A Scoping Review of Spatial Analysis Approaches Using Health Survey Data in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Spatial analysis has become an increasingly used analytic approach to describe and analyze spatial characteristics of disease burden, but the depth and coverage of its usage for health surveys data in Sub-Saharan Africa are not well known. The objective of this scoping review was to conduct an evaluation of studies using spatial statistics approaches for national health survey data in the SSA region. An organized literature search for studies related to spatial statistics and national health surveys was conducted through PMC, PubMed/Medline, Scopus, NLM Catalog, and Science Direct electronic databases. Of the 4,193 unique articles identified, 153 were included in the final review. Spatial smoothing and prediction methods were predominant (n = 108), followed by spatial description aggregati

SUBMITTER: Manda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246597 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature