scholarly journals Health and Demographic Surveillance System: A Potential Tool for Solving Challenges Associated with Epidemic Surveillance and Social Protection Scheme for COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 215013272110002
Author(s):  
Olatunji Alabi ◽  
Semeeh A. Omoleke ◽  
Ahmad Abdulwahab
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Demographic Surveillance System ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Protection Scheme ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
First Case ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Household Heads

Nigeria recorded her first case of COVID 19 in Lagos State on 27th February 2019, and the number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 has risen to 59 287, with 1113 deaths as of 4th October 2020. The commentary highlighted the importance of a health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) and its potential in addressing surveillance gap, and the inadequacy of existing sociodemographic database used for palliative administration. The authors examined the HDSS in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response and learning from the Nahuche model. The Nahuche HDSS model has the potential of identifying poor households as it collects standard data on the socio-economic status of each of the households within the demographic surveillance area (DSA). Standard questionnaire in assessing the household socio-economic status adapted from standard surveys, such as Nigeria Health and Demographic Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey, was administered on the household heads of each household every 2 years to monitor socio-economic advancement of the households. Data on variables such as household possessions, including animals and livestock, were collected and analyzed using factor analysis to group the households into different wealth indices. HDSS provides an opportunity to ameliorate the challenges associated with halting the spread of the virus in the areas of surveillance and administration of palliatives in Nigeria, where there is a paucity of reliable demographic and household-level socio-economic data. This paper calls for the setting up of a functioning HDSS in each region of Nigeria to address the dearth of reliable data for planning health and socio-economic interventions.

scholarly journals Analysis and Study of the Socio Economic and Nutritional Status of Farmers Selected Under DST- SARTHI Project of District Hoshiarpur, Punjab

2021 ◽  
pp. 399-407
Author(s):  
R. K. Dubey ◽  
Rajveer Kaur ◽  
Ravi Deepika ◽  
T. S. Dhillon
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Intervention Period ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Nutrition Intake ◽  
The Difference

The present study was carried out in the department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana under DST- SARTHI project, New Delhi to analyse the socio economic and nutritional status of beneficiaries selected under the project. Moreover, nutritional status of farmers recorded to also assess the association between FVS, DDS and socioeconomic status at household level. The Data on vegetable production, selling, buying and socio-economic status were collected using questionnaire developed by PAU Ludhiana. A total 100 beneficiaries from three landholding categories viz small (<5 acre), medium (5-10 acre) and large (>10 acres) in Hoshiarpur were selected. The data have been collected to check the difference in the nutrition intake of beneficiaries during the interventional period and before the intervention. Correlation of both years (before and during intervention) calculated as 0.892243. It is concluded that the previous year diet was not healthier integration of both quality and quantity in the scores but both scores (DDS& FVS) increased during intervention period through DST Project.

scholarly journals ‘Active ageing’: a qualitative study in six Caribbean countries

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK CLOOS ◽  
CAROLINE F. ALLEN ◽  
BEATRIZ E. ALVARADO ◽  
MARIA VICTORIA ZUNZUNEGUI ◽  
DONALD T. SIMEON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to document the perceptions of elders in six Caribbean countries about ‘active ageing’ and on the basis of their reports to make recommendations to improve their situation. Data were collected principally through 31 focus group discussions conducted in both urban and rural areas. Comparative analysis was carried out of the qualitative information, focusing on three components of ‘active ageing’: health and social services access and use, social support, and economic circumstances. Most of the participants were women, aged 60–79 years, of lower socio-economic status and from urban areas. Large disparities in the responses of Caribbean societies to population ageing were indicated, as well as unequal opportunities to obtain health care and social services, public transport, income and food by both socio-economic status and location. Home-care services are either insufficient or non-existent. Some elders receive social and financial support from relatives while others fear isolation and face deprivation. Social participation varies by place, physical condition, financial situation, association membership, and transport opportunities. Social protection benefits do not provide adequate income and some older people face food insecurity. It was concluded that a comprehensive and multi-sectoral approach using the ‘active ageing’ framework should be implemented to ensure a healthy ageing process.

scholarly journals Estimating numbers and poverty status of female household and family heads

2017 ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Jean Louis Rallu
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Household Headship ◽  
Heads Of Household ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
Level Information ◽  
Resource Data ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Complex Households

Abstract: Historical studies of single females and mothers are mostly based on heads of household only, because family-level information concerning complex households was unavailable and they were, therefore, rendered statistically invisible. This is still the case with modern surveys like the household income and expenditure survey, as income and resource data are only provided at household level. By categorising headship rates by sex, age and marital status, this paper presents a methodology for estimating – in addition to heads of household– the numbers of single females and mothers among members of complex or multigenerational households. Such situations were frequent in the past and continue to be so in developing countries and among migrants. Young couples may also be in such living arrangements, mostly in times of crises and tight housing markets.The data analysis shows that access to independent dwellings and to household headship is strongly related to income and employment, and the associated selection leads to significant biases in estimates of the socio-economic status of households or families, in favour of mostly better-off families. The poorest households are made up of those who live independently because no other option is open to them. Little option is open to those with little or no resources, either, and thus they live in complex households where their poverty risk cannot be estimated, and where they may have little influence on the education, health and work of themselves and their children.Key words: Female household heads, Poverty estimates, Youth in poverty, living arrangementsResumen: A lo largo de la historia, los estudios sobre mujeres y madres solteras se han basado por lo general solamente en las cabezas de hogar, pues faltaba la información en el ámbito familiar sobre hogares complejos, y esto los hacía estadísticamente invisibles. Esta situación sigue sucediendo en las encuestas modernas, como la encuesta de ingresos y egresos de los hogares (HIES), ya que solo se obtuvieron datos sobre ingresos y recursos a nivel del hogar. El presente trabajo categoriza las tasas de jefatura según el sexo, la edad, el estado civil y así ofrece una metodología para estimar, además de las cabezas de familia, la cantidad de mujeres y madres solteras entre los miembros de hogares complejos o multigeneracionales. Estas situaciones ocurrían con frecuencia en el pasado y aún se presentan en países en desarrollo y entre los migrantes. Las parejas jóvenes también se pueden encontrar en tales situaciones de vivienda, sobre todo en tiempos de crisis o con un mercado inmobiliario limitado.El análisis de los datos muestra que el acceso a una vivienda independiente y a la jefatura de familia está estrechamente relacionado con el nivel de ingresos y el empleo, y la selección asociada conduce a sesgos importantes en la estimación de la situación socioeconómica de un hogar o familia, lo que favorece a las familias acomodadas. Los hogares más pobres son aquellos que viven de manera independiente porque no tienen otra opción. Quienes cuentan con pocos recursos tienen muy pocas oportunidades, y esto hace que vivan en hogares complejos en los que no se puede medir su riesgo de pobreza y no tengan oportunidades de educación, salud y empleo para sí mismos ni para sus hijos.Palabras clave: Mujeres cabeza de hogar, estimaciones de pobreza, jóvenes en situación de pobreza, situación de vivienda 

scholarly journals Revisiting the Impacts on Human Capital and Labour Force Participation with Transitory Remittances

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Jaime Lara Lara
Keyword(s):  
School Attendance ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Past ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
The Impact

Remittances can occur on a transitory basis due to motives related to insurance and investment; therefore, studies using cross-sectional information can omit populations that have received remittances in the past. This paper examines the impact of this omission in the case of Mexico. The proportion of the population living in households receiving remittances increases by almost a factor of two when we consider past periods. This additional population includes relatively more urban residents with higher socio-economic status and households with male household heads. However, when estimating the impact of remittances in labour force participation and school attendance, there is no difference when using an estimate defining the group of households receiving remittances similarly to studies using cross-sectional data in previous literature.

scholarly journals HISTORICAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND FORMATION OF SERVICE OF MEDICO-SOCIAL EXAMINATION IN RUSSIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
S. N Puzin ◽  
N. V Dmitrieva ◽  
S. B Shevchenko ◽  
M. A Osadchuk ◽  
V. G Suvorov
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Scientific Base ◽  
History Of Institutions

The principles of the social protection of the population in Russia began to take shape in the late 10th century, along with the adoption, in 988, of Christianity in Russia. The modern history of institutions of medico-social examination began on 27 April 1918 when the people’s Commissariat of public scorn was transformed into the Commissariat of social security, and began the formation of the medical labor commissions of the predecessors of the modern institutions of medico-social examination. Thus, the system of medico-social expertise of the Russian Federation in 2017 has reached the age of 99. As the formation and development of the social insurance, social welfare and health care and improved system of medical-social expertise, strengthen its scientific base. Currently, medical-social examination has formed in a special branch of scientific knowledge and practical activities. The way of the development, passed by the medical-social examination starting from the medical-labor expertise, creation, formation and development of the medical-social examination on the entire territory of Russia can be divided into a number of stages determined by peculiarities of its political and socio-economic status.

scholarly journals Occupation of Household Heads as Correlate of Child Care Practices of Low-Income Households

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean N. Guillasper
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Household Heads

Child care is considered as an integral part of society’s health. This study was conducted to determine the child care practices of households with very low socio-economic status in Singalat, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. The researcher utilized the descriptive method of research coupled with questionnaire as a tool for data gathering. The respondents were chosen by means of purposive sampling technique and the data gathered were treated with frequency and percentage distribution, weighted mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that the respondents were living in a mixed neighborhood; houses were built in light and cheap materials, poorly constructed, unpainted and dilapidated. The majority of the household heads were unskilled workers while some were employed as blue collar workers or engaged in manual labor that receives an hourly rate of pay, high school graduates with 0-1 or few facilities with monthly family income of P1,000.00      (23 USD) and below. The socio-economic classification of the respondents falls under E or “very low socio-economic classification” with a score of 7-14 based on MORES-SEC Classification of Households. Child care practices in terms of nutrition, hygiene, disease prevention and health restoration were “very often accomplished” by the respondents. The “occupation” of household heads plays a vital role in the delivery of child care among the family respondents. Occupation means income, while income would mean food, shelter, clothing, medicine or health and other basic necessities of a growing child. Keywords—Social Science, child care practices, socio-economic status, descriptive-survey, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

scholarly journals Socio-economic Status of Gandharva Community Living in Batulechaur, Pokhara

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Ananta Raj Dhungana
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Community Living ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Low Education ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study aims to explore the socio-economic status of Gandharva community. For this purpose, the household heads of all the fifty households of Gandharva community of Batulechaur in Pokhara were interviewed by using structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used for analyzing the information gathered from the respondents. The study focused on socio-economic status and occupational shift of Gandharva community. The study found that the Gandharva community is socially marginalized and relatively poor in comparison to other communities. Their living status is not good. They have low education and low income profession as reason. For this reason most of them have shifted their occupations from singing and dancing to others like service sector, unskilled job, foreign employment in golf countries and some small business like running shops, vegetable selling, etc.

scholarly journals A Study on the Socio-Economic Status of Covid 19 Patients in Coimbatore

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Sangamitha ◽  
P Dhavamani
Keyword(s):  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Snowball Sampling Technique

This paper investigates the economic impacts of COVID-19 on households based on differences in the Socio-Economic Status (SES). We determine the household-level effects of the COVID-19 by using Religion, Mother tongue, Social background, Age, Education Qualification, Type of family, Marital status and Household Income. Poor households and households with low Socio-Economic prerequisites are struggling the most due to the pandemic. We used primary data of 50 sample respondents collected through snowball sampling technique using an Interview Schedule from Coimbatore. Poor households were less resilient and more likely to fall back into poverty due to COVID-19, while the opposite stands true for non-poor households with high SES. There are nonetheless very few literature articles associated with the influences of shocks on the Socio-Economic Status of specific households and communities in the developing world like India.

scholarly journals Widening socio-economic disparities in early childhood obesity in Los Angeles County after the Great Recession

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2301-2310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tabashir Z Nobari ◽  
Shannon E Whaley ◽  
Catherine M Crespi ◽  
Michael L Prelip ◽  
May C Wang
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
Economic Disparities ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Neighbourhood Level

AbstractObjectiveWhile economic crises can increase socio-economic disparities in health, little is known about the impact of the 2008–09 Great Recession on obesity prevalence among children, especially low-income children. The present study examined whether socio-economic disparities in obesity among children of pre-school age participating in a federal nutrition assistance programme have changed since the recession.DesignA pre–post observational study using administrative data of pre-school-aged programme participants from 2003 to 2014. Logistic regression was used to examine whether the relationship between obesity prevalence (BMI≥95th percentile of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s growth charts) and three measures of socio-economic status (household income, household educational attainment, neighbourhood-level median household income) changed after the recession by examining the interaction between each socio-economic status measure and a 5-year time-period variable (2003–07 v. 2010–14), stratified by child’s age and adjusted for child’s sociodemographic characteristics.SettingLos Angeles County, California, USA.SubjectsChildren aged 2–4 years (n 1 637 788) participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.ResultsThe magnitude of the association of household income and household education with obesity increased after 2008–09 among 3- and 4-year-olds and 2- and 3-year-olds, respectively. However, the magnitude of the association of neighbourhood-level median household income with obesity did not change after 2008–09.ConclusionsDisparities in obesity by household-level socio-economic status widened after the recession, while disparities by neighbourhood-level socio-economic status remained the same. The widening household-level socio-economic disparities suggest that obesity prevention efforts should target the most vulnerable low-income children.

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