title: [Utilization of health statistics in peripheral structures in developing countries].
abstract: Health information in developing countries serves mostly to diseases notification and activity registration, but rarely is it used for analyzing the health status of populations or the results of health intervention. Moreover, it is stored at a national level, mainly to fill monthly or yearly reports, and very seldom at a peripheral level where it would be probably more helpful. On the basis of experiences realized in Senegal and Nepal, we try to answer the two following questions: how to make health statistics utilizable, i.e. which criteria of relevance and quality recommend and how to utilize them concretely where they are produced, taking into account their well known limits?
authors.affiliation: Département de Santé Publique de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institut Santé et Développement, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fassin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cantrelle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ferry
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006266:Health Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009017:Morbidity; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D012675:Senegal / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Utilisation des statistiques sanitaires dans les structures périphériques des pays en développement.