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An Implementation of Rapid Assessment Method for Older People (RAM-OP)

Description

HelpAge International, VALID International, and Brixton Health, with financial assistance from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), have developed a Rapid Assessment Method for Older People (RAM-OP) that provides accurate and reliable estimates of the needs of older people. The method uses simple procedures, in a short time frame (i.e. about two weeks including training, data collection, data entry, and data analysis), and at considerably lower cost than other methods.

Details

The RAM-OP method is based on the following principles:

1. Use of a familiar “household survey” design employing a two-stage cluster sample design optimised to allow the use of a small primary sample (m \geq 16 clusters) and a small overall (n \geq 192) sample.

2. Assessment of multiple dimensions of need in older people (including prevalence of global, moderate and severe acute malnutrition) using, whenever possible, standard and well-tested indicators and question sets.

3. Data analysis performed using modern computer-intensive methods to allow estimates of indicator levels to be made with useful precision using a small sample size.

See the README at GitHub for further details

Author(s)

Maintainer: Ernest Guevarra [e-mail] (ORCID)

Authors:

• Mark Myatt [e-mail] (ORCID)

• Pascale Fritsch

• Katja Siling

See Also

Useful links:

• https://rapidsurveys.io/oldr/

• https://github.com/rapidsurveys/oldr

• Report bugs at https://github.com/rapidsurveys/oldr/issues

rapidsurveys/oldr documentation built on April 15, 2024, 11:18 a.m.