STEPS 2003, Four urban sentinel sites

Cameroon, 2003

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Reference ID

CMR_2003_STEPS_v01

Producer(s)

Health of Populations in Transition Research Group, Ministry of Public Health

Collections

STEPS

Metadata

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Apr 15, 2019

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Identification

Survey ID number

CMR_2003_STEPS_v01

Title

STEPS 2003

Subtitle

Four urban sentinel sites

Country

Name	Country code
Cameroon	CMR

Study type

STEPS

Series Information

This is the first STEPS conducted by Cameroon.

Abstract

STEPS is a household-based survey to obtain core data on the established risk factors that determine the major burden of NCDs.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Version

Version Description

Public-use dataset

Scope

Notes

The following topics were included in the survey: tobacco use, alcohol consumption, diet, physical activity, history of raised blood glucose, history of raised blood pressure, history of NCDs and lifestyle advice. Additionally, the following measures were taken: blood pressure, height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, heart rate and fasting blood glucose.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary
STEPS	Survey

Keywords

noncommunicable diseases risk factors health surveys tobacco use alcohol use diet nutrition physical activity blood pressure overweight obesity diabetes hypertension cardiovascular disease blood glucose

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Four urban sentinel sites from each of four ecological zones of the country.

Universe

Adults aged 15+ years.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Health of Populations in Transition Research Group
Ministry of Public Health

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Multi-level systematic sampling stratified by age group. All eligible adults in each selected household were invited to participate.

Response Rate

The overall response rate was 89.8%.

Weighting

Analysis weights are not available.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2003-07	2003-10

Data Collection Notes

Hemocue devices were used for glucose tests.

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
NCD Surveillance Team	World Health Organization	http://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/en/	ncdmonitoring@who.int

Access conditions

The user undertakes:
(1) to acknowledge the data source.
(2) to share any planned publications with WHO prior to publication.
(3) to offer co-authorship of any reports or publications using the survey results to the coordinator of the survey.
(4) to use the data for non-commercial, not-for-profit public health purposes only.

Citation requirements

Publications based on STEPS data should cite the survey report (if available) and acknowledge the data source in the following manner:
"This paper uses data from the [country] [year] STEPS survey, implemented by [implementing agency] with the support of the World Health Organization."

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The data is being distributed without warranty of any kind. The responsibility for the use of the data lies with the user. In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for damages arising from its use.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
NCD Surveillance Team	World Health Organization	ncdmonitoring@who.int	http://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/en/

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_CMR_2003_STEPS_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Melanie Cowan	World Health Organization	Documentation of data

Date of Metadata Production

2019-04-15

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1.0 (April 2019).

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