The role of demographic surveillance systems (DSS) in assessing the health of communities: An example from rural Ethiopia

Public Health

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 145-150

  Byass, P ^a,b   Berhane, Y ^c   Emmelin, A ^a   Kebede, D ^c   Andersson, T ^a   Hogberg U ^a   Wall, S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Community health; Demographic surveillance; Ethiopia; Health assessment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; MONITORING SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; RURAL AREA;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0036268307     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900837     Document Type: Article

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