Development of integration indexes to determine the extent of family planning and child immunization services integration in health facilities in urban areas of Nigeria.
Kate L SheahanJennifer Orgill-MeyerIlene S SpeizerSiân CurtisJohn PaulMorris WeinbergerAntonia V BennettPublished in: Reproductive health (2021)
Many facilities in our sample have achieved high levels of integration, while many others have not. Results suggest that using more nuanced measures of integration may (a) more accurately reflect true variation in integration within and across health facilities, (b) enable more precise measurement of the determinants or effects of integration, and (c) provide more tailored, actionable information about how best to improve integration. Overall, results reinforce the importance of utilizing more nuanced measures of facility-level integration.