Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa [HAALSI]: Agincourt, South Africa, 2015-2022

The Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) study is a population-based survey that 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 among 5,059 men and women aged 40 years or older, who were sampled from within the existing framework of the Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (AHDSS), in rural Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Survey data were 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. Dried bloodspots (DBS) were collected at the survey and later tested for HIV, HIV viral load, glucose and CRP. A sub-sample had more extensive laboratory follow-up testing, which will be available in future data releases. A second wave of the survey was administered in 2018 through 2019, and a third wave of the survey was administered in 2021 through 2022. Demographic information includes age, sex, income, education, marital status, number of children, and employment. Harvard dataverse hosts an additional restricted-use dataset which compliments this collection, the HAALSI Baseline HIV Biomarker Data; users interested in obtaining these data must request access based on the terms outlined in the data use agreement.

《非洲健康与老龄化：南非INDEPTH社区纵向研究》（HAALSI）是一项基于人群的调查，旨在考察并描述南非农村地区老年男性和女性的健康状况、身体与认知功能、衰老状况及福祉，并与其他健康与退休研究保持一致。该研究的基础调查在5,059名40岁及以上的男性和女性中开展，这些受试者来自南非姆普马兰加省Agincourt健康与社会人口监测系统（AHDSS）的现有框架内。调查数据涵盖了认知和身体功能、社会网络、心血管代谢疾病及风险因素、HIV及其风险，以及经济福祉。调查还包括了人体测量学和即时护理血液检测，检测血红蛋白、葡萄糖和血脂。在调查期间收集了干血斑（DBS），并在之后进行了HIV、HIV病毒载量、葡萄糖和C反应蛋白的检测。一部分子样本进行了更广泛的实验室后续检测，这些数据将在未来的数据发布中提供。2018年至2019年进行了第二次调查浪潮，2021年至2022年进行了第三次调查浪潮。人口统计学信息包括年龄、性别、收入、教育、婚姻状况、子女数量和就业情况。哈佛数据仓库还托管了一个额外的受限使用数据集，即HAALSI基础HIV生物标志物数据集；对获取这些数据感兴趣的用户必须根据数据使用协议中规定的条款申请访问权限。