Understanding Misclassification between Neonatal Deaths and Stillbirths : Empirical Evidence from Malawi (Volume 11, Number 12)
Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2016
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Improving the counting of stillbirths and neonatal deaths is important to tracking Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 and improving vital statistics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, the validity of self-reported stillbirths and neonatal deaths in surveys is often threatened by misclassification errors between the two birth outcomes. We assessed the extent and correlates of stillbirths being misclassified as neonatal deaths by comparing two recent and linked population surveys conducted in Malawi, one being a full birth history (FBH) survey, and the other a follow-up verbal/social autopsy (VASA) survey. We found that one-fifth of 365 neonatal deaths identified in the FBH survey were classified as stillbirths in the VASA survey. Neonatal deaths with signs of movements in the last few days before delivery reported were less likely to be misclassified stillbirths (OR = 0.08, p
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Understanding Misclassification between Neonatal Deaths and Stillbirths : Empirical Evidence from Malawi (Volume 11, Number 12)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Liu, Li ; Kalter, Henry D. ; Chu, Yue |
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Veröffentlichung: | Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2016 |
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