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Biases in Survey Estimates of Neonatal Mortality: Results From a Validation Study in Urban Areas of Guinea-Bissau.
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- Comparison of Population-Based Census versus Birth History for the Estimation of Under-5 Mortality in Niger.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Provider-mother interactions are associated with birth outcome misclassifications in household surveys: A case-control study in Guinea-Bissau.Journal of global health · 2023Article
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- Adapting and validating the log quadratic model to derive under-five age- and cause-specific mortality (U5ACSM): a preliminary analysis.Population health metrics · 2022Article
- Factors associated with post-neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: Using the 2019 Ethiopia mini demographic and health survey.PloS one · 2022Article
- Global burden of maternal bereavement: indicators of the cumulative prevalence of child loss.BMJ global health · 2021Article
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- Adult death registration in Matlab, rural Bangladesh: completeness, correlates, and obstacles.Genus · 2021Article
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Abstract
Neonatal deaths (occurring within 28 days of birth) account for close to one-half of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide. In most low- and middle-income countries, data on neonatal deaths come primarily from household surveys. We conducted a validation study of survey data on neonatal mortality in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa). We used records from an urban health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) that monitors child survival prospectively as our reference data set. We selected a stratified sample of 599 women aged 15-49 among residents of the HDSS and collected the birth histories of 422 participants. We cross-tabulated survey and HDSS data. We used a mathematical model to investigate biases in survey estimates of neonatal mortality. Reporting errors in survey data might lead to estimates of the neonatal mortality rate that are too high, which may limit our ability to track progress toward global health objectives.
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