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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015

Decreasing disparities in infant survival using surveillance data from Burkina Faso.

Anja Schoeps, Gisela Kynast-Wolf, Robin C Nesbitt, Olaf Müller, Ali Sié, Heiko Becher

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Clustering of Infant Mortality Within Families in Rural Burkina Faso.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2019
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  3. Maternal Education, Fertility, and Child Survival in Comoros.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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  4. The impact of household wealth on child survival in Ghana.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Anja SchoepsInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre de Recherche on Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany schoeps@uni-heidelberg.de.
Gisela Kynast-WolfInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre de Recherche on Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
Robin C NesbittInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre de Recherche on Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
Olaf MüllerInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre de Recherche on Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
Ali SiéInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre de Recherche on Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
Heiko BecherInstitute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Centre de Recherche on Santé de Nouna (CRSN), Nouna, Burkina Faso; University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed changes in the effect size of risk factors for infant mortality comparing a birth cohort from 2005 to 2010 with a birth cohort from 1993 to 1999 in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Burkina Faso. Single- and three-level Cox proportional hazards regression models were used for analysis. Independent variables among others included year of birth, ethnicity, religion, age of the mother, birth order, death of the mother, being a twin, and distance to the closest health facility. We observed an infant mortality rate of about 51/1,000 person-years. The strongest risk factors were death of the mother and being a twin, which were also the strongest risk factors from the previous analysis period. Compared with the period 1993-1999, the effect of most risk factors decreased, notably ethnicity, religious affiliation, distance to the closest health facility, birth order, and season of birth. The strongest reduction in mortality occurred in the groups with the previously highest infant mortality rates in 1993-1999.

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Population SurveillanceBurkina FasoCohort StudiesDemographyFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInfantInfant MortalityMaleMaternal AgeMaternal DeathProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsTwins

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PMID25802428
PMCPMC4426561

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