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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Please use SanQoL-5 in your monitoring, evaluation, trials, etc! It is already being used by WSUP, World Vision, and Sanergy. Some FAQs on SanQoL-5 are on the website (www.SanQoL.org)

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We also found good evidence of cross-cultural comparability, with <10% of 75 inter-country comparisons suggesting questions were being interpreted differently.

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Our results show that sanitation implementers & researchers can use SanQoL-5 to monitor & evaluate sanitation progs. We found support for 87% of the hypotheses we tested about how SanQoL-5 scores vary with toilet characteristics such as locks on doors, quality of walls, or faeces being visible.

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Implications of USAID cuts for DHS www.itg.be/en/health-st... DHS data are critical for understanding progress on WASH, and alongside MICS are the most reliable datapoints underpinning the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme estimates.

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When health data go dark

A call to restore DHS Program funding

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Great post from @kopalo.bsky.social on "what will become of international development after the end of the aid paradigm?" www.africanistperspective.com/p/what-will-... It's not just about USAID. Post is focused on students/young prof, but of importance to all of us.

africanistperspective.com

What will become of international development after the end of the aid paradigm?

Some thoughts in response to questions I get from students and young professionals

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

see also: - tried to get ChatGPT to write datetime code (it failed)

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

To arrive at these weights, we used a discrete choice experiment (DCE) reported in this study. More details here - www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Great collaboration with Instituto Nacional de Saúde as part of the Maputo Sanitation Trial. [5/5]

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Ian Ross on LinkedIn: Our study reporting a discrete choice experiment to value the SanQoL-5…

Our study reporting a discrete choice experiment to value the SanQoL-5 index in Mozambique was published in Value in Health (Regional Issues). Link in comments…

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If a given population thinks that avoiding disgust is more important than avoiding shame, then the weights should reflect this, e.g. 0.22 for disgust and 0.18 for shame instead of 0.20 for both. [4/n]

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The 5 answers are combined as an index ranging 0-1, but the five attributes are not weighted equally. Why? Because for a measure to be used cost-effectiveness or benefit-cost analysis, attributes should be weighted according to people's values. [3/n]

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The SanQoL-5 is a validated index which measures people’s experience of sanitation with 5 questions about privacy, disgust, safety, shame, and disease – more details on the website [www.sanqol.org] [2/n]

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Ian Ross @ianrossuk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Great to spend 2 days with (most of) the LSHTM health economists. Lots of ideas and opportunities for collaboration!

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