Chililab hdss, vietnam

CHILILAB HDSS, VIETNAM

CHILILAB DSS is a field laboratory attached to the Hanoi School of Public Health in Vietnam. It is located in Chi Linh district of Hai Duong province in the northern part of Vietnam and is about 60 km northeast of Hanoi. The population base for this surveillance system is approximately 65,000 inhabitants who live in 3 townships and 4 communes across a land area of 137.5 square kilometers which are under rapid process of urbanization. Adolescents and young adults aged between 15-24 years account for approximately 20% of the total district population. The CHILILAB was formally established in early 2003. The pilot of the system was conducted between May 2003 to April 2004, within two communities in urban and rural areas of the district, with a total population of 2824 households (9540 inhabitants). In June 2004, the surveillance system was expanded to cover 3 townships and 4 communes, with the population of 16980 households (64500 inhabitants).

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  To identify patterns and trends in morbidity and mortality in the district population periodically and longitudinally.
  
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  To identify socio-economic patterns in the population and the influence of these variables on population health.
  
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  To provide specific data on adolescent health (reproductive health, STI and HIV/AIDS, injury, mental health), as well as risk and protective behaviors
  
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  To implement community health intervention strategies in order to form a basis for developing health policies in the locality and elsewhere.
  
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  To improve procedures for data collection, analysis and application at the community level in a reliable and effective manner.
  
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  To strengthen the capacity of public health professionals by implementing public health researches conducted by PhD students.
  

The three main priority areas for the foreseeable future are;

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  Trends in general mortality and morbidity under socio-economic changes.
  
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  Trends in health of adolescents and young adults (reproductive health, STD, HIV/AIDS, injuries) and risk and protective factors influencing their health and health behaviors.
  
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  Trends in non-communicable disease in response to changes in the socio-economic status of the population.
  

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  China Medical Board of New York
  
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  INDEPTH Network
  
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  Ford Foundation
  
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  Atlantic Philanthropies
  
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  Netherlands Embassy
  

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  John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
  
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  Tulane University – School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, USA
  

2008

2. Le Cu Linh, Nguyen Thanh Nga, Nguyen Duc Thanh, Dao Hoang Bach. The real situation of adolescent and youth health in Chi Linh district, Hai Duong province: preliminary findings from Demographic Epidemiologic Surveillance System in Chililab. (Vietnam Journal of Public Health, No 10, 6/2008) (in Vietnamese).

3. Le Thi Vui, Le Cu Linh, Pham Viet Cuong. Demographic Epidemiologic Surveillance System in Chi Linh (CHILILAB): Preliminary Findings from 7/2004-6/2005. Vietnam Journal of Public Health. Vol. 7: 08-13, Jan 2007 (in Vietnamese).

4 Hoang Van Huynh, Le Cu Linh. The real situation and factors related to alcohol use of youths and adolescents in Chi Linh district, Hai Duong province, 2006. (Vietnam Prevention Health Magazine, Vol. 18, No 2 (94): 39-44, 2008) (in Vietnamese).

5. Hoang Van Huynh, Le Thi Vui. Sex ratio at birth and related factors in Chi Linh site, Hai Duong, 2005. ( Vietnam Public Health Journal, No 9, 12/2007) (in Vietnamese).

6. Bich Huu Tran.  Relationship between paternal involvement and child malnutrition in a rural area of Viet Nam. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 29, no.1, 2008. United Nations university.

7. Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Dang Sy Duy, Hoang Van Huynh, Quach Ngoc Quyen, Micheal Palmer. Disability rate in Chi Linh, 2007. Medicine Research Magazine, No 4, 2008, Medicine Publisher. (in Vietnamese)

8. Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy. The assistance and support needs of people with disabilities in Chi Linh district, Hai Duong province. (Medicine Research magazine, No 4, 2008, Medicine Publisher.

9. Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy, Quach Ngoc Quyen, Hoang Van Huynh, Dang Sy Duy, Micheal Palmer. Disability’s characteristics. ( Medicine Research Magazine, No 5, 2008, Medicine Publisher) (in Vietnamese).

10. Bui Thi Thu Ha, Le Minh Thi, Vu Hung Hieu, Dương Kim Tuan (2007). Finding of baseline survey on ectopic pregnancy in Chilinh district, Haiduong province. (Vietnam journal of Public health, No8, August,2007,p22-28) (in Vietnamese).

11.Nguyen Duc Hung, Bui Thi Thu Ha (2007). Risk factors related to ectopic pregnancy among women visiting Chilinh district health center. Vietnam journal of Public health. No 7, Jan, 2007,p32-37 (in Vietnamese).

12. (being process with editor on Journal of health education and Behavior)