PMID- 25541292 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160208 LR - 20181202 IS - 1873-7870 (Electronic) IS - 0149-7189 (Linking) VI - 51 DP - 2015 Aug TI - Evidence from the field: Findings on issues related to planning, implementing and evaluating gender-based programs. PG - 35-44 LID - S0149-7189(14)00135-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.12.005 [doi] AB - An Initiative of the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health (OWH), Coalition for a Healthier Community (CHC), supports ten grantees across the U.S. in the implementation of gender-based health interventions targeting women and girls. A national evaluation is assessing whether gender-focused public health systems approaches are sustainable and cost effective in addressing health disparities in women and girls. To inform the evaluation, a systematic examination was conducted of literature in both the public and private sector designed to track, assess, understand, and improve women's health, public health systems approaches, and the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of gender-based programs. A two-person team assured the quality of the results following the review of abstracts and full-text articles. Of 123 articles meeting eligibility criteria (See inclusion criteria described in Section 2.2 below), only 18 met inclusion criteria specific to a focus on a systems approach, cost-effectiveness and/or sustainability. Studies assessing systems approaches suggested their effectiveness in changing perceptions and increasing knowledge within a community; increasing involvement of local decision-makers and other community leaders in women's health issues; and increasing community capacity to address women and girls' health. Further evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of gender-based approaches is needed. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Kowalczyk, Shelly AU - Kowalczyk S AD - The MayaTech Corporation, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 825, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States. Electronic address: skowalczyk@mayatech.com. FAU - Randolph, Suzanne AU - Randolph S AD - The MayaTech Corporation, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 825, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States. Electronic address: srandolph@mayatech.com. FAU - Stokes, Shereitte AU - Stokes S AD - The MayaTech Corporation, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 825, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States. FAU - Winston, Stefanie AU - Winston S AD - The MayaTech Corporation, 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 825, Silver Spring, MD 20910, United States. Electronic address: swinston@mayatech.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20141209 PL - England TA - Eval Program Plann JT - Evaluation and program planning JID - 7801727 SB - IM MH - Cost-Benefit Analysis MH - Female MH - Health Behavior MH - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice MH - Humans MH - Program Evaluation/*methods/*standards MH - Public Health MH - Sex Factors MH - Socioeconomic Factors MH - United States MH - United States Dept. of Health and Human Services/*organization & administration/standards MH - *Women's Health OTO - NOTNLM OT - Evaluations OT - Gender-based approaches OT - Systematic literature review OT - Women and girls' health EDAT- 2014/12/30 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/09 06:00 CRDT- 2014/12/27 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/12/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/09 06:00 [medline] AID - S0149-7189(14)00135-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.12.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eval Program Plann. 2015 Aug;51:35-44. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.12.005. Epub 2014 Dec 9.