Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs 

Welcome to the course

Learning objectives and outline

What is a household survey

What is coverage

Vignette: Why do we use coverage for large scale effectiveness evaluations

What are sources of coverage data

What is a good coverage indicator

Competing expectations between evaluators, implementers, and funders

Learning objectives and outline

Deciding whether to use existing coverage data

Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler

Learning objectives and outline

Composite coverage indicators and coverage indices

Coverage cascades

Improving coverage measurement for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health: gaps and opportunities

Coverage Data Quality Checklist Guide

Coverage Data Quality Checklist (excel)

Survey Quality Checklist Guide

Survey Quality Checklist (excel)

Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler (Activity Instructions)

Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler (Activity Answer Key))

Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Determining and Interpreting Inequalities in Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions (Optional)

Co-coverage of preventive interventions and implications for child-survival strategies- evidence from national surveys

Mind the gap- equity and trends in coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services in 54 Countdown countries

Summary indices for monitoring universal coverage in maternal and child health care (Optional)

Advances in the measurement of coverage for RMNCH and nutrition - from contact to effective coverage

Module 1 Summative Exam

Welcome to Module 2

Learning objectives and outline

Selecting indicators to measure in your survey

Vignette: Assessing indicator validity- pneumonia example

Sample size- Considerations

Key concepts and inputs for sample size calculation (optional)

Sample size ? Calculation (optional)

Vignette: PMNCH in Burkina Faso- Unequal sample size

Vignette: Introducing the RADAR sample size calculator

Learning objectives and outline

Establishing implementation collaborations

Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 1)

Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 2)

Staffing considerations

Supply and equipment considerations for coverage survey implementation

Budget considerations

Vignette: What to do when your budget and your study objectives don?t line up

Vignette: Translating sample size and sampling design into a budget

Proposal & ethical considerations

Vignette: Building a budget

Module 2 Summative Exam

Welcome to Module 3

Learning objectives and outline

Sampling

Sampling- Choosing your location and strata

Sampling- Selecting your clusters

Vignette: Sampling clusters with PPS

Sampling households using the gold standard method

Sampling households using other methods

Vignette: RADAR household sampling app

Activity: Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app

Sampling individuals

Vignette: Barriers to good sampling

Learning objectives and outline

Overview of mapping

Creating a map

Segmentation of an enumeration area

Household enumeration

Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app (Activity instructions)

Mapping manual and forms sections

Module 3 Summative Exam

Welcome to Module 4

Learning objectives and outline

Questionnaire Design- Part I: Identifying questions to measure indicators

Questionnaire Design-Part II: Questionnaire construction

Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part I

Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part II

Manuals, forms, & other supports

Adapting & translating tools

Vignette: Language considerations

CAPI- Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing

So you want to do research? Questionnaire design

The RADAR Questionnaire

RADAR Manuals, forms & other supports

Module 4 Summative Exam

Welcome to Module 5

Learning objectives and outline

Training materials

Components of training

Main components of supervisor training

Training approaches

Selecting your interviewers

Vignette: Selecting interviewers

Language considerations

Vignette: Language considerations

Ethical considerations

Training on CAPI and data management

Vignette: CAPI How-to

Activity: Using ODK Tools

Logistical considerations in the field

Deployment plan

Learning objectives and outline

Designing CAPI for data quality assurance

Data quality assurance in data collection

Data quality monitoring in data collection

Learning objectives and outline

Implementation of data collection

Vignette: A day in the field

Development and configuration of the CAPI tool

Documentation

Vignette: Challenges in planning and logistics

Vignette: Challenges in data collection ethics and quality assurance

RADAR Training materials

Module 5 Summative Exam

Welcome to Module 6

Learning objectives and outline

Overview of data management and analysis

Creating results tables and data visualizations

Learning objectives and outline

Analysis report

Data interpretation and identifying key findings

Using data for program improvement and evaluation

Disseminating results

Course wrap-up

Methods for analysis of complex survey data

Data visualization decision tree

Module 6 Summative Exam