Collection of cancer-specific data in population-based surveys in low- and middle-income countries: A review of the demographic and health surveys.

ABSTRACT: Population-based surveys, such as those conducted by the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Programme, can collect and disseminate the data needed to inform cancer control efforts in a standardised and comparable manner. This review examines the DHS questionnaires, with the aim of describing and analysing how cancer-specific questions have been asked from the inception of the surveys to date. A systematic search of the DHS database was conducted to identify cancer-specific questions asked in surveys. Descriptive statistics were used to summarise the cancer-specific questions across survey years and countries. In addition, the framing and scope of questions were appraised. A total of 341 DHS surveys (including standard, interim, continuous and special DHS surveys) have been conducted in 9

SUBMITTER: Nnaji CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490941 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature