Health policies in many developing countries are increasingly designed and evaluated by data collected using household surveys. DEC abstract (PN-ACQ-380)
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113 facts shown; 6 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 145 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
Health policies in many developing countries are increasingly designed and evaluated by data collected using household surveys. This trend is closely associated with three factors: the increasing complexity of health systems, the increase in pressure for better accountability and improved health system management, and the continuing existence of poorly maintained vital statistics systems. But national household- or individual-level surveys are expensive. These factors have, unsurprisingly, coincided with an increase in the use of rapid survey methods. Although rapid methods have been used frequently, few studies have tested the quality of data obtained by them, and none have compared the cost of the rapid surveys with non-rapid surveys in a developing country context. This paper presents the trade-offs in cost and quality of information obtained from a rapid assessment survey in Ecuador. The results from the rapid survey were compared with results obtained from a national survey conducted six months earlier. The objective was to see what alternative policies might be arrived at if the data from the rapid survey were used in place of the large survey. In addition, the relative costs
Source: DEC abstract, PN-ACQ-380 (1999). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Tanzania, Philippines, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Africa South of Sahara, Guatemala, Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, Asia, Uganda, South Africa, Africa, Thailand, East Africa, Taiwan, Latin America, China, Peru, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, India, El Salvador, Lesotho, Vietnam, Rwanda, Ecuador.
Years
1997 to 2015 award start, end from document years
Implementer
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carolina Population Center; East-West Center (EWC); Tulane University; and 14 more 138 sources
Funder or award
USAID. Bur. for Global Health; GHA-A-08-00003; HRN-A-97-00018
Purpose
Not available yet: the program's stated purpose has not been read from its documents.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. · Source: sentences in the program's documents
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
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Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province, district; squares are facilities.
Region or province · 18 mentions · 2000 to 2002
Region or province · 9 mentions · 2000 to 2002
Region or province · 9 mentions · 2000 to 2002
Region or province · 8 mentions · 2000 to 2002
Region or province · 4 mentions · 2000 to 2002
Region or province · 3 mentions · 2000 to 2002
District · 1 mention · 2000
Region or province · 1 mention · 2000
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Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. · Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: global. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How we know this
How sure we are: 0.95.
OU code 936 is a central bureau code (9xx)
evidence countries (30): Tanzania 14, Philippines 8, Zambia 8, Kenya 7, Nigeria 6, Guatemala 5; top share 0.17, single-country share 0.14
dropped Ukraine tag on 9 Africa-context docs (taxonomy defect)
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. · Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. · Source: initiative records, start year
Began during the Bill Clinton administration (1993–2001). Based on its first award year, 1997. This places the program in time only; it does not mean that administration started it.
Programs that came before or after this one. A stated link names a document; a likely link is read from the text. · Source: succession links
has phaseMEASURE evaluationLikely, not confirmed read from the text, no document says it outright; score 0.8
has phaseMEASURE evaluation phase IILikely, not confirmed read from the text, no document says it outright; score 0.8
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. · Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. · Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Health systems, policy and finance (general health) 23%; Monitoring, evaluation and performance measurement 13%; Family planning and reproductive health 9%
Topic tags (15)
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Hand toolsDEC topic tag, PN-ACJ-182, PN-ACR-118 and 3 more, 1998 to 2014, confidence 1; 36 records
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Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. · Source: linked evaluation documents
Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title
Year
Document
Why listed
Family planning, maternal/child health, and sexually-transmitted diseases in Tanzania : multivariate results using data from the 1996 demographic and health survey and service availability survey
Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. · Source: document library
Measuring provider performance : challenges and definitions -- summary of a technical meeting[, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, December 6-7, 2001]
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Fact value
008291 - USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and Nutrition. Ofc. of Health and Nutrition
Document
Recoleccion de datos clincos y biologicos en encuestas de poblacion en paises en vias de desarrollo : resumen de la reunion organizada por MEASURE evaluation -- Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Washington, DC, 24-25 de Enero del 2000, a conference proceedings/paper from 2000 PN-ACN-325
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Fact value
008291 - USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support, and Research. Center for Population, Health and Nutrition. Ofc. of Health and Nutrition
Document
Collecte de donnees biologiques et cliniques dans le cadre d'enquetes aupres de la population de pays en developpement : Academie National des Sciences, 24-25 janvier 2000, Washington, DC, a conference proceedings/paper from 2000 PN-ADD-758