A mixed methods assessment of Routine Health Information System (RHIS) Data Quality and Factors affecting it, Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia, 2020
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| Name | A mixed methods assessment of Routine Health Information System (RHIS) Data Quality and Factors affecting it, Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia, 2020 |
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| Coverage Location | Zonal |
| Coverage Sex | Both |
| Abstract | Background: Effective and efficient healthcare services need evidence-based decisions, and these decisions should rely on information from high-quality data. However, despite a lot of efforts, routine health data is still claimed to be not at the required level of quality. Previous studies have primly relay on organization-related factors little emphasis was given to perception and knowledge of service providers' gaps. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the quality of data generated from routine health information systems and factors contributing to data quality from diverse aspects. Objective: To assess the quality of data from routine health information systems and factors contributing to data quality collected in health centres of Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 568 health professionals from 33 health centres selected randomly using a two-stage sampling method. A qualitative study was conducted using 12 key informants. Result: The overall regional data quality level was 76.22%. Health professionals' motivation towards routine health care data has shown a strong association with data quality, (r(31) =.71,p<.001). Lack of adequate HIS task competence, non-functional PMT, and lack of supervision was also commonly reported reasons for poor data quality. Conclusion: This review has documented data quality of routine health information systems from health centres under Addis Ababa city. Overall data quality was found to be below the national expectation level. The study emphasized the role of behavioural factors in improving the quality of routine healthcare data. |
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| Date Data Collection Started | 2020-05-01 |
| Date Data Collection End | 2020-06-30 |
| Title | A mixed methods assessment of Routine Health Information System (RHIS) Data Quality and Factors affecting it, Addis Ababa City Administration, Ethiopia, 2020 |
| Data Type | Survey |
| PublicationYear | 2021 |
| SugestedCitation | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhd/index |
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| Description | This metadata contains health centers' data quality during the study period. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the data quality level of health centers and the factors affecting it in May 2020. The qualitative study was conducted in June 2020 for the corporation and enhancement of the survey. The study variables include behavioral determinants, Organizational determinants, and technical determinants. The tools used for data collection OBAT, MAT, and facility checklist tools were used to collect behavioral and organizational determinants of routine health data quality. The data were encoded using Epi-info version 7 and cleaned for missing values and exported to SPSS version 23 for analysis. |
| Dataset study design | Cross-sectional survey |
| Date Data Archived | 2023-01-04 |
| Date Data Cataloged | 2023-01-12 |
| Data Generating Unit | Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) |
| URL | https://rtds.ephi.gov.et/public/showdetail/482 |
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