Open AccessIndonesia: Coordinated studies are needed to access trends
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Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.31899/rh2000.1033
Subject(s) - indonesian , geography , population , development economics , health indicator , economic growth , political science , socioeconomics , demographic economics , environmental health , medicine , economics , philosophy , linguistics
In 1999, the Population Council/Indonesia conducted a critical review of 11 Indonesian surveys and studies that measured various indicators of maternal and child health (MCH) between 1996 and 1999. Many of these studies tried to link these indicators with the nation’s economic crisis that began in July 1997, however attributing changes in MCH indicators to the economic crisis may be misleading. Population Council staff sought to explain how these studies came up with divergent findings. As noted in this brief, longitudinal studies with consistent indicators and representative study populations are needed to identify changes in MCH indicators.