Community Health Volunteer's Training Manual - Population Council

Topic 3 Data compilation and analysis
Data compilation
Community Based Surveillance
As a volunteer, you should be able to do simple analysis of the data you collect. As we
said earlier this analysis must be shared with the health committee and community
members. Let’s now do some simple exercises on data analysis in Exercises 2.2.3 to
2.2.4.
Exercise 2.2.3
1. Take sample page of a community
surveillance register (CSR) observe
and interpret the data on it.
Instructions to Facilitator
1. Give each participant a
sample page from the
register.
2. Let them observe the data
trends and interpret it.
One of your roles as a volunteer is to collect and then analyse the information in the
community register. You simply do this by adding up or counting the number of
zeros (0), cancelled each day/week/month next to each picture in the register. This
helps you to know how big the problem is and whether over time it is improving or
worsening. When you analyse this and report the information to the community, it
helps the community to identify their common health problems.
Exercise 2.2.4
1. Carefully observe the sample page of
CBS, vital events register with zeros
cancelled.
2. Count and record one event e.g.
mortality and give comments.
1. Give sample of vital events
register
2. Teach them how to count
and record each event and
comment on it.
Another role of the volunteer is to inform the CHO or health authorities immediately
a death or other event of public health importance occurs.
Data Analysis
You will also review the records of children under five. This will mainly be on the
immunisations they have had. What you do is to compare current data with the
previous month’s data. You then record and report any changes to the CHO.
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