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Model Disability Survey (MDS) - Survey manual

1 June 2017

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Model Disability Survey (MDS) - Survey manual

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Overview

The World Health Organization's Model Disability Survey (MDS) Manual is a tool to help implement the MDS in countries and to improve the quality of the interview process.

This manual is intended to provide practical information about the survey instruments and their use during interviews. Purpose

This manual is to be used as a training tool for interviewers when administering the questionnaire. Intended audience The manual is intended for all parties responsible for implementing the Model Disability Survey and using the resulting data. The various parties include a wide range of people from interviewers, field staff, supervisors and principal investigator(s), laboratory and data entry technicians and statisticians, to public health officials in the Ministry of Health and/or any health institutions.

WHO Team

Sensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation

Number of pages

141

Reference numbers

ISBN: 9789241512862

Copyright

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO