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Mapping of national population-based surveys for better reporting of health-related indicators in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

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Title
Mapping of national population-based surveys for better reporting of health-related indicators in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
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BMC Public Health, March 2023
DOI 10.1186/s12889-023-15330-6
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Sahand Riazi-Isfahani, Henry Victor Doctor, Eman Abdelkreem Aly, Hanem Mohamed Basha, Reza Majdzadeh, Arash Rashidian

Abstract

Population-based surveys are the main data source to generate health-related indicators required to monitor progress toward national, regional and global goals effectively. Although the Eastern Mediterranean Region of World Health Organization (WHO) member states conduct many population-based surveys, they are not led regularly and fail to provide relevant indicators appropriately. Therefore, this study aims two-fold: to map out population-based surveys to be conducted data for the health-related indicators in the Region and propose a timetable for conducting national population-based surveys in the Region. The study was conducted in six phases: 1) Selecting survey-based indicators; 2) Extracting and comparing relevant survey modules; 3) Identifying sources of data for the indicators; 4) Assessing countries' status in reporting on core health indicators; 5) Review and confirmation of the results by the experts. Population-based surveys are the sources of data for 44 (65%) out of 68 regional core health indicators and two (18%) out of 11 health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 indicators. The Health Examination Survey (HES) could cover 65% of the survey-based indicators. A total of 91% of survey-based indicators are obtained by a combination of HES, Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). In order to effectively report health-related indicators, HES, DHS/MICS and GSHS are considered essential in national survey timetables. Each country needs to devise and implement a plan for population-based surveys by considering factors such as national health priorities, financial and human capacities, and previous experiences.

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Researcher 2 17%
Lecturer 2 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 17%
Unknown 6 50%
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Social Sciences 2 17%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 8%
Chemical Engineering 1 8%
Computer Science 1 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 8%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 50%
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