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Table 4 Data Analysis - Evaluation Questions [19]

From: How can collective action between government sectors to prevent child marriage be operationalized? Evidence from a post-hoc evaluation of an intervention in Jamui, Bihar and Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan in India

Evaluation objective

Evaluation questions

1. To assess Intervention design

Content:

▪ What were the components of the intervention?

▪ Did the intervention’s components have the potential to achieve its objectives?

▪ What were the assumptions underlying the intervention’s design?

Process:

▪ What was the process used to design the intervention?

▪ Was the intervention’s design revised after implementation began? If so, how and why?

2. To assess Intervention implementation

State level:

▪ What activities were done to secure state-level permission/support?

District level:

▪ What activities were done to build awareness and support among key officials in the relevant government departments?

▪ What activities were done to set up a district-level inter-departmental coordination committee/group?

▪ What activities were done to support the development of an inter-departmental district action plan?

▪ What activities were done to build awareness and support among nongovernment organizations and media persons operating in the district?

Block level:

▪ What activities were done to build awareness and support among key officials in the relevant government departments?

▪ How was this done through existing systems

Village level:

▪ What activities were done to build awareness and support among gram panchayat elected officials?

3. To assess Intervention monitoring

▪ Did the intervention contain a plan to monitor implementation?

▪ Was the monitoring system adequate to track activity implementation and to use information to adjust implementation if needed?

▪ Was implementation monitored? If so, how was this done?

▪ How were the data used?

▪ Did the data contribute to changes in the way in which implementation was done?

4. To assess Intervention outputs

State level:

▪ Whose support was obtained and what level of support was obtained?

District/Block level:

▪ Which key gatekeeper officials were reached?

▪ What is the effect of being reached by MAMTA on these officials?

▪ Was a district/block inter-departmental committee set up? If so, is it functional?

▪ Was a district/block action plan developed? If so, what are the contents of the plan and what factors affected the development of the plan?

▪ Is the plan being implemented and what factors affected /affect its implementation?

▪ Is there more concerted action by individual departments? Is there better communication and better synergy between departments?

▪ What was the effect of MAMTA’s outreach with representatives of nongovernment organizations and media persons?

Village level:

▪ Were the two key elected officials (Pradhan and Mukhiya) reached?

▪ What is the effect of this on their awareness, motivation and agency – at the individual and collective levels?

▪ Were the ‘marker’ front-line functionaries in the three sectors (Aangan Wadi Workers - AWW, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives - ANM, Accredited Social Health Activists - ASHA, and teachers) reached?

▪ What is the effect of this on their awareness, motivation and agency – at the individual and collective levels?