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Validity of verbal autopsy method to determine causes of death among adults in the urban setting of Ethiopia

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, Mariam Damen Haile, Araya Tekebash, Aneneh Aderaw   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Causes of death through verbal autopsy: findings from a sub-study of single dose oral cholera vaccination in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2022
# Background Verbal autopsy can play a key crucial to identify significant causes of death in a developing country like Bangladesh where post-death pathological or forensic examination is not common.
Md. Taufiqul Islam, Md. Mazharul I. Zion, Md. Arifuzzaman Khan, Zahid H. Khan, Faisal Ahmmed, Shamim Ahmed, Azimuddin Ahmed, Afroza Akter, Fahima Chowdhury, Amit Saha, Nirod C. Saha, Deok R. Kim, Jean-Louis Excler, Julia Lynch, John D. Clemens, Firdausi Qadri, Ashraful I. Khan   +16 more
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Accuracy of WHO verbal autopsy tool in determining major causes of neonatal deaths in India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of World Health Organisation (WHO) verbal autopsy tool in determining major causes of neonatal deaths.
Arun K Aggarwal, Praveen Kumar, Sadbhawna Pandit, Rajesh Kumar   +3 more
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Ascertaining cause of mortality among middle-aged and older persons using computer-coded and expert review verbal autopsies in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

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, Peifeng Hu, John A. Strauss, Yaohui Zhao, Yafeng Wang, Eileen M. Crimmins   +5 more
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Moving from medical to health systems classifications of deaths : extending verbal autopsy to collect information on the circumstances of mortality [PDF]

, 2016
Acknowledgements The authors would also like to acknowledge the field staff at the MRC, SA/Wits Agincourt Unit, particularly Sizzy Ngobeni. The authors also acknowledge Drs Malin Eriksson and Edward Fottrell at Umeå Centre for Global Health Research ...
Byass, Peter, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Gomez-Olive, F. Xavier, Kahn, Kathleen, Spies, Barry, Tollman, Stephen, Twine, Rhian, Van Der Merwe, Maria, Wagner, Ryan G.   +8 more
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Mortality from external causes in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Sites. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Mortality from external causes, of all kinds, is an important component of overall mortality on a global basis. However, these deaths, like others in Africa and Asia, are often not counted or documented on an individual basis.
Alam, N, Ashebir, Y, Attaa-Pomaa, M, Azongo, D, Bauni, E, Bhuiya, A, Bonfoh, B, Byass, P, Chihana, M, Collinson, MA, Crampin, A, Diboulo, E, Emina, JB, Ezeh, A, Gomez, P, Gyapong, M, Hanifi, SM, Herbst, K, Jasseh, M, Juvekar, S, Kabudula, CW, Kant, S, Khaggayi, C, Khan, WA, Kone, S, Lankoandé, B, Manyeh, AK, Melaku, YA, Millogo, R, Misra, P, Mochamah, G, Mossong, J, Ndila, C, Ngoran, EK, Niamba, L, Nyaguara, A, Obor, D, Odhiambo, FO, Oduro, A, Oti, S, Patil, R, Rai, SK, Sankoh, OA, Sié, A, Soura, AB, Streatfield, PK, Utzinger, J, Wagner, R, Wahab, A, Wak, G, Wamukoya, M, Weldearegawi, B, Williams, TN, Wilopo, S, Wontuo, P   +54 more
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Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death (CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used in research contexts and involved relatively lengthy interviews.
Abraham Hodgson, Akgün S, Anand Krishnan, Bang AT, Bauni E, Bedirhan Ustun, Byass P, Byass P, Carla AbouZahr, Chandramohan D, Chandramohan D, Chandramohan D, Chanpen Choprapawon, Coldham C, Daniel Chandramohan, Derege Kebede, Don de Savigny, Doris Chou, Edmond KM, Edward Fottrell, Elizabeth França, Enrique Loyola, Erin Nichols, Fantahun M, Fatima Marinho, Flaxman AD, Flaxman AD, Fottrell E, Francis Notzon, Frederik Frøen, Geetha T, Gihan Gewaifel, Giuseppe Annunziata, Herbst AJ, Honorati Masanja, James SL, Jordana Leitao, Jun Gao, Jyotsna Chikersal, Kanitta Bundhamcharoen, Kathleen Kahn, Khademi H, Kidist Bartolomeus, Lozano R, Lozano R, Lulu Muhe, Marc Amexo, Matthews Mathai, Mayanja BN, Mohamed Ali, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly, Mpimbaza A, Mudenda SS, Murray CJ, Murray CJ, Murray CJ, Nykanen M, Osman Sankoh, Oti S, Paul Spiegel, Peter Byass, Polprasert W, Proctor MH, Quigley MA, Quigley MA, Rajiv Bahl, Ray BK, Robert Jakob, Sennen Hounton, Setel PW, Setel PW, Tensou B, Ties Boerma, Vergnano S, Vishwajeet Kumar, William Soumbey Alley   +75 more
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Collecting verbal autopsies: improving and streamlining data collection processes using electronic tablets

Population Health Metrics, 2018
Background There is increasing interest in using verbal autopsy to produce nationally representative population-level estimates of causes of death. However, the burden of processing a large quantity of surveys collected with paper and pencil has been a ...
Abraham D. Flaxman, Andrea Stewart, Jonathan C. Joseph, Nurul Alam, Sayed Saidul Alam, Hafizur Chowdhury, Meghan D. Mooney, Rasika Rampatige, Hazel Remolador, Diozele Sanvictores, Peter T. Serina, Peter Kim Streatfield, Veronica Tallo, Christopher J. L. Murray, Bernardo Hernandez, Alan D. Lopez, Ian Douglas Riley   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, AMANHI study group, Kalonji, Michel, Ngaima, Seige, Nguwo, Andre, Otomba, John, Tshefu, Antoinette   +6 more
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Development of the Verbal Autopsy Instrument for COVID-19 (VAIC) [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021
Improving accuracy of identification of COVID-19-related deaths is essential to public health surveillance and research. The verbal autopsy, an established strategy involving an interview with a decedent's caregiver or witness using a semi-structured questionnaire, may improve accurate counting of COVID-19-related deaths.To develop and pilot-test the ...
Tony Rosen, Monika M. Safford, Madeline R. Sterling, Parag Goyal, Melissa Patterson, Christina Al Malouf, Mary Ballin, Tessa Del Carmen, Veronica M. LoFaso, Barrie L. Raik, Ingrid Custodio, Alyssa Elman, Sunday Clark, Mark S. Lachs   +13 more
openaire   +3 more sources