Methodology for the Assessment of Data Quality : Application to HIV and AIDS Programs in Latin America

• Tác giả: Rosalía Rodriguez-García
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 362.19 Services to patients with specific conditions
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 301502
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO INFORMATION; 2. ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; 3. ACRONYMS; 4. ADOLESCENT FEMALES; 5. ADOLESCENTS

Tóm tắt

 Evidence is crucial in strategic planning for HIV response as well as the monitoring of results. This paper presents a simple tool that can be used to analyze the methodological quality of HIV data, its scope and limitations, and whether it can be accurately compared with other evidence. The tool, utilized as a questionnaire or checklist, first identifies the type of document containing the data
  the status and means of its publication
  the epidemiological design used
  and the priority population. Next, the document is analyzed against a verification list based on eight methodological criteria: 1) objective
  2) inclusion and exclusion criteria
  3) sample size
  4) sampling technique
  5) error-reduction strategies
  6) data analysis technique
  7) limitations
  and 8) confidence intervals and/or statistical significance. The paper also presents the results of implementing the tool in three Latin American countries.