Social autopsy: INDEPTH Network experiences of utility, process, practices, and challenges in investigating causes and contributors to mortality

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Källander, Karin ^a,b,c,d   Kadobera, Daniel ^b   Williams, Thomas N ^e,f   Nielsen, Rikke T ^g,h   Yevoo, Lucy ⁱ   Mutebi, Aloysius ^a,b   Akpakli, Jonas ⁱ   Narh, Clement ⁱ   Gyapong, Margaret ⁱ   Amu, Alberta ⁱ   Waiswa, Peter ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Iganga/Mayuge Health aand Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS)   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g BANDIM HEALTH PROJECT   (Guinea-Bissau)

^h STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁱ GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; NEONATE; PRIORITIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SERVICE PROVISION; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE MANAGEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DEATH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL AUTOPSY;

UGANDA;

EID: 79961125058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-44     Document Type: Article

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