1995 Kazakhstan National Demographic and Health Survey

Assignment name:
1995 Demographic and Health Survey (1995 KDHS)
Value of the contract: US $590,000
Country:
Location within country: Entire country
Duration of assignment: 13 month
Name of Client: US Agency for International Development (USAID) Total No of staff-months of the assignment: 130 (interviewers and technicians not counted)
Address: 41 Kazbek bi, Almaty Value of the services provided: US$ 590,000
Start date: March 1995
Completion date: March 1996
No of professional staff-months provided by associated Consultants: 25
Name of associated Consultant:
MEASURE DHS+ project of Macro International Inc. in the U.S.
Key staff:
Team Leader: Dr. Temirkhan Bekbosynov
Project Director: Dr. Nailya Karsybekova
Technical Staff: Dr. Bedel Sarbayev
Consultants: Dr. Jerry Sullivan, Dr. Almaz Sharman, Ms. Than Le, Mr. Trevor Croft
Narrative description of the project:
The 1995 Demographic and Health Survey (1995 KDHS) was the first national level population and health survey in . The purpose of the 1995 KDHS was to develop a single integrated set of data for the government of to use in planning effective policies and programs in the areas of health and nutrition. The purpose of the 1995 KDHS was to develop a single integrated set of data for the government of to use in planning effective policies and programs in the areas of health and nutrition. The survey was designed to provide current data on women’s reproductive histories; maternal care, child health and mortality, child nutrition practice, breastfeeding, nutritional status and anemia.
Services provided by the staff:
Adaptation of the questionnaire – Three questionnaires were used for the 1995 KDHS: the Household Questionnaire, the Women’s Questionnaire, and the Men’s Questionnaire. These questionnaires were based on the model survey instruments developed for the MEASURE DHS+ program and were adapted to the data needs.
Refining of sample in the field
Training of sixty four persons recruited as field supervisors, editors, health investigators and interviewers for three and a half weeks. Training consisted of lectures and practice in the classroom, as well as interviewing in the field. The training of health investigators, who were responsible for hemoglobin testing of women and children, was accomplished by two days in the classroom and three days in the field.
Fieldwork – A total of 3,771 women of age 15-49 were selected in the sample and fieldwork was conducted from May to September 1995. Testing of women and children was conducted during the survey. The study involved hemoglobin testing for anemia using Hemoque system.
Data entry
Data analysis
Writing of the final report
Almaz Sharman, President, Academy of Preventive Medicine
Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 66 Klochkov st, office 601
+7 (727) 317-8855
academypm@outlook.com