Zia-ul Haq, Sheraz Fazid, Najma Sultana, Aliya Hisam, Basharat Hussain Shah, Nauman Arif, Muhammad Ameen, Fazal Nabi, Noor Sanauddin, Akhtar Sherin.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa integrated population health survey (KP-IPHS) 2016-17.
Khyber Med Uni Med J Jan ;11(4):254-7.

OBJECTIVES To conduct a population-wide representative survey to collect multi-dimensional information on the various aspects of individual, household, and population health in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan. METHODS A multi-stage stratified cluster sampling will be used in 24 districts of KP. Urban-areas will be divided into enumeration blocks based on the low, middle and high-income groups while rural-areas will be divided into mohallas/villages and these will be the primary sampling units (PSUs). Each enumeration-block/village/mohallas will comprise of 250-300 households (secondary sampling units). Line listing of the selected enumeration-blocks for urban and mohallas/villages for rural-areas will be done to select 12 household per urban enumeration-block and 16 households per rural PSU. The total sample size of the study will be 15,724 households (3756 urban areas & 11968 rural areas). Three sets of questionnaires will be used: oA household questionnaire (consisting of demographic, and socioeconomic characteristics of all household members) oA questionnaire for ever-married women aged 15-49 years (consisting of infant and maternal mortality, maternal and newborn health, contraception, child vaccination, and nutrition) oA health questionnaire for adults aged >=18 years (consisting of anthropometry, communicable and non-communicable diseases, stroke, disability, health-related quality of life, physical activity, dietary recall, tobacco use, environmental health, and medicine used). Ethical approval will be taken from the ethical committee of the Khyber Medical University, Peshawar. The data will be analysed in STATA version-14. DISCUSSION The outcomes of the survey could be used as an evidence to bring reforms in the health and population welfare policies.

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