Course: Household Surveys for Program Evaluation in LMICs
Modules:
Welcome to the course, Learning objectives and outline, What is a household survey, What is coverage, Vignette: Why do we use coverage for large scale effectiveness evaluations, What are sources of coverage data, What is a good coverage indicator, Competing expectations between evaluators, implementers, and funders, Learning objectives and outline, Deciding whether to use existing coverage data, Accessing customizable coverage data tables using STATcompiler, Learning objectives and outline, Composite coverage indicators and coverage indices, Coverage cascades
Welcome to Module 2, Learning objectives and outline, Selecting indicators to measure in your survey, Vignette: Assessing indicator validity- pneumonia example, Sample size- Considerations, Key concepts and inputs for sample size calculation (optional), Sample size – Calculation (optional), Vignette: PMNCH in Burkina Faso- Unequal sample size, Vignette: Introducing the RADAR sample size calculator, Learning objectives and outline, Establishing implementation collaborations, Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 1), Timing considerations for coverage survey implementation (Part 2), Staffing considerations, Supply and equipment considerations for coverage survey implementation, Budget considerations, Vignette: What to do when your budget and your study objectives don’t line up, Vignette: Translating sample size and sampling design into a budget, Proposal & ethical considerations, Vignette: Building a budget
Welcome to Module 3, Learning objectives and outline, Sampling, Sampling- Choosing your location and strata, Sampling- Selecting your clusters, Vignette: Sampling clusters with PPS, Sampling households using the gold standard method, Sampling households using other methods, Vignette: RADAR household sampling app, Activity: Draw a household sample using the RADAR sampling app, Sampling individuals, Vignette: Barriers to good sampling, Learning objectives and outline, Overview of mapping, Creating a map, Segmentation of an enumeration area, Household enumeration
Welcome to Module 4, Learning objectives and outline, Questionnaire Design- Part I: Identifying questions to measure indicators, Questionnaire Design-Part II: Questionnaire construction, Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part I, Introduction to the RADAR Questionnaire: Part II, Manuals, forms, & other supports, Adapting & translating tools, Vignette: Language considerations, CAPI- Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing
Welcome to Module 5, Learning objectives and outline, Training materials, Components of training, Main components of supervisor training, Training approaches, Selecting your interviewers, Vignette: Selecting interviewers, Language considerations, Vignette: Language considerations, Ethical considerations, Training on CAPI and data management, Vignette: CAPI How-to, Activity: Using ODK Tools, Logistical considerations in the field, Deployment plan, Learning objectives and outline, Designing CAPI for data quality assurance, Data quality assurance in data collection, Data quality monitoring in data collection, Learning objectives and outline, Implementation of data collection, Vignette: A day in the field, Development and configuration of the CAPI tool, Documentation, Vignette: Challenges in planning and logistics, Vignette: Challenges in data collection ethics and quality assurance
Welcome to Module 6, Learning objectives and outline, Overview of data management and analysis, Creating results tables and data visualizations, Learning objectives and outline, Analysis report, Data interpretation and identifying key findings, Using data for program improvement and evaluation, Disseminating results, Course wrap-up