The Multi-Country Evaluation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Strategy

Lessons for the Evaluation of Public Health Interventions

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ID11019055
AutoresJennifer Bryce (At the time this article was written, Jennifer Bryce was with the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Cesar G. Victora is with the Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Jean-Pierre Habicht is with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. J. Patrick Vaughan is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England. Robert E. Black is...), Cesar G Victora (0000-0002-2465-2180, At the time this article was written, Jennifer Bryce was with the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Cesar G. Victora is with the Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Jean-Pierre Habicht is with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. J. Patrick Vaughan is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England. Robert E. Black is...), Jean‐pierre Habicht (0000-0002-2160-6330, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Jean-Pierre Habicht (At the time this article was written, Jennifer Bryce was with the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Cesar G. Victora is with the Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Jean-Pierre Habicht is with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. J. Patrick Vaughan is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England. Robert E. Black is...), J Patrick Vaughan (At the time this article was written, Jennifer Bryce was with the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Cesar G. Victora is with the Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Jean-Pierre Habicht is with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. J. Patrick Vaughan is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England. Robert E. Black is...), Robert E Black (0000-0001-9926-7984, At the time this article was written, Jennifer Bryce was with the Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development of the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Cesar G. Victora is with the Post-Graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil. Jean-Pierre Habicht is with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. J. Patrick Vaughan is with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, England. Robert E. Black is...)
Año2004
Volumen94
Número3
Páginas406-415
Fecha de publicación2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.3.406
PMID14998804
OpenAlexW2068067441
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas13

The Multi-Country Evaluation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) includes studies of the effectiveness, cost, and impact of the IMCI strategy in Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru, Tanzania, and Uganda. Seven questions were addressed when the evaluation was designed: who would be in charge, through what mechanisms IMCI could affect child health, whether the focus would be efficacy or effectiveness, what indicators would be measured, what types of inference would be made, how costs would be incorporated, and what elements would constitute the plan of analysis. We describe how these questions were answered, the challenges encountered in implementing the evaluation, and the 5 study designs. The methodological insights gained can improve future evaluations of public health programs

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health services · Impact evaluation · Integrated Management of Childhood Illness · Political science · Population · Program evaluation · Psychological intervention · Public health · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Child and Adolescent Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing