Overview of National Family Health Survey 2
The National Family Health Survey 2, India’s second health survey, was conducted from 1998-1999. It almost completely covered India’s total population. The NFHS 2 has gone through two stages. The stages were completed between November 1998 and March 1999. Almost 90,000 women aged 15 to 49 from 26 states were shortlisted for the NFHS-2. The NFHS-2 primarily provided information on state-level health data. It also provided detailed information on the changes that must be made in social and economic factors to achieve the desired results in terms of India’s health situation, as well as schemes related to them.
NFHS-2 provided separate estimates for rural and urban areas, as well as three metropolitan cities: Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. It also provided estimates for Mumbai’s slum areas. The United States of America and USAID- United States Agency for International Development provided financial support for the NFHS-2. UNICEF also provided financial support for the nutrition survey. The International Institute of Population Studies (IIPS) was chosen by the ministry to provide technical guidance and coordination for NFHS-2.
As previously stated, the health surveys will be carried out in the form of questionnaires, allowing authorities to collect all relevant information without leaving anything out. The NFHS-2 uniform pattern of questions, sample design, and field procedure was followed for the purpose of easily comparing with old data and obtaining error-free results.
Objectives of NFHS 2:
- The primary goal of the NFHS-2 is to collect data on birth rates, detailed family planning information, infant mortality rates, child mortality rates, and the availability of health facilities for children and mothers.
- To collect data on educational systems, women’s living standards, and domestic violence.
- Obtain information on the weights of the children and the women who have been shortlisted.
- Collect data on the nutritional status of both women and children.
- Another major goal of NFHS-2 is to collect blood samples from women and children under the age of three to identify anemia in the country.
- Two additional blood tests were performed in Mumbai and Delhi to determine the amount of lead in the blood.
- The final goal was to determine the amount of iodized salt used in cooking.
National Family Health Survey (NFHS-1 to NFHS-5)
The National Family Health Survey is a massive survey that takes place all over the country and the main goal of this survey is to collect key information about families in India that will help the Ministry of India design policies that will benefit the country’s most backward people groups. The National Family Health Survey began in 1992 and is the first round of the survey. Four additional surveys have been conducted to date, the most recent being the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS 5) which began in 2018-2019 but is not finished yet due to the COVID -19 lockdown situations in the country.
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