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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Sarah B. Macfarlane

    1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Medicine, and Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

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  2. Carla AbouZahr

    1. CAZ Consulting Sarl, Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

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  • Describes methods to identify disparities in health status worldwide and to inform policies to redress these disparities.
  • Explains the sources of data on which media base their headlines.
  • Breaks down traditional disciplinary silos and collates disparate methods that build health information systems.

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xliv
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  2. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. National Systems for Generating and Managing Data for Health

      • Sarah B. Macfarlane, Carla AbouZahr, Viroj Tangcharoensathien
      Pages 3-23

    3. Indicators for Monitoring Health Targets

      • Sarah B. Macfarlane, Carla AbouZahr, John Frank
      Pages 25-43

    4. Challenges in Shaping Policy with Data

      • Claire D. Brindis, Sarah B. Macfarlane
      Pages 45-63

    5. Challenges in Shaping Health Programmes with Data

      • Sarah B. Macfarlane, Muhammed M. Lecky, Olufemi Adegoke, Nkata Chuku
      Pages 65-84

    6. Measure, Inform, Build: Enabling Data-Driven Government Policymaking

      • Adam Karpati, Jennifer Ellis
      Pages 85-102

  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-104
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    2. The Population Census: Counting People Because They Count

      • Alphonse L. MacDonald
      Pages 105-123

    3. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: A Unique Source of Data for Policy

      • Carla AbouZahr, Gloria Mathenge, Tanja Brøndsted Sejersen, Sarah B. Macfarlane
      Pages 125-144

    4. National Household Surveys: Collecting Data Where People Live

      • Sarah B. Macfarlane
      Pages 145-164

    5. Health Management Information Systems: Backbone of the Health System

      • Theo Lippeveld, Tariq Azim, David Boone, Vikas Dwivedi, Michael Edwards, Carla AbouZahr
      Pages 165-181

    6. Public Health Surveillance: A Vital Alert and Response Function

      • Kumnuan Ungchusak, David Heymann, Marjorie Pollack
      Pages 183-203

  4. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-206
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    2. Tracking Health Resources Using National Health Accounts

      • Thomas Maina, Daniel Mwai
      Pages 207-224

    3. Data to Monitor and Manage the Health Workforce

      • Amani Siyam, Khassoum Diallo, Sofia Lopes, Jim Campbell
      Pages 225-243

    4. Mortality Data in Service of Conflict-Affected Populations

      • Romesh Silva, Nobuko Mizoguchi
      Pages 245-262

    5. Climate Matters in Health Decision-Making

      • Madeleine Thomson, Bradfield Lyon, Pietro Ceccato
      Pages 263-281

    6. Advancing Health Policy Using a Geographic Approach

      • Estella Geraghty
      Pages 283-299

  5. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-302
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About this book

This handbook compiles methods for gathering, organizing and disseminating data to inform policy and manage health systems worldwide. Contributing authors describe national and international structures for generating data and explain the relevance of ethics, policy, epidemiology, health economics, demography, statistics, geography and qualitative methods to describing population health. The reader, whether a student of global health, public health practitioner, programme manager, data analyst or policymaker, will appreciate the methods, context and importance of collecting and using global health data.

Reviews

“It is heartening that this book provides creative methods to address data needs from the country perspective. This timely volume takes a unique approach and will make a critical contribution to successful implementation of major global policies such as Universal Health Coverage.” (Tikki Pang, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore)

“A rich and thoughtful set of chapters provides methods that can improve all aspects of health data nationally, regionally and globally. This handbook is both scientific and practical and is an essential tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for health.” (Ties Boerma, Professor, Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Canada)

“In an era when modeled estimates of morbidity and mortality dominate the global health discourse, this remarkable book promotes high-quality national and sub-national data collection to produce reliable health statistics. Readers will find its methods essential to advance the unfinished agenda of achieving useful quality health data globally.” (Cesar Victora, Emeritus Professor, International Center for Equity in Health, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Medicine, and Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Sarah B. Macfarlane

  • CAZ Consulting Sarl, Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

    Carla AbouZahr

About the editors

Sarah Macfarlane is Emerita Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Institute of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Francisco in the United States. She has collaborated with individuals and institutions worldwide to build health information, surveillance and statistical systems.
 
Carla AbouZahr is a senior technical adviser to the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her career in global health includes over 20 years with the World Health Organization working with country and international partners to strengthen health information systems.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice

  • Editors: Sarah B. Macfarlane, Carla AbouZahr

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54984-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54983-9Published: 15 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54984-6Published: 05 March 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLIV, 532

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Health Policy

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