South Africa - Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa [HAALSI] Baseline Survey: Agincourt, South Africa, 2015
Reference ID | INDEPTH.ZA011.HAALSI.2015.v1 |
Year | 2014 - 2015 |
Country | South Africa |
Producer(s) |
Lisa Berkman - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Stephen Tollman - MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, University of Witwatersrand Kathleen Kahn - MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, Unive |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
Study website |
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Jan 11, 2018
Last modified
Mar 31, 2021
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Overview
Identification
INDEPTH.ZA011.HAALSI.2015.v1 |
Overview
The Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) study is a population-based survey implemented by the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies and the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand. HAALSI aims to examine and characterize a population of older men and women in rural South Africa with respect to health, physical and cognitive function, aging, and well-being, in harmonization with other Health and Retirement Studies. The baseline survey was conducted in November 2014-November 2015 among 5,059 men and women aged 40 years or older, who were randomly sampled from within the existing framework of the Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (AHDSS), in rural Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The baseline survey was administered by local field workers in Shangaan at the participants' homes using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). Extensive survey data was collected on cognitive and physical functioning, social networks, cardiometabolic disease and risk factors, HIV and HIV risk, and economic well-being. The survey also included anthropometric measures and point-of-care blood tests for hemoglobin, glucose and lipids. Two additional rounds of data collection are planned over the next five years. Future data releases will share results from dried bloodspots (DBS) that were collected during the survey and tested for HIV, HIV viral load, HbA1c and CRP, as well as more extensive laboratory follow-up testing on a sub-sample of participants. The laboratory sub-study was administered in collaboration with the H3Africa/AWIGEN study (Genomic and Environmental Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Disease in Africans), which will examine genetic data from these participants.Individual
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
Coverage
MpumalangaMen and women aged 40 years or older living in rural Mpumalanga province, South Africa
Producers and Sponsors
Name | Affiliation |
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Lisa Berkman | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Stephen Tollman | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, University of Witwatersrand |
Kathleen Kahn | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, University of Witwatersrand |
Till Barnighausen | University of Heidelberg |
Francesc Xavier Gomez-Olive | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, University of Witwatersrand |
David J Canning | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Mark A Collinson | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, University of Witwatersrand |
Thomas Andrew Gaziano | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Chodziwadziwa Whiteson Kabudula | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research unit, University of Witwatersrand |
Livia Montana | Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies |
Michele Ramsay | Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand |
Joshua A Solomon | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Nele Demeyere | Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford | |
Mihaela Daniela Duta | Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford | |
Elyse Jennings | Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies | |
Ryan G Wagner | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand | |
Albert Weerman | Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) | |
Alisha Nicole Wade | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand | |
Julia Rohr | Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies | |
Scott Hazelhurst | School of Electrical and Infomation Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand | |
Nigel Crowther | MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand | |
Jen Manne-Goehler | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | |
Molly Rosenberg | Indiana University Bloomington | |
Guy Harling | Harvard School of Public Health | |
Miles Witham | University of Dundee | |
Cornelius Debpuur | Navrongo Health Reasearch Center |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Population of Mpumalanga | Study Participants |
Metadata Production
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
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