Table 3 Data Use Intervention Categories
Intervention category | Articles on immunization data use (n) | Articles on data use in other health sectors (n) | Total number of articles (n) | Description | References from peer-reviewed literature | References from grey literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electronic immunization registries | 14 | 0 | 14 | Store data on administered vaccine doses in computerized, population-based databases | ||
Logistics management information systems | 8 | 0 | 8 | Collect data on vaccine inventory and demand to support managing the vaccine supply chain; often computerized | [34] | |
Health management information systems | 0 | 6 | 6 | Store aggregated health data and can facilitate converting data into useful information for decision-making; we focused on computerized HMIS | Â | |
Decision support systems | 9 | 4 | 13 | Help users interpret data and use data for decision-making; include computerized decision support systems and noncomputerized tools (e.g., monitoring charts, dashboards, and home-based records) | ||
Data quality assessments | 8 | 3 | 12 | Range from interventions that train program managers in how to routinely audit data quality to external audits of data quality | ||
Data review meetings | 2 | 1 | 3 | Employ adult learning techniques (e.g., peer learning and knowledge-sharing) to build skills in data analysis | [74] | |
Peer learning networks | 6 | 5 | 11 | Connect health workers so they can share information and discuss data; increasingly accessed through social networking platforms online | ||
Supportive supervision, mentorship, and on-the-job training | 4 | 4 | 8 | Build health workers’ skills, foster performance and motivation, and identify and resolve problems | ||
Training | 1 | 5 | 6 | Strengthen the capacity of health workers responsible for managing and using data at all levels of the health system through workshops, classroom-based learning, and hands-on approaches | ||
mHealth | 7 | 1 | 8 | Mobile-based or wireless technologies used to support health service delivery | ||
Other/multicomponent interventions | 7 | 6 | 13 | Leverage many of the intervention categories but lack a clearly identifiable primary intervention type | ||
TOTALa | 66 | 36 | 102 | Â | Â | Â |