Ghana Health Services and UNICEF launched a Communication for Development program in 2012 across twelve districts in Ghana's four poorest regions. The dataset likely contains survey results from three rounds (2012, 2014, 2016) measuring the impact of radio, drama, home visits, and mobile messaging on five key health behaviors. The evaluation was designed by Günther Fink of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, featuring community-level and individual-level randomized interventions.
Use Cases
- Impact evaluation of community-level health interventions based on randomized rollout design
- Comparative analysis of communication channels (radio, drama, mobile) based on described program activities
- Time-series analysis of health behavior adoption based on three survey rounds
- Causal inference modeling for development programs based on the randomized evaluation structure
Strengths
- Evaluation design includes randomized rollout at community and individual levels for rigorous impact assessment
- Data collection spans three survey rounds over four years (2012, 2014, 2016)
- Program targeted five specific, measurable health behaviors critical for child mortality
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- Günther Fink, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
- Collection Method
- Three rounds of quantitative surveys (baseline, midline, endline) and two rounds of qualitative data collection.
- Time Range
- 2012-2016
- Geography
- Twelve districts across four regions of Ghana