Data for program management: An accuracy assessment of data collected in household registers by community health workers in southern Kayonza, Rwanda

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 625-632

  Mitsunaga, Tisha ^a,b,c   Hedt Gauthier, Bethany L ^a,d   Ngizwenayo, Elias ^a   Farmer, Didi Bertr ^a   Gaju, Erick ^e   Drobac, Peter ^a,f   Basinga, Paulin ^g   Hirschhorn, Lisa ^d,f   Rich, Michael L ^a,d,f   Winch, Peter J ^b   Ngabo, Fidele ^e   Mugeni, Cathy ^e  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Data quality; Lot quality assurance sampling; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RWANDA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943350683     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9977-9     Document Type: Article

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