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ArticleGlobal health action2022

Burden of mortality linked to community-nominated priorities in rural South Africa.

Pyry Mattila, Justine Davies, Denny Mabetha, Stephen Tollman, Lucia D'Ambruoso

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Article in Global health action, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Pyry MattilaSouth Karelia Social and Health Care District (Eksote), Finland.
Justine DaviesInstitute of Applied Health Research University of Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6834-1838
Denny MabethaAberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS), Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Stephen TollmanMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0744-7588
Lucia D'AmbruosoAberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS), Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.ORCID 0000-0002-8505-3368
University of the Witwatersrand · ZAEtelä-Karjalan sosiaali ja terveyspiiri · FINational Health Service · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

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Abstract

backgroundCommunity knowledge is a critical input for relevant health programmes and strategies. How community perceptions of risk reflect the burden of mortality is poorly understood.

objectiveTo determine the burden of mortality reflecting community-nominated health risk factors in rural South Africa, where a complex health transition is underway.

methodsThree discussion groups (total 48 participants) representing a cross-section of the community nominated health priorities through a Participatory Action Research process. A secondary analysis of Verbal Autopsy (VA) data was performed for deaths in the same community from 1993 to 2015 (n = 14,430). Using population attributable fractions (PAFs) extracted from Global Burden of Disease data for South Africa, deaths were categorised as 'attributable at least in part' to community-nominated risk factors if the PAF of the risk factor to the cause of death was >0. We also calculated 'reducible mortality fractions' (RMFs), defined as the proportions of each and all community-nominated risk factor(s) relative to all possible risk factors for deaths in the population  .

resultsThree risk factors were nominated as the most important health concerns locally:

conclusionA substantial proportion of deaths are linked to community-nominated risk factors. Community knowledge is a critical input to understand local health risks.

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Public HealthRural PopulationAutopsyCause of DeathHumansRisk FactorsSouth AfricaCommunity participationGlobal Burden of DiseaseParticipatory action researchVerbal Autopsy

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