Adaptation of a probabilistic method (InterVA) of verbal autopsy to improve the interpretation of cause of stillbirth and neonatal death in Malawi, Nepal, and Zimbabwe

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vergnano, Stefania ^a   Fottrell, Edward ^a,b   Osrin, David ^a   Kazembe, Peter N ^c   Mwansambo, Charles ^d   Manandhar, Dharma S ^e   Munjanja, Stephan P ^f   Byass, Peter ^b   Lewycka, Sonia ^a   Costello, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

^d KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^e KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH WORKER; NEONATE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY FRACTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVERBAL AUTOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STILLBIRTH; VERBAL AUTOPSY; ZIMBABWE;

MALAWI; NEPAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79961104259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-48     Document Type: Article

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