PMID- 16283052
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051209
LR  - 20090529
IS  - 0042-9686 (Print)
IS  - 0042-9686 (Linking)
VI  - 83
IP  - 10
DP  - 2005 Oct
TI  - Using lot quality-assurance sampling and area sampling to identify priority areas 
      for trachoma control: Viet Nam.
PG  - 756-63
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To report on the use of lot quality-assurance sampling (LQAS) surveys 
      undertaken within an area-sampling framework to identify priority areas for 
      intervention with trachoma control activities in Viet Nam. METHODS: The LQAS 
      survey method for the rapid assessment of the prevalence of active trachoma was 
      adapted for use in Viet Nam with the aim of classifying individual communes by 
      the prevalence of active trachoma among children in primary school. School-based 
      sampling was used; school sites to be sampled were selected using an 
      area-sampling approach. A total of 719 communes in 41 districts in 18 provinces 
      were surveyed. FINDINGS: Survey staff found the LQAS survey method both simple 
      and rapid to use after initial problems with area-sampling methods were 
      identified and remedied. The method yielded a finer spatial resolution of 
      prevalence than had been previously achieved in Viet Nam using semiquantitative 
      rapid assessment surveys and multistage cluster-sampled surveys. CONCLUSION: When 
      used with area-sampling techniques, the LQAS survey method has the potential to 
      form the basis of survey instruments that can be used to efficiently target 
      resources for interventions against active trachoma. With additional work, such 
      methods could provide a generally applicable tool for effective programme 
      planning and for the certification of the elimination of trachoma as a blinding 
      disease.
FAU - Myatt, Mark
AU  - Myatt M
AD  - Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 
      11-43 Bath Street, London EC12V 9EL, England. mark@brixtonhealth.com
FAU - Mai, Nguyen Phuong
AU  - Mai NP
FAU - Quynh, Nguyen Quang
AU  - Quynh NQ
FAU - Nga, Nguyen Huy
AU  - Nga NH
FAU - Tai, Ha Huy
AU  - Tai HH
FAU - Long, Nguyen Hung
AU  - Long NH
FAU - Minh, Tran Hung
AU  - Minh TH
FAU - Limburg, Hans
AU  - Limburg H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20051110
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Bull World Health Organ
JT  - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
JID - 7507052
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Data Collection/methods
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Priorities
MH  - *Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Quality Assurance, Health Care/*methods
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Trachoma/*epidemiology/prevention & control
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
PMC - PMC2626415
EDAT- 2005/11/12 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
PMCR- 2005/10/01
CRDT- 2005/11/12 09:00
PHST- 2005/11/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/11/12 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2005/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0042-96862005001000012 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Oct;83(10):756-63. Epub 2005 Nov 10.