Estimation of bed net coverage indicators in Tanzania using mobile phone surveys: a comparison of sampling approaches.

ABSTRACT: Threats to maintaining high population access with effective bed nets persist due to errors in quantification, bed net wear and tear, and inefficiencies in distribution activities. Monitoring bed net coverage is therefore critical, but usually occurs every 2-3 years through expensive, large-scale household surveys. Mobile phone-based survey methodologies are emerging as an alternative to household surveys and can provide rapid estimates of coverage, however, little research on varied sampling approaches has been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. A nationally and regionally representative cross-sectional mobile phone survey was conducted in early 2021 in Tanzania with focus on bed net ownership and access. Half the target sample was contacted through a random digit dial methodology (n = 3500

SUBMITTER: Worges M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9735037 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature