TY - JOUR
T1 - Reproductive health indicators in the European Union
T2 - The REPROSTAT project
AU - Temmerman, Marleen
AU - Foster, Lauren Beth
AU - Hannaford, Philip
AU - Cattaneo, Adriano
AU - Olsen, Jørn
AU - Bloemenkamp, Kitty W.M.
AU - Jahn, Albrecht
AU - da Silva, Miguel Oliveira
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project was funded by the European Commission, EU Community Health Monitoring Program. The authors wish to acknowledge the support and contributions of all Steering Committee members: Agustin Montes Martinez, Spain; Katarina Bremme, Sweden; Elina Hemminki, Finland; Mika Gissler, Finland; Mary Short, Ireland; Leo Auerbach, Austria; Evangelos Makrakis, Greece; Marie-Helene Bouvier-Colle, France; Gunta Lazdane, WHO; Joseph Kasondo, WHO. The authors also wish to thank D’Anna Little for her assistance with data collection in Italy.
PY - 2006/5/1
Y1 - 2006/5/1
N2 - Our objective was to develop a set of indicators for monitoring and describing reproductive health in the European Union (EU) that reflect common concerns of the different Member States. Ideally, the indicators would possibly draw upon existing data sources. The REPROSTAT project: (i) conducted a review of existing recommendations on reproductive health indicators; (ii) suggested a set of initial indicators in consultation with representatives from relevant outside agencies and organisations; and (iii) invited 200 reproductive health experts throughout Europe to review the provisional set of indicators. The feasibility of using the REPROSTAT indicators was tested for two countries, Italy and Germany. A final set of 13 core indicators was developed, as well as another recommended indicator and four that needed further development. The pilot use of the indicators in Italy and Germany provided useful information about availability of data in different Member States. The REPROSTAT project developed a set of reproductive health indicators believed to be of relevance for planning, prevention, and caring within the EU. Further, harmonisation of data from different Member States will be needed if the benefits of these indicators are to be fully realised.
AB - Our objective was to develop a set of indicators for monitoring and describing reproductive health in the European Union (EU) that reflect common concerns of the different Member States. Ideally, the indicators would possibly draw upon existing data sources. The REPROSTAT project: (i) conducted a review of existing recommendations on reproductive health indicators; (ii) suggested a set of initial indicators in consultation with representatives from relevant outside agencies and organisations; and (iii) invited 200 reproductive health experts throughout Europe to review the provisional set of indicators. The feasibility of using the REPROSTAT indicators was tested for two countries, Italy and Germany. A final set of 13 core indicators was developed, as well as another recommended indicator and four that needed further development. The pilot use of the indicators in Italy and Germany provided useful information about availability of data in different Member States. The REPROSTAT project developed a set of reproductive health indicators believed to be of relevance for planning, prevention, and caring within the EU. Further, harmonisation of data from different Member States will be needed if the benefits of these indicators are to be fully realised.
KW - Europe
KW - Indicators
KW - Monitoring
KW - Reproductive health
KW - Sexual health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33646198990&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.11.047
DO - 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.11.047
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16500743
AN - SCOPUS:33646198990
SN - 0301-2115
VL - 126
SP - 3
EP - 10
JO - European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
JF - European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
IS - 1
ER -