Ballabgarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ballabgarh HDSS)
The Ballabgarh HDSS, also known as CRHSP, is located in northern India and was established in 1961 to develop a model for rural health-care practice in India. In 2011, the Ballabgarh HDSS included around 90,000 individuals from 28 villages. The system collects data for the entire population through fortnightly visits by health workers. The system’s database is updated monthly and further enhanced with missing data and special morbidity surveillance data during the annual census. Sub-studies have also been conducted.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - open, Community or village panel, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
90,240 (participants, as of 2011)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1961
Primary Institutions
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान, नई दिल्ली, AIIMS)
Government of Haryana (हरियाणा सरकार)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Government of India
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
