Four delays of child mortality in Rwanda: A mixed methods analysis of verbal social autopsies

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2019, Pages

  Roder Dewan, Sanam ^a,b   Gupta, Neil ^c,d   Kagabo, Daniel M ^d   Habumugisha, Lameck ^d   Nahimana, Evrard ^d   Mugeni, Catherine ^e   Bucyana, Tatien ^e   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^f,g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^e RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^f ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community child health; paediatrics; qualitative research; quality in health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NARRATIVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RWANDA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 85066630759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027435     Document Type: Article

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