Prepare Single Malaria Dx Indicator for MBG — prep_malaria_dx

Convenience wrapper around calc_malaria_dx_mbg() to prepare a single malaria diagnostic testing indicator for MBG analysis.

Usage

prep_malaria_dx_mbg(
  dhs_kr,
  gps_data,
  indicator = "malaria_dx",
  survey_vars = list(cluster = "v001", age = "hw1", fever = "h22", malaria_dx = "h47"),
  gps_vars = list(cluster = "DHSCLUST", lat = "LATNUM", lon = "LONGNUM")
)

Arguments

dhs_kr

DHS Children's Recode (KR) dataset.

gps_data

DHS GPS dataset with cluster coordinates.

indicator

Single indicator name. Default: "malaria_dx".

survey_vars

Named list mapping DHS variable names:

cluster: Cluster ID (default: "v001")
age: Child's age in months (default: "hw1")
fever: Fever in last 2 weeks (default: "h22")
malaria_dx: Blood taken for malaria test (default: "h47")

gps_vars

Named list for GPS variable mapping.

Value

A data.table with columns: cluster_id, indicator, samplesize, x, y