Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

MEASURE Evaluation, a USAID-funded project, supports improvements in monitoring and evaluation population, health and nutrition worldwide. Please find announcements of new publications below. Publications ...

Fact Sheet: Clarification Regarding Usage of the Child Status Index (CSI)

The Child Status Index (CSI) is a widely used information collection tool among programs for children who are orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The last several years of CSI implementation have enabled MEASURE Evaluation and others to learn about how the CSI fits into the overall package of M&E tools and when, and in which, circumstances the tool is best used. This document briefly describes the tool, its purposes, and the lessons learned about best usages.

Assessing the Process of Designing and Implementing Electronic Health Records in a Statewide Public Health System: The Case of Colima, Mexico The findings of a case study assessing the design and implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) in the public health system of Colima, Mexico, its perceived benefits and limitations, and recommendations for improving the implementation process are presented.

Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating Efforts to Reposition Family Planning

There is a need for a framework by which countries and programs can monitor and evaluate their progress toward repositioning family planning. The results framework described in this report includes illustrative indicators that can maximize the use of existing information. This framework for monitoring and evaluating the repositioning of family planning services can ultimately be used by international donors, governments, and programs to assess their efforts, identify gaps in strategies to reposition family planning in countries, and to inform funding, program design, policy and advocacy, and program planning and improvement.

Fact Sheet: Making Good Use of HMIS Information in Ethiopia

Dilla is a Gadeo zonal town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. Located 375 kilometers from the capital city of Addis Ababa, the Gadeo Zonal Health Department (ZHD) in Dilla town is structured like any other zonal health department in Ethiopia. There is a planning process office that is responsible for health sector planning, performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E), managing health budgets and supporting other business processes within the ZHD. The Planning Coordinator and Health Management information System (HMIS) Officer at the Gadeo ZHD is Meron Umer. With the support of the Gadeo ZHD Head, Ato Buzuneh Negussie, Meron has played a pivotal role in making Gadeo stand out.

PLACE Mapping and Size Estimation Module

PLACE is a rapid assessment tool to monitor and improve AIDS prevention program coverage in areas where HIV transmission is most likely to occur. An important aspect of the PLACE method is the creation of maps. This paper discusses the mapping of priority prevention areas that can inform HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Seeing the geographic distribution of sexual network sites over the assessment area can show how and where sites are grouped.

Health Articles and Reports for Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States: An Annotated Bibliography This review offers an annotated bibliography of peer-reviewed and gray health science literature relevant to the Eastern Caribbean published between 2005 and 2012. The review includes articles on HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, and cancer. The review also includes articles on obesity, oral health, interpersonal violence, and migration.