Spreading the word on MSD has always been high on our agenda – whether it’s something we’ve developed ourselves, or whether it’s something developed by others in our networks. So we’re more than happy to share this guide on how to apply the MSD approach.
It is designed to be read as a complement to existing guidance such as the M4P Operational Guide. It is intended to be used in a couple of ways… as a self-reflection tool by project teams, an aid to backstoppers/advisors to MSD projects, and possibly also to technically appraise interventions if you’re a reviewer of an MSD project.
This pocket guide aims to help front-line practitioners feel more comfortable in their understanding of what the MSD approach is and broadly how it can be practiced. It presents ten questions to stimulate reflection and help practitioners chart their own course through an MSD intervention lifecycle.
This is not a comprehensive guide. Instead, it intends to communicate the main substance of the approach in a digestible manner, contributing towards a common understanding within project teams and facilitating further conversation among project stakeholders. Individual team members may choose to use it as a personal checklist or to foster team-wide discussions. It may be used in real-time or employed in a forward- or backward-looking manner.
And if you found this interesting, you might also want to revisit one of the previous blog posts from our ABC Learning Series… ABCs of MSD: K is for…