TY - JOUR AU - Roberton, Timothy AU - Litvin, Kate AU - Self, Andrew AU - Stegmuller, Angela R. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/07 TI - All things to all people: trade-offs in pursuit of an ideal modeling tool for maternal and child health JO - BMC Public Health SP - 785 VL - 17 IS - 4 AB - Modeling tools have potential to aid decision making for program planning and evaluation at all levels, but are still largely the domain of technical experts, consultants, and global-level staff. One model that can improve decision making for maternal and child health is the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). We examined respondents’ perceptions of LiST’s strengths and weaknesses, to identify ways in which LiST – and similar modeling tools – can adapt to be more accessible and helpful to policy makers. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4751-4 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4751-4 ID - Roberton2017 ER -