PMID- 17615902
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070730
LR  - 20181113
IS  - 1606-0997 (Print)
IS  - 2072-1315 (Electronic)
IS  - 1606-0997 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Mar
TI  - Performance of the lot quality assurance sampling method compared to surveillance 
      for identifying inadequately-performing areas in Matlab, Bangladesh.
PG  - 37-46
AB  - This paper compared the performance of the lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) 
      method in identifying inadequately-performing health work-areas with that of 
      using health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) data and examined the 
      feasibility of applying the method by field-level programme supervisors. The 
      study was carried out in Matlab, the field site of ICDDR,B, where a HDSS has been 
      in place for over 30 years. The LQAS method was applied in 57 work-areas of 
      community health workers in ICDDR,B-served areas in Matlab during July-September 
      2002. The performance of the LQAS method in identifying work-areas with adequate 
      and inadequate coverage of various health services was compared with those of the 
      HDSS. The health service-coverage indicators included coverage of DPT, measles, 
      BCG vaccination, and contraceptive use. It was observed that the difference in 
      the proportion of work-areas identified to be inadequately performing using the 
      LQAS method with less than 30 respondents, and the HDSS was not statistically 
      significant. The consistency between the LQAS method and the HDSS in identifying 
      work-areas was greater for adequately-performing areas than 
      inadequately-performing areas. It was also observed that the field managers could 
      be trained to apply the LQAS method in monitoring their performance in reaching 
      the target population.
FAU - Bhuiya, Abbas
AU  - Bhuiya A
AD  - Social and Behavioural Sciences Unit, ICDDR,B GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, 
      Bangladesh. abbas@icddrb.org
FAU - Hanifi, S M A
AU  - Hanifi SM
FAU - Roy, Nikhil
AU  - Roy N
FAU - Streatfield, P Kim
AU  - Streatfield PK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - Bangladesh
TA  - J Health Popul Nutr
JT  - Journal of health, population, and nutrition
JID - 100959228
SB  - IM
MH  - Bangladesh
MH  - Community Health Services/*standards
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Developing Countries
MH  - Humans
MH  - Population Surveillance
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - *Quality Assurance, Health Care
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - *Sentinel Surveillance
PMC - PMC3013262
EDAT- 2007/07/10 09:00
MHDA- 2007/07/31 09:00
PMCR- 2007/03/01
CRDT- 2007/07/10 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/10 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/07/31 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/07/10 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2007/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Health Popul Nutr. 2007 Mar;25(1):37-46.