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Table 7 Examples of evidence that can inform the design of implementation strategies targeted at healthcare professionals

From: SUPPORT Tools for Evidence-informed Policymaking in health 6: Using research evidence to address how an option will be implemented

Financial incentives to health workers to increase institutional deliveries in India[28]

In 2005, the Indian government introduced the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) programme which aimed to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality through the promotion of institutional deliveries. Cash payments to community health workers (ASHAs) for institutional deliveries among women under their care was one of the key programme components. Since the introduction of the programme, many Indian states have seen a substantial increase in institutional deliveries. However, an evaluation of one such programme suggests that the financial incentives for ASHA probably played a small if any role in this.

Educational outreach visits to improve asthma care in South Africa[29]

South African researchers found that two 30-minute educational outreach visits to general practitioners conducted by a trained pharmacist led to clinically important improvements in symptom scores for children with asthma.