A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example
To use a newly devised set of criteria to review the study design and scope of collection of process, outcomes and contextual data for evaluations and implementation research of integrated community case management (iCCM) in Sub–Saharan Africa. We examined 24 program evaluations and implementation...
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| author | Theresa Diaz Tanya Guenther Nicholas P Oliphant Maria Muñiz |
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| description | To use a newly devised set of criteria to review the study design
and scope of collection of process, outcomes and contextual data for evaluations and implementation research of integrated community case management (iCCM) in Sub–Saharan Africa.
We examined 24 program evaluations and implementation
research studies of iCCM in sub–Saharan Africa conducted in the
last 5 years (2008–2013), assessed the design used and categorized them according to whether or not they collected sufficient information to conduct process and outcome evaluations. Several evaluations were done too soon after implementation, lacked information on health facility treatments, costs, demand, timeliness or SES and/or did not have a counterfactual. We propose several study designs and minimal data elements to be collected to provide sufficient information to assess whether iCCM increased timely coverage of treatment for the neediest children in a cost–efficient manner. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3cfc03a2b9724ecbbb7a3dad15ed901d2022-12-22T00:53:23ZengEdinburgh University Global Health SocietyJournal of Global Health2047-29782047-29862014-11-014210.7189/jogh.04.020409A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an exampleTheresa Diaz0Tanya Guenther1Nicholas P Oliphant2Maria Muñiz3UNICEF, New York, NY, USASave the Children, Washington DC, USAUNICEF, New York, NY, USAUNICEF, New York, NY, USATo use a newly devised set of criteria to review the study design and scope of collection of process, outcomes and contextual data for evaluations and implementation research of integrated community case management (iCCM) in Sub–Saharan Africa. We examined 24 program evaluations and implementation research studies of iCCM in sub–Saharan Africa conducted in the last 5 years (2008–2013), assessed the design used and categorized them according to whether or not they collected sufficient information to conduct process and outcome evaluations. Several evaluations were done too soon after implementation, lacked information on health facility treatments, costs, demand, timeliness or SES and/or did not have a counterfactual. We propose several study designs and minimal data elements to be collected to provide sufficient information to assess whether iCCM increased timely coverage of treatment for the neediest children in a cost–efficient manner.http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201402/A9_Diaz.XMLIntegrated Community Case ManagementiCCMoutcome evaluationsimplementationmodel |
| spellingShingle | Theresa Diaz Tanya Guenther Nicholas P Oliphant Maria Muñiz A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example Journal of Global Health Integrated Community Case Management iCCM outcome evaluations implementation model |
| title | A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example |
| title_full | A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example |
| title_fullStr | A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example |
| title_full_unstemmed | A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example |
| title_short | A proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in Africa using integrated community case management as an example |
| title_sort | proposed model to conduct process and outcome evaluations and implementation research of child health programs in africa using integrated community case management as an example |
| topic | Integrated Community Case Management iCCM outcome evaluations implementation model |
| url | http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201402/A9_Diaz.XML |
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