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.
Maintainer: Ernest Guevarra ernest@guevarra.io (ORCID) [copyright holder]
Authors:
Mark Myatt mark@brixtonhealth.com (ORCID) [copyright holder]
Pascale Fritsch
Katja Siling
Other contributors:
HelpAge International [copyright holder]
Elrha [funder]
The RAM-OP method is based on the following principles:
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 >= 16 clusters) and a small overall (n = 192) sample.
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.
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.
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