Van Minh Hoang¹ , Juhwan Oh² , Bao Ngoc Nguyen¹ , Le Minh Dat¹

Jong-Koo Lee^2,3 , Thi Giang Huong Tran^4,5 Van Huy Nguyen⁶

Seung-Pyo Lee⁷, Kyung-Sook Bang⁸, Youngtae Cho⁹, Sun-Young Kim⁹

Hwa-Young Lee^{2, 10}, Quang Cuong Le¹¹, Narshil Choi², Thai Son Dinh¹², and

Ngoc Hoat Luu¹²

 

 

Affiliations

 

1: Center for Population Health Sciences, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam

2: JW LEE Center for Global Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

3: Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

4: Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam

5: Department of Global Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

6: Department of Health Organization and Management, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

7: Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea

8: Seoul National University College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea

9: Seoul National University School of Public Health, Seoul, Korea

10: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

11: Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam

12: Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

 

 

Abstract

 

Background: In order to provide essential scientific evidence on the population's health status and social health determinants as well as the current capacity of the health care system inVietnam to health policy makers and managers, Vietnam Ministry of Health, Hanoi Universityof Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, and Ho Chi Minh University of Medicine andPharmacy collaborated with Seoul National University (Korea) and conducted a health systemsurvey in the Quoc Oai district (of Hanoi capital) that represented northern rural Vietnam.

Methods: The study design was a cross-sectional study. The survey covered different topics (more than 200 questions) and was administered in three separate questionnaires: 1) Basic information of all household members; 2) Household characteristics; and 3) Individual characteristics. Socio-demographic characteristics among the households and individuals were collected from 2,400 households sampled by multi-stage cluster sampling method: more than 200 questions.

Results: The household size of Quoc Oai was larger than the national average and there was no significant difference in gender composition. In addition, the proportions of pre-elderly, age 55–64, and elderly group (65 years old and over) were higher than the national population statistics. In this context, demographic transition has begun in Quoc Oai.

Conclusion: This study design description provides the basic information about a baseline survey of a future prospective cohort (as a part of a collaborative project on strengthening the health system in Vietnam) to the prospective data user of this survey

Full-text link: Study Design for the 2016 Baseline Survey of a Health System Strengthening Project in Quoc Oai District, Hanoi, Vietnam

                                       

Source: Center for Population Health Sciences - Hanoi University of Public Health