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ChildFund International (ChildFund) is a child‐focused International Non‐Governmental Organization (INGO) which, since 1938, has worked with local implementing partners (LIPs), government, and other partner organizations to help create the safe environments children need to thrive. The purpose of this commentary is to reflect on the utility and possible application of the suggestions and study designs in this special issue to real‐life intervention studies in dynamic context settings. The commentary provides three regional case examples with evaluation study lessons learned from…
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Introduction: Economic strengthening practitioners are increasingly seeking data collection tools that will help them target households vulnerable to HIV and poor child well-being outcomes, match households to appropriate interventions, monitor their status, and determine readiness for graduation from project support. This article discusses efforts in 3 countries to develop simple, valid tools to quantify and classify economic vulnerability status.
Methods and Findings: In Côte d'Ivoire, we conducted a cross-sectional survey with 3,…
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Knowing how many orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) may require services can enhance the efficiency of programming. The OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) requested help from MEASURE Evaluation (funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID]) to develop procedures—preferably using published final reports of standardized surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)—to estimate the sizes of OVC groups having high programmatic priority at the national and subnational levels.
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The Household Vulnerability Prioritization Tool (HVPT) is a national tool in Uganda developed to help government and implementing partners identify and prioritize households with, affected by, or at high risk for HIV for enrollment in orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) programming. This tool was developed specifically for the Uganda context and in collaboration with the Uganda OVC Technical Working Group.
The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for other countries and implementing partners overseeing OVC programming, so they can adapt the…
The U.S. government and other investors in programs to improve the well-being of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) want to know the impact of their funding. Meaningful evaluation requires measurable results. But existing surveys used to collect internationally comparable data on children—the Demographic and Health Survey, for example—don’t capture information at the OVC program level, nor do they capture all of the core indicators of an OVC program’s success.
New indicators and tools developed by MEASURE Evaluation, with support from the OVC technical working group of the U.S.…
The caregiver questionnaire is intended for use as one of the OVC survey tools developed by MEASURE Evaluation, with support from the OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The caregiver questionnaire addresses the household and the caregiver.
The tool contains two types of questions: core questions, which are highly recommended, and optional questions or modules, which may be added depending on the objectives of the survey. Modules listed that do link to a resource are in development.
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The Child, Caregiver & Household Well-being Survey Tools for Orphans & Vulnerable Children Programs have been translated into French for use in francophone countries globally. The French translation of the questionnaires were validated for the francophone context during a participatory workshop with participants working in the field of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Cameroon. These tools are now ready for use and can be further adapted for application in specific francophone countries.…
The questionnaire for children ages 0-9 years is intended for use as one of the OVC survey tools developed by MEASURE Evaluation, with support from the OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The questionnaire for children ages 0-9 years is applied to the caregiver.
The tool contains two types of questions: core questions, which are highly recommended, and optional questions or modules, which may be added depending on the objectives of the survey. Modules listed that do link to a resource are in development.…
The questionnaire for children ages 10-17 years is intended for use as one of the OVC survey tools developed by MEASURE Evaluation, with support from the OVC technical working group of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The questionnaire for children ages 10-17 years is applied directly to children with their informed assent and parental consent.
The tool contains two types of questions: core questions, which are highly recommended, and optional questions or modules, which may be added depending on the objectives of the survey.…
Ces outils de collecte de données sont des questionnaires destinés à une enquête auprès de ménages avec des enfants âgés 0 à 17 ans et les adultes du ménage qui s'occupent des enfants. Les questionnaires sont conçues pour mesurer des changements dans le bien-être des enfants, des personnes qui s'occupent des enfants et des ménages qui peuvent être attribués, dans la mesure du raisonnable, aux interventions du programme. Les outils sont accompagnés par:
- Un manuel d'outils (le présent document);
- Un modèle de protocole d'enquête;
- Un modèle de plan d'…