JSM 2005 - Toronto

Abstract #302459

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Activity Number: 174
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 8, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #302459
Title: Health and Human Rights in Developing Countries: What Surveys Do---and Don't!
Author(s): Lara Wolfson*+
Companies: World Health Organization
Address: Dept. of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals, Geneva, International, CH-1211 , Switzerland
Keywords: health ; cluster surveys ; equity ; informed consent
Abstract:

Numerous surveys often are implemented in developing countries to measure population health status, such as the Demographic and Health Surveys, the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, and the WHO World Health Survey. Other survey methods, such as the Expanded Program on Immunization Cluster survey method, are targeted toward measuring specific health outcomes. In this talk, an overview of these survey tools is given and how they do and don't examine---or promote---issues of equity in access to health interventions is discussed. Also current practices regarding informed consent in these surveys will be reviewed.

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