Research Associate @ State Health Resource Centre, Bhopal

Job Description

 

Project Title:  Integration of Birth, child death and marriage registration of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) & RCH-ANMOL: An operational feasibility study in Raisen district

Job Title:         Research Associate

Centre:            State Health Resource Centre

Location:        Bhopal

Reporting to: Project In-charge

Project Period: 6 Months (Extendable)

Travel:             As per job requirement

 

About SHRC:

State Health Resource Centre - Madhya Pradesh located at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis. SHRC primally objective is to support the state in strengthening the health system of Madhya Pradesh with special focus areasincludingassisting policy planning and strategy development, technical assistance to the state and suggesting areas of improvement in service delivery leading to better health outcomes. The Centre regularly conductsgap analysis and evaluation studies.

 

Project Background:

Registration of birth is a right of every child and is the first step towards establishing her/his legal identity. It is compulsory to report births and deaths to the Registrar of Births and Deaths under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (Act No. 18 of 1969). Births and deaths are registered only at the place of their occurrence.

 

In today's technology-dependent world, the completeness and correctness of data are taken at their face value. However, the act of data matching and validation is given inadequate attention. Generation of similar estimates from two or more sources may lead to redundancy of work and inefficient utilization of resources. Therefore, it is imperative to look for the scope of integration between two data sets at the sub-district and district levels before moving to the state level. In this context, the Civil Registration System and the ANMOL RCH database present a lucrative and unique opportunity for practicing data amalgamation.The specific objectives are of the project:

        i.            To undertake a systematic evidence-based review and synthesis of civil registration and vital statistics data (live birth, stillbirth, death and marriage registration) and RCH ANMOL database (birth, stillbirth and infant death and marriage) in Raisen district.

      ii.            To identify the challenges in the present system and suggest corrective measures to streamline the reporting of vital statistics.

    iii.            To undertake the operational feasibility of integration of civil registration system and health system data from the standpoints of accuracy, timeliness, and usefulness.

     iv.            To suggest a policy recommendation for the integration of Civil Registration and RCH data in Madhya Pradesh

 

Responsibilities:

        i.            Mapping of stakeholders and preparation of analysis matrix

      ii.            Support in organizing the stakeholder consultation and documentation

    iii.            Development of data validation tools including a checklist and semi-structured questionnaire for dataset validation exercise.

     iv.            Systematic review and analysis of civil registration data set and RCH ANMOL as per Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P)

       v.            Field visits to undertake In-depth discussions with the parents and service providers in rural and urban areas in Raisen districts.

     vi.            Contribution to report writing

   vii.            The report would mainly highlight the scope of dataset integration including field operation and data structure and cost-benefits analysis of the integration of two datasets.

Qualifications/experience/competencies:

        i.            Master's degree in management, economics, computer science, statistics, operations research, public health, or allied areas.

      ii.            At least 2 years of experience in data analysis and documentation.

    iii.            Experience in using quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques.

     iv.            Organized, team player, and results-oriented individual.

       v.            Willingness to travel to rural areas if required.

     vi.            Fluency in English and Hindi is an advantage.

 

Remuneration: Monthly remuneration of Rs 50,000. Outstation travel expenses as per Institute norms.

 

Interested candidates email at preeti.upadhyay12@mp.gov.in