Table 1 |
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Summary of Data Collection Methods Used for the Current Study |
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| Year |
Type of Survey |
Survey Area |
Sample Size |
Selection Criteria |
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| 1999–2000 |
Retrospective pregnancy history including ages at death of live births |
Households in the Primary Health Care Service Area of HAS |
3,427 Women |
10% sample of all reproductive age women in the Primary Health Care Service Area |
| 2000 |
Household knowledge, practices and coverage survey |
Households in the Primary Health Care Service Area of HAS and in the remainder of
the UCS District |
• 1,310 household heads • 1,295 women of reproductive age • 945 mothers/guardians of at least one child 0–59 months of age • 1,363 men 15–54 years of age |
Sample reflective of the size of the respective populations in each of the Functional
Units, with oversampling of the mountainous areas |
| 2000 |
Quality of health services survey: • Patient exit interviews • Household interviews • Observations of patient encounters in the health facilities • Health staff interviews • Focus group discussions with Health Agents |
Hospital and Primary Health Care Service Area of HAS |
108 exit interviews 190 household interviews 6 focus group discussions with 42 health
agents |
• Exit interviews with caretakers following a child health visit at a health facility • Exit interviews with women visiting a health facility for prenatal care or family planning • Households and Health Agents were not randomly selected |
| 2000 |
Assessment of hospital admission rates by Functional Unit (by analyzing data from
the health information at HAS) |
HAS hospital records for all admissions during the year 1999 were reviewed |
1,210 hospital records |
10% random sample |
| 2003 |
Assessment of factors facilitating or obstructing the use of prenatal care (by analyzing
data from the health information at HAS) |
HAS Functional Unit |
240 women who were pregnant in the year 2002 |
• 50 women were selected randomly from the mountainous areas • 50 women were selected randomly from the plains |
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Perry et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2007 6:7 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-6-7 |
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