Johns Hopkins University
Measuring and Modeling Impact in Evaluations
Johns Hopkins University

Measuring and Modeling Impact in Evaluations

This course is part of Evaluating Large-Scale Health Programs Specialization

Taught in English

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Talata Sawadogo-Lewis
Neff Walker

Instructors: Talata Sawadogo-Lewis

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14 hours (approximately)
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6 quizzes, 1 assignment

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There are 7 modules in this course

This module welcomes students to the Measuring and Modeling Impact course presented by faculty from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The module also introduces faculty and provides an overview of impact measures.

What's included

3 videos

This module will first cover a broad set of issues that cut across all types of mortality, including under-five, maternal and neonatal. It then has lessons and readings that focus on understanding maternal mortality, data sources for maternal mortality and approaches to measurement.

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2 videos2 readings1 quiz

This module will introduce you to the major indicators related to deaths among children that could be used as a measure of impact. For each of these indicators we describe common sources of these indicators as well as methods used to measure or model these indicators .

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5 videos2 readings1 quiz

In this model we provide and overview of common impact measures related to nutrition. For each of these indicators we describe common sources and the methods that can be used to collect these indicators in an evaluation.

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3 videos2 readings1 quiz

In this module we review other categories of possible impact measures, including morbidity, long-term consequences of programs and birth outcomes. For each category of additional impact measures we review the major indicators, possible sources of these indicators as well a a quick overview of methods that could be used to collect them.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 quiz

In this module, we introduce the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) which is a mathematical modeling tool that can be used to model the impact of maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition. We review basic concepts, data sources, and review how the software itself works as well.

What's included

19 videos4 readings1 quiz

In this module, we discuss specific topics in LiST including how nutrition is modelled in LiST, how maternal and child mortality are modelled in LiST, and how subnational modelling is handled in LiST. We conclude by reviewing some additional tools that are relevant to LiST.

What's included

24 videos1 reading1 quiz1 assignment

Instructors

Talata Sawadogo-Lewis
Johns Hopkins University
2 Courses2,336 learners
Neff Walker
Johns Hopkins University
3 Courses3,896 learners

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