HIP Products

High Impact Practice Briefs

HIPs promote consensus around what works in family planning, and are intended to facilitate the use of evidence to inform program investments in low and middle income countries. HIP briefs provide an unbiased synthesis of the evidence and experience on implementing the practice to date.

HIP Briefs describe family planning practices that have demonstrated impact, are applicable across settings, and are scalable, sustainable, and cost-effective.

HIP Briefs include a theory of change, summary of why the practice is important, summary of impact, tips for implementation, links to resources, indicators, and priority research questions.

Planning Guides

Strategic Planning Guides (SPGs) are designed to lead actors though a strategic process to plan FP programming for a specific population or program area. They are not implementation guides, but rather provide a starting place to reflect on key considerations and identify the most effective and efficient investments to address the focus area.

SPGs are tailored for each topic, and include key actions or a strategic, step-wise process for engagement with the focus population or issue.

Webinars

The HIP webinar series features presentations on HIP practices being implemented across the globe.

Papers

HIP White Papers/Discussion Papers build upon various thematic areas that are central to the HIP Principles. These collaborative papers reflect ongoing discussions from TAG meetings, as well as other topics of interest.

White papers could lead to other HIP products in the future. The key consideration in discussion papers is a “review of a thematic area to provide preliminary understanding of the area and state of the evidence that is available.”

Discussion papers shine light on a topic that needs attention and consideration in the family planning space to achieve FP outcomes following the key HIP principles.

The purpose of this table is to define and distinguish the range of HIP knowledge products. A High Impact Practice (HIP) is a measurable evidence-based family planning practice supported by the scientific and gray literature as having demonstrable impact in achieving various family planning outcomes including: modern contraceptive uptake, reduction in unintended pregnancy, reduction in overall fertility, or one of the primary proximate determinants of fertility (delay of marriage, birth spacing, breastfeeding and postpartum abstinence, or facilitating access to family planning services). The main audience for all of these products includes FP decision makers, policy makers, program implementers, and individuals managing FP programs or investments. HIP webinars are organized by the HIP Partnership to disseminate the various HIP knowledge products.

	HIP Overviews	HIP Briefs	HIP Enhancements	HIP Strategic Planning Guides	HIP Discussion Papers
Definition and Purpose	HIP Overviews provide an introduction, overarching framework and broad definition for a category of HIPs (i.e., Enabling Environment, Social and Behavior Change, and Service Delivery) HIP Overviews help show how HIPs in the category link togther, and provide tips for implementation and tools and resources.	HIPs promote consensus around what works in family planning, and are intended to facilitate the use of evidence to inform program investments in low and middle income countries. HIP briefs provide an unbiased synthesis of the evidence and experience on implementing the practice to date. HIP Briefs describe family planning practices that have demonstrated impact, are applicable across settings, and are scalable, sustainable, and cost-effective. HIP Briefs include a theory of change, summary of why the practice is important, summary of impact, tips for implementation, links to resources, indicators, and priority research questions. See HIP Brief Guidance	A HIP Enhancement is a tool or approach that is not a standalone practice, but it can be used in conjunction with HIPs to maximize impact by strengthening implementation quality or increasing the reach and access for specific audiences. HIP Enhancements provide examples and evidence as well as tips for implementation. HIP Enhancements include a table or a section identifying examples of the high impact practices that can be augmented with the HIP Enhancement	Strategic Planning Guides (SPGs) are designed to lead actors though a strategic process to plan FP programming for a specific population or program area. They are not implementation guides, but rather provide a starting place to reflect on key considerations and identify the most effective and efficient investments to address the focus area. SPGs are tailored for each topic, and include key actions or a strategic, step-wise process for engagement with the focus population or issue. See SPG Development	HIP White Papers/Discussion Papers build upon various thematic areas that are central to the HIP Principles. These collaborative papers reflect ongoing discussions from TAG meetings, as well as other topics of interest. White papers could lead to other HIP products in the future. The key consideration in discussion papers is a “review of a thematic area to provide preliminary understanding of the area and state of the evidence that is available.” Discussion papers shine light on a topic that needs attention and consideration in the family planning space to achieve FP outcomes following the key HIP principles.
Standard of Evidence	Standard of evidence is not applicable. Purpose is to provide framework for briefs; evidence summary is included within the individual HIP briefs.	Includes an “impact section” summarizing the evidence that demonstrates the impact of the HIP on a family planning outcome. Briefs are rated by the HIP Technical Advisory Group as proven or promising, based on the HIP Criteria Tool, including the HIP evidence scale to demonstrate sufficent evidence of impact on FP outcomes. HIP evidence reviews are not systematic reviews, and take account of both published and grey evidence and implementation experience.	Enhancements are held to different standards of evidence, focusing on examples of their contribution to enhancing the implementation of HIPs. Enhancements must show programmatic evidence that the enhancement has been successfully integrated with at least two HIPs leading to improved implementation. Evidence of impact, scalability, sustainability and cost-effectiveness should be included if available, but is not required.	Standard of evidence is not applicable. Purpose is to outline a strategic process, not to summarize evidence.	Refers to evidence but purpose is not necessarily to summarize evidence. Standards of evidence as used in HIP briefs to assess impact is not applicable. Purpose is to review the range of evidence on a topic to examine its relevance and applicability to the HIP Initiative.
Length	4-5 pages (including references)	8 pages (not including appendices or references)	8 pages (not including appendices or references)	4 pages (not including appendices or references)	No specific page limit
Indicators	Does not apply (indicators are in specific HIP briefs and HIP enhancements)	The practice should be amenable to being measured and top 2-3 recommended indicators should be included.	The practice should be amenable to being measured and top 2-3 recommended indicators should be included.	Does not apply	Does not apply
Current HIP Products (as of June 2024)	Enabling Environment (2022) Social and Behavior Change (2022)	Enabling Environment (EE) briefs: Comprehensive Policy Processes Domestic Public Financing Educating Girls Galvanizing Commitment Leaders and Managers Social Accountability to Improve FP Information and Services Supply Chain Management Service Delivery briefs: Community Health Workers FP-Immunization Integration Immediate Postpartum FP Mobile Outreach Services Pharmacies and Drug Shops Postabortion Family Planning Social Franchising Social Marketing Social and Behavior Change (SBC) briefs: Community Group Engagement Digital Health for Social and Behavior Change Knowlege, Beliefs, Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Mass Media Promoting Healthy Couples’ Communication to Improve RH outcomes Social Norms	Adolescent-Responsive Contraceptive Services Digital Health to Support Family Planning Providers Digital Health for Systems Family Planning Vouchers Task Sharing in Family Planning (currently a Strategic Planning Guide, revision to a HIP Enhancement coming soon)	Adolescents: Improving SRH of Young People Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement and Partnership in SRH Programming Engaging Men and Boys in Family Planning Family Planning in Humanitarian Settings Creating Equitable Access to High Quality Family Planning Information and Services Contraceptive Method Introduction to Expand Choice Facilitate the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Family Planning Programming Strengthening Partnership with Faith Actors in Family Planning	Discussion Paper on Equity for the HIP Partnership Guidance on assessing the potential sustainability of Practices as part of an evidence review Economic Empowerment: A Potential Pathway for Women and Girls to Gain Control Over Their Sexual and Reproductive Health Finding balance with the importance of rigorous research and tacit learning in assessing “What works?”