To determine the probable causes of death in an urban slum community of Pakistan among adults 18 years and above by verbal autopsy

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-238

  Abbas, Syed Muslim ^a   Alam, Ali Yawar ^a   Majid, Atif ^a  

^a SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Marginalized communities; Unreported deaths; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; URBAN AREA; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952223783     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Chippaux JP. [Concept, application and use of verbal autopsy]. Med Trop (Mars) 2009; 69: 143-50. (Article in French).
2. Soleman N, Chandramohan D, Shibuya K. Verbal autopsy: current practices and challenges. Bull World Health Organ 2006; 84: 239-45.
3. van Eijk AM, Adazu K, Ofware P, Vulule J, Hamel M, Slutsker L. Causes of deaths using verbal autopsy among adolescents and adults in rural western Kenya. Trop Med Int Health 2008; 13: 1314-24.
4. Mathers CD, Boerma T, Ma Fat D. Global and regional causes of death. Br Med Bull 2009; 92: 7-32.
5. Jafarey SN, Rizvi T, Koblinsky M, Kureshy N. Verbal autopsy of maternal deaths in two districts of Pakistan - filling information gaps. J Health Popul Nutr 2009; 27: 170-83.
6. D'souza RM, Bryant JH. Determinants of childhood mortality in slums of Karachi, Pakistan. J Health Popul Dev Ctries 1999; 2: 33-44.
7. D'Souza RM. Role of health-seeking behaviour in child mortality in the slums of Karachi, Pakistan. J Biosoc Sci 2003; 35: 131-44.
8. Engmann C, Jehan I, Ditekemena J, Garces A, Phiri M, Mazariegos M, et al. Using verbal autopsy to ascertain perinatal cause of death: are trained non-physicians adequate? Trop Med Int Health 2009; 14: 1496-504.
9. Mo-suwan L, Isaranurug S, Chanvitan P, Techasena W, Sutra S, Supakunpinyo C, et al. Perinatal death pattern in the four districts of Thailand: findings from the Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children (PCTC). J Med Assoc Thai 2009; 92: 660-6.
10. Joshi R, Kengne AP, Neal B. Methodological trends in studies based on verbal autopsies before and after published guidelines. Bull World Health Organ 2009; 87: 678-82.
11. Gaym A. Maternal mortality studies in Ethiopia--magnitude, causes and trends. Ethiop Med J 2009; 47: 95-108.
12. Lopman B, Cook A, Smith J, Chawira G, Urassa M, Kumugola Y, et al. Verbal autopsy can consistently measure AIDS mortality: a validation study in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010; 64: 330-4.
13. Nisar N, Sohoo NA. Maternal mortality in rural community: a challenge for achieving millennium development goal. J Pak Med Assoc 2010; 60: 20-4.
14. Joshi R, Kengne AP, Neal B. Methodological trends in studies based on verbal autopsies before and after published guidelines. Bull World Health Organ 2009; 87: 678-82.
15. Lathers CM, Schraeder PL. Verbal autopsies and SUDEP. Epilepsy Behav 2009; 14: 573-6.
16. Gill PS, Davis R, Davies M, Freemantle N, Lip GY. Rationale and study design of a cross sectional study documenting the prevalence of Heart Failure amongst the minority ethnic communities in the UK: the EECHOES Study (Ethnic--Echocardiographic Heart of England Screening Study). BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2009; 9: 47.
17. Saleheen D, Zaidi M, Rasheed A, Ahmad U, Hakeem A, Murtaza M, et al. The Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study: a resource for the study of genetic, lifestyle and other determinants of myocardial infarction in South Asia. Eur J Epidemiol 2009; 24: 329-38.
18. Soleman N, Chandramohan D, Shibuya K. Verbal autopsy: current practices and challenges. Bull World Health Organ 2006; 84: 239-45.
19. Anker M, Black RE, Coldham C, Kalter HD, Quingley MA, Ross D, et al.: A standard verbal autopsy method for investigating causes of death in infants and children, WHO; 1999.
20. Unicef. (Online) (Cited 2010 March 6). Available from URL: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_pakistan_statistics.html.
21. National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc. 2008. Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07. Islamabad, Pakistan: National Institute of Population Studies and Macro International Inc.