Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settings

# Background Social impact interventions often involve the introduction of a product intended to create positive impact. Program decision makers need data to routinely review product delivery as well as predict potential outcomes and impact to optimize intervention plans and allocate resources effe...

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Main Authors: Svenja M Jungjohann, Emily Carnahan, Peiman Milani, Cyril Engmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Global Health Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.3.e2019029
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Emily Carnahan
Peiman Milani
Cyril Engmann
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description # Background Social impact interventions often involve the introduction of a product intended to create positive impact. Program decision makers need data to routinely review product delivery as well as predict potential outcomes and impact to optimize intervention plans and allocate resources effectively. We propose a novel model to support data-driven decision-making in data and budget-constrained settings and use of routine monitoring to ensure progress towards program outcomes and impact. # Methods We present a complete model to estimate product reach of durable and fast-moving consumer products, which includes required inputs, potential data sources, formulas, trade-offs, and assumptions. # Results We illustrate the use of the model by applying it to the case study of fortified rice introduction in Brazil and estimate that the intervention, which aimed to improve nutrition status and health outcomes reached 2.4 million consumers. # Conclusions The model can cover a broad range of social-purpose interventions that involve the introduction or scale-up of various types of consumer products. It provides a relatively simple, comprehensive, flexible, and usable framework to estimate product reach, an indicator that can be an input into impact estimates or, in many scenarios, the actual endpoint of the intervention.
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spelling doaj-art-a7935da4f0384c028a3edb9ebf48c35a2025-08-20T02:07:19ZengInishmore Laser Scientific Publishing LtdJournal of Global Health Reports2399-16232019-04-01310.29392/joghr.3.e2019029Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settingsSvenja M JungjohannEmily CarnahanPeiman MilaniCyril Engmann# Background Social impact interventions often involve the introduction of a product intended to create positive impact. Program decision makers need data to routinely review product delivery as well as predict potential outcomes and impact to optimize intervention plans and allocate resources effectively. We propose a novel model to support data-driven decision-making in data and budget-constrained settings and use of routine monitoring to ensure progress towards program outcomes and impact. # Methods We present a complete model to estimate product reach of durable and fast-moving consumer products, which includes required inputs, potential data sources, formulas, trade-offs, and assumptions. # Results We illustrate the use of the model by applying it to the case study of fortified rice introduction in Brazil and estimate that the intervention, which aimed to improve nutrition status and health outcomes reached 2.4 million consumers. # Conclusions The model can cover a broad range of social-purpose interventions that involve the introduction or scale-up of various types of consumer products. It provides a relatively simple, comprehensive, flexible, and usable framework to estimate product reach, an indicator that can be an input into impact estimates or, in many scenarios, the actual endpoint of the intervention.https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.3.e2019029
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Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settings
Journal of Global Health Reports
title Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settings
title_full Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settings
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title_full_unstemmed Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settings
title_short Estimating reach of social impact products: A model to standardize the calculation of product reach in data-scarce settings
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url https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.3.e2019029
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