PMID- 27034522
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170309
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 1564-0604 (Electronic)
IS  - 0042-9686 (Print)
IS  - 0042-9686 (Linking)
VI  - 94
IP  - 4
DP  - 2016 Apr 1
TI  - A review of national health surveys in India.
PG  - 286-96A
LID - 10.2471/BLT.15.158493 [doi]
AB  - Several rounds of national health surveys have generated a vast amount of data in 
      India since 1992. We describe and compare the key health information gathered, 
      assess the availability of health data in the public domain, and review 
      publications resulting from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the 
      District Level Household Survey (DLHS) and the Annual Health Survey (AHS). We 
      highlight issues that need attention to improve the usefulness of the surveys in 
      monitoring changing trends in India's disease burden: (i) inadequate coverage of 
      noncommunicable diseases, injuries and some major communicable diseases; (ii) 
      modest comparability between surveys on the key themes of child and maternal 
      mortality and immunization to understand trends over time; (iii) short time 
      intervals between the most recent survey rounds; and (iv) delays in making 
      individual-level data available for analysis in the public domain. We identified 
      337 publications using NFHS data, in contrast only 48 and three publications were 
      using data from the DLHS and AHS respectively. As national surveys are 
      resource-intensive, it would be prudent to maximize their benefits. We suggest 
      that India plan for a single major national health survey at five-year intervals 
      in consultation with key stakeholders. This could cover additional major causes 
      of the disease burden and their risk factors, as well as causes of death and 
      adult mortality rate estimation. If done in a standardized manner, such a survey 
      would provide useable and timely data to inform health interventions and 
      facilitate assessment of their impact on population health.
FAU - Dandona, Rakhi
AU  - Dandona R
AD  - Public Health Foundation of India, Plot 47, Sector 44, Gurgaon - 122 002, 
      National Capital Region New Delhi, India .
FAU - Pandey, Anamika
AU  - Pandey A
AD  - Public Health Foundation of India, Plot 47, Sector 44, Gurgaon - 122 002, 
      National Capital Region New Delhi, India .
FAU - Dandona, Lalit
AU  - Dandona L
AD  - Public Health Foundation of India, Plot 47, Sector 44, Gurgaon - 122 002, 
      National Capital Region New Delhi, India .
LA  - eng
GR  - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160212
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Bull World Health Organ
JT  - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
JID - 7507052
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Mortality/trends
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Chronic Disease/epidemiology
MH  - Communicable Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Developing Countries/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys/*methods/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Maternal Mortality/trends
MH  - Maternal-Child Health Services/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Reproductive Health Services/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Vaccination/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4794301
EDAT- 2016/04/02 06:00
MHDA- 2017/03/10 06:00
PMCR- 2016/04/01
CRDT- 2016/04/02 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/12/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/01/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/03/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - BLT.15.158493 [pii]
AID - 10.2471/BLT.15.158493 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Bull World Health Organ. 2016 Apr 1;94(4):286-96A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.158493. 
      Epub 2016 Feb 12.