Pre-testing

The team working on the Health baseline survey is a great group of guys. (Yes, all men!). Willing to put in the extra effort by staying late until we get it right, make it the best we can. Three of the guys tested the questionnaire by interviewing some mothers in a nearby community. They gave some great input – pointing out questions that in the moment they didn’t understand, telling me some of the things that surprised them (the mothers were very interested in the survey, the fathers and grandmothers were very curious too!). One father didn’t remember his child’s birthdate, but his illiterate wife did remember and reminded him that he had written the date on the wall inside the house! At the end Sacumi asked for validation – did they accomplish the objectives that I had set forth for the pre-testing of the survey? To which I heartily answered, “Yes! Above and beyond what I had expected – Your answers were invaluable and are helping to make this survey instrument even better!”