Profile of the Navrongo health and demographic surveillance system

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 968-976

  Oduro, Abraham Rexford ^a   Wak, George ^a   Azongo, Daniel ^a   Debpuur, Cornelius ^a   Wontuo, Peter ^a   Kondayire, Felix ^a   Welaga, Paul ^a   Bawah, Ayaga ^b   Nazzar, Alex ^c   Williams, John ^a   Hodgson, Abraham ^c   Binka, Fred ^d  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Field site; Health research; Health surveillance; Research collaboration

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FIELDWORK; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VACCINATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; BIRTH RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION;

GHANA; NAVRONGO; UPPER EAST REGION;

EID: 84865740194     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys111     Document Type: Article

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