Using DHS and MICS data to complement or replace NGO baseline health data: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Non-government organizations (NGOs) spend substantial time and resources collecting baseline data in order to plan and implement health interventions with marginalized populations. Typically interviews with households, often mothers, take over an hour, placing a burden on the respondents. Meanwhile, estimates of numerous health and social indicators in many countries already exist in publicly available datasets, such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), and it is worth considering whether these could serve as estimates of baseline conditions. The objective of this study was to compare indicator estimates from non-governmental organizations (NGO) health projects' baseline reports with estimates calculated using the

SUBMITTER: Berti PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8145218 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature