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Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs

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This course is part of the Evaluating Large-Scale Health Programs Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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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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