Demographic surveillance system
In the fields of demographics and public health, a demographic surveillance system (DSS), also called a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS),[1] gathers longitudinal health and demographic data for a dynamic cohort of the total population in a specified geographic area. An HDSS is created by first executing a census of households in the area as a baseline, followed by regular visits to each household to gather health and demographic data.[2] The cohort is dynamic in that members are added through birth or immigration and members are subtracted through death or emigration.[3] Tracking population migration is particularly important for understanding of HDSS data.[4]
In developing countries, there is commonly a lack of health and demographic information at the community or population level.[5] For instance, cause of death may be unknown for deaths occurring outside of health facilities.[1] One approach to collecting such data is the cross-sectional Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). HDSS provide a complement to episodic DHS by collecting longitudinally data over time, often with multiple household surveys.[5]
HDSS sites originated in the 1960s.[6] Since then, many HDSS in developing countries have organized together in the INDEPTH network.[7] As of 2017, INDEPTH has 47 HDSS sites following roughly 3 million people.[8] One function of INDEPTH is to gather data across HDSS and to establish standards for data acquisition.[9] There are other demographic and health data gathering programs similar to DSS that are not part of INDEPTH, such as the Sample Registration system in India[10] and the Disease Surveillance Points system in China.[7]
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- ^ Adazu, Kubaje; White, Michael; Findley, Sally; Collinson, Mr Mark (2012). The Dynamics of Migration, Health and Livelihoods: INDEPTH Network Perspectives. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 4–5. ISBN 9781409488392. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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- ^ Delaunay, Valerie; Douillot, Laetitia; Diallo, Aldiouma; Dione, Djibril; Trape, Jean-François; Medianikov, Oleg; Raoult, Didier; Sokhna, Cheikh (August 2013). "Profile: The Niakhar Health and Demographic Surveillance System". International Journal of Epidemiology. 42 (4): 1002–1011. doi:10.1093/ije/dyt100. PMC 3781002. PMID 24062286.
- ^ a b Chandramohan, Daniel; Shibuya, Kenji; Setel, Philip; Cairncross, Sandy; Lopez, Alan D.; Murray, Christopher J. L.; Żaba, Basia; Snow, Robert W.; Binka, Fred (26 February 2008). "Should Data from Demographic Surveillance Systems Be Made More Widely Available to Researchers?". PLOS Medicine. 5 (2): e57. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050057. ISSN 1549-1676. PMC 2253613. PMID 18303944.
- ^ "About us--INDEPTH Network". www.indepth-network.org. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Herbst, Kobus; Juvekar, Sanjay; Bhattacharjee, Tathagata; Bangha, Martin; Patharia, Nidhi; Tei, Titus; Gilbert, Brendan; Sankoh, Osman (21 August 2015). "The INDEPTH Data Repository". Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 10 (3): 324–333. doi:10.1177/1556264615594600. PMC 4547208. PMID 26297754.
- ^ Prasanta, Prasanta. "An Overview of the Sample Registration System in India (India, Sample registration system, vital statistics)". unstats.un.org. UNStats. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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