Registers and follow-up methods of populations in a public health survey: the example of the village Glanlé in Ivory Coast.
Demography has a fundamental place in a public health survey, and it is essential to provide the population follow-up. A population exhaustive census is the first compulsory phase. It turns out that this phase is necessary if we want to know with precision the size of the population studied and its main demographic characteristics (sex, age ...). The census allows us to provide a real population follow-up, in order to measure the evolution of the different disorders and to estimate the effects of a prophylaxis on each individual in a precise time. This follow-up requires a computerized population register which contains all the information concerning every individual. This data file is updated with new data collected by next surveys. The realization of the nominal population pyramid, is a complementary tool to the population follow-up. Each individual, characterized by sex and age, is allocated a position in the pyramid by his identification number. The figurative contrasts show several cases noticed according to the studied events. The reconstruction of the genealogy represents another form of the population follow-up, by reconstructing biological kinship relationships between the inhabitants.
Gaimard
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Laboratory of Anthropology and Genetic Demography, University Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France.
Dilumbu
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I
Kouamé
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P
Bellis
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G
Assouan
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A
Chaventré
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A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries