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BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2012 Background Verbal autopsy has been widely used to estimate causes of death in settings with inadequate vital registries, but little is known about its validity.
Misganaw Awoke +3 more
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Let's talk about death: data collection for verbal autopsies in a demographic and health surveillance site in Malaysia [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: Verbal autopsies have gained considerable ground as an acceptable alternative to medically determined cause of death. Unlike with clinical or more administrative settings for data collection, verbal autopsies require significant involvement ...
Pascale A. Allotey +6 more
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Accuracy of physicians in diagnosing HIV and AIDS-related death in the adult population of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The lack of cause of death information is the main challenge in monitoring the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing HIV and AIDS-related deaths in countries where the majority of deaths occur at home.
Araya, Tekebash +3 more
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Validity of verbal autopsy for ascertaining the causes of stillbirth
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2011 OBJECTIVE: To validate the verbal autopsy tool for stillbirths of the World Health Organization (WHO) by using hospital diagnosis of the underlying cause of stillbirth (the gold standard) and to compare the fraction of stillbirths attributed to various ...
Arun K Aggarwal +2 more
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Population Health Metrics, 2011 Background Verbal autopsy can be a useful tool for generating cause of death data in data-sparse regions around the world. The Symptom Pattern (SP) Method is one promising approach to analyzing verbal autopsy data, but it has not been tested rigorously ...
Lozano Rafael +5 more
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Verbal autopsy models in determining causes of death [PDF]
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2021 AbstractObjectivesTo systematically review current practices, strengths and limitations of existing VA approaches to increase understanding of health system stakeholders and researchers.MethodsThe review was conducted and reported based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, in which articles ...
Mahadia, Tunga +3 more
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Global Health Action, 2020 Background Verbal autopsy is designed to ascertain causes of death that are not registered or certified. Verbal autopsy has been validated in multiple settings but has not been as widely evaluated for older populations as for younger age groups ...
Yuan S. Zhang +5 more
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Burden, timing and causes of maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Protocol for a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: The AMANHI mortality study aims to use harmonized methods, across eleven sites in eight countries in South Asia and sub–Saharan Africa, to estimate the burden, timing and causes of maternal, fetal and neonatal deaths. It will generate data to
Abdul Quaiyum, Mohammad +6 more
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Population Health Metrics, 2011 Background Verbal autopsies provide valuable information for studying mortality patterns in populations that lack reliable vital registration data.
Murray Christopher JL +2 more
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Community-linked maternal death review (CLMDR) to measure and prevent maternal mortality: a pilot study in rural Malawi. [PDF]
, 2015 In Malawi, maternal mortality remains high. Existing maternal death reviews fail to adequately review most deaths, or capture those that occur outside the health system.
Bayley, O +11 more
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