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The World Health Survey: a report on the field experience in Brazil

Year: 2005

Type: article

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.

Source: Cadernos de Saúde Pública

DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2005000700004

Authors: Luiz Otavio de Azevedo, Rita Suely Bacuri Queiroz, Carlos Eduardo Menezes de Rezende

Institutions: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade de São Paulo

Language: English

Topic: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Filha