Assessing Community Health Information Systems: Evidence from Child Health Records in Food Insecure Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study assessed the completeness of child health records maintained and collected within community health information system in Ethiopia.

Methods

A household listing was carried out in 221 enumeration areas in food insecure areas of Ethiopia to determine the presence of a child less than 24-months. This list of children was then compared against the information stored at the local health posts. A household survey was administered to a sample of 2155 households that had a child less than 24-months of age to assess determinants and consequences of exclusion from the health post registers.

Results

Out of the 10,318 children identified during the listing, 36% were found from the health post records. Further analysis based on the household survey data indica

SUBMITTER: Hirvonen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7320934 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature