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1 Internship at the Centers for Diseases Control Survey method to assess reproductive health of refugees Edith Roset Bahmanyar
2 International Emergency Refugee Health Branch (IERHB) Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services (EEHS), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
3 IERHB mission statement to bring public health and epidemiologic principles to the aid of populations affected by complex humanitarian emergencies
4 IERHB mission statement Upon request of Government agencies International agencies/ NGOs United nations Coordinates, supervises, and monitors response to complex humanitarian emergencies
5 IERHB mission statement Provides direct technical assistance to emergencyaffected populations in the field rapid health and nutrition assessments, public health surveillance, epidemic investigations Develops and implements operational research projects improving response to complex and humanitarian emergencies Develops technical guidelines on public health issues in complex humanitarian emergencies
6 IERHB Survey and Research War Related Injuries Mental health Nutrition Surveillance and Data Collection Methods HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Assistance in Complex- Humanitarian Emergencies Pacific Emergency Health Initiative
7 What about reproductive health for refugees? National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDP) Division of Reproductive health, Global RH Refugee RH
8 5-year Agreement between USAID and DRH, CDC Technical assistance is provided for Reproductive health surveys Reproductive health epidemiology Contraceptive logistics Refugee reproductive health In developing countries where USAID has a mission
9 Refugee reproductive health activities: Epidemiologic investigations (reproductive health status) Reproductive health rapid assessment tool and behavioral and epidemiologic surveillance systems Design, implement, evaluate interventions Strengthen the capacity to collect and use data
10 Technical Assistance sample design questionnaire content and design interviewer training fieldwork logistics data entry and editing data analysis report production/ recommendations
11 Refugees Reproductive health surveys A Determination of the Prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Among Conflict-Affected Populations in East Timor and Kosovo, 2002 An Assessment of Reproductive Health Issues Among Karen and Burmese Refugees Living in Thailand, 2001 Azerbaijan Reproductive Health Study, 2001 Reproductive Health Survey Among Afghan Refugees Living in Pakistan, 2000 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, An Evaluation of Poor Pregnancy Outcomes Among Burundian Refugees in Tanzania Under testing: Tool kit for data entry and analysis software programs
12 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, Goal of the Study: To identify the gap in knowledge about maternal health among Afghan refugees settlements/ Pakistan Guide health care intervention
13 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, Specific objectives: Burden of death among women due to maternal causes Risk factors for maternal death Preventability Barriers to health care
14 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, Method and procedure Population based retrospective cohort 12 Afghan refugees settlements/postemergency phase Data collection for a 19.4 month period 2 stages: identification of all deaths in the population investigation of deaths among women of reproductive age
15 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, RAMOS (reproductive age mortality survey) Verbal autopsy of surviving family members Standardized questions to determine maternal and other causes of death 3 barriers to health care access + questions about demographic, risk factors, preventability
16 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, Results: 134,406 refugees in 12 settlements 22% women of reproductive age 1197 deaths (0.15/10,000/day) 232 neonates (19.3%) 66 women of reproductive age, 27 (41%) of maternal causes (MMR 291) 24 post-partum, 3 during late pregnancy
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20 Maternal Mortality Among Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, Conclusion: 92% of the maternal deaths and about 33% of non-maternal death were preventable (3 reviewers) Burden of maternal death will be greater for women seeking repatriation, where health care services are in short supply Surveillance of maternal death should be given special attention
21 Results from a Reproductive Health Survey Among Afghan Refugees Living in Pakistan, 2000 Goals To determine unmet need for family planning Describe the prevalence of gender based violence against female refugees Assess safe motherhood Assess behavioral risks (STD, HIV/AIDS)
22 Reproductive Health Survey Among Afghan Refugees Living in Pakistan, 2000 Methodology Research design: cross sectional survey Case definition: married women years Sample design: two stage sampling (based on the census done in 2000) Random sample of a family Random selection of a married women Sample size calculation: based on estimated prevalence of unmet need for family planning in Pakistan (29%) +9.8% refusal rate: 665 interviews Sample size proportional to number families/camp
23 Reproductive Health Survey Among Afghan Refugees Living in Pakistan, 2000 Questionnaire based on demographic and health survey (DHS) and CDC reproductive health survey Background characteristics Reproductive history Family planning STI&HIV/AIDS knowledge Interviewer s observations
24 Reproductive Health Survey, Findings Characteristics: Language: Pastho: 93.2 %, Dari 6.8% 83.4% were living for more than 16 years in camps 98.7 never attended schools and were not able to read and write
25 Reproductive Health Survey, Findings Fertility regulation, family planning methods (%) Know Ever used Any method Modern methods Traditional methods
26 Reproductive Health Survey, Findings Unmet needs for family planning women who don t want to be pregnant but are not using any contraceptive method = 47.8% Opposed to women who are pregnant and wanted the pregnancy women who want to be pregnant infecund women women using contraceptive
27 Reproductive Health Survey, Findings Teenagers year-old, n=47, in % Age mothers First time pregnant Never pregnant
28 Reproductive Health Survey, Findings Place of delivery/ skilled attendance at birth for deliveries occurring within the past 5 years (n=869), % Place of delivery Home 74.6 Minor operating theater 11.6 Other hospital 13.8 Assistance during delivery Skilled 33.1 unskilled 66.9
29 Writing my own protocol Assessment of the reproductive health status of Afghan refugees in Mashhad, Khorassan Province, Iran
30 Assessment of the reproductive health status of Afghan refugees Historical Background Objectives (general and specific) Procedure and methods Study population Sampling size Sampling methods Data analysis Survey Instrument (questionnaire)
31 Historical Background Since 1979: 3 waves of refugees 1979, , : 1.9 M of Afghan refugees Less than 1% living in camps Changes in Iranian policies since 2002 Afghan women at high risk high fertility, anemia and malnutrition poverty, illiteracy, lack of education cultural gender-based barriers to health care
32 Objectives 1. Describe policies and programs 2. Describe demographic characteristics and reproductive health status 3. Assess knowledge, participation, utilization of and barriers to routine and emergency reproductive health services. 4. Examine associations between reproductive outcomes and potential risk factors. 5. Assess the access and usage of family planning
33 Procedure and methods Study Design: Cross-sectional survey Setting: Mashhad, Khorassan Province, Iran Participants: Afghan refugee women and Iranian women living in Mashhad who have had a delivery in the last 5 years Main outcome measures: Proportion of delivery with skilled birth attendance and access to family planning
34 Procedure and methods Sample size calculation Mashad population 3M Afghans living in Mashad: 100, ,000 Main outcomes: skilled birth attendance (Iranian 90%, Afghans?) access to family planning 450 Afghan and 270 Iranian households (prevalence; design effect; nb mothers/household, margin of error)
35 Sample design Option 1: Systematic random sampling Option 2: Multistage cluster (30) sampling Mantageh
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37 Asking questions in crosscultural settings: anecdotal Wart que shoma edrar mikoni, dard mikoni? When you pass urine, does it hurt you? Djavab chai kheili suzech mikone Is the tea answer very hurtful
38 Reference Questionnaires Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) CDC reproductive health surveys Field validation? Cross-cultural comparisons? Guidelines of the maternal and child epidemiology unit, London SHTM Questionnaire tested on Afghan women (reproductive health survey in Pakistan)
39 Birth attendance Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? (DHS) During that delivery (reporting to the previous question), was anyone there to help you CDC reproductive health Who attended that birth (referring to the previous question) questionnaire Afghan refugees Was someone present to help you during delivery? Guidelines London School of hygiene and Tropical Medicine
40 Survey instrument 3 parts General information (31 questions) Citizenship, ethnicity, arrival in Iran, legal status, marital status, housing condition, job Health related issues (34 questions) General health status, 3 barriers
41 Survey instrument Reproductive health data (38 questions) Fertility and children mortality family planning prenatal care and pregnancy morbidity skilled birth attendance and delivery related morbidity
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