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ArticleHealth services insights2025

Effect of Augmented Capacity Development Interventions (ACDI) on Information Utilization for Decision-Making in the Routine Health Information System in Public Health Institutions of Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Bedilu Kucho Doka, Keneni Gutema Negeri, Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku, Dejene Hailu Kassa

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Bedilu Kucho DokaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0334-2305
Keneni Gutema NegeriSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia.
Abebaw Gebeyehu WorkuJohn Snow Inc. Research and Training Institute, Inc., Ethiopia Data Use Partnership, Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Dejene Hailu KassaSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia.

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Background: Many health systems fail to fully link evidence to decisions and suffer from inadequate ability to respond to priority health needs. Routine data use capacity-building efforts are poorly implemented, lacking integration, quality training, and adequate support. Objective: This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of Augmented Capacity Development Interventions (ACDI) strategies on information utilization for decision-making in the Routine Health Information System (RHIS). Methods: A two-arm parallel-group cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted across clusters of public health institutions. Baseline data were collected in April 2023, an eight-month intervention was implemented from July 2023 to February 2024, and end-line data were collected in April 2024. Training, supportive supervision, mentorship, recognition, and monitoring and evaluation were the ACDI strategies implemented in this study. The study involved 72 health institutions and 304 health workers. A general linear mixed model analysis was used to assess the effect of the intervention on information utilization. Results: The proportion of participants with good information utilization increased significantly from 55.2% at baseline to 82.3% at the end-line among the intervention groups. The ACDI intervention has a significant effect on information utilization (β = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.05, 0.33, Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the implementation of ACDI led to a significant improvement in information utilization. These results suggest that the intervention effectively improved information use in the RHIS and support adopting this approach in similar settings. Trial registration ID: PACTR202212472091194, registered on 14 December 2022.

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augmented capacity development interventionscluster randomized controlled trialsdecision-makinginformation utilizationpublic health institutionsroutine health information systemSouth Ethiopia

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