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Fur Baranga: GAM point estimates, 95% CIs, LQAS result, estimated time expenditure* and cost† required for data collection, by sampling design |
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| Sampling design |
GAM point estimate (95% CI) |
GAM LQAS result |
Team days required to collect data |
Cost for data collection |
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| 33 × 6 design |
8.1 (3.6, 12.5) |
Fail to reject Ho at 10% GAM threshold. Conclude area requires intervention appropriate for 10% threshold level |
8.25 |
$1232 |
| 67 × 3 design |
6.5 (3.0, 9.9) |
Reject Ho at 10% GAM threshold. Conclude area has <10% GAM prevalence |
11.17 |
$1630 |
| 30 × 30 design |
8.6 (6.5, 10.8) |
NA |
30.00 |
$4606 |
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*Time expenditure results for Fur Baranga assume 8.5 hour work day. †Estimated cost based on conversion rate of 237 Sudanese Dinars to 1 US Dollar. | ||||
Deitchler et al. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008 5:6 doi:10.1186/1742-7622-5-6 |
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