Brazil World Health Survey 2003
General Info
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2003 - December, 2003
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Cross-sectional - GPS coordinates (GIS) - Household - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative - Urban-rural representative - Verbal autopsy
Summary
The Brazil WHS focuses on the health system and population health. It covers household demographics, health care services and expenditures, ambulatory services, health insurance coverage, and individual health status.
Keywords
Alcohol use, Ambulances, Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Appetite loss, Assets, Asthma, Back pain, Body mass index, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Cataracts, Child mortality, Complete sibling history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Corrective lenses, Cough, DTP vaccines, Dental care, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Disability, Drownings, Edentulism, Education, Education expenditures, Emergency care, Employment, Ethnicity, Exposure to forces of nature, Eye examinations, FFQ, Falls, Family composition, Family size, Fatigue, Fertility, Fever, Fruits, Fruits and vegetables, General surgery, Gynecology, HIV and AIDS, Health behaviors, Health care access, Health care costs, Health care expenditures, Health care services, Health care use, Health education, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health status, Hearing loss, Height, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Income, Infant mortality, Injuries, Insecticide-treated bednets, Insulin, Internet, Ischemic heart disease, Languages, Limited mobility, Living conditions, Lower respiratory infections, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Mobility aids, Mortality, Musculoskeletal diseases, Nonprofits, Organized violence, Osteoarthritis, Outpatient facilities, PMTCT, Pain, Pap smears, Paralysis, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Physical activity, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Pregnancy, Prescriptions, Private health facilities, Prostheses and implants, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Road traffic injuries, Rose Angina Questionnaire, Sanitation, Schizophrenia, Screening mammography, Seizures, Sexual behavior, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Sleep, Sleep disorders, Suicide, Symptoms, Telephones, Tobacco smoking, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Tuberculosis, Unintentional injuries, Unipolar depressive disorders, Upper respiratory infections, VCT, Vaccination cards, Vegetables, Verbal autopsy, Vision loss, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Weight change
Citation
Contributors
Funders
Publisher
Publication year
2005
Suggested citation
Center for Scientific and Technological Information, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and World Health Organization (WHO). Brazil World Health Survey 2003. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization (WHO), 2005.