World Health Organization Publication : 9241800046: Development of Indicators for Monitoring Progress Towards Health for All by the Year 2000

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization Publication : 9241800046: Development of Indicators for Monitoring Progress Towards Health for All by the Year 2000
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
This volume is intended to help Member States of the World Health Organization decide which indicators to use, particularly at the national level but also at the regional and global levels, for monitoring progress towards health for all by the year 2000.' It proposes four categories of indicators : health policy indicators ; social and economic indicators ; indicators of the provision of health care ; and indicators of health status, including quality of life. In the past, there has ; been a tendency to concentrate almost entirely on health status indicators. The meaning of health for all as explained in the Global Strategy for attaining it ( l ) , Z namely, a level of health that permits all people to live a socially and economically productive life, shows why other categories of indicators are also necessary. Particular emphasis has been given to the information requirements for the various indicators, the principal sources of data and alternative methods of data collection, and the information analysis involved. In addition to the relevance of certain indicators for policy decisions and for monitoring progress, the most important criterion for selecting them is the feasibility of gathering the information required. This implies not only technical feasibility but also the financial and managerial feasibility of collecting the necessary information. Such feasibility cannot be taken for granted in most countries. The question of selectivity is equally crucial, particularly for developing countries, where the health services are rarely adequate to permit the routine information collection with a minimum of accuracy, and will not be --. adequate until primary health care is more firmly established. It is still very difficult to get the information where it matters most-at the community level.

Table of Contents
Contents Page Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 . INDICATORS AND THEIR USE Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Why indicators ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 What are indicators ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The uses of indicators and criteria for their selection . . . . . . . . 13 Information requirements (Overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Categories of indicators for use by countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Health policy indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Political commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Resource allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Degree of equity of distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Community involvement in attaining health for all . . . . . . . . . 20 Organizational framework and managerial process . . . . . . . . . . 21 International political commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 r .. Social and economic indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rate of population increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Gross national product or gross domestic product . . . . . . . . . . 22 Income distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Work conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Adult literacy rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Food availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Indicators of the provision of health care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Physical accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Economic and cultural accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Utilization of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Quality of care . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27