Spreadsheet: 1dbc2a22-7508-4aa8-9508-01b0ec065816
Sheet: S2 The final ranked list

RANK | [NAME] | NUMBER | CRITERION 1: Answerable? | CRITERION 2: Effective? | CRITERION 3: Deliverable? | CRITERION 4: Short impact? | CRITERION 5: Long impact? | CRITERION 6: Equitable? | RPS | AEA
1 | How can preconception nutrition interventions, such as diet diversity, micronutrient supplementation/fortification and achieving optimal BMI, be integrated into broader nutrition and/or health programs and delivered in a cost-effective manner? | 16 | 0.8636363636363636 | 0.8064516129032258 | 0.7954545454545454 | 0.8181818181818182 | 0.9015151515151515 | 0.8650793650793651 |  | 0.7348484848484849
2 | What are the public health approaches to regulate and reduce exposures to environmental tobacco smoke? | 33 | 0.9583333333333334 | 0.8225806451612904 | 0.9047619047619048 | 0.7619047619047619 | 0.819672131147541 | 0.6339285714285714 |  | 0.6717171717171717
3 | How can effective interventions to prevent adolescent pregnancy and repeat adolescent pregnancy be delivered at scale? | 10 | 0.8636363636363636 | 0.8333333333333334 | 0.7575757575757576 | 0.7769230769230769 | 0.8333333333333334 | 0.8333333333333334 |  | 0.7045454545454546
4 | What are the public health approaches to regulate and reduce environmental exposures to smoke stoves? | 32 | 0.9166666666666666 | 0.7678571428571429 | 0.7833333333333333 | 0.7096774193548387 | 0.7786885245901639 | 0.9396551724137931 |  | 0.6313131313131314
5 | What approaches work to increase the use of effective contraception, especially long-acting methods, particularly in the postnatal and post-abortion time periods? | 13 | 0.8712121212121212 | 0.7786885245901639 | 0.7803030303030303 | 0.7153846153846154 | 0.8615384615384616 | 0.8833333333333333 |  | 0.6818181818181818
6 | What are effective, affordable and feasible means to screen for hypertension affecting girls and women before conception? | 23 | 0.9318181818181818 | 0.8083333333333333 | 0.8253968253968254 | 0.803030303030303 | 0.7890625 | 0.6864406779661016 |  | 0.6868686868686869
7 | What are the most effective strategies to scale up the prevention/ detection/ treatment of malaria and helminthiasis to reduce anemia in women of reproductive age? | 17 | 0.9230769230769231 | 0.819672131147541 | 0.753968253968254 | 0.7045454545454546 | 0.765625 | 0.873015873015873 |  | 0.6792929292929292
8 | What effective strategies can be developed to modify individuals' behavior to reduce their environmental exposures to smoke stoves? | 35 | 0.8709677419354839 | 0.7543859649122807 | 0.7619047619047619 | 0.6885245901639344 | 0.8114754098360656 | 0.9508196721311475 |  | 0.6338383838383839
9 | What effective, affordable strategies could be developed to provide effective STI/HIV identification and management, including early antiretroviral therapy, as part of preconception care, and how could these be adapted to maximize uptake by adolescents? | 19 | 0.8095238095238095 | 0.7333333333333333 | 0.753968253968254 | 0.8492063492063492 | 0.8809523809523809 | 0.8 |  | 0.6565656565656565
10 | How can task-shifting to community health workers to screen for chronic conditions among women during the preconception period and take appropriate action (such as referring to specialist, counselling, refer to support groups) be effectively enabled? | 21 | 0.8712121212121212 | 0.7586206896551724 | 0.8181818181818182 | 0.7936507936507936 | 0.7983870967741935 | 0.7833333333333333 |  | 0.6515151515151515
11 | Develop and evaluate the effect and cost of different delivery strategies for an immunization package for girls including rubella and tetanus, and others as appropriate | 20 | 0.9242424242424242 | 0.7903225806451613 | 0.8257575757575758 | 0.7651515151515151 | 0.746031746031746 | 0.7704918032786885 |  | 0.6767676767676769
12 | How can the supply chain for commodities for effective preconception services (nutrition, contraception, medications for chronic and infectious diseases) be integrated with other logistical systems so that it is more reliable and effective? | 8 | 0.8484848484848485 | 0.7380952380952381 | 0.8409090909090909 | 0.7698412698412699 | 0.8334920634920635 | 0.7857142857142857 |  | 0.6818181818181818
13 | What is the effect, cost and feasibility of using cell phones and other information technologies to improve capacities of front-line workers to target and follow-up women of reproductive age for improved preconception health care? | 5 | 0.946969696969697 | 0.7301587301587301 | 0.8560606060606061 | 0.7 | 0.8125 | 0.7083333333333334 |  | 0.6641414141414143
14 | What are effective strategies to increase the demand for and supply of contraceptives for women, including multiparas, during their later reproductive years? | 12 | 0.8636363636363636 | 0.8166666666666667 | 0.8106060606060606 | 0.7348484848484849 | 0.7421875 | 0.782258064516129 |  | 0.6590909090909092
15 | How can effective interventions (that increase demand, care-seeking and access) to promote adolescent health and nutrition be delivered at scale? | 11 | 0.8939393939393939 | 0.7758620689655172 | 0.7196969696969697 | 0.7307692307692307 | 0.7803030303030303 | 0.8492063492063492 |  | 0.6666666666666666
16 | What are effective, affordable and feasible means to screen for diabetes affecting girls and women before conception? | 22 | 0.946969696969697 | 0.8015873015873016 | 0.7301587301587301 | 0.7878787878787878 | 0.75 | 0.6949152542372882 |  | 0.6717171717171717
17 | What alternative delivery approaches can be developed to increase coverage and affordability of preconception interventions among girls and women in different settings (ie. urban, peri-urban and rural)? | 3 | 0.8636363636363636 | 0.7661290322580645 | 0.7348484848484849 | 0.7538461538461538 | 0.7575757575757576 | 0.8333333333333334 |  | 0.643939393939394
18 | How can preconception care be most effectively integrated into RMNCH programs for service delivery at scale? | 2 | 0.8484848484848485 | 0.75 | 0.7692307692307693 | 0.8106060606060606 | 0.7196969696969697 | 0.7857142857142857 |  | 0.6313131313131315
19 | What should constitute an essential package of preconception health interventions for all girls and women of reproductive age? | 1 | 0.7954545454545454 | 0.7258064516129032 | 0.7196969696969697 | 0.8333333333333334 | 0.8181818181818182 | 0.7857142857142857 |  | 0.6313131313131313
20 | How can cell phones and other information technologies be best utilized to improve care-seeking for preconception services and healthy behaviors, especially amongst adolescents? | 6 | 0.9318181818181818 | 0.7096774193548387 | 0.8712121212121212 | 0.6692307692307692 | 0.796875 | 0.6935483870967742 |  | 0.6515151515151516
21 | What are the public health approaches to regulate and reduce environmental exposures to lead? | 34 | 0.9285714285714286 | 0.7758620689655172 | 0.7983870967741935 | 0.6696428571428571 | 0.7166666666666667 | 0.7719298245614035 |  | 0.6010101010101011
22 | How can the quality of and access to comprehensive post-abortion care services, (including contraceptive counseling, provided by different cadres of healthcare workers, and adaptation to maximize uptake by adolescents) be improved? | 15 | 0.8181818181818182 | 0.7416666666666667 | 0.7878787878787878 | 0.5793650793650794 | 0.75 | 0.8888888888888888 |  | 0.6287878787878788
23 | How can a package of promotive and preventive mental health interventions for women and girls be effectively and feasibly provided through community health workers and/or groups, with linkages to the primary healthcare system for treatment? | 25 | 0.825 | 0.7105263157894737 | 0.6984126984126984 | 0.6293103448275862 | 0.8870967741935484 | 0.7982456140350878 |  | 0.5732323232323232
24 | What effective strategies can be developed to modify individuals' behavior to reduce their exposures to environmental tobacco smoke? | 36 | 0.8571428571428571 | 0.7192982456140351 | 0.7380952380952381 | 0.7501612903225806 | 0.7950819672131147 | 0.6694915254237288 |  | 0.590909090909091
25 | What are the most effective strategies to involve men in improving preconception health in community and primary healthcare settings? | 9 | 0.8863636363636364 | 0.6779661016949152 | 0.7704918032786885 | 0.6854838709677419 | 0.725 | 0.75 |  | 0.5757575757575757
26 | What are the best approaches for ensuring that women avoid tobacco use in the preconception period? | 27 | 0.8939393939393939 | 0.75 | 0.796875 | 0.7727272727272727 | 0.7265625 | 0.5327868852459017 |  | 0.6363636363636365
27 | What are the most effective approaches for ensuring that women do not consume harmful levels of alcohol (especially binge and heavy drinking) during the preconception period? | 28 | 0.8828125 | 0.7033898305084746 | 0.7459016393442623 | 0.7 | 0.8333333333333334 | 0.5806451612903226 |  | 0.5883838383838383
28 | How can communication channels (mass media, social networking) be used to increase healthy preconception behaviors and demand for preconception services? | 4 | 0.9090909090909091 | 0.7203389830508474 | 0.8384615384615385 | 0.6209677419354839 | 0.639344262295082 | 0.711864406779661 |  | 0.6085858585858586
29 | How can partnerships with other sectors including agriculture, industry, and education be developed to increase the distribution and consumption of nutritious foods and supplements? | 18 | 0.696969696969697 | 0.6864406779661016 | 0.7230769230769231 | 0.7698412698412699 | 0.7936507936507936 | 0.7619047619047619 |  | 0.5858585858585859
30 | How can economic incentives and performance-based payments be used to increase healthy preconception behaviors and demand for preconception services? | 7 | 0.8636363636363636 | 0.7578125 | 0.5757575757575758 | 0.676923076923077 | 0.7196969696969697 | 0.7661290322580645 |  | 0.5984848484848484
31 | What effective strategies can be developed to modify individuals' behavior to reduce their environmental exposures to lead? | 37 | 0.8174603174603174 | 0.6727272727272727 | 0.6666666666666666 | 0.6140350877192983 | 0.7166666666666667 | 0.8017241379310345 |  | 0.5505050505050505
32 | What strategies could be developed to promote knowledge of and access to emergency contraception? | 14 | 0.8409090909090909 | 0.7105263157894737 | 0.7698412698412699 | 0.532258064516129 | 0.6229508196721312 | 0.7796610169491526 |  | 0.5631313131313131
33 | What are effective, affordable and feasible means to screen for cardiac disease affecting girls and women before conception? | 24 | 0.8666666666666667 | 0.7314814814814815 | 0.65 | 0.646551724137931 | 0.6896551724137931 | 0.5943396226415094 |  | 0.5075757575757573
34 | What is the effect, cost and feasibility of a package for community-based genetic screening, that includes screening using a complete medical history, basic laboratory investigations, minimum laboratory requirements, counseling and post-screening services (for hemoglobinopathies, or similar genetic diseases)? | 29 | 0.8032786885245902 | 0.7314814814814815 | 0.5916666666666667 | 0.6065573770491803 | 0.6935483870967742 | 0.5916666666666667 |  | 0.5328282828282828
35 | What effective strategies could be developed to prevent and respond to coerced sex and intimate partner violence in women and girls? | 26 | 0.7803030303030303 | 0.6363636363636364 | 0.575 | 0.5491803278688525 | 0.6746031746031746 | 0.7155172413793104 |  | 0.5126262626262625
36 | What is the feasibility of addressing the risks for consanguinity in a culturally-appropriate manner? | 30 | 0.7704918032786885 | 0.6346153846153846 | 0.6 | 0.5901639344262295 | 0.6209677419354839 | 0.6833333333333333 |  | 0.51010101010101
37 | What are the principal ethical concerns for implementing genetic screening and bio-banking in the community settings, and what approaches could be developed to address them? | 31 | 0.7870370370370371 | 0.6530612244897959 | 0.6403508771929824 | 0.5258620689655172 | 0.5344827586206896 | 0.4907407407407408 |  | 0.4520202020202019