Mariame O. Ouédraogo|Jaameeta Kurji|Lakew Abebe|Ronald Labonté|Morankar Sudhakar|Kunuz Haji Bedru|Gebeyehu Bulcha|Muluemebet Abera|Beth K. Potter|Marie-Hélène Roy-Gagnon|Manisha A. Kulkarni
A quality assessment of Health Management Information System (HMIS) data for maternal and child health in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
University of Ottawa|University of Ottawa|Jimma University|University of Ottawa|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|Jimma University|University of Ottawa|University of Ottawa|University of Ottawa
health management information system hmis data important guiding attainment health targets low middleincome countries however quality hmis data often poor highquality information especially important populations experiencing high burdens disease mortality pregnant women newborns children purpose study assess quality maternal child health mch data collected ethiopian ministry healths hmis three districts jimma zone oromiya region ethiopia 12month period july 2014 june 2015 considering data quality constructs world health organizations data quality report card appraised completeness timeliness internal consistency eight key mch indicators collected primary health care units phcus located within three districts jimma zone gomma kersa seka chekorsa evaluated agreement mch service coverage estimates hmis estimates obtained populationbased crosssectional survey conducted 3784 women pregnant year preceding survey using pearson correlation coefficients intraclass correlation coefficients icc blandaltman plots found completeness timeliness facility reporting highest gomma 75 70 respectively lowest kersa 34 32 respectively observed zeromissing values moderateextreme outliers mch indicator found reporting mch indicators improved time phcus however internal consistency mch indicators low several phcus found poor agreement mch estimates obtained hmis survey indicating hmis may overreport coverage key mch services namely antenatal care skilled birth attendance postnatal care quality mch data within hmis zonal level jimma ethiopia could improved inform mch research programmatic efforts