South Africa - Agincourt INDEPTH Core Dataset 1992-2011
Reference ID | INDEPTH.ZA011.CMD2011.V3 |
Year | 1992 |
Country | South Africa |
Producer(s) |
Professor Stephen Tollman - University of the Witwatersrand Professor Kathy Khan - University of the Witwatersrand Dr Mark Collinson - University of the Witwatersrand Professor Samuel Clar |
Sponsor(s) | Wellcome Trust - - The National Institute of Ageing NIH - - Andrew W Mellon Foundation - - The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation - - South African Medical Research Council - - |
Collection(s) | |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
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Overview
Identification
INDEPTH.ZA011.CMD2011.V3 |
Version
CMD2011.V3: Edited dataset for public distribution. 2014-06-18
Overview
The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), located in rural northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, was established in 1992 to support district health systems development led by the post-apartheid ministry of health. The HDSS (90 000 people), based on an annual update of resident status and vital events, now supports multiple investigations into the causes and consequences of complex health, population and social transitions. Observational work includes cohortsfocusing on different stages along the life course, evaluation of national policy at population, household and individual levels and examination of household responses to shocks and stresses and the resulting pathways influencing health and well-being. Trials target children and adolescents, including promoting psycho-social well-being, preventing HIV transmission and reducing metabolic disease risk. Efforts to enhance the research platform include using automated measurement techniques to estimate cause of death by verbal autopsy, full ‘reconciliation’ of in- and outmigrations, follow-up of migrants departing the study area, recording of extra-household social connections and linkage of individual HDSS records with those from sub-district clinics. Fostering effective collaborations (including INDEPTH multi-centre work in adult health and ageing and migration and urbanization), ensuring crosssite compatibility of common variables and optimizing public access to HDSS data are priorities.Event history data
Individual
Scope
Individual : Residence episodes and Residence Initiating and Terminating EventsTopic | Vocabulary | URI |
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Demography [N01.224] | MesSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Population [N01.600] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Coverage
Demographic Surveillance SurveyCurrently resident household members including temporary migrants approximately 90,000 indivudals in approximately 16 000 households
Producers and Sponsors
Name | Affiliation |
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Professor Stephen Tollman | University of the Witwatersrand |
Professor Kathy Khan | University of the Witwatersrand |
Dr Mark Collinson | University of the Witwatersrand |
Professor Samuel Clark | University of the Witwatersrand |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Xavier Gomez-Olive | University of the Witwatersrand | Research Manager |
Paul Mee | University of the Witwatersrand | Data Manager |
Sulaimon Afolabi | University of the Witwatersrand | Data Manager |
Cho Kabudula | University of the Witwatersrand | Data Manager |
Pleasure Ngobeni | University of the Witwatersrand | Data Manager |
Bernard Silaule | University of the Witwatersrand | Field Project Manager |
Ryan Wagner | University of the Witwatersrand | Census Project Manager |
Rirhandzu Mnisi | University of the Witwatersrand | Data Entry Team leader |
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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Wellcome Trust | ||
The National Institute of Ageing NIH | ||
Andrew W Mellon Foundation | ||
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation | ||
South African Medical Research Council |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Paul Mee | Agincourt HDSS | Data Manager |
Sulaimon Afolabi | Agincourt HDSS | Data Manager |
Chodziwadziwa Kabudula | Agincourt HDSS | Data Manager |
Pleasure Ngobeni | Agincourt HDSS | Data Manager |
Metadata Production
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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Agincourt HDSS Data Section | ZA011 | Agincourt HDSS Centre, University of the Witwatersrand | Documentation of the Study |
iSHARE2 Technical Team | isTT | INDEPTH Network | Technical Support |
INDEPTH Network | int.indepth | INDEPTH | Agency |
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Version 13 (July 2015)
DDI.INDEPTH.ZA011.CMD2011.v13