caa a22 4500 445806885 CHVBK 20180317145159.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-011-9419-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-011-9419-6 Assessing the Potential of Indigenous-Run Demographic/Health Surveys: the 2005 Shuar Survey, Ecuador [Elektronische Daten] [Brad Jokisch, Kendra McSweeney] Despite improved national censuses and "micro-demographic” studies, demographic processes and health conditions among indigenous populations in Amazonia and elsewhere in lowland Latin America are not well understood. A new source of demographic and health data has emerged in the past decade, namely meso-scale surveys initiated and administered by indigenous organizations. These surveys offer the potential for filling information gaps, shedding light on culturally specific factors that shape demographic processes and health, and empowering indigenous organizations with data that could inform health initiatives. This article assesses the indigenous-run survey "2005 Health Analysis of the Shuar and Achuar Nations” of eastern Ecuador in which the authors were involved, which reached 1,943 households in 257 communities in Morona-Santiago Province. We present findings on fertility, migration, sanitation, and health, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the survey. We argue that despite flaws in the survey design and implementation, this survey revealed important linkages among fertility, migration, and health. Such surveys have the potential to provide much needed detail, representativeness, and cultural specificity that macro and micro data sources cannot provide. We conclude with recommendations to improve surveys of this type. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Indigenous meso-scale surveys nationallicence Demography nationallicence Health nationallicence Migration nationallicence Census nationallicence Amazon nationallicence Ecuador nationallicence Fertility nationallicence Shuar nationallicence Jokisch Brad 122 Clippinger Labs, Ohio University, 45701, Athens, OH, USA aut McSweeney Kendra Ohio State, Department of Geography, 1036 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/5(2011-10-01), 683-698 0300-7839 39:5<683 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9419-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9419-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jokisch Brad 122 Clippinger Labs, Ohio University, 45701, Athens, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McSweeney Kendra Ohio State, Department of Geography, 1036 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, 43210, Columbus, OH, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/5(2011-10-01), 683-698 0300-7839 39:5<683 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer