"New users" are confusing our counting: Reaching consensus on how to measure 'additional users' of family planning
Document Type
Commentary
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
FP2020's overarching goal is framed around the new metric of "additional users." This measure inherently captures population-level change but has been conflated with other ambiguous metrics, such as "new users." Therefore, we propose a standard set of terms to provide more consistent measurement. Although commonly used service-level metrics cannot be directly compared to the population-level metric of additional users, we describe 2 modeling approaches that can allow service-level data to inform estimates of additional users.
Recommended Citation
Dasgupta, Aisha, Michelle Weinberger, Benjamin Bellows, and Win Brown. 2017. "'New users' are confusing our counting: Reaching consensus on how to measure 'additional users' of family planning," Global Health: Science and Practice 5(1): 6–14.
DOI
10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00328
Language
English