I want to conduct a research to assess the success, challenges, and outcomes of the OPV vaccination program over the last 15-20 years. I need a model which can be applied to this research.
Thanks
Dear Sanaullah,
Your may find some information related to your questions in the bellow link.
https://www.mheducation.co.uk/openup/chapters/0335206433.pdf
best of luck.
Hakim,
I think you may use a mixed method evaluation approach.You may use quant methods to assess success in terms service uptake and outcomes. If you have baseline data, you may compare your variables before and after using unpaired t tests analysis to see if there are any changes in the outcomes. You may use qualitative approach to interview service users and beneficiaries for benefits, challenges and areas for improvement
Dear Sanaullah
This is not an easy job but possible to do
There is an old-current model to evaluate health programmes (as in your case, OPV),
The model use three approaches:
Structure approach: How adequate the inputs which were made available for the programme:
Process approach: What procedures and activities were done to execute the programme?
Outcome approach: How effective the programme was in achieving its objectives?
In your case I recommend that:
First you make a good literature review on these appraches
Second perhaps you adopt the outcome approach. Certain outcome indicators may be used such as
Time trend in coverage rates
Time trends in incidence of polio cases and so on:
Dear Sir
For a Health programme assessment Study which model to use. I would like to add to what my colleagues here have said and this is not a WHO position but my mere ideas from my own experience since I was involved in Health programmes and projects assessment. You need to be specific on which programme you want to assess; programme about what ? For just an example: Heart Diseases prevention programme assessment: Questions to be asked first of all: What are the vision , the mission, the Terms of Reference including the objectives and its Plan Of Action of that programme. From there you have to check adequacy between the ToR etc using the following criteria: Relevance, sustainability, impact, effectiveness, efficiency, efficacy, cost of that programme. You need to use a checklist where you pick from the field where the programme is being implemented the following questions and topics: Vision, mission, inputs, process, outputs and outcome and use the related health indicators plus coverage ...Use also quantitative and qualitative approaches in Operational Research and Action Research etc. I hope it can help.
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