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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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STATISTICS NEEDED FOR NATIONAL POLICIES RELATED TO FERTILITY : A REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS ; AS A BASIS FOR POPULATION POLICY, EXISTING INFORMATION AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS ON FERTILITY-RELATED VARIABLES ARE EVALUATED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT ARE MADE.
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Statistics Needed for National Policies Related to Fertility
Author: United States. National Committee on Vital and Health StatisticsPublisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Vital and Health Statistics
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3
Author: United Nations. Statistical OfficePublisher:
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The publication is an international standard on the design and operation of an efficient and accurate vital statistics system at national level. It provides guidelines on collection, compiling and disseminating vital statistics. More specifically it contains (a) basic principles for a vital statistics system; (b) uses of vital statistics and civil registration records; (c) topics to be covered in a vital statistics system; (d) sources of vital statistics and how they function; (e) quality assurance in the vital statistics system and (f) strategies in improving civil registration and vital statistics systems in countries. It also informs policy makers and the general public on the importance of vital statistics and hence further improving the vital statistics system.
Family Planning Digest
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Category : Birth control
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309133181
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data
Author: Naciones Unidas. División de EstadÃsticaPublisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211614626
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Socio-economic policy planning and monitoring requires accurate data on births, deaths and population, in order to plan effectively for provision of health, education, employment and social security services. This publication contains detailed information on the compilation of demographic data using a range of complementary methods which can be combined to suit national conditions. Topics covered include: planning collection of fertility and mortality data; fieldwork, data processing and archiving; evaluation, estimation and dissemination; civil registration records, censuses and surveys as data sources.
Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses
Author: United Nations. Statistical DivisionPublisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211615050
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The population and housing census is part of an integrated national statistical system, which may include other censuses (for example, agriculture), surveys, registers and administrative files. It provides, at regular intervals, the benchmark for population count at national and local levels. For small geographical areas or sub-populations, it may represent the only source of information for certain social, demographic and economic characteristics. For many countries the census also provides a solid framework to develop sampling frames. This publication represents one of the pillars for data collection on the number and characteristics of the population of a country.
Health Planning & Health Services Research
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Category : Health education
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
Weekly. Summaries of technical reports dealing with health needs, services, facilities, manpower, utilization, education, costs, funding, and activities. Citations arranged under broad topics, e.g., Planning methodology. Entry gives title, author, date, pages, availability or publication information, order number, and abstract.
U.S. Vital Statistics System
Author: Alice M. HetzelPublisher:
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Category : Statistics, Vital
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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