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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
Background In contexts where certifying causes of death (COD) is inadequate – either in industrialized or non-industrialized countries – verbal autopsy (VA) serves as a practical method for determining probable COD, helping to address gaps in vital data.
Alyazidi F, Shakely D, Alyazidi FR, Petzold M, Hussain-Alkhateeb L.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Classifying perinatal mortality using verbal autopsy: is there a role for nonphysicians? [PDF]

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Because of a physician shortage in many low-income countries, the use of nonphysicians to classify perinatal mortality (stillbirth and early neonatal death) using verbal autopsy could be useful.
Wallace Dennis, McClure Elizabeth M, Tshefu Antoinette, Pasha Omrana, Chomba Elwyn, Mazariegos Manolo, Thorsten Vanessa, Phiri Mutinta, Garces Ana, Jehan Imtiaz, Ditekemena John, Engmann Cyril, Goldenberg Robert L, Carlo Waldemar A, Wright Linda L, Bose Carl   +15 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Setting international standards for verbal autopsy [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2007
In many countries most deaths occur at home. Such countries often have civil registration systems that are limited or non-existent and therefore most deaths go unrecorded. Countries that cannot record the number of people who die or why they die cannot realize the full potential of their health systems.
Frank Baiden, Ayaga Bawah, Sidu Biai, Fred Binka, Ties Boerma, Peter Byass, Daniel Chandramohan, Somnath Chatterji, Cyril Engmann, Dieltiens Greet, Robert Jakob, Kathleen Kahn, Osamu Kunii, Alan D Lopez, Christopher J L Murray, Bernard Nahlen, Chalapati Rao, Osman Sankoh, Philip W Setel, Kenji Shibuya, Nadia Soleman, Linda Wright, Gonghuan Yang   +22 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Probabilistic Cause-of-Death Assignment Using Verbal Autopsies [PDF]

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2016
In regions without complete-coverage civil registration and vital statistics systems there is uncertainty about even the most basic demographic indicators. In such regions the majority of deaths occur outside hospitals and are not recorded. Worldwide, fewer than one-third of deaths are assigned a cause, with the least information available from the ...
Tyler H. McCormick, Zehang Li, Clara Calvert, Amelia C. Crampin, Kathleen Kahn, Samuel J. Clark   +5 more
openalex   +5 more sources

Verbal autopsy: advancing science, facilitating application [PDF]

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Editorial Critical information on population health is needed to inform planning, resource allocation, program implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. One of the key descriptors of a population’s health is information about causes of death. Since many countries lack complete vital registration systems with medical certification of deaths, cause of ...
Shibuya Kenji, Lopez Alan D, Murray Christopher JL, Lozano Rafael   +3 more
doaj   +4 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Tree-informed Bayesian multi-source domain adaptation: cross-population probabilistic cause-of-death assignment using verbal autopsy [PDF]

medRxiv, 2021
Determining causes of deaths (COD) occurred outside of civil registration and vital statistics systems is challenging. A technique called verbal autopsy (VA) is widely adopted to gather information on deaths in practice.
Zhenke Wu, Zehang Li, Irena Chen, Mengbing Li   +3 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Rapid Mortality Surveillance of COVID-19 Using Verbal Autopsy [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health, 2021
Identifying causes of death, let alone COVID-19-specific mortality, is a challenge in many lowand middle-income countries. Lack of testing and large numbers of community deaths without a physician to medically certify the cause of death, are barriers to ...
Amaro Nunes Duarte‐Neto, Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza, Lúcia Pereira Barroso, Carmen Diva Saldiva de André, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Paulo Afonso de André, Cátia Martinez Minto, Catia Sales de Moura, Thábata F. Leite, Jair Theodoro Filho, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, Philip Setel, Martin W. Bratschi, Robert Mswia, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach   +16 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Verbal autopsy: current practices and challenges [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
Cause-of-death data derived from verbal autopsy (VA) are increasingly used for health planning, priority setting, monitoring and evaluation in countries with incomplete or no vital registration systems.
Soleman Nadia, Chandramohan Daniel, Shibuya Kenji   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Analysis of Young Infant Deaths Using Verbal Autopsies and Accuracy of Verbal Autopsy Tool in Chennai, India

Indian Pediatrics, 2021
To identify medical and non-medical factors associated with young infant deaths using verbal autopsies and to evaluate the validity of state verbal autopsy tool in identifying medical causes.Descriptive study to report factors associated with young infant deaths, and diagnostic accuracy study of the verbal autopsy tool.Prematurity related illnesses ...
R. Usha Devi, S. Mangala Bharathi, J. Kumutha   +2 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources