IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/socmed/v48y1999i6p833-843.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Addressing birth in Gaza: using qualitative methods to improve vital registration

Author

Listed:
  • Lewando-Hundt, G.
  • Abed, Y.
  • Skeik, M.
  • Beckerleg, S.
  • El Alem, A.

Abstract

The use of anthropological qualitative methods to validate and improve health surveillance data is demonstrated through an examination of the process of birth registration in Gaza. Theoretically, the importance of understanding the link between historical events and microlevel decision-making is emphasized both in general terms and specifically in the context of the Gaza Strip today. In the course of interviewing a sample of mother/infant pairs selected from a register of births in the Gaza Strip it became evident that 100% of the addresses were incomplete. Using qualitative methods in the form of field visits and interviews with physicians, clerks and nurses, an understanding of the information pathway for birth registration data was developed. It was also established that there was some erroneous recording of birthweight. An intervention was designed which failed to improve the accuracy of addresses but did improve the recording of birthweight.

Suggested Citation

  • Lewando-Hundt, G. & Abed, Y. & Skeik, M. & Beckerleg, S. & El Alem, A., 1999. "Addressing birth in Gaza: using qualitative methods to improve vital registration," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 48(6), pages 833-843, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:48:y:1999:i:6:p:833-843
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277-9536(98)00404-3
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:48:y:1999:i:6:p:833-843. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/315/description#description .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.