Validation of Child Care Clinic Health Data Reported Under Health Management Information System by the Primary Health Centres of Rural Vadodara, Gujarat

Abstract

Primary child health care is a part of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH). The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a single, integrated, algorithmic and effective approach for managing childhood illness—the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMNCI)—which can be applied at frontline centers. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim to study the child health care data reported by the primary health centre/ subcentre (PHC/SC) and validate them at the village level. A sample of 20 PHCs (13 rural and 7 tribal) was selected using stratified random sampling. For every PHC, two SCs and for every SC, one village were selected. Data on child care clinic were collected from the PHC/SC records and validated by interviewing five beneficiaries from the village. Process evaluation of child health care session was done wherever possible to assess quality of care. The district availability of child health care was 4.4%. Adjusted utilization for the district was 3.1%. Adjusted adequate coverage for the district was 3.1%. Effective coverage, adjusted for quality of care, for the district was 1.3%. The gap between the reported and validated data ranged from 15–51% of the reported data.

Keywords: child care clinic, validation, health management information system (HMIS), primary health care

Cite this Article

Patel S, Bakshi H, Zalvadiya D et al. Validation of Child Care Clinic Health Data Reported Under Health Management Information System by the Primary Health Centres of Rural Vadodara, Gujarat. Research and Reviews: Journal of Immunology. 2015; 5(3): 14–22p.