HFA - NEST360

Health Facility Assessment (HFA)

The Health Facility Assessment (HFA) resources are systematically developed to assess service readiness for small and sick newborn care. Co-design of the HFA was facilitated by NEST360, working with African governments and in partnership with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and other key experts.

HFA Paper Modules

	Facility Infrastructure Module Survey to assess facility infrastructure and amenities (i.e., communications, transportation)
	Neonatal Unit Infrastructure Module Survey to assess neonatal unit infrastructure, equipment, and amenities (includes infection prevention & control questions)
	Pharmacy and Laboratory Module Survey to assess pharmacy and laboratory services
	General Newborn Care Equipment List with pictures of newborn care equipment and supplies
	Medical Devices and Supplies Survey to assess available devices and supplies
	Biomedical Technician Workshop Visual Guide A survey to assess tools, supplies, and infrastructure of biomed workshops
	Biomedical Technician Workshop Survey to assess tools, supplies, and infrastructure of biomed workshops
	Human Resources for Health Survey to assess staffing and working conditions
	Information Systems Survey to assess data systems, information management, filing systems, etc.
	Administration and Management Survey to assess management practices and reporting
	Family Centred Care Survey to assess practice and monitoring of family centred care initiatives
	Hand-washing Observation Form Data collection form for hand washing records

Data dictionaries for electronic data collection (REDcap)

Data Dictionaries
REDcap data dictionaries that define terms and relationships between HFA data. These dictionaries, other data tools and scripts will be made available soon. If you require any of these items now, please contact info@nest360.org

	Data collector training agenda (sample) Sample agenda in Microsoft Word that can be used as a template for setting the data collector training agenda.
	Checklist for HFA planning Available upon request, please email info@nest360.org
	Data collector training survey (sample) Sample survey to use in training data collectors on HFA procedures

	Data cleaning scripts for HFA modules Stata scripts used to clean data collected using the HFA modules, these are available upon request, email info@nest360.org
	HFA Baseline Summary Feedback Report (sample) Sample HFA baseline summary report showing sample data compiled from HFA surveys
	HFA summary report population script (R) scripts used to auto-populate feedback SUMMARY reports, these are available upon request, email info@nest360.org
	HFA Baseline Health Facility Assessment (sample) Sample full-length HFA baseline report showing sample data compiled from HFA surveys
	HFA full report population script (R) scripts used to auto-populate feedback FULL reports, these are available upon request, email info@nest360.org
	HFA heat maps scoring script Stata scripts for scoring heat maps used in HFA reporting, these are available upon request, email info@nest360.org