Resources

Care Groups I: An Innovative Community-Based Strategy for Improving Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Resource-Constrained Settings

Care Groups I: An Innovative Community-Based Strategy for Improving Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Resource-Constrained Settings
Care Groups II: A Summary of the Child Survival Outcomes Achieved Using Volunteer Community Health Workers in Resource-Constrained Settings

Care Groups II: A Summary of the Child Survival Outcomes Achieved Using Volunteer Community Health Workers in Resource-Constrained Settings
Evaluation of the effectiveness of care groups in expanding population coverage of Key child survival interventions and reducing under-5 mortality: a comparative analysis using the lives saved tool (LiST)

Evaluation of the effectiveness of care groups in expanding population coverage of Key child survival interventions and reducing under-5 mortality: a comparative analysis using the lives saved tool (LiST)
COVID-19

COVID-19 Care Group Materials
World Vision Nurturing Care Groups Project Model

In 2018, the Nurturing Care Framework was released by UNICEF, the World Bank, WHO, ECDAN and the PMNCH. This framework focuses on and promotes integration of interventions in health, nutrition, WaSH, responsive caregiving, early learning, security and safety. There has been a growing body of evidence (in part from the Clean, Fed, and Nurtured movement) showing that integration of multisectoral activities – such as combining nutrition supplementation with early child stimulation – can produce better outcomes for complex outcomes (e.g., stunting) than single sector activities alone. In World Vision, we believe that the CG approach can be used as a platform to promote behaviours in each of these domains, and created a training manual for a highly-integrated version of the approach, the Nurturing Care Groups project model.
Practical Guide for Barrier Analysis in French (2017)

Barrier analysis is a rapid assessment tool used in behavior change projects. The purpose of barrier analysis is to identify behavioral determinants, so that more effective behavior change, communication messages, strategies, and supporting activities can be developed.
Care Groups Planning and M&E Tools

We have posted several Care Group and Monitoring & Evaluation tools for your use.
CareGroupInfo.org Presentation Slides

CareGroupInfo.org Presentation Slides
Results in Improving Hand Washing with Soap Using Care Groups

This presentation describes the results of the CORE Group Social & Behavioral Change Working Group’s “Powerful to Change Analysis” of Hand Washing with Soap, looking at USAID-funded child survival projects that have had the best results in HWWS in order to identify some of the common elements in their approaches. One commonality in these projects was having a systematic home visitation strategy (as used in Care Groups).
Care Group Indicator Gap Closure

This presentation compares the indicator gap closure (i.e., performance index) on 13 “Rapid CATCH” indicators measured by 58 USAID-funded child survival projects ending between 2003 and 2009, and nine child survival projects (most from the same period, but one ending in 2010) using Care Groups.