FAQ: What do you want to do?

Answers to this set of Frequently Asked Questions provide guidance on what methods may be appropriate to use when gathering information for various purposes.

• How do I do an RH Needs and Resources Assessment?
  • Rapid Assessment Protocol
  • CDC/CERTI RAP Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Annexes
  • RHRC Needs Assessment Field Tools
  • CARE PLA Manual “Embracing Participation” Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
  
  
• How do I design a good RH Project?
  • Causal Pathway Framework
  • Program Plan Outline
  
  
• How do I set objectives?
  • Causal Pathway Framework
  
  
• How do I do supervision in an RH Project?
  • Quality of Care Assessment
  • Routine Service Statistics
  
  
• How do I measure achievement of objectives in an RH Project?
  • Causal Pathway Framework
  • Program Plan Outline
  
  
• How do I do an evaluation of an RH Project?
  • Causal Pathway Framework
  • Visit the ALNAP website http://www.alnap.org/index.html. Look for the ALNAP Quality Proforma in HUMANITARIAN ACTION: Improving performance through improved learning, ALNAP Annual Review 2002.
  
  
• How do I do an assessment of RH for youth?
  • Adolescent Reproductive Health Assessment Protocol
  
  
• How do I do medical research on RH?
  • Visit the CDC website - Reproductive Health Epidemiology Workshop
  
  
• How do I do behavioral research on RH?
  • FHI Guidelines For Repeated Behavioral Surveys In Populations At Risk Of HIV
  
  

FAQ: How do I collect information on

• why community members act as they do or believe as they do concerning reproductive health?
  • Focus group discussion
  • Individual In-depth interview
  • Participatory learning and action
  
  
• how many or what percent of community members know, believe or act as they do concerning reproductive health?
  • Community-based survey
  
  
• clients’ in-depth opinions concerning RH services?
  • Focus group discussion
  • Individual in-depth interview
  
  
• how many or what percent of clients continue services?
  • Client record review
  
  
• the characteristics of the users of RH services?
  • Client record review
  • Client exit interview
  
  
• how many or what percent of clients are satisfied with the RH services?
  • Client exit interview
  
  
• what RH services are available?
  • Facility assessment
  • Situation analysis
  
  
• the quality of the RH services?
  • Quality of care assessment
  
  
• how many or what percent of the community use RH services?
  • Community-based survey
  
  
• the RH service providers’ knowledge, attitudes, skills and practices?
  • Training assessment
  • Observation