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Module 2 Intro

This document provides an overview of Module 2 of a curriculum on routine health information systems (RHIS). The module focuses on indicators, data collection, and reporting. It has two sessions, the first on indicators and the second on data collection and reporting tools. The module objectives are to define key health indicators and data collection concepts, identify data collection tools and challenges, and explain gender-sensitive data. Suggested references on indicators, data management standards, and health information system design are also provided.

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Module 2 Intro

This document provides an overview of Module 2 of a curriculum on routine health information systems (RHIS). The module focuses on indicators, data collection, and reporting. It has two sessions, the first on indicators and the second on data collection and reporting tools. The module objectives are to define key health indicators and data collection concepts, identify data collection tools and challenges, and explain gender-sensitive data. Suggested references on indicators, data management standards, and health information system design are also provided.

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ROUTINE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

A Curriculum on Basic Concepts and Practice

MODULE 2:
Indicators and Data Collection and Reporting

Introduction
The complete RHIS curriculum is available here:
https://www.measureevaluation.org/our-work/ routine-health-
information-systems/rhis-curriculum

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MODULE 2: Learning Objectives

By the end of this module, participants will be able to:


•Define and identify key health indicators
•Define key data-collection concepts
•Name the major steps in planning data collection
•Map data flows and identify who is responsible for using different types of tools to
collect data
•Identify several tools for data collection and reporting
•Identify methods of collecting routine health information and related data
•Identify challenges in collecting the data and how to overcome them
•Explain gender-sensitive and sex- and age-disaggregated data and their links to data-
collection tools

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MODULE 2: Structure

Duration: 6 hours
Number of sessions: 2
• Session 1: Indicators (1hour, 30 minutes)
• Session 2: Data Collection and Reporting Tools (4 hours, 30
minutes)

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MODULE 2: Suggested References

• World Health Organization. Global reference list of 100 core


health indicators. Retrieved from
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/indicators/2015/en/.

• Heywood, A. & Boone, D. (2015). Guidelines for data


management standards in routine health information systems.
Chapel Hill, NC, USA: MEASURE Evaluation, University of
North Carolina. Retrieved from
www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/ms-15-99.

• Lippeveld, T., Sauerborn, R., & Bodart, C. (2000). Design and


implementation of health information systems (pp. 88–113).
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. Retrieved from
http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/42289
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ROUTINE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
A Curriculum on Basic Concepts and Practice

This presentation was produced with the support of the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) under the terms of MEASURE Evaluation cooperative agreement AID-OAA-L-14-00004.
MEASURE Evaluation is implemented by the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill in partnership with ICF International; John Snow, Inc.; Management Sciences for Health;
Palladium; and Tulane University. The views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the
views of USAID or the United States government.

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