Statistics and Demography

Faculty & Staff:

Dr. Dharmender Kumar Yadav  Acting Head, Department of Statistics and Demography	M.Sc. (Statistics), UGC - NET, Ph.D. (Statistics)	drdkyadav[at]nihfw[dot]org
Mr. Subhash Chand  Research Officer (HG)	M.Sc. (Statistics)	s[dot]chand[at]nihfw[dot]org
Dr. Raj Narayan  Assistant Research Officer	M.Sc. (Statistics) UGC - NET & JRF M.Phil (Population Studies) Ph.D.(Population Studies)	raj[at]nihfw[dot]org

Aim

To be a centre of excellence for research and training in the area of public health on various statistical and demographic tools and techniques.

Objectives

• To contribute to the improvement of public health through effective teaching, training and research using -Statistics and Demographic techniques.
• To undertake short courses in methods for quantitative research design, sample size calculation, data collection, analysis and evaluation for public health researchers in the country.
• To contribute in policy and programme formulation and strategies of implementation concerning population, health and family welfare issues in the country toward achieving SDGs

Areas of Interest

• Population Optimization
• Demography of ageing
• Adolescent health
• Inter-relationship of family welfare, Demographic, socio-economic and health parameters
• Gender Studies
• GIS in Health
• Health management information system
• Indirect estimates of demographic techniques
• Monitoring and evaluation of health programmes, surveys and studies
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning in healthcare

Board Activities:

Develop and conduct teaching programmes for the following courses at NIHFW with focus on Statistics and Demography

1. Training
   • Training Course on Demographic Data Analysis using the MORTPAC and SPECTRUM for Health Personnel
   • Training Course on Data Analysis using Statistical Software (SPSS) for Health Professionals
   • Training Course on Sample Size and Power Analysis for Health Professionals
   • Training Course on Statistical Data Analysis using R-Software for Health Professionals
2. Research Study Completed
   • Identification of vulnerable districts with reference to Ageing in India: based on Census 1991-2001
   • Determinants of Maternal Mortality and Health Service Utilization in India
   • Proximity to Infrastructure Facility and Utilization of Reproductive and Child Health Services in Uttar Pradesh
   • A study to Assess Factors at Peripheral Level for Effective Implementation of ASHA Scheme
   • Evaluation of Multimedia campaign in India
3. Teaching
   • MD in Community Health Administration (CHA)
   • Diploma in Health Administration (DHA)
   • Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management (PGDPHM)
   • Doctor of Philosophy (Phd) in Public Health
   • Master of Public Health (MPH)
   • Distance learning courses -  Post Graduate Diploma in Management – (PGDM in Health and Family Welfare Management),  Post Graduate Diploma in Management – (PGDM) in Health Promotion and  Post Graduate Diploma in Management – (PGDM in Applied Epidemiology
   • Supervisor for DHA, PGDPHM Students for preparation of Dissertations
   • Consultations of Students on Research methodology, sample size calculation and Data Analysis
   • Conducting training sessions in training courses
   • Setting question papers, answer sheet corrections, viva-voce
   • PH. D Thesis Supervision
   • M.D Thesis Supervision

Sources of Demographic Data

Census of India

• C – Series Social and Cultural Tables
• D – Series Tables on Migration
• F – Series Fertility Tables
• B - Series General Economic Tables
• HH – Series Household Tables
• Primary Census Abstracts –, All states, SC and ST all India
• Town Profile
• Slum data

National Family Health Survey (NFHS)

• National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-1 (1992-93)
• National Family Health Survey (NFHS -2 (1998-99)
• National Family Health Survey (NFHS -3 (2005-06)
• National Family Health Survey (NFHS -4 (2015-16)
• National Family Health Survey (NFHS -5 (2019-21)

District Level Household Survey

• District Level Household Survey (DLHS)-1(1998-99)
• District Level Household Survey (DLHS)-2 (2002-04)
• District Level Household Survey (DLHS)-3 (2007-08)
• District Level Household Survey (DLHS)-4 (2012-13)

Others Sources

• Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS)
• Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI)
• Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
• Coverage Evaluation Survey
• Study on global AGEing and adult health (WHO-SAGE) – INDIA
• etc.

Special Activities

World Population Day

Every Year Department of Statistics and Demography is celebrating World Population Day. This day aims to draw attention to the various challenges posed due to the growth of population, such as access to healthcare, education, employment, gender equality, environmental sustainability, and more. This day provides an opportunity to discuss and address these issues on a country level. The students of NIHFW is organizing the different types of activities related to population issues. Some highlights of the celebration of World Population Day-2024.

SAKSHAM-LMIS

• Department of statistics and Demography is involved in development and maintence of SAKSHAM portal, a digital learning inititaive ofMoHFW. IT IS DEDICATED AND UNIFIED PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING ONLINE TRAINING AND MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY.
• Currently, more than 200 public health and clinical courses are available on SAKSHAM portal. More than 20,000 health professionals are using this portal for their capacity building. MoHFW has showcased this digital initiative in all Health Working Group Meetings under G-20 presidency in the year 2023.
• This year 2024, under QUAD presidency, India is offering SAKSHAM as a digital public good to the Indo Pacific Countries for capacity building of their health professionals.

Mission Karmyogi

• Annual Capacity Building Plan (ACBP) of MoHFW was launched by leadership on 17th May, 2023. NIHFW was designated Nodal Organization by MoHFW for all activities under Mission Karmayogi program. NIHFW has been assigned the role of content creator and reviewer for all the online content to be uploaded on iGOT portal.
• It is capacity building program of Govt. of India for government officials in various competencies. Department of Statistics and Demography is involved in implementation of this program by onboarding of employees, content creation and review of courses for iGOT platform.