2018 – IMPROVE

Perspectives and implications of the Improving Coverage Measurement Core Group’s validation studies for household surveys

Authors: Fred Arnold and Shane M Khan

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

Care seeking behaviour by caregivers and aspects of quality of care for children under five with and without pneumonia in Ibadan, Nigeria

Authors: Amir Kirolos, Adejumoke I Ayede, Linda J Williams, Kayode R Fowobaje, Harish Nair, Ayobami A Bakare, Oladapo B Oyewole, Shamim A Qazi, Harry Campbell, and Adegoke G Falade

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 health facility surveys to assess obstetric service availability, readiness and coverage: evidence from 17 low- and middle-income countries

Authors: Mufaro Kanyangarara, Victoria B Chou, Andreea A Creanga, Neff Walker

Women’s recall of maternal and newborn interventions received in the postnatal period: a validity study in Kenya and Swaziland

Authors: Katharine J McCarthy, Ann K Blanc, Charlotte E Warren, and Brian Mdawida

Validity of maternal report of care-seeking for childhood illness

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

Concordance between GPS-based smartphone app for continuous location tracking and mother’s recall of care-seeking for child illness in India

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