validmeasures/liberiaS3M

Notes on the design of a simple spatial sampling method (S3M) for assessing coverage of health and nutrition programmes in Liberia # Notes on the design of a simple spatial sampling method (S3M) for assessing coverage of health and nutrition programmes in Liberia The **Simple Spatial Survey Method (S3M)** was developed from the CSAS coverage survey method as a response to the widespread adoption of community management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) by ministries of health. Large-scale programs need a large-scale survey method and S3M was developed to meet that need. **S3M** was designed to : * Be simple enough for MoH, NGO, and UNO personnel without specialist statistical training to perform. * Provide a general survey method. S3M can be used to survey and map: * Need for and coverage of selective-entry programs such as CMAM and TSFP as well as universal programs such as EPI, GMP, GFD (general ration), and “blanket” SFP over wide areas. * Levels of indicators such as those for IYCF, WASH, and period prevalence / cumulative prevalence of ARI, fever, and diarrhoea over wide areas. This document concentrates on using S3M to assess the need for and coverage of: * Treatment of SAM in children aged between 6 and 59 months; * Vitamin A supplementation; * Micronutrient powder supplementation; * Ferrous sulfate-folic acid supplementation; and, * Infant and young child feeding counselling.