Open AccessOral rehydration program evaluation by quality assurance sampling in rural Haiti.
Author(s) -
Jocelyne Pierre-Louis
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.9.1205
Subject(s) - quality assurance , sampling (signal processing) , medicine , environmental health , lot quality assurance sampling , rural area , quality (philosophy) , family medicine , cluster sampling , computer science , population , philosophy , external quality assessment , filter (signal processing) , pathology , epistemology , computer vision
An oral rehydration program in rural Haiti was evaluated by quality assurance sampling. The quality assurance sampling method and its application are described. The indicators measured were knowledge of the oral rehydration salts packet, knowledge of preparation of the solution from the packet, oral rehydration therapy use, and knowledge of preparation of the solution from salt and sugar. Coverages of the first two indicators were adequate, coverages of the latter two were inadequate. The method is a useful low-cost approach to evaluation of program coverage.