Category Archives: Methods

Assessing the reactivity to mobile phones and repeated surveys on reported care-seeking for common childhood illnesses in rural India

Authors: Harish Nair, Linda J Williams, Andrew Marsh, Pallavi Lele, Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Uddhavi Chavan, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Harry Campbell, and Sanjay Juvekar

Linking household survey and health facility data for effective coverage measures: a comparison of ecological and individual linking methods using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in Côte d’Ivoire

Authors: Melinda K Munos, Abdoulaye Maiga, Mai Do, Glebelho Lazare Sika, Emily D Carter, Rosine Mosso, Abdul Dosso, Alejandra Leyton, and Shane M Khan

Linking data sources for measurement of effective coverage in maternal and newborn health: what do we learn from individual- vs ecological-linking methods?

Authors: Barbara Willey, Peter Waiswa, Darious Kajjo, Melinda Munos, Joseph Akuze, Elizabeth Allen, and Tanya Marchant

Evaluation of methods for linking household and health care provider data to estimate effective coverage of management of child illness: results of a pilot study in Southern Province, Zambia

Authors: Emily D Carter, Micky Ndhlovu, Thomas P Eisele, Emmy Nkhama, Joanne Katz, and Melinda Munos

Linking household and facility data for better coverage measures in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health care: systematic review

Authors: Mai Do, Angela Micah, Luciana Brondi, Harry Campbell, Tanya Marchant, Thomas Eisele, Melinda Munos

Validation studies for population-based intervention coverage indicators: design, analysis, and interpretation

Authors: Melinda K Munos, Ann K Blanc, Emily D Carter, Thomas P Eisele, Steve Gesuale, Joanne Katz, Tanya Marchant, Cynthia K Stanton, Harry Campbell, and the Improving Coverage Measurement Group

The aggregate effect of implementation strength of family planning programs on modern contraceptive use at the health systems level in rural Malawi

Authors: Anooj Pattnaik , Diwakar Mohan, Amy Tsui, Sam Chipokosa, Hans Katengeza, Jameson Ndawala, Melissa A. Marx

Methodological considerations for linking household and healthcare provider data for estimating effective coverage: a systematic review

Authors: Emily D Carter, Hannah H Leslie, Tanya Marchant, Agbessi Amouzou, Melinda K Munos

Impact of imprecise household location on effective coverage estimates generated through linking household and health provider data by geographic proximity: a simulation study

Authors: Emily D. Carter, Melinda K. Munos