Table 3. Summary of data collection tools for maternal and child health in humanitarian emergencies, by year of publication .
| Existing tools for data collection identified from the literature review | Type of data that can be collected |
Suitable in acute phase of an emergency | Field application reported | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual & reproductive health including gender-based violence | Maternal and newborn health | Infant and child health | Sexually transmitted infections | |||
| Twine (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2014)4 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Refugee health: an approach to emergency situationsa
(Médecins Sans Frontières, 1997)113 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Refugee RH needs assessment field tools (Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium, 1997)114–117 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| The alcohol use disorders identification test: guidelines for use in primary health care (Babor, 2001)112 |
Yes | Yes | ||||
| SGBV Tools for refugees, returnees and IDPs (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 2003)118 |
Yes | Yes | ||||
| EmOC needs assessment tool (Women’s Commission and Averting Maternal Death and Disability, 2005)119 |
Yes | Yes | ||||
| GBV prevention and response tool in emergencies (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2005)120 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Guidelines on public health promotion in emergencies (Oxfam, 2006)121 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Measuring intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration: a compendium of assessment tools (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006)122 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Adolescent SRH toolkit for humanitarian settings (United Nations Population Fund and Save the Children Fund, 2010)123 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| GBV programme monitoring tool, (United Nations Population Fund, 2010)124 |
Yes | |||||
| Inter-agency field manual on RH in humanitarian settings (WHO Interagency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises, 2010)125 |
Yes | |||||
| MISP assessment toolkit (Interagency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises, 2010)126 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| RH assessment toolkit for conflict-affected women, (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011)127 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Sphere handbook (The Sphere Project, 2011)128 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Guide to MNCH and nutrition in emergencies (World Vision, 2012)1 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| GBV tools manual for assessment and program design, monitoring and evaluation in conflict-affected settings (Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium, 2005)129 |
Yes | |||||
EmOC: emergency obstetric care; GBV: gender-based violence; IDP: internally displaced persons; MISP: minimum initial service package; MNCH: maternal, newborn and child health; RH: reproductive health; RHRC: reproductive health response in crises consortium; SGBV: sexual and gender-based violence; SRH: sexual and reproductive health; WHO: World Health Organization.
a General toolkits that do not exclusively assess SRH or MNCH.