MEASURE Evaluation - Compendium of Maternal and Newborn Health Tools
Compendium of Maternal and Newborn Health Tools
Measuring program progress and impact are possibly the most difficult and neglected areas of program management. The monitoring and evaluation of maternal and newborn health programs presents additional challenges. These challenges arise, not only because two outcomes, need to be measured, but because of many other factors that include, but are not limited to, difficulties of measuring mortality and morbidity and a lack of experience with process indicators. More information about the challenges of monitoring and evaluating maternal and newborn health status can be found in the "Compendium of Indicators for Evaluating Reproductive Health Programs," (Measure Evaluation, forthcoming).
Despite these challenges, a large number of projects and programs have, nevertheless, gained considerable experience monitoring and evaluating maternal and newborn health status. In order to disseminate the experience of these organisations to a wider audience, MEASURE Evaluation have brought together over 20 tools in a " Compendium of tools for monitoring and evaluating maternal and newborn health status."
The compendium includes a variety of population- and facility-based assessment tools that use both qualitative and quantitative approaches and that can be used in at different levels of the health system.
Each tool meets the following four criteria:
It is principally concerned with monitoring or evaluating maternal or newborn health status
It is appropriate for use in developing country settings
It is current
It has been field-tested.
Each of the abstracts included here is linked to an electronic version of the tool that can be downloaded. You can also e-mail MEASURE Evaluation (measure@unc.edu) for an electronic or paper copy of a tool.
Groups interested in submitting their tools for possible inclusion on this Web site should contact Silvia Alayon at MEASURE Evaluation Tel: (301) 572 0200, Fax: (301) 572 0999; e-mail: salayon@macroint.com
Inventory of Tools for Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation in Maternal and Neonatal Health
Programme Performance and Context Including Costing Tools
