GRHAM - Global Religious Health Assets Mapping

DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENTS

Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH)

 

 

The objective of Global Religious Health Assets Mapping (GRHAM) is to document and promote Faith-Based Organizational Health Networks by creating an Internet-based directory and database of their health facilities, organizations and programs. The beginnings of the GRHAM website exist at www.ccih.org/grham with partial, and very basic, information from several countries – Kenya, DR Congo, Sudan, and India.

 

The next step for GRHAM is to establish a framework for a comprehensive database, including data collection. Prior to that, however, we need to agree on the data collection instruments and the kind of output to be generated by GRHAM, so that it is both informative and user friendly. This document presents a draft data collection instrument.  

B.         Data Collection Instruments

 

Collecting information from FBO networks, organizations and programs is a monumental (and expensive) task. We also recognize that any data collection instrument that asks for too much information could simply result in no information. After considerable reflection and discussion, we are a three tiered data collection instrument.            

1)     Basic:  This level includes a minimum of information about the identity, location, address, ownership, partners and size of a health facility (similar to the information shown in Table 1).

 

2)     Basic Plus: This level includes basic programmatic information that defines what a health facility, organization or program does. For example, “Does your health service include an immunizations program?” Table 7 illustrates Basic Plus output from GRHAM for PC(USA) assisted hospitals.

 

Table 7: PC(USA)-assisted Hospitals by Country and Program

Please Note: the responses provided in this table are purely illustrative.

COUNTRY

HOSPITAL

EPI

WSH

MAL

HIV

TB

NUT

MCH

FP

END

POP.

DR Congo

Bulape Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

88,665

DR Congo

Dibindi Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

203,394

DR Congo

Lubondaie  Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

109,796

India

Sielmat Christian Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

NA

India

Khasi Jaintia Hosp

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

NA

Kenya

Kikuyu Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

NA

Kenya

Tumutumu Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

NA

Malawi

David Gordon Mem Hosp

Y

 

N

 

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

 

Y

 

41500

Malawi

Ekwendeni

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

116325

Malawi

Embangweni

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

N

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

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EPI= Immunizations; WSH= Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; MAL=Malaria; HIV= HIV/AIDS; TB=Tuberculosis;

MCH= Maternal & New Born Care; FP= Family Planning; END=Endemic Disease Control

 

 

3)     Comprehensive: This level includes several probing questions for each program queried in Basic Plus. For example, the probing questions for EPI might include:

a.      Frigo: Do you have a functional refrigerator for vaccine storage?

b.      Plan: Is there a district-wide micro plan for EPI that includes your facility?

c.      Type: Do you provide routine or campaign vaccinations (or both)?

d.      Outreach: Do you also provide vaccinations at outreach sites?

e.      DPT3: What is the DPT3 coverage for your catchment area?

 

Table 8 illustrates Comprehensive output for EPI in PC(USA) assisted hospitals. Comprehensive could also include information in other formats, e.g., reports and maps, that would could be made available in .PDF format. Links to these files will be included in the database.

 

Table 8: PC(USA)-assisted Hospitals by Country for EPI Programs

Please Note: the responses provided in this table are purely illustrative.

COUNTRY

HOSPITAL

Frigo

Plan

Type

Out reach

DPT3

POPU-LATION

DR Congo

Bulape Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

R

 

Y

 

50%

 

88,665

DR Congo

Dibindi Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

C

 

Y

 

65%

 

203,394

DR Congo

Lubondaie  Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

C

 

Y

 

60%

 

109,796

India

Sielmat Christian Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

R

 

Y

 

65%

 

NA

India

Khasi Jaintia Hosp

Y

 

N

C

 

Y

 

80%

 

NA

Kenya

Kikuyu Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

Y

 

50%

 

NA

Kenya

Tumutumu Hospital

Y

 

Y

 

RC

 

N

 

65%

 

NA

Malawi

David Gordon Mem Hosp

Y

 

N

 

 

R

 

Y

 

60%

 

41500

Malawi

Ekwendeni

Y

 

N

 

C

 

Y

 

40%

 

116325

Malawi

Embangweni

Y

 

Y

 

RC

 

N

 

85%

 

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The three level approach would result in the following Comprehensive Questionnaire within which each tier is color-coded as Basic (yellow), Basic+ (green) and Comprehensive (white).

 

Table 10: The COMPREHENSIVE Data Collection Form

Basic

Basic+

Comprehensive

Response

  I. HEALTH FACILITY IDENTIFICATION

 

1

What is the type of entry that you are making? (select Health Facility, Organization, or Program)

 

 

 

 

Record ID

 

 

 

 

Date of data collection

 

 

 

 

Source of data:  email, on-line, PDA

 

 

 

 

Respondent Name

 

 

 

 

Respondent position

 

 

 

 

Interviewer Name

 

 

 

 

Interviewer Sponsor Agency

 

 

 

 

Data entered

 

 

 

 

Data updated

 

 

 

 

Source of information

 

2

What is the name of the health facility for which you are providing information?

 

 

 

 

Facility ID

 

3

Who is the proprietor of this facility?

 

 

A.

What is the Email address of the proprietor?

 

 

B.

Do we have your permission to display the above email address?

 

4

What are the major partnering agencies for this facility? (List up to three)

 

 

C.

Are there other partnering agencies?

 

 

D.

Does this facility receive governmental assistance? If yes …

 

 

 

 

Financial assistance?

 

 

 

 

Material assistance?

 

 

 

 

Other assistance?

 

5

Country in which this facility is located?

 

6

State, Region or Province

 

7

District / Health Zone

 

 

E.

Is this facility part of an organized health district (or similar structure?

 

 

 

 

What is the role of this facility within the health district

 

 

 

 

What is the total population of the health district?

 

 

 

 

What is the catchment population of this health facility?

 

 

 

 

How many outreach posts exist within the catchment area of this facility?