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The ethical implications of verbal autopsy: responding to emotional and moral distress [PDF]

BMC Medical Ethics, 2021
Background Verbal autopsy is a pragmatic approach for generating cause-of-death data in contexts without well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems.
Alex Hinga, Vicki Marsh, Amek Nyaguara, Marylene Wamukoya, Sassy Molyneux   +4 more
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Designing verbal autopsy studies [PDF]

Population Health Metrics, 2010
Background Verbal autopsy analyses are widely used for estimating cause-specific mortality rates (CSMR) in the vast majority of the world without high-quality medical death registration.
Shibuya Kenji, Lu Ying, King Gary
doaj   +2 more sources

Local perceptions of causes of death in rural South Africa: a comparison of perceived and verbal autopsy causes of death [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Understanding how lay people perceive the causes of mortality and their associated risk factors is important for public health. In resource-limited settings, where verbal autopsy (VA) is used as the most expedient method of determining cause ...
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Edward Fottrell, Max Petzold, Kathleen Kahn, Peter Byass   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Ethical and cultural implications for conducting verbal autopsies in South and Southeast Asia: a qualitative study

BMJ Global Health, 2023
Introduction Causes of deaths often go unrecorded in lower income countries, yet this information is critical. Verbal autopsy is a questionnaire interview with a family member or caregiver to elicit the symptoms and circumstances preceding a death and ...
Shaun K Morris, Yoel Lubell, Prabhat Jha, Rusheng Chew, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Rupam Tripura, Anne Osterrieder, Thomas J Peto, Nan Shwe Nwe Htun, Carlo Perrone, Aung Pyae Phyo, Aninda Sen, Koukeo Phommasone, Moul Vanna, Nipaphan Kanthawang, Jarntrah Sappayabanphot, Widi Yotyingaphiram, Jindaporn Wirachonphaophong, Nawrin Kabir, Sam Ol, Xaipasong Xaiyaphet, Ailatda Soulivong, Khambang Seevanhthong, Napat Khirikoekkong   +23 more
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Value of Verbal Autopsy in a Fragile Setting: Reported versus Estimated Community Deaths Associated with COVID-19, Banadir, Somalia [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
Background: Accurate mortality data associated with infectious diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often unavailable in countries with fragile health systems such as Somalia. We compared officially reported COVID-19 deaths in Somalia
Tahlil Abdi Afrah, Lilly M. Nyagah, Asma Swaleh Ali, Mary Karanja, Hassan W. Nor, Solomon Abera, Ali Sh Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Yusuf Guled, Mohamed Mohamud Hassan Biday, Majdouline Obtel, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik   +10 more
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Strengthening causes of death identification through community-based verbal autopsy during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2022
Introduction Indonesia has not optimally provided complete and reliable civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS). Death certification is one of the elements of the CRVS system. Reliable data on death rates and causes serve as the basis for building
Kemal Nazarudin Siregar, Rico Kurniawan, Dion Zein Nuridzin, Ryza Jazid BaharuddinNur, Retnowati, Yolanda Handayani, Rohjayanti, Lindawati Halim   +7 more
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Comparing verbal autopsy cause of death findings as determined by physician coding and probabilistic modelling: a public health analysis of 54 000 deaths in Africa and Asia [PDF]

Journal of Global Health, 2015
Background: Coverage of civil registration and vital statistics varies globally, with most deaths in Africa and Asia remaining either unregistered or registered without cause of death.
Peter Byass , Kobus Herbst, Edward Fottrell , Mohamed M. Ali, Frank Odhiambo, Nyaguara Amek, Mary J. Hamel, Kayla F. Laserson, Kathleen Kahn, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Paul Mee, Jon Bird, Robert Jakob , Osman Sankoh , Stephen M. Tollman   +15 more
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Community perception of causes of death using verbal autopsy for diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023
Alyazidi F, Shakely D, Petzold M, Alyazidi F, Hussain-Alkhateeb L.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Validating the diagnostic accuracy of medical certification: a population-level comparison between verbal autopsy and Saudi medical records causes of death of deceased with type 2 diabetes. [PDF]

Glob Health Action
Alyazidi F, Shakely D, Alyazidi FR, Petzold M, Hussain-Alkhateeb L.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Undertaking cause-specific mortality measurement in an unregistered population: an example from Tigray Region, Ethiopia [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: The lack of adequate documentation of deaths, and particularly their cause, is often noted in African and Asian settings, but practical solutions for addressing the problem are not always clear.
Hagos Godefay, Atakelti Abrha, John Kinsman, Anna Myléus, Peter Byass   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source