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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population-based intervention coverage indicators are widely used to track country and program progress in improving health and to evaluate health programs. Indicator validation studies that compare survey responses to a "gold standard" measure are useful to understand whether the indicator provides accurate information. The Improving Coverage Measurement (ICM) Core Group has developed and implemented a standard approach to validating coverage indicators measured in household surveys, described in this paper.

Methods

The general design of these studies includes measurement of true health status and intervention receipt (gold standard), followed by interviews with the individuals observed, and a comparison of the observations (gold standard) to the responses to sur

SUBMITTER: Munos MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126515 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature