Report
Reach Up and Learn (RUL) was adapted by the International Rescue Committee to be delivered in a humanitarian context in Jordan and to be delivered by phone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The effectiveness component of the evaluation used a cluster-randomized trial where community health volunteers (CHVs) were randomized to deliver either a) health and nutritional content or b) health, nutritional, and added RUL and psychosocial support content. We observed two completed calls per month on average, over a six-month period.
The effectiveness study found that phone-based RUL reduced caregivers’ depressive symptoms. The results also indicate that this reduction was mediated by CHVs non-judgmental rapport (Rafla et al., 2022).
This report describes the cost-effectiveness component of the evaluation of Phone-based RUL. We estimated the costs of Phone-based Reach Up and Learn relative to the control condition. Per household, the intervention was estimated to cost $110 on average. This estimate includes the costs to IRC to deliver the program and the costs to caregivers to participate.
