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Table 2 Overall timeline of study activities by year (Y) (in 6-month intervals)

From: Implementation and evaluation of a large-scale postpartum family planning program in Rwanda: study protocol for a clinic-randomized controlled trial

Aim

Study activity

Y1-1

Y1-2

Y2-1

Y2-2

Y3-1

Y3-2

Y4-1

Y4-2

Y5-1

Y5-2

1

Protocol development and IRB approvals

X

         

In-depth interviews

 

X

        

Facility needs assessments

  

X

       

Implement the intervention in a randomized stepped-wedge design and collect effectiveness and implementation data

  

X

X

X

X

X

   

2

Evaluate intervention reach, effectiveness, and adoption

       

X

X

X

Evaluate the intervention implementation (time-motion studies)

  

X

X

X

X

X

   

Evaluate intervention maintenance: women/couples

  

X

X

X

X

X

   

Evaluate the intervention maintenance: providers and stakeholders

       

X

X

 

3

Develop costing tools

X

X

        

Collect cost data

  

X

X

X

X

X

   

Cost-effectiveness analyses and development of costed implantation plan

       

X

X

X

Publications, dissemination

       

X

X

X