Community-Based Decision Making and Priority Setting Using the R Software: The Community Priority Index. (26th February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salihu, Hamisu M.; Salinas-Miranda, Abraham A.; Paothong, Arnut; Wang, Wei; King, Lindsey M.
• Other Names: Desaive Thomas Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Computational and mathematical methods in medicine. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-02-26
• Subjects: Medicine -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Mathematical models -- Periodicals; 610.11
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/347501
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-670X

Abstract

Abstract : This paper outlines how to compute community priority indices in the context of multicriteria decision making in community settings. A simple R function was developed and validated with community needs assessment data. Particularly, the first part of this paper briefly overviews the existing methods for priority setting and reviews the utility of a multicriteria decision-making approach for community-based prioritization. The second part illustrates how community priority indices can be calculated using the freely available R program to handle community data by showing the computational and mathematical steps of CPI (Community Priority Index) with bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals.