Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs

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Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs

This course is part of Evaluating Large-Scale Health Programs Specialization

Instructors: Abdoulaye Maïga

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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3 weeks to complete

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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3 weeks to complete

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There are 6 modules in this course

This course provides an introduction to household surveys for program evaluation in low-and middle-income countries. The course will equip you with skills to:

1. Explain what coverage is, why it’s important in evaluations, and how it is measured 2. Describe what household surveys can and cannot measure 3. Plan, implement, and analyze household survey, including: 4. Calculate an appropriate household survey sample size 5. Explain the resources required for a household survey 6. Identify an appropriate sampling design 7. Design a questionnaire 8. Describe challenges for coverage survey planning and implementation 9. Present and describe how the RADAR tool can be used The development of this course was supported by a grant from Government Affairs Canada (GAC) for the Real Accountability, Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) project.

This module will cover an overview of intervention coverage, using existing coverage data, and special topics in coverage.

What's included

14 videos12 readings1 assignment

14 videos Total 128 minutes

Welcome to the course 2 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
What is a household survey 16 minutes
What is coverage 6 minutes
Vignette: Why do we use coverage for large scale effectiveness evaluations 6 minutes
What are sources of coverage data 32 minutes
What is a good coverage indicator 12 minutes
Competing expectations between evaluators, implementers, and funders 11 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Deciding whether to use existing coverage data 20 minutes
Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler 9 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Composite coverage indicators and coverage indices 4 minutes
Coverage cascades 6 minutes

12 readings Total 120 minutes

Improving coverage measurement for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health: gaps and opportunities 10 minutes
Coverage Data Quality Checklist Guide 10 minutes
Coverage Data Quality Checklist (excel) 10 minutes
Survey Quality Checklist Guide 10 minutes
Survey Quality Checklist (excel) 10 minutes
Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler (Activity Instructions) 10 minutes
Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler (Activity Answer Key)) 10 minutes
Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Determining and Interpreting Inequalities in Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions (Optional) 10 minutes
Co-coverage of preventive interventions and implications for child-survival strategies- evidence from national surveys 10 minutes
Mind the gap- equity and trends in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services in 54 Countdown countries 10 minutes
Summary indices for monitoring universal coverage in maternal and child health care (Optional) 10 minutes
Advances in the measurement of coverage for RMNCH and nutrition - from contact to effective coverage 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Module 1 Summative Exam 15 minutes

This module will cover survey design and survey planning.

What's included

20 videos1 assignment

20 videos Total 255 minutes

Welcome to Module 2 1 minute
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Selecting indicators to measure in your survey 18 minutes
Vignette: Assessing indicator validity- pneumonia example 20 minutes
Sample size- Considerations 16 minutes
Key concepts and inputs for sample size calculation (optional) 24 minutes
Sample size – Calculation (optional) 36 minutes
Vignette: PMNCH in Burkina Faso- Unequal sample size 10 minutes
Vignette: Introducing the RADAR sample size calculator 22 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Establishing implementation collaborations 13 minutes
Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 1) 12 minutes
Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 2) 15 minutes
Staffing considerations 12 minutes
Supply and equipment considerations for coverage survey implementation 9 minutes
Budget considerations 8 minutes
Vignette: What to do when your budget and your study objectives don’t line up 11 minutes
Vignette: Translating sample size and sampling design into a budget 9 minutes
Proposal & ethical considerations 8 minutes
Vignette: Building a budget 9 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Module 2 Summative Exam 15 minutes

This module will cover sampling design and mapping.

What's included

17 videos2 readings1 assignment

17 videos Total 180 minutes

Welcome to Module 3 0 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Sampling 5 minutes
Sampling- Choosing your location and strata 8 minutes
Sampling- Selecting your clusters 12 minutes
Vignette: Sampling clusters with PPS 18 minutes
Sampling households using the gold standard method 6 minutes
Sampling households using other methods 9 minutes
Vignette: RADAR household sampling app 17 minutes
Activity: Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app 2 minutes
Sampling individuals 7 minutes
Vignette: Barriers to good sampling 9 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 4 minutes
Overview of mapping 33 minutes
Creating a map 19 minutes
Segmentation of an enumeration area 13 minutes
Household enumeration 16 minutes

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app (Activity instructions) 10 minutes
Mapping manual and forms sections 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Module 3 Summative Exam 15 minutes

This module will cover survey tool development.

What's included

10 videos3 readings1 assignment2 peer reviews

10 videos Total 128 minutes

Welcome to Module 4 0 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 2 minutes
Questionnaire Design- Part I: Identifying questions to measure indicators 18 minutes
Questionnaire Design-Part II: Questionnaire construction 25 minutes
Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part I 9 minutes
Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part II 15 minutes
Manuals, forms, & other supports 13 minutes
Adapting & translating tools 21 minutes
Vignette: Language considerations 8 minutes
CAPI- Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing 19 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

So you want to do research? Questionnaire design 10 minutes
The RADAR Questionnaire 10 minutes
RADAR Manuals, forms & other supports 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Module 4 Summative Exam 15 minutes

2 peer reviews Total 30 minutes

Identifying indicator questions 15 minutes
Writing a questionnaire 15 minutes

This module will cover preparing fieldwork, data quality assurance, and data collection.

What's included

27 videos1 reading1 assignment

27 videos Total 284 minutes

Welcome to Module 5 1 minute
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Training materials 11 minutes
Components of training 17 minutes
Main components of supervisor training 4 minutes
Training approaches 6 minutes
Selecting your interviewers 9 minutes
Vignette: Selecting interviewers 8 minutes
Language considerations 8 minutes
Vignette: Language considerations 4 minutes
Ethical considerations 17 minutes
Training on CAPI and data management 13 minutes
Vignette: CAPI How-to 7 minutes
Activity: Using ODK Tools 1 minute
Logistical considerations in the field 14 minutes
Deployment plan 8 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 2 minutes
Designing CAPI for data quality assurance 5 minutes
Data quality assurance in data collection 21 minutes
Data quality monitoring in data collection 30 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 2 minutes
Implementation of data collection 26 minutes
Vignette: A day in the field 2 minutes
Development and configuration of the CAPI tool 7 minutes
Documentation 15 minutes
Vignette: Challenges in planning and logistics 20 minutes
Vignette: Challenges in data collection ethics and quality assurance 26 minutes

1 reading Total 10 minutes

RADAR Training materials 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 15 minutes

Module 5 Summative Exam 15 minutes

This module will cover data management & analysis and synthesizing data.

What's included

10 videos2 readings2 assignments

10 videos Total 130 minutes

Welcome to Module 6 0 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Overview of data management and analysis 31 minutes
Creating results tables and data visualizations 29 minutes
Learning objectives and outline 1 minute
Analysis report 24 minutes
Data interpretation and identifying key findings 19 minutes
Using data for program improvement and evaluation 12 minutes
Disseminating results 10 minutes
Course wrap-up 1 minute

2 readings Total 20 minutes

Methods for analysis of complex survey data 10 minutes
Data visualization decision tree 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 195 minutes

Module 6 Summative Exam 15 minutes
Final exam 180 minutes

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Abdoulaye Maïga

Johns Hopkins University

2 Courses 3,331 learners

Melinda K. Munos

Johns Hopkins University

2 Courses 3,331 learners

Ashley L. Sheffel

Johns Hopkins University

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