth
  • R&E Practice

The science of humanitarian response in crisis settings

Mar 27, 2018 | By Gregory Beck and Timothy Mastro
EducationYouth
  • R&E Practice

Gearing up to enhance college readiness for underserved students: Insights from a capacity building workshop

Mar 15, 2018 | By Felix Fernandez
Health
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

Using a structured approach to maximize return on clinical trial research investments

Mar 7, 2018 | By Jen Deese
Education
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

Strengthening capacity to track, store and use data effectively at Catholic and independent schools

Feb 27, 2018 | By Felix Fernandez
Health
  • R&E Practice

Implementation research: The unambiguous cornerstone of implementation science

Feb 6, 2018 | By Theresa Hoke
EducationYouth
  • R&E Practice

Investigating STEM and the importance of girls’ math identity

Jan 29, 2018 | By Merle Froschl, Felix Fernandez, Maryann Stimmer and Lara Lorenzetti
EducationYouth
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

5 features of a monitoring, evaluation and learning system geared towards equity in education

Jan 23, 2018 | By Carina Omoeva
EducationYouth
  • R&E Practice

To achieve equity in education, we need the right data

Jan 18, 2018 | By Carina Omoeva
Health
  • R&E Practice

Faster, cheaper and safer: Do UAVs live up to the hype?

Jan 9, 2018 | By Margaret Eichleay
Health
  • R&E Practice

Moving from indicators of facility coverage and use toward capability to reduce maternal mortality

Jan 2, 2018 | By Emily Keyes
Research
  • R&E Practice

Quarterly recap of FHI 360’s blog on research and evaluation, October–December 2017

Dec 27, 2017 | By Annette N. Brown
Health
  • R&E Practice

My tribute to Peter Lamptey’s lifelong contributions to global health

Nov 20, 2017 | By Corey White
Civil Society
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

5 lessons for using youth video diaries for monitoring and evaluation

Nov 6, 2017 | By Rindala Mikhael
Research
  • Conferences
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

Five things you can do today to participate in open scholarship

Oct 30, 2017 | By Annette N. Brown
Health
  • R&E Practice

Seizing an opportunity to collect user experience data

Sep 12, 2017 | By Amelia Mackenzie
Health
  • R&E Practice

Hypothetically speaking… If we build it, will they come?

Sep 7, 2017 | By Rebecca Callahan and Aurélie Brunie
Research
  • R&E Practice

FHI 360’s R&E Search for Evidence quarterly highlights

Aug 30, 2017 | By Annette N. Brown
Education
  • R&E Practice

Paper-based data collection: Moving backwards or expanding the arsenal?

Aug 16, 2017 | By Celeste Carano and Charlie Gale
Research
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

Four tips for turning big data into big practice

Aug 8, 2017 | By Tara Miller
Research
  • Book Review
  • R&E Practice

Book Review: Rigor Mortis – Harris says the rigor in science is dead

Jul 24, 2017 | By Timothy Mastro
Technology
  • R&E Practice

Mobile-based surveys: Can you hear me now?

Jul 10, 2017 | By Hannah Skelly
Research
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

Don’t spin the bottle, please: Challenges in the implementation of probability sampling designs in the field, Part II

Jun 19, 2017 | By Mario Chen
Research
  • Methods
  • R&E Practice

Sample size is not king: Challenges in the implementation of probability sampling designs in the field, Part I

Jun 12, 2017 | By Mario Chen
Research
  • R&E Practice

Big data and data analytics: I do not think it means what you think it means

Jun 5, 2017 | By Annette N. Brown
Health
  • R&E Practice

Turning lemons into lemonade, and then drinking it: Rigorous evaluation under challenging conditions

May 23, 2017 | By Michael Ferguson and Holly Burke
Health
  • R&E Practice

Improving the evaluation of quality improvement

May 15, 2017 | By Bruno Bouchet and Emily Evens
Health
  • R&E Practice

Applying the power of partnership to evaluation of a long-acting contraceptive

May 8, 2017 | By Kate H. Rademacher
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Research
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

Research on integrated development: These are a few of my favorite things

May 1, 2017 | By Tricia Petruney
Research
  • R&E Practice

Riddle me this: How many interviews (or focus groups) are enough?

Apr 25, 2017 | By Emily Namey
Green online submission button
Research
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

Why should practitioners publish their research in journals?

Apr 18, 2017 | By Annette N. Brown
Education
  • Evidence Utilization
  • R&E Practice

7 takeaways from changes in US education grant programs

Apr 6, 2017 | By Felix Fernandez
Research
  • R&E Practice

Evaluation ethics: Getting it right

Apr 3, 2017 | By Adria Gallup-Black
Research
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

A pathway for sampling success

Mar 29, 2017 | By Greg Guest
EducationYouth
  • R&E Practice

Gearing up to address attrition: Cohort designs with longitudinal data

Mar 20, 2017 | By Felix Fernandez and Eleanor Wang
Research
  • How-to
  • R&E Practice

Emojis convey language, why not a sampling lesson too?

Feb 20, 2017 | By Greg Guest

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