Viet Nam - FilaBavi HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 1999-2012 Release 2015
| Reference ID | INDEPTH.VN012.CMD2012.V1 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Country | Viet Nam |
| Producer(s) | Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc - Ha Noi Medical University |
| Sponsor(s) | Sida/SAREC - - INDEPTH - - |
| Collection(s) | |
| Metadata |
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Overview
Identification
ID Number INDEPTH.VN012.CMD2012.V1 |
Version
Version Description
2011.V4: Updated version2012.V1: Updated version
Production Date
2015-06-09Notes
Develped during iSHARE2 workshop in 2013/10/22Updateed during Refresher iSHARE2 workshop in 2015/6/9
Overview
Abstract
Although Vietnam initiated health sector reform in 1989, attempting to mobilize more resources for health, make the health sector more responsive, and improve equity in healthcare requires good data for formulating and monitoring change. Although there have been some cross-sectional surveys and publications such as the Ministry of Health's ''Health Statistics Yearbook'', there remained a lack of appropriate data. Thus, in1996, the Health Systems Research Project (HSRP), a collaboration between Vietnamese and Swedish public health scientists, identified the need for a field site for this purpose. With the assistance of Sida/SAREC, FilaBavi, an epidemiological field laboratory sited in the Bavi District, was created.Many other developing countries have experienced similar problems linked to the lack of appropriate data and information at the community level for policy makers and health managers. After a workshop organized in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from 9 to 12 November 1998, a network called INDEPTH (International Network of field sites with continuous Demographic Evaluation of Population and Their Health in developing countries) was constituted, now consisting of 31 sites from 17 countries, including FilaBavi (www.indepth-network.net).
FilaBavi's overall aim was to implement a longitudinal epidemiological surveillance system in the Bavi District of Vietnam to generate basic health and healthcare data, supply information for health planning, serve as a background and sampling frame for specific studies, and constitute a setting for epidemiological training of research students. Specific aims included:
- Developing an epidemiological surveillance system among a representative sample of the population in Bavi District, Hatay Province, Vietnam;
- Generating basic health data, e.g. on fertility and mortality, in order to supply information for health planning;
- Constituting a setting for epidemiological research training of Vietnamese and Swedish research students;
- Providing household and individual background data, a sampling frame, and a professional field organization for specific studies, in order to economize on resources and increase cost
Effectiveness in research and research training;
- Serving as an appropriate research setting for intervention studies, based on findings generated by the field laboratory, and health priority discussions with the community and relevant
Authorities.
Kind of Data
Event history dataUnits of Analysis
IndividualScope
Notes
The Scope of demographic surveillance includes demographic characteristics, households, living conditions, education levels, employment status, migration, fertility, mortality, etc- Household: Household characteristics, household listing, occupation,education and maternal mortality.
- Individual: Individual listing, education, occupation, marital status and movements.
- Women: Pregnancy monitoring
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Demography [N01.224] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
| Health [N01.400] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Bavi is a district in northern Vietnam, 60 km west of Hanoi. The District covers 410 km2, including lowland, highland, and mountainous areas, and ranges in altitude from 20 to 1297metres above sea level. The District consists of 32 communes, with an average of 532 m2 used for agriculture per capita. The climate is typical of northern Vietnam, with a monsoon tropical climate: a wet season from June to October with high temperatures, heavy rainfall and storms, and a dry season from November to May with generally lower temperatures
but hot, dry winds for about two months before the rains.
The District contains approximately 235,000 people, belonging to the Kinh ethnic group (91%), with Muong (8%) and minorities of Dao, Tay, Hoa, and Khme. Agricultural production and livestock breeding are the main economic activities (81%), with major products being wet rice, cassava, corn, soybean, green beans and some fruits, such as pineapple, mandarin,
and papaya. Other economic activities are forestry (8%), handicraft (6%), small trade (3%), fishing (1%), and transport (1%).
SURVEILLANCE DESIGN: As a basis for sampling, an estimated infant mortality rate (IMR) of 45 per 1,000 live births and an underfive mortality ratio (U5MR) of 60/1,000 were used, aiming to assess IMR after three years of study, and show differences in IMR between equally sized groups in the magnitude of 15 per 1,000. This could be achieved with approximately 20% of the total population, around 50,000 people. A random sampling of villages, with probability proportional to population size in each unit, was performed, and 67 population clusters were selected with a reported population size of 51,024 inhabitants in 11,089 households.
Universe
The entire population in the demographic surveillance area: about 51 000 individuals, 12 000 householdsProducers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc | Ha Noi Medical University |
Funding
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Sida/SAREC | ||
| INDEPTH |
Other Acknowledgements
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ho Dang Phuc | Institute of Mathematics, VAST | Statistician |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ho Dang Phuc | HDPhuc | FilaBavi | Documentation of the study |
| INDEPTH Network | int.indepth | INDEPTH Network | agency |
| FilaBavi | FilaBavi | Institute of Mathematics | agency |
| iSHARE2 Technical Team | isTT | INDEPTH Network | Technical Support |
Date of Metadata Production
2015-07-27DDI Document Version
DDI.INDEPTH.VN012.CMD2012.V1CMD2012.v2
DDI Document ID
DDI.INDEPTH.VN012.CMD2012.V2
