tailieunhanh - Question Appraisal System QAS-99

Key questions included the effectiveness of volunteer outreach workers, VIA for screening, and cryotherapy performed by nurses. In order to generate enough screen-positive women being referred to the district hospital for triage testing and treatment, the recruitment goal for this phase was about 1,400 women. Workshops were held at national, provincial, and district level in March 2002 to report preliminary results from the first 1,170 eligible women screened. By the end of the pilot phase about 1,600 women had been screened | Question Appraisal System QAS-99 By Gordon and Judith T. Lessler Research Triangle Institute Suite 420 6110 Executive Blvd. Rockville MD 20852 August 1999 Acknowledgments This version of the RTI Questionnaire Appraisal System QAS-99 is based on a system that we developed for Behavioral Surveillance Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Contract No. 200-98-0103 TO 3 for use in evaluating questions for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System BRFSS . The BRFSS-QAS can be obtained by contacting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Adult and Community Health Behavioral Surveillance Branch 4770 Buford Highway NE MS K47 Atlanta GA 30341-3717 http nccdphp brfss Questionnaire Appraisal System qAs-99 -ii- Research Triangle Institute Table of Contents Section Page Section 1. Background and Instructions. 1-1 Overview of the QAS. 1-1 Learning to Use the QAS-99 . 1-2 Applying the QAS-99 in Practice. 1-3 Section 2. QAS-99 Coding Section 3. QAS-99 Instructions on Using the Purpose of the QAS-99 Manual .3-1 How to Read the Manual the First Time Through .3-1 Two Issues to Consider Up Finally a Note About STEP 1 - READING .3-5 Problem Type 1a - What to Problem Type 1b - Missing Problem Type 1c - How to STEP 2 - INSTRUCTIONS .3-8 Problem Type 2a - Conflicting or Inaccurate Problem Type 2b - Complicated STEP 3 - Problem Type 3a - Wording .3-10 Problem Type 3b - Technical Terms .3-11 Problem Type 3c - Vague .3-12 Problem Type 3d - Reference Periods .3-16 STEP 4 - ASSUMPTIONS. .3-17 Problem Type 4a - Inappropriate Problem Type 4b - Assumes Constant Problem Type 4c - Double-Barreled .3-20 STEP 5 - KNOwLEdGE MEMORY .3-21 Problem Type 5a - Knowledge .3-21 Problem Category 5b - An .