Precision, Time, and Cost: A Comparison of Three Sampling Designs in an Emergency Setting

Article published in Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

FANTA, in collaboration with CRS, Save the Children (SC)/US and Ohio State University, applied LQAS methods to develop and test three new sampling designs to respond to the data collection priorities of emergency settings. These alternative sampling designs have been field tested in Sudan and Ethiopia, where they were shown to provide rapid and statistically reliable methods for assessing the prevalence of global acute malnutrition, in addition to a number of other child and household level indicators. An article reporting on the FANTA and SC/US field test in Sudan, "Precision, Time, and Cost: A Comparison of Three Sampling Designs in an Emergency Setting", has been published in Emerging Themes in Epidemiology.