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Measuring and Modeling Impact in Evaluations
  • Level Professional
  • Duration 14 hours
  • Course by Johns Hopkins University
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About

We want to provide you some information about our course “Measuring and Modeling Impact in evaluations”. The purpose of this course is to give you a better understanding of different measures of impact that could be used in the evaluation of a program in the areas of maternal and child health and nutrition. For each of the measures presented, we will discuss current sources of data you might draw on as well as describe the methods that can be used to measure these. When we describe the methods, we also try to identify the strengths and weakness of the methods as well as their suitably for use in an evaluation. The course also discusses how modeling can be used in evaluations as either a replacement for measuring impact or to supplement measured impact. The last two lessons in this course focus on giving you an introduction and training on how the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) works and how to use it. This model can be used to estimate most – if not all – of the impact measures we describe in the course and can be an important part of both planning and estimating impact in an evaluation of a large-scale program. While this course is self-contained, it is also linked to other courses on evaluation. We developed this course for public health program managers and evaluators and assume the students in the course will have a background in public health with a focus on maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries. The development of this course was supported by a grant from Government Affairs Canada (GAC) for the Real Accountability, Data Analysis for Results (RADAR) project.

Modules

Welcome and Overview of Impact Measures

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Introduction to course and instructors
  • Overview of Impact Measures for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH)
  • Course learning objectives

Challenges in Measuring Mortality

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Challenges in Measuring Mortality

2 Videos

  • Introduction and Challenges in Measuring Mortality
  • Maternal Mortality

2 Readings

  • Maternal mortality evidence brief, WHO, 2019
  • Overview of Methods for Measuring Maternal Mortality

Under-5 Mortality

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Under-Five Mortality

5 Videos

  • Intro to Under-five mortality
  • Using Household Surveys and Censuses to Estimate Mortality: Direct and Indirect Methods
  • Modeling Mortality: Examples of IGME and LiST
  • Exercise on under-five mortality: Child Mortality
  • Deaths around the time of birth

2 Readings

  • Methods for Child, Adolescent and Youth Mortality (UNI
  • Methods for Stillbirth Rates (UNICEF

Nutrition and Growth as Impact

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Nutrition

3 Videos

  • Nutrition and Growth as Impact: Introduction
  • Nutrition and Growth as Impact: Indicators
  • Nutrition Data sources and methods

2 Readings

  • SDG Nutrition Indicators and Goals
  • WHA Global Nutrition Targets 2021Wasting Policy Brief

Other Impact Measures

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Other Impact Measures

3 Videos

  • Additional Impact Measures
  • Morbidity
  • Birth Outcomes

1 Readings

  • Methodological Considerations for Use of Routine Health Information Systems Data...

Introducing LiST as a modeling tool

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline

1 Readings

  • Mathematical models in the evaluation of health programmes

Overview of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)

    • 9 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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9 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline
  • What is LiST
  • LiST History
  • LiST's General Approach
  • Calculating Impact in LiST
  • Estimating Intervention Coverage
  • Impact and Results in LiST
  • LiST in Spectrum
  • Advantages and Limitations of LiST

2 Readings

  • Overview of The Lives saved Tool (LiST)
  • All things to all people: trade-offs in pursuit of an ideal modeling tool for maternal and child health

Introducing the LiST software

    • 5 Videos
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5 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Desktop LiST vs. LiST Online
  • Overview of LiST on Desktop
  • LiST Online: Explore Data
  • LiST Online: Create a Projection

Examples of LiST Use Cases

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Modeling Impact

4 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline
  • LiST for Strategic Planning
  • LiST for Evaluation
  • LiST for Advocacy

1 Readings

  • How is the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) used in the global health community? Results of a mixed-methods LiST user study

Nutrition in LiST

    • 9 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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9 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Overview of Nutrition in LiST
  • Stunting in LiST
  • Maternal Anemia in LiST
  • Birth Outcomes in LiST
  • Breastfeeding in LiST
  • Wasting in LiST
  • Additional Features
  • Creating a projection using nutrition targets

1 Readings

  • Nutrition Interventions in the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)

Maternal Mortality in LiST

    • 6 Videos
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6 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Background and Terminology
  • Maternal Mortality in LiST
  • Neonatal Deaths in LiST
  • Stillbirths in LiST
  • Exploring Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality and Stillbirths in the LiST Visualizer

Subnational Modeling in LiST

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • Learning objectives and outline
  • Subnational Models in LiST
  • Subnational Modeling Challenges
  • Creating a Subnational Projection in LiST Online

Other LiST Tools

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Topics in LiST

5 Videos

  • Learning Objectives and Outline
  • Missed Opportunities
  • Using Missed Opportunities in LiST Online
  • Equity Tool
  • LiST Visualizer

Final exam

    • 1 Assignment
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  • Final exam

Auto Summary

"Measuring and Modeling Impact in Evaluations" is a professional-level course focused on maternal and child health and nutrition in low- and middle-income countries. Designed for public health program managers and evaluators, it covers impact measurement and modeling methods, including the Lives Saved Tool (LiST). Supported by Government Affairs Canada (GAC), this Coursera course spans 840 minutes and offers Starter and Professional subscription options.

Talata Sawadogo-Lewis
Instructors

Talata Sawadogo-Lewis

Neff Walker
Instructors

Neff Walker