This module yields information about women’s and men’s roles in household activities, household decisionmaking, decision-making for women’s and children’s health care, and attitudes around gender norms. Different from other knowledge, practices, and coverage (KPC) modules, the gender module is designed to measure health outcomes that were targeted by program interventions and more general gendered dimensions that may influence health practices but may not have been directly targeted by program interventions. It aims to provide program implementers with a better understanding of how gender-based attitudes, norms, roles, and behaviors may affect health-seeking behaviors and health outcomes in the program area. Understanding this context is crucial for integrating gender in program design as well as better enabling families and communities to practice healthy behaviors and to seek and access health services. This module also differs from other KPC modules in that it includes a questionnaire for both women and men. Guidance for sampling both men and women is included in the KPC generic protocol. This module is designed so that it can be used either as a standalone module or together with other KPC modules. It draws on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs); the C-Change Gender Scales; the Jhpiego Gender Analysis Toolkit for Health Systems; Baseline Study of the Title II Development Food Assistance Programs in Uganda, which includes the manual and questionnaires; and the Partners for Prevention Core Men’s Questionnaire developed for the United Nations Multi-Country Study on Men and Violence.
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Rapid Knowledge, Practices and Coverage (KPC) Survey-Gender Module
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