title: The World Health Survey: a report on the field experience in Brazil.
abstract: This article reports on the field experience with the World Health Survey in Brazil with the aim of collaborating in the development and enhancement of the methodology and analyzing interview questions based on the interviewers' experience. The authors comment on the field experience and application of the questionnaire, based on reports by regional coordinators and interviewers, in order to shed light on the context in which the interviews took place. The article reports on how the respondents grasped and interpreted the questionnaire. The authors propose improvements in interviewer training and simple interview reporting measures aimed at improved logistics with such nationwide survey instruments.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Informação Científica e Tecnológica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. azevedo@fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Luiz Otavio
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: de Azevedo
authors.forename: Rita Suely Bacuri
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo Menezes
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: de Rezende
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D014943:Global Health; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*