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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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Evaluation of methods for assigning causes of death from verbal autopsies in India

Frontiers in Big Data, 2023
BackgroundPhysician-coded verbal autopsy (PCVA) is the most widely used method to determine causes of death (COD) in countries where medical certification of death is low.
Sudhir K. Benara, Saurabh Sharma, Atul Juneja, Saritha Nair, B. K. Gulati, Kh. Jitenkumar Singh, Lucky Singh, Ved Prakash Yadav, Chalapati Rao, M. Vishnu Vardhana Rao   +9 more
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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

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, Vanita Jain, Rajesh Kumar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Daniel D. Reidpath, Natalie C. Evans, Nirmala Devarajan, Kanason Rajagobal, Ruhaida Bachok, Kridaraan Komahan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simplified Symptom Pattern Method for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards

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, Freeman Michael K, Birnbaum Jeanette K, James Spencer L, Murray Christopher JL, Lopez Alan D   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time for civil registration with verbal autopsy

The Lancet Global Health, 2014
Osman Sankoh, Peter Byass
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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

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

Accuracy of verbal autopsy, clinical data and minimally invasive autopsy in the evaluation of malaria-specific mortality: an observational study

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Background Global malaria mortality estimates are hindered by the low reliability of the verbal autopsy (VA) and the clinical records, the most common sources of information used to estimate malaria-specific mortality.
N. Rakislova, Dércio Jordão, Mamudo R Ismail, A. Mayor, P. Cístero, L. Marimón, Melania Ferrando, J. Hurtado, Lucilia Lovane, C. Carrilho, C. Lorenzoni, Fabiola Fernandes, T. Nhampossa, A. Cossa, I. Mandomando, M. Navarro, Isaac Casas, K. Munguambe, Maria Maixenchs, L. Quintó, E. Macete, Mikel J. Martínez, R. Snow, Q. Bassat, C. Menéndez, J. Ordi   +25 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source