Resources by Year

Direct links to every publication, divided by year.

2023

Delays in accessing high-quality care for newborns in East Africa: An analysis of survey data in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania

How does social desirability bias influence survey-based estimates of the use of antenatal care in rural Nepal? A validation study

Exploring the accuracy of self-reported maternal and newborn care in select studies from low and middle-income country settings: do respondent and facility characteristics affect measurement?

Association between Antenatal Care Facility Readiness and Provision of Care at the Individual and Facility Level in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Exploring approaches to weighting estimates of facility readiness to provide health services used for estimating input-adjusted effective coverage: a case study using data from Tanzania

Moderate Accuracy of Survey Responses about Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Reported by Mothers with Children Less than 1 Year of Age in India

New approaches for developing biomarkers of hormonal contraceptive use

2022

The effect of sampling health facilities on estimates of effective coverage: a simulation study

Cognitive testing of questions about antenatal care and nutrition interventions in southern Nepal

Using cognitive interviewing to bridge the intent-interpretation gap for nutrition coverage survey questions in India

2021

Validation of Maternal Report of Iron Folic-Acid Supplementation During Antenatal Care in Rural Southern Nepal

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

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

Advancing nutrition measurement: Developing quantitative measures of nutrition service quality for pregnant women and children in low- and middle-income country health systems

Reliability of maternal recall of delivery and immediate newborn care indicators in Sarlahi, Nepal

The validity of women’s reports of family planning service quality in Cambodia and Kenya

Antenatal care processes in rural Southern Nepal: gaps in and quality of service provision-a cohort study

Validation of maternal report of nutrition-related interventions and counselling during antenatal care in southern Nepal

Validation of MINORMIX Approach for Estimation of Low Birthweight Prevalence Using a Rural Nepal dataset

2020

Effective coverage measurement in maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and nutrition: progress, future prospects, and implications for quality health systems

Validating women’s reports of antenatal and postnatal care received in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Kenya

2019

Development of summary indices of antenatal care service quality in Haiti, Malawi and Tanzania

Validity of self-reported receipt of iron supplements during pregnancy: implications for coverage measurement

2018

Why some mothers overestimate birth size and length of pregnancy in rural Nepal

Validation of maternal reports for low birthweight and preterm birth indicators in rural Nepal

Special Issue of the Journal of Global Health: A collection of 18 research and reviews on measuring intervention coverage for MNCH through household surveys

• Section 1. Validation studies of maternal, newborn and child health coverage indicators
  • Validation studies for population-based intervention coverage indicators: design, analysis, and interpretation
  • A prospective validation study in South-West Nigeria on caregiver report of childhood pneumonia and antibiotic treatment using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) questions
  • Concordance between GPS-based smartphone app for continuous location tracking and mother’s recall of care-seeking for child illness in India
  • Validity of maternal report of care-seeking for childhood illness
  • Can surveys of women accurately track indicators of maternal and newborn care? A validity and reliability study in Kenya
  • Women’s recall of maternal and newborn interventions received in the postnatal period: a validity study in Kenya and Swaziland
  • Validation of maternal reports for low birthweight and preterm birth indicators in rural Nepal
  • Why some mothers overestimate birth size and length of pregnancy in rural Nepal
• Section 2. Linking household surveys and facility assessments to estimate coverage
  • Improving coverage measurement for reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health: gaps and opportunities
  • Linking household and facility data for better coverage measures in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health care: systematic review
  • Quality of antenatal care service provision in health facilities across sub–Saharan Africa: Evidence from nationally representative health facility assessments
  • Linking household and health facility surveys to assess obstetric service availability, readiness and coverage: evidence from 17 low- and middle-income countries
  • 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
  • Linking data sources for measurement of effective coverage in maternal and newborn health: what do we learn from individual- vs ecological-linking methods?
  • 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
• Section 3. Other methodological developments
  • Care seeking behaviour by caregivers and aspects of quality of care for children under five with and without pneumonia in Ibadan, Nigeria
  • Assessing the reactivity to mobile phones and repeated surveys on reported care-seeking for common childhood illnesses in rural India
• Section 4. Future directions in coverage measurement
  • Perspectives and implications of the Improving Coverage Measurement Core Group’s validation studies for household surveys

2013

Special Collection of PLOS: Measuring Coverage in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health. This collection presents innovative assessments of the validity of measuring population

• Overview: Measuring Coverage in MNCH: New Findings, New Strategies, and Recommendations for ActionBlogs
• Blogs:
  • Why Measure Coverage of MNCH?
  • Why Should We Care About Measuring Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions?
• Video:
  • Jennifer Bryce & Elizabeth Fox: Introduction to PLOS Medicine Measuring Coverage Launch
• Articles:
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Validating Women’s Self-Report of Emergency Cesarean Sections in Ghana and the Dominican Republic
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Indicators for Global Tracking of Newborn Care
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Testing the Validity of Women’s Self-Report of Key Maternal and Newborn Health Interventions during the Peripartum Period in Mozambique
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Population HIV-Free Survival among Children under Two Years of Age in Four African Countries
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: A Validation Study Linking Population Survey Derived Coverage to Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Care Records in Rural China
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Current Indicators for Measuring Coverage of Diarrhea Treatment Interventions and Opportunities for Improvement
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Design, Implementation, and Interpretation Challenges Associated with Tracking Vaccination Coverage Using Household Surveys
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Challenges in Monitoring the Proportion of Young Children with Pneumonia Who Receive Antibiotic Treatment
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Accuracy of Measuring Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Malaria from Household Surveys in Zambia
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: A Prospective Validation Study in Pakistan and Bangladesh on Measuring Correct Treatment of Childhood Pneumonia
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Challenges and Opportunities in the Selection of Coverage Indicators for Global Monitoring
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Evaluation of Community-Based Treatment of Childhood Illnesses through Household Surveys
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Total Survey Error and the Interpretation of Intervention Coverage Estimates from Household Surveys
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Determining and Interpreting Inequalities in Coverage of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Interventions
  • Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Tracking Progress in Health for Women and Children Using DHS and MICS Household Surveys