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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

Burden of mortality from cancer among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, using verbal autopsy, 2007–2017

ecancermedicalscience, 2022
Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death; worldwide, there were 10.0 million cancer deaths in 2020. In Ethiopia, 51,865 people died from the disease in the same year.
Tsion Afework, Birtukan Seid, Aderaw Anteneh, W. Ayele, S. Gebreyesus, B. Endris   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
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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, Juma, Lungo, James, Chambua, Ruthbetha, Kateule   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2016
Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays in follow-up of deaths.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Max Petzold, Mark Collinson, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Peter Byass   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Verbal Autopsy Methods with Multiple Causes of Death [PDF]

, 2008
Verbal autopsy procedures are widely used for estimating cause-specific mortality in areas without medical death certification. Data on symptoms reported by caregivers along with the cause of death are collected from a medical facility, and the cause-of ...
King, Gary, Lu, Ying
core   +2 more sources

Validation of physician certified verbal autopsy using conventional autopsy: a large study of adult non-external causes of death in a metropolitan area in Brazil

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Reliable mortality data are essential for the development of public health policies. In Brazil, although there is a well-consolidated universal system for mortality data, the quality of information on causes of death (CoD) is not even among ...
C. D. D. de André, A. Bierrenbach, L. P. Barroso, Paulo A. de André, L. Justo, L. Pereira, Mauro T. Taniguchi, C. M. Minto, P. L. Takecian, L. T. Kamaura, J. E. Ferreira, R. Hazard, Deirdre McLaughlin, I. Riley, Alan D. Lopez, A. Ramos, Maria de Fatima Marinho de Souza, Elizabeth França, P. Saldiva, L. F. D. da Silva   +19 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mixed-methods analysis of select issues reported in the 2016 World Health Organization verbal autopsy questionnaire

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Use of a standardized verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaire, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) instrument, can improve the consistency and reliability of the data it collects.
E. Nichols, Kristen Pettrone, Brent Vickers, Hermon Gebrehiwet, Clarissa Surek-Clark, Jordana Leitão, A. Amouzou, D. Blau, D. Bradshaw, El Marnissi Abdelilah, P. Groenewald, Brian Munkombwe, Chomba Mwango, F. Notzon, Steve Biko Odhiambo, P. Scanlon   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Berhane, Yemane, Davey, Gail, Tensou, Biruk   +3 more
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Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas with inadequate vital registration systems. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction, a verbal autopsy study in rural Uganda found that half of adult ...
Mugisha Joseph O, Kibengo Freddie M, Nalweyiso Norah, Baisley Kathy, Mayanja Billy N, Van der Paal Lieve, Maher Dermot, Kaleebu Pontiano   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source