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Validity of verbal autopsy for ascertaining the causes of stillbirth [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010
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 specific causes through hospital assessment versus verbal autopsy.In a hospital in Chandigarh, we prospectively ...
Rajesh Kumar, Vanita Jain, Arun Kumar Aggarwal   +2 more
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Women can bear a bigger burden: ante- and post-mortem evidence for reserve in the face of tau. [PDF]

, 2020
In this study, we aimed to assess whether women are able to withstand more tau before exhibiting verbal memory impairment. Using data from 121 amyloid-β-positive Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative participants, we fit a linear model with Rey ...
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Banks, Sarah J, Brewer, James B, Digma, Leonardino A, Jacobs, Diane M, Madsen, John R, Rissman, Robert A   +6 more
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Automated verbal autopsy: from research to routine use in civil registration and vital statistics systems

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background The majority of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have adequate civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems to properly support health policy formulation.
R. Hazard, Mahesh P. K. Buddhika, John D. Hart, H. Chowdhury, S. Firth, R. Joshi, F. Avelino, A. Segarra, Deborah Carmina Sarmiento, A. Azad, S. Ashrafi, Khin Sandar Bo, Violoa Kwa, Alan D. Lopez   +13 more
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Mortality trends and access to care for cardiovascular diseases in Agincourt, rural South Africa: a mixed-methods analysis of verbal autopsy data

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of mortality behind HIV/AIDS in South Africa. This study investigates cardiovascular disease mortality trends in rural South Africa over 20+ years and the associated barriers to accessing ...
Jessica Newberry Le Vay, Andrew Fraser, P. Byass, S. Tollman, K. Kahn, L. D’Ambruoso, J. Davies   +6 more
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Validation and validity of verbal autopsy procedures [PDF]

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Commentary Methods for interpreting verbal autopsy (VA) that have been validated fall into two major categories: (1) physician-certified verbal autopsy (PCVA), the commonlyused method in which one or more physicians ascertain causes of death based on their clinical judgment; and (2) computerized coding of verbal autopsy (CCVA), in which causes of death
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Initiating a participatory action research process in the Agincourt health and socio–demographic surveillance site [PDF]

, 2017
Financial disclosure Funding: The research presented in this paper is funded by a Development Grant as part of the Health Systems Research Initiative from Department for International Development (DFID)/Medical Research Council (MRC)/Wellcome Trust ...
Byass, Peter, D'Ambruoso, Lucia, Kahn, Kathleen, Ngobeni, Sizzy, Spies, Barry, Tollman, Stephen, Twine, Rhian, Van Der Merwe, Maria, Wagner, Ryan G, Wariri, Oghenebrume   +9 more
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Solid fuel use and cooking practices as a major risk factor for ALRI mortality among African children [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Almost half of global child deaths due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where three-quarters of the population cook with solid fuels.
Best, N., Briggs, D. J., Joffe, M., Rehfuess, Eva Annette, Tzala, L.   +4 more
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Measuring maternal mortality : an overview of opportunities and options for developing countries [PDF]

, 2008
Background:There is currently an unprecedented expressed need and demand for estimates of maternal mortality in developing countries. This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the ...
A Paxton, AP MacKay, C AbouZahr, C Chandra-Sekar, C Hunger, C Ronsmans, C Ronsmans, C Stanton, C Stanton, C Stanton, CJ Murray, CL Abou-Zahr, D Chandromahan, E Fottrell, E Gakidou, F Binka, J Shiffman, K Hill, K Hill, K Hill, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt, N Rutenberg, N Walker, O Campbell, OMR Campbell, OMR Campbell, PD Ghys, PW Setel, S Ahmed, S Ahmed, SC Amstrup, T Boerma, T Wardlaw, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, United Nations, V Fauveau, W Brass, WJ Graham, WJ Graham, WJ Graham, WJ Graham, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization/UNICEF   +46 more
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Advances in verbal autopsy: pragmatic optimism or optimistic theory? [PDF]

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Commentary In recent decades, verbal autopsy (VA) methods have been increasingly used to identify likely causes of death in settings where the majority of deaths occur without medical attention or certification as to cause [1]. Developments in the 1980s and 1990s advanced the conceptual and methodological aspects of the science considerably but fell ...
Edward Fottrell, Edward Fottrell
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Limitations to current methods to estimate cause of death: a validation study of a verbal autopsy model

Gates Open Research, 2020
Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality.
C. Menéndez, L. Quintó, P. Castillo, C. Carrilho, Mamudo R Ismail, C. Lorenzoni, Fabiola Fernandes, J. Hurtado, N. Rakislova, K. Munguambe, Maria Maixenchs, E. Macete, I. Mandomando, M. Martínez, Q. Bassat, P. Alonso, J. Ordi   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source