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    • Kenya - Mbita HDSS core Dataset 2009-2011

    Africa-2014
    Reference ID INDEPTH.KE041.CMD2011.v3
    Year 2008
    Country Kenya
    Producer(s) Nagasaki University Insititute of Tropical Medicine - Collaborative partnership with the Kenya Medical Research Institute
    Sponsor(s) Government of Japan - - Financial Support
    Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine - NUITM - Project Leadership and Technical Support
    Kenya Medical Research Institute - KEMRI - Partnership affiliation and Technical Support
    Collection(s)
    Africa Region – Release 2014
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Jun 30, 2014
    Last modified
    Jul 26, 2015
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    Overview
    Identification
    Country
    Kenya
    Title
    Mbita HDSS core Dataset 2009-2011

    Study Type
    Demographic Surveillance
    Series Information
    Rounds 1 to 25

    ID Number
    INDEPTH.KE041.CMD2011.v3
    Version
    Version Description
    1.v1 First version for internal use

    V3: Edited dataset for public distribution.

    Production Date
    2014-03-07
    Notes
    Developed during iSHARE 2 workshop

    Overview
    Abstract
    The Mbita Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Mbita HDSS), located on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, was established in 2006. The main objective of the HDSS is to provide a platform for population-based research on relationships between diseases and socio-economic and environmental factors, and for the evaluation of disease control interventions.

    The Mbita HDSS had a population of approximately 54 014 inhabitants from 11 576 households in June 2013. Regular data are collected using personal digital assistants (PDAs) every 3 months, which includes births, pregnancies, migration events and deaths. Coordinates are taken using geographical positioning system (GPS) units to map all dwelling units during data collection. Cause of death is inferred from verbal autopsy questionnaires. In addition, other health-related data such as vaccination status, socio-economic status, water sources, acute illness and bed net distribution are collected.

    The HDSS has also provided a platform for conducting various other research activities such as entomology studies including malaria research on neglected tropical diseases, and environmental health projects which have benefited the organization as well as the HDSS community residents. Data collected are shared with the community members, health officials, local administration and other relevant organizations. Opportunities for collaboration and data sharing with the wider research community are available and those interested should contact shimadam@nagasaki-u.ac.jp or mhmdkarama@yahoo.com .

    Kind of Data
    Event history data

    Units of Analysis
    Individual

    Scope
    Notes
    Individual Identifiers, memid

    Individuals gender, sex

    Individuals dates of birth

    Events for inhabitants: migrations, deaths, pregancies and pregnacy outcomes

    Individuals mothers, mother id for children born within the HDSS site

    Location id, Houseid

    Family identifiers, famid

    Observation date, edittime on all individual tables, edittime on death tables, edittime in the migration tables

    Topics
    TopicVocabularyURI
    Demography [N01.224] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Rural Population [N01.600.725] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Health [N01.400] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Health Facilities [N02.278] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Environment and Public Health [N06] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Coverage
    Geographic Coverage
    Mbita HDSS covers part of the western Kenya near the shores of the Lake Victoria including Rusinga Island(North Part) and mainland labeled as Gembe in Gembe location(South Part).

    Area coverage is about 168KM square.

    The area is accessible by a ferry through the Lake victoria to the mainland of Lwanda Kotieno in Kisumu area of Kisumu County. There is also a tarmack road connection that goes through the mainland from the Homabay County to Mbita HDSS area and it is linked to the man-made bridge that links the the mainland to Rusinga Island.

    Universe
    All individuals in the HDSS survey area.

    Producers and Sponsors
    Primary Investigator(s)
    NameAffiliation
    Nagasaki University Insititute of Tropical Medicine Collaborative partnership with the Kenya Medical Research Institute
    Other Producer(s)
    NameAffiliationRole
    Prof. M. Shimada NUITMTeam - Leader
    Prof. M. Karama NUITM-KEMRIDeputy Team Leader
    Prof. S. Kaneko NUITMEpidemiological Advisor
    Ms. S. Wanyua NUITMField manager
    Mr. M. Ndemwa NUITMData Manager
    Funding
    NameAbbreviationRole
    Government of Japan Financial Support
    Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine NUITMProject Leadership and Technical Support
    Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRIPartnership affiliation and Technical Support
    Other Acknowledgements
    NameAffiliationRole
    Morris Ndemwa NUITMData Manager
    Mbita Community Partnership and cooperation in data collection
    County Leadership Devolved governmennt system (Homabay county)Partnership and cooperation in data collection
    Metadata Production
    Metadata Produced By
    NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
    Mbita HDSSMbita, HDSSNUITM,KEMRIDocumentation of the study
    iSHARE2 Technical TeamisTTINDEPTH NetworkTechnical support
    INDEPTH Networkint.indepthINDEPTHagency
    Date of Metadata Production
    2015-07-25
    DDI Document Version
    INDEPTH.KE041.CMD2011.V7

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.INDEPTH.KE041.CMD2011.V7