Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) survey (Consultant)-Local Hire at International Medical Corps

Objectives

The proposed surveys have the following objectives:-

1. To determine the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months
2. To estimate crude and under five mortality rates in the three months preceding the survey
3. To assess the recent morbidity patterns among children 6- 59 months
4. To assess the immunization coverage for BCG, Measles and Polio / DPT 3 and Vitamin “A” among children 6-59 months
5. To determine mothers/ caretakers knowledge and feeding practices of children 0-23 months.
6. To assess the community’s knowledge, attitude, practice and beliefs regarding water, sanitation and hygiene
7. To establish the source of drinking water and water management at household level as well as at health facilities and presence and use of latrines
8. To provide additional qualitative information on the likely causes of under-nutrition and barriers to optimal child health and nutrition practices in the area. (E.g. through focus group discussions)
9. To determine the effectiveness, relevance and appropriateness of the current nutrition programs (CMAM, IYCF, cash transfer)
10. To formulate and provide practical and sustainable recommendations based on the survey findings.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Consultant

The consultant will, in coordination with the International Medical Corps team and under direct supervision by the Country Director and Nutrition Program Coordinator:

• Design the survey and develop comprehensive data collection tools in line with internationally acceptable standards. The consultant will do this in consultation with the IMC team
• Be responsible for preparation of the two surveys, including review of population statistics, calculating the sample size, selecting clusters, and developing an efficient survey schedule
• Train the survey teams (including pre-testing questionnaire)
• Assume overall responsibility for implementation of the two surveys, including recruiting (in collaboration with HR and senior management at country level) and training of enumerators, data entry clerks
• Daily supervision of survey teams and daily data quality assurance
• Supervise data entry and assure data entry quality
• Be responsible for data cleaning and analysis using anthropometric software for the core anthropometric and additional indicators, including analysis using WHO 2006 Growth Standards, PROPAN & UNICEF field manual process for the promotion of child feeding 2nd, edition PAHO 2013
• Present Preliminary findings at the state, and present the final findings at nutrition working group upon sharing with IMC
• Present the draft report of the findings in a stakeholder forum for comments and feedback
• Revise and submit a final copy of the survey report including recommendations to International Medical Corps
• Lead the synthesis and sharing of findings during meetings and discussions with International Medical Corps and relevant field team members as well as other relevant stakeholders

Expected outputs

Two final survey reports: Consultant submits these for review and then based on the feedback, revises and submits the final reports including conclusion, recommendation outlined per each sector to International Medical Corps.

Feedback on findings:

The Consultant gives a briefing on the preliminary findings from the surveys to International Medical Corps & SMoH staff in Sokoto and / or in Abuja.

Timeframe

The whole assignment is expected to take no more than 28 days starting September 7th – 5th October, 2015.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Public Health or Nutrition or related fields– training in research methods is an advantage
• Extensive experience in health program preferably in Nutrition and WASH research demonstrated by assignments conducted
• Experience in conducting KAP and SMART surveys including training teams, analysing data and writing up reports
• Experience in the Nutrition assessment in Northern Nigeria is an advantage
• Knowledge of the socio-economic and health development issues in relation to Northern Nigeria is desired.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, training and report writing skills
• Must be computer literate with undoubted proficiency in analytical packages such as ENA for SMART (2013), SPSS, CSPro, STATA, and SAS
• Fluent in both oral and written English. Hausa language skills are desirable but not essential.

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Objectives

The proposed surveys have the following objectives:-

1. To determine the prevalence of acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months
2. To estimate crude and under five mortality rates in the three months preceding the survey
3. To assess the recent morbidity patterns among children 6- 59 months
4. To assess the immunization coverage for BCG, Measles and Polio / DPT 3 and Vitamin “A” among children 6-59 months
5. To determine mothers/ caretakers knowledge and feeding practices of children 0-23 months.
6. To assess the community’s knowledge, attitude, practice and beliefs regarding water, sanitation and hygiene
7. To establish the source of drinking water and water management at household level as well as at health facilities and presence and use of latrines
8. To provide additional qualitative information on the likely causes of under-nutrition and barriers to optimal child health and nutrition practices in the area. (E.g. through focus group discussions)
9. To determine the effectiveness, relevance and appropriateness of the current nutrition programs (CMAM, IYCF, cash transfer)
10. To formulate and provide practical and sustainable recommendations based on the survey findings.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Consultant

The consultant will, in coordination with the International Medical Corps team and under direct supervision by the Country Director and Nutrition Program Coordinator:

• Design the survey and develop comprehensive data collection tools in line with internationally acceptable standards. The consultant will do this in consultation with the IMC team
• Be responsible for preparation of the two surveys, including review of population statistics, calculating the sample size, selecting clusters, and developing an efficient survey schedule
• Train the survey teams (including pre-testing questionnaire)
• Assume overall responsibility for implementation of the two surveys, including recruiting (in collaboration with HR and senior management at country level) and training of enumerators, data entry clerks
• Daily supervision of survey teams and daily data quality assurance
• Supervise data entry and assure data entry quality
• Be responsible for data cleaning and analysis using anthropometric software for the core anthropometric and additional indicators, including analysis using WHO 2006 Growth Standards, PROPAN & UNICEF field manual process for the promotion of child feeding 2nd, edition PAHO 2013
• Present Preliminary findings at the state, and present the final findings at nutrition working group upon sharing with IMC
• Present the draft report of the findings in a stakeholder forum for comments and feedback
• Revise and submit a final copy of the survey report including recommendations to International Medical Corps
• Lead the synthesis and sharing of findings during meetings and discussions with International Medical Corps and relevant field team members as well as other relevant stakeholders

Expected outputs

Two final survey reports: Consultant submits these for review and then based on the feedback, revises and submits the final reports including conclusion, recommendation outlined per each sector to International Medical Corps.

Feedback on findings:

The Consultant gives a briefing on the preliminary findings from the surveys to International Medical Corps & SMoH staff in Sokoto and / or in Abuja.

Timeframe

The whole assignment is expected to take no more than 28 days starting September 7th – 5th October, 2015.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Public Health or Nutrition or related fields– training in research methods is an advantage
• Extensive experience in health program preferably in Nutrition and WASH research demonstrated by assignments conducted
• Experience in conducting KAP and SMART surveys including training teams, analysing data and writing up reports
• Experience in the Nutrition assessment in Northern Nigeria is an advantage
• Knowledge of the socio-economic and health development issues in relation to Northern Nigeria is desired.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, training and report writing skills
• Must be computer literate with undoubted proficiency in analytical packages such as ENA for SMART (2013), SPSS, CSPro, STATA, and SAS
• Fluent in both oral and written English. Hausa language skills are desirable but not essential.