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WHO Survey Programme
Aims and scope of
work
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| Decision-makers
require timely and reliable information to fulfil their mandates of improving the health
of the populations they represent. With increasing resources being committed to improving
health, the allocation of these resources need to be based on decisions that are backed by
evidence and the impact of these allocations need to be systematically monitored over
time. In keeping with these needs, the objectives of the WHO
survey program are to:
- develop a means of providing valid, reliable and comparable
information, at low cost, to supplement the information provided by routine health
information systems.
- build the evidence base necessary for policy-makers to monitor if
health systems are achieving the desired goals, and to assess if additional investment in
health is achieving the desired outcomes.
- provide policy-makers with the evidence they need to adjust their
policies, strategies and programmes as necessary.
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Instruments
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| The instrument has
been developed in multiple languages using cognitive interviews and cultural applicability
tests; stringent psychometric tests for reliability (i.e. test-retest reliability to
demonstrate the stability of application) and utilising novel psychometric techniques for
cross-population comparability. Click here to visit the WHO health systems responsiveness survey webpage, which contains information about the Key Informant, Household and Postal
surveys, as well as downloadable documentation and information. |
Overall programme of
work
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The different modules at present
cover:
- the health states of populations
risk factors and their association with health states
the responsiveness of health systems
coverage, access and utilisation of key health services
health care expenditures .
Other modules will be added over time as countries express
a need.
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| Readings |
| Murray
CJL, Tandon A, Salomon J, Mathers CD. Enhancing cross-population comparability of survey
results. Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy Discussion Paper Series: No. 35.
World Health Organization. |
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| Üstün
TB, Chatterji S, Villanueva M, Bendib L, Celik C, Sadana R, Valentine N, Ortiz J, Tandon
A, Salomon J, Cao Y, Wan Jun X, Özaltin E, Mathers C, Murray CJL. WHO Multi-country
Survey Study on Health and Responsiveness. Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy
Discussion Paper Series: No. 37. World Health Organization. |
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| Sadana R, Tandon A, Murray CJL, Serdobova I, Cao Y, Wan Jun X, Chatterji
S, Üstün TB. Describing population
health in six domains: comparable results from 66 household surveys. Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy Discussion Paper Series: No.
43. World Health Organization. |
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Technical
consultation dates
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Cross-population comparability
- Boston, USA, October 2001
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