Assessing the performance of the family folder system for collecting community-based health information in Tigray Region, North Ethiopia: a capture-recapture study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess completeness and accuracy of the family folder in terms of capturing community-level health data.

Study design

A capture-recapture method was applied in six randomly selected districts of Tigray Region, Ethiopia.

Participants

Child health data, abstracted from randomly selected 24 073 family folders from 99 health posts, were compared with similar data recaptured through household survey and routine health information made by these health posts.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Completeness and accuracy of the family folder data; and coverage selected child health indicators, respectively.

Results

Demographic data captured by the family folders and household survey were highly concordant, concordance correlation for total popul

SUBMITTER: Derbew AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860088 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature