Ghana - Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health 2007-2008, Wave 1

Start	End	Cycle
2007-01	2008-12	N/A

Face-to-face [f2f] PAPI
The SAGE instrument was pre-tested in 2005 in India, Ghana and Tanzania. Just over 1500 persons were interviewed in total. Fieldworker training workshop was conducted the week of 2 April 2007 in Danfa Health Centre, Accra. Fieldwork teams comprised 8 interviewers, 2 field editors and 1 person for the spirometry and drawing the blood sample. There were 4 teams in total each headed by a supervisor responsible for overall co-ordination and supervision of the team.

The questionnaires were based on the WHS Model Questionnaire with some modification and many new additions. A household questionnaire was administered to all households eligible for the study. A Verbal Autopsy questionnaire was administered to households that had a death in the last 24 months. An Individual questionniare was administered to eligible respondents identified from the household roster. A Proxy questionnaire was administered to individual respondents who had cognitive limitations. The questionnaires were developed in English and were piloted as part of the SAGE pretest in 2005. All documents were translated into three local languanges: Akan, Ga and Twi. All SAGE generic questionnaires are available as external resources.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Department of Community Health, Ghana Medical School		University of Ghana