Process evaluation of an intervention to improve access to injectable contraceptive services through patent medicine vendors in Nigeria: a mixed methods study

The study utilised a mixed methods, convergent parallel design guided by the UK Medical Research Council framework. The quantitative data were analysed descriptively, while the qualitative data were analysed thematically. The paper highlighted that the causal mechanism that influenced women’s utilisation of injectable contraceptives were the initial training that the PMV received; the favourable regulatory environment as demonstrated in the approval provided by government for PMVs to provide injectable contraceptives for the duration of the study; and the satisfaction and the confidence the female clients had developed in the ability of the PMVs to serve them. However, there were gaps with regards to the consistent supply of quality injectable contraceptive commodities and in PMVs use of job aids. Referral and linkages to government or private-owned facilities were also sub-optimal.

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Oluwasanu, M.M, Ayodeji M.A, Faizah T. O, Olayinka A, Akinwumi O. A, John S, and Ademola J. A. Process evaluation of an intervention to improve access to injectable contraceptive services through patent medicine vendors in Nigeria: a mixed methods study. J of Pharm Policy and Pract 14, 88 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00336-5