Nepal - Nepal Multiple Indicator Survelliance 1997-1998, Sixth Cycle

Start	End	Cycle
1997-10-01	1997-11-30	Six

Face-to-face [f2f]
TRAINING AND FIELDWORK

Field staffs were recruited in October 1997. They were recruited from and trained in five regional centres: Kathmandu, Birgunj, Nepalgunj, Pokhara and Sunsari. Twenty-six (26) teams, each containing 4 or 5 members were recruited. The 30 field supervisors were trained in Kathmandu.

The field survey was carried out over a period of 2 months from October to November 1997.

When communities were revisited during cycle 6, the opportunity was taken to give them a summary of the results of cycle 5 and conduct focus groups to discuss the implications of the key findings and the ways in which important messages might best be disseminated.

The Social Section of the Central Bureau of Statistics provided overall fieldwork coordination and supervision.

The following instruments were used for data collection for NMIS Six cycle surveillance:

1. Household questionnaire
2. Focus group discussion on health services
3. Focus group discussion on agriculture/ livestock services
4. Government Health facility institutional review
5. Agriculture/ Livestock facility institutional review
6. Community key informant interview
7. VDC (Village Development Committee) chairman interview
8. DDC (District Development Committee) chairman interview
9. DHO (District Health Officers) interview
10. DAO (District Agricultural Officers) interview
11. LDO (Local Development Officers) interview

The questionnaire and guides for interview were published in Nepali language. An English version is provided in the Report on Service Delivery Survey: Health and Agriculture Services, Nepal Multiple Indicator Surveillance, Sixth Cycle (November 97 - January 98).

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Central Bureau of Statistics	CBS	National Planning Commission Secretariat

The role of the supervisor was to coordinate field data collection activities, including management of the field teams, supplies and equipment, maps and listings, coordinate with local authorities concerning the survey plan and make arrangements for accomodation and travel. Additionally, the field supervisor assigned the work to the interviewers, spot checked work, and sent completed questionnaires and progress reports to the central office.

Field visits were also made by a team of central staff on a periodic basis during fieldwork.The senior staff of Central Bureau of Statistics also made frequent visits to field teams to provide support and to review progress.