Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to recognize the role of vital events announcement in the macro-level planning and policy-makings of Kurdistan province. This study was conducted in the center of Kurdistan in 2019-2020 based on survey methods, and data was collected by self-declared questionnaire. The statistical population included all specialists, general managers, deputies and experts in the field of planning and development working in organizations of Kurdistan that 354 of them were selected by disproportionate classified and accessible methods. The data analyzed in SPSS software package. This study while depicting the usefulness of vital event statistics in macro-level planning and policy-makings, relying on the results of the One-sample T-test showed that the observed mean in the components of increasing equality, increasing coordination in policy-making and improving policy-making programs was statistically significant (Sig=0.000). In other words, the agencies in charge of planning in Kurdistan are less than expect to use vital event statistics for planning purposes. Also the results of the Friedman test, confirmed the lack of usage capacity in the planning of responsible agencies and organizations, especially in reducing inequality in society and the existence of coordination in planning. The study warns of the need for serious attention and the use of vital events and statistics recorded by officials in order to planning and make more accurate and systematic policies in various aspects.
Keywords
- AbouZahr, Carla, Mathenge, Gloria, Sejersen, T. Brøndsted, and Sara B. Macfarlane. (2019). "Civil registration and vital statistics: A unique source of data for policy" in The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice, pp. 125-144, San Francisco, CA, USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Apland, Kara, Blitz, Brad. K., Calabia, Dawn, Fielder, Mark, Hamilton, Carolyn, Indika, Nuwan, Lakshman, Rajith, Lynch, Maureen, and Elizabeth Yarrow. (2014). "Birth registration and children’s rights: A Complex Story." Technical Report, Plan International, Middlesex University Research, at: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/17346/.
- Carr-Hill, Roy. (2013). "Missing millions and measuring development progress." World Development, 46, 30-44.
- Cobos, Daniel, AbouZahr, Carla and Don de Savigny (2018). "The ‘ten CRVS milestones’ framework for understanding civil registration and vital statistics systems." British Medical Journal Global Health, 3(2), 1-3.
- Divisha, Sabrina. (2019). "Vital statistics: Meaning and uses, demographic data".
- Israel, Robert, A. (2005). Vital statistics, overview. In Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (eds P. Armitage and T. Colton).
https://doi-org.ezp.semantak.com/10.1002/0470011815.b2a02047.
- Krejcie, Robert. V., and Daryle W. Morgan. (1970). "Determining sample size for research activities." Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30(1), 607-610.
- Mahapatra, Prasanta, Shibuya, Kenji, Lopez, Alan, D., Coullare, Francesca, Notzon, Francis C., Rao, Chalapati and Simon Szreter. (2007). "Civil registration systems and vital statistics: Successes and missed opportunities." Lancet, 370(9599), 1653-1663.
- Mills, Samuel, AbouZahr, Carla, Kim, Jane, Rassekh, Bahie, M., and Sarpong, Deborah. (2017). "Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) for monitoring the sustainable development goals (SDGS)", Washington, D.C., at:
- Mills, Samuel, Lee, Jane. K., and Bahie M. Rassekh. (2019). "Benefits of linking civil registration and vital statistics with identity management systems for measuring and achieving sustainable development goal 3 indicators." Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 38(18): 1-5.
- Moriyama, Iwao, M. (1993). "Use of vital records and statistics for social and economic developmental programs", International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics.
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/meetings/wshops/1995_Rabat_CRVS/Docs/Use_of_VitalRecords.pdf.
- Peters, Guy, B. (2016). "Civil registration and vital statistics as a tool to improve public management." Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Institutions for Development Sector, Discussion Paper N, at: https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Civil-Registration-and-Vital-Statistics-as-a-Tool-to-Improve-Public-Management.pdf.
- Rasella, Davide, Aquino, Rosana and Mauricio, L. Barrreto. (2010). "Impact of the family health program on the quality of vital information and reduction of child unattended deaths in Brazil: An ecological longitudinal study." BMC Public Health, 10(380), 1-8.
- Setel, Philip, W., Macfarlane, Sarah. B., Szreter, Simon, Mikkelsen, Lene, Jha, Parbhat, Stout, Susan and Carla AbouZahr. (2007). "A scandal of invisibility: Making everyone count by counting everyone." Lancet, 370(9598), 1569-1577.
- Teichman, Judith. (2008). "Redistributive conflict and social policy in Latin America." World Development, 36(3), 446-60.
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2015). "Civil registration and vital statistics regional action plan", at: http://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/Regional.Action.Framework.English.final_.pdf.
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (2014). "Civil registration: Why counting births and deaths is important".
- United Nations (2014). Principles and recommendations for a vital statistics system, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division
Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 19, Rev.3 New York,
https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/standmeth/principles/M19Rev3en.pdf.
- World Health Organization (2015). Regional strategy for strengthening the role of the health sector for improving CRVS, New Delhi, India: WHO Regional Office.
)