Strategies to Increase Data Use by Community-Based Organizations
In an online forum, the Data Use Network will address community-based organizations and their data needs. Members will share data use activities and strategies to implement improved data-informed decision making.
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Dec 05, 2011 12:00 AM
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Join the Data Use Network for a discussion on strategies to increase the use of data by community-based organizations.
Community-based organizations (CBOs) play a critical role of the extended health care system by providing services outside of the Ministry of Health (MOH) system, advocating for needed services and under-represented populations, engaging in discussions about policy and priority setting at national or sub-national level, and linking the formal health system to the community—the consumers of health services.
While many CBOs collect data, those data are not typically linked to any standardized routine health information systems. Instead, CBOs are left to determine their own data needs which are often influenced by donors. In the end, such data are used to update current donors on program activities and solicit new funding, but are rarely considered or used by the CBOs to inform programming, evaluate program effectiveness, and make decisions about future activities. As a result, many community-based organizations fail to fully link evidence to decisions and may not be able to adequately respond to the priority needs of the communities they serve.
Data Use Net is addressing this topic in response to feedback received about future discussion topics from the Data Use Net member survey conducted in December 2010. We encourage you to share your experiences with CBO data use activities, including the tools you’ve used and strategies implemented to improve data-informed decision making at the CBO level. We will compile a list of promising practices as result of this discussion.
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About DataUseNet
One hundred and forty-six people from 24 countries came together in Arusha, Tanzania with an interest in strengthening the links between data and decision making.
MEASURE Evaluation, the Health Metrics Network, and the East, Central and Southern African Health Community co-organized From Data to Impact: Using Health Data for Results global symposium January 28-29, 2009 so that professionals could exchange successful experiences in improving health programs and policies through the use of quality health data and information.
To continue the discussions begun during the global symposium, the Data Use Network (DataUseNet) was formed.
