Population Health Metrics (2024)

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The diabetes-obesity-hypertension nexus in Qatar: evidence from the World Health Survey Feasibility of using a World Health Organization-standard methodology for Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy (SAVVY) to report leading causes of death in Zambia: results of a pilot in four provinces, 2010 Four decades of measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Demographic and Health Surveys: historical review Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing Rigorous science as the road to better public health The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018 Electronic data collection in a multi-site population-based survey: EN-INDEPTH study Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets Public health implications of vaping in the USA: the smoking and vaping simulation model Estimating summary measures of health: a structured workbook approach Country-specific determinants for COVID-19 case fatality rate and response strategies from a global perspective: an interpretable machine learning framework Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of tobacco use among adults in Pakistan: findings of a nationwide survey conducted in 2012 The burden of disease and injury in Iran 2003 Smoking and smokeless tobacco use in nine South and Southeast Asian countries: prevalence estimates and social determinants from Demographic and Health Surveys Quality of routine health data at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Nepal, and South Africa Association of blood lipids, creatinine, albumin, and CRP with socioeconomic status in Malawi The components of self-rated health among adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Global burden of injuries attributable to alcohol consumption in 2004: a novel way of calculating the burden of injuries attributable to alcohol consumption Bayesian modelling of population trends in alcohol consumption provides empirically based country estimates for South Africa Trading people versus trading time: What is the difference? Trends and inequalities in short-term acute myocardial infarction case fatality in Scotland, 1988-2004 Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study Potential gains in health expectancy by improving lifestyle: an application for European regions Analysis of five-year trends in self-reported language preference and issues of item non-response among Hispanic persons in a large cross-sectional health survey: implications for the measurement of an ethnic minority population Gestational age data completeness, quality and validity in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries?—an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents Ten-year trends in major lifestyle risk factors using an ongoing population surveillance system in Australia Monitoring the progress of health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Brazilian states using the Global Burden of Disease indicators Determining the best population-level alcohol consumption model and its impact on estimates of alcohol-attributable harms Birth, stillbirth and death registration data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study Social autopsy for maternal and child deaths: a comprehensive literature review to examine the concept and the development of the method Feasibility and psychometric properties of the German 12-item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) in a population-based sample of patients with myocardial infarction from the MONICA/KORA myocardial infarction registry Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans An average/deprivation/inequality (ADI) analysis of chronic disease outcomes and risk factors in Argentina Trend and causes of adult mortality in Kersa health and demographic surveillance system (Kersa HDSS), eastern Ethiopia: verbal autopsy method Improving birth weight measurement and recording practices in Kenya and Tanzania: a prospective intervention study with historical controls Measuring the burden of arboviral diseases: the spectrum of morbidity and mortality from four prevalent infections The burden of low back pain in Brazil: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study Neonatal and child mortality data in retrospective population-based surveys compared with prospective demographic surveillance: EN-INDEPTH study Building a maternal and child cohort amidst Lebanon’s socioeconomic collapse: preliminary results and navigating research challenges Value of statistical life year in extreme poverty: a randomized experiment of measurement methods in rural Burkina Faso Inequalities in infant mortality in Brazil at subnational levels in Brazil, 1990 to 2015 Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative: design, implementation, and baseline findings The national burden of road traffic injuries in Thailand An assessment of routine primary care health information system data quality in Sofala Province, Mozambique How do Zimbabweans value health states? Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation Health profile of centenarians in Portugal: a census-based approach The use of a lot quality assurance sampling methodology to assess and manage primary health interventions in conflict-affected West Darfur, Sudan
  • The diabetes-obesity-hypertension nexus in Qatar: evidence from the World Health Survey

    As countries develop economically, an “epidemiological transition” occurs whereby a set of chronic diseases increasingly becomes a country’s health challenge. Against this background, this paper examines the m...

    Authors: Faleh Mohamed Hussain Ali, Zlatko Nikoloski, Husein Reka, Orsida Gjebrea and Elias Mossialos

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2014 12:18

    Content type: Research Published on: 28 August 2014

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  • Feasibility of using a World Health Organization-standard methodology for Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy (SAVVY) to report leading causes of death in Zambia: results of a pilot in four provinces, 2010

    Verbal autopsy (VA) can be used to describe leading causes of death in countries like Zambia where vital events registration does not produce usable data. The objectives of this study were to assess the feasib...

    Authors: Sheila S Mudenda, Stanley Kamocha, Robert Mswia, Martha Conkling, Palver Sikanyiti, Dara Potter, William C Mayaka and Melissa A Marx

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2011 9:40

    Content type: Research Published on: 5 August 2011

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  • Four decades of measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Demographic and Health Surveys: historical review

    Worldwide, an estimated 5.1 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually, 98% in low- and middle-income countries. Limited coverage of civil and vital registration systems necessitates reliance on wo...

    Authors: Joseph Akuze, Simon Cousens, Joy E. Lawn, Peter Waiswa, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Fred Arnold, Trevor Croft, Angela Baschieri and Hannah Blencowe

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):8

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 February 2021

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

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  • Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing

    Current measures for monitoring progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) do not adequately account for populations that do not have the same level of access to quality care services and/or financial pr...

    Authors: Paul Kowal, Barbara Corso, Kanya Anindya, Flavia C. D. Andrade, Thanh Long Giang, Maria Teresa Calzada Guitierrez, Wirap*rn Pothisiri, Nekehia T. Quashie, Herney Alonso Rengifo Reina, Megumi Rosenberg, Andy Towers, Paolo Miguel Manalang Vicerra, Nadia Minicuci, Nawi Ng and Julie Byles

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2023 21:15

    Content type: Research Published on: 15 September 2023

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  • Rigorous science as the road to better public health

    In the current issue of Population Health Metrics, two reports paint a bleak picture of American public health. Both physical inactivity and obesity remain highly prevalent; yet, it is not clear that increased ph...

    Authors: Michael S Lauer

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2013 11:10

    Content type: Commentary Published on: 10 July 2013

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  • The health and economic burden of musculoskeletal disorders in Belgium from 2013 to 2018

    Low back pain (LBP), neck pain (NKP), osteoarthritis (OST) and rheumatoid arthritis (RHE) are among the musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders causing the greatest disability in terms of Years Lived with Disability. ...

    Authors: Vanessa Gorasso, Johan Van der Heyden, Robby De Pauw, Ingrid Pelgrims, Eva M. De Clercq, Karin De Ridder, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Stijn Vansteelandt, Bert Vaes, Delphine De Smedt and Brecht Devleesschauwer

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2023 21:4

    Content type: Research Published on: 21 April 2023

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  • Electronic data collection in a multi-site population-based survey: EN-INDEPTH study

    Electronic data collection is increasingly used for household surveys, but factors influencing design and implementation have not been widely studied. The Every Newborn-INDEPTH (EN-INDEPTH) study was a multi-s...

    Authors: Sanne M. Thysen, Charlotte Tawiah, Hannah Blencowe, Grace Manu, Joseph Akuze, M. Moinuddin Haider, Nurul Alam, Temesgen Azemeraw Yitayew, Angela Baschieri, Gashaw A. Biks, Francis Dzabeng, Ane B. Fisker, Md. Ali Imam, Justiniano S. D. Martins, Davis Natukwatsa, Joy E. Lawn…

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):9

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 February 2021

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

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  • Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets

    Verbal autopsy methods are critically important for evaluating the leading causes of death in populations without adequate vital registration systems. With a myriad of analytical and data collection approaches...

    Authors: Christopher JL Murray, Alan D Lopez, Robert Black, Ramesh Ahuja, Said Mohd Ali, Abdullah Baqui, Lalit Dandona, Emily Dantzer, Vinita Das, Usha Dhingra, Arup Dutta, Wafaie Fawzi, Abraham D Flaxman, Sara Gómez, Bernardo Hernández, Rohina Joshi…

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2011 9:27

    Content type: Research Published on: 4 August 2011

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  • Public health implications of vaping in the USA: the smoking and vaping simulation model

    Nicotine vaping products (NVPs) are increasingly popular worldwide. They may provide public health benefits if used as a substitute for smoking, but may create public health harms if used as a gateway to smoki...

    Authors: David T. Levy, Jamie Tam, Luz María Sanchez-Romero, Yameng Li, Zhe Yuan, Jihyoun Jeon and Rafael Meza

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19:19

    Content type: Research Published on: 17 April 2021

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  • Estimating summary measures of health: a structured workbook approach

    Summary measures of health that combine mortality and morbidity into a single indicator are being estimated in the Canadian context for approximately 200 diseases and conditions. To manage the large amount of ...

    Authors: William Flanagan, Jane Boswell-Purdy, Christel Le Petit and Jean-Marie Berthelot

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2005 3:5

    Content type: Research Published on: 11 May 2005

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  • Country-specific determinants for COVID-19 case fatality rate and response strategies from a global perspective: an interpretable machine learning framework

    There are significant geographic inequities in COVID-19 case fatality rates (CFRs), and comprehensive understanding its country-level determinants in a global perspective is necessary. This study aims to quant...

    Authors: Cui Zhou, Åsa M. Wheelock, Chutian Zhang, Jian Ma, Zhichao Li, Wannian Liang, Jing Gao and Lei Xu

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2024 22:10

    Content type: Research Published on: 3 June 2024

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  • Prevalence and sociodemographic determinants of tobacco use among adults in Pakistan: findings of a nationwide survey conducted in 2012

    Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable mortality. The World Health Organization recommends that countries should monitor tobacco use regularly. In Pakistan, the last national study on smoking in t...

    Authors: Sara Ijaz Gilani and David A Leon

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2013 11:16

    Content type: Research Published on: 3 September 2013

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  • The burden of disease and injury in Iran 2003

    The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease and injury in Iran for the year 2003, using Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) at the national level and for six selected provinces.

    Authors: Mohsen Naghavi, Farid Abolhassani, Farshad Pourmalek, Maziar Moradi Lakeh, Nahid Jafari, Sanaz Vaseghi, Niloufar Mahdavi Hezaveh and Hossein Kazemeini

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2009 7:9

    Content type: Research Published on: 15 June 2009

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  • Smoking and smokeless tobacco use in nine South and Southeast Asian countries: prevalence estimates and social determinants from Demographic and Health Surveys

    In South and Southeast Asian countries, tobacco is consumed in diverse forms, and smoking among women is very low. We aimed to provide national estimates of prevalence and social determinants of smoking and sm...

    Authors: Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Pranil Man Singh Pradhan, Imtiyaz Ali Mir and Shwe Sin

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2014 12:22

    Content type: Research Published on: 28 August 2014

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  • Quality of routine health data at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Nepal, and South Africa

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and researchers have used routine health data to estimate potential declines in the delivery and uptake of essential health services. This research relies on the data ...

    Authors: Wondimu Ayele, Anna Gage, Neena R. Kapoor, Solomon Kassahun Gelaw, Dilipkumar Hensman, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Adiam Nega, Daisuke Asai, Gebeyaw Molla, Suresh Mehata, Londiwe Mthethwa, Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Jean Paul Joseph, Daniella Myriam Pierre, Roody Thermidor and Catherine Arsenault

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2023 21:7

    Content type: Research Published on: 20 May 2023

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  • Association of blood lipids, creatinine, albumin, and CRP with socioeconomic status in Malawi

    The objective of these analyses is to document the relationship between biomarker-based indicators of health and socioeconomic status (SES) in a low-income African population where the cumulative effects of ex...

    Authors: Iliana V Kohler, Beth J Soldo, Philip Anglewicz, Ben Chilima and Hans-Peter Kohler

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2013 11:4

    Content type: Research Published on: 28 February 2013

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  • The components of self-rated health among adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    Although the relationship between self-rated health (SRH) and physical and mental health is well documented in developed countries, very few studies have analyzed this association in the developing world, part...

    Authors: Yentéma Onadja, Simona Bignami, Clémentine Rossier and Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2013 11:15

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 August 2013

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  • Global burden of injuries attributable to alcohol consumption in 2004: a novel way of calculating the burden of injuries attributable to alcohol consumption

    Alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for injuries; however, international data on this burden are limited. This article presents new methods to quantify the burden of injuries attributable to alcohol con...

    Authors: Kevin D Shield, Gerrit Gmel, Jayadeep Patra and Jürgen Rehm

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2012 10:9

    Content type: Research Published on: 18 May 2012

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  • Bayesian modelling of population trends in alcohol consumption provides empirically based country estimates for South Africa

    Alcohol use has widespread effects on health and contributes to over 200 detrimental conditions. Although the pattern of heavy episodic drinking independently increases the risk for injuries and transmission o...

    Authors: Annibale Cois, Richard Matzopoulos, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk and Debbie Bradshaw

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19:43

    Content type: Research Published on: 3 November 2021

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  • Trading people versus trading time: What is the difference?

    Person trade-off (PTO) elicitations yield different values than standard utility measures, such as time trade-off (TTO) elicitations. Some people believe this difference arises because the PTO captures the imp...

    Authors: Laura J Damschroder, Todd R Roberts, Christine C Goldstein, Molly E Miklosovic and Peter A Ubel

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2005 3:10

    Content type: Research Published on: 10 November 2005

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  • Trends and inequalities in short-term acute myocardial infarction case fatality in Scotland, 1988-2004

    There have been substantial declines in ischemic heart disease in Scotland, partly due to decreases in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence and case fatality (CF). Despite this, Scotland's IHD mortality...

    Authors: Carolyn A Davies and Alastair H Leyland

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2010 8:33

    Content type: Research Published on: 6 December 2010

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  • Stillbirth outcome capture and classification in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

    Household surveys remain important sources of stillbirth data, but omission and misclassification are common. Classifying adverse pregnancy outcomes as stillbirths requires accurate reporting of vital status a...

    Authors: Hannah Blencowe, Matteo Bottecchia, Doris Kwesiga, Joseph Akuze, M. Moinuddin Haider, Edward Galiwango, Francis Dzabeng, Ane B. Fisker, Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Bisrat Misganaw Geremew, Tryphena Nareeba, Susannah Woodd, Alexandra Beedle, Kimberly Peven, Simon Cousens, Peter Waiswa…

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):13

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 February 2021

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

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  • Potential gains in health expectancy by improving lifestyle: an application for European regions

    Prevention aiming at smoking, alcohol consumption, and BMI could potentially bring large gains in life expectancy (LE) and health expectancy measures such as Healthy Life Years (HLY) and Life Expectancy in Goo...

    Authors: Koen Füssenich, Wilma J. Nusselder, Stefan K. Lhachimi, Hendriek C. Boshuizen and Talitha F. Feenstra

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2019 17:1

    Content type: Research Published on: 17 January 2019

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  • Analysis of five-year trends in self-reported language preference and issues of item non-response among Hispanic persons in a large cross-sectional health survey: implications for the measurement of an ethnic minority population

    Significant differences in health outcomes have been documented among Hispanic persons, the fastest-growing demographic segment of the United States. The objective of this study was to examine trends in popula...

    Authors: William S Pearson, William S Garvin, Earl S Ford and Lina S Balluz

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2010 8:7

    Content type: Research Published on: 22 April 2010

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  • Gestational age data completeness, quality and validity in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

    Preterm birth (gestational age (GA) <37 weeks) is the leading cause of child mortality worldwide. However, GA is rarely assessed in population-based surveys, the major data source in low/middle-income countrie...

    Authors: M. Moinuddin Haider, Kaiser Mahmud, Hannah Blencowe, Tahmeed Ahmed, Joseph Akuze, Simon Cousens, Nafisa Delwar, Ane B. Fisker, Victoria Ponce Hardy, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Md. Ali Imam, Dan Kajungu, Md Alfazal Khan, Justiniano S. D. Martins, Quamrun Nahar, Obed Ernest A. Nettey…

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):16

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 February 2021

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

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  • Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues

    Reliable and comparable analysis of risks to health is key for preventing disease and injury. Causal attribution of morbidity and mortality to risk factors has traditionally been conducted in the context of me...

    Authors: Christopher JL Murray, Majid Ezzati, Alan D Lopez, Anthony Rodgers and Stephen Vander Hoorn

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2003 1:1

    Content type: Review Published on: 14 April 2003

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  • How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries?—an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents

    Disability weights (DWs) are weight factors that reflect the severity of health states for estimates of disability-adjusted life years. A new set of global DWs was published for the Global Burden of Diseases a...

    Authors: Shuhei Nomura, Yoshiko Yamamoto, Daisuke Yoneoka, Juanita A. Haagsma, Joshua A. Salomon, Peter Ueda, Rintaro Mori, Damian Santomauro, Theo Vos and Kenji Shibuya

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19:21

    Content type: Research Published on: 23 April 2021

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  • Ten-year trends in major lifestyle risk factors using an ongoing population surveillance system in Australia

    Understanding how risk factors (tobacco, alcohol, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol) change over time is a critical aim of public health. The associations across th...

    Authors: Anne W Taylor, Eleonora Dal Grande, Jing Wu, Zumin Shi and Stefano Campostrini

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2014 12:31

    Content type: Research Published on: 30 October 2014

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  • Monitoring the progress of health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Brazilian states using the Global Burden of Disease indicators

    Measuring the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) has been the key to verifying the evolution of health indicators worldwide. We analyse subnational GBD data for Brazil in order to monitor the performance of the Br...

    Authors: Daiane Borges Machado, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Dandara Ramos, Renato Teixeira, Rafael Lozano, Vinicius Oliveira de Moura Pereira, Cimar Azeredo, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Deborah Carvalho Malta and Mauricio L. Barreto

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2020 18(Suppl 1):7

    Content type: Research Published on: 30 September 2020

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1

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  • Determining the best population-level alcohol consumption model and its impact on estimates of alcohol-attributable harms

    The goals of our study are to determine the most appropriate model for alcohol consumption as an exposure for burden of disease, to analyze the effect of the chosen alcohol consumption distribution on the esti...

    Authors: Tara Kehoe, Gerrit Gmel, Kevin D Shield, Gerhard Gmel and Jürgen Rehm

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2012 10:6

    Content type: Research Published on: 10 April 2012

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  • Birth, stillbirth and death registration data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

    Birth registration is a child’s first right. Registration of live births, stillbirths and deaths is foundational for national planning. Completeness of birth registration for live births in low- and middle-inc...

    Authors: Simon Kasasa, Davis Natukwatsa, Edward Galiwango, Tryphena Nareeba, Collins Gyezaho, Ane Baerent Fisker, Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu, Francis Dzabeng, M. Moinuddin Haider, Judith Yargawa, Joseph Akuze, Angela Baschieri, Claudia Cappa, Debra Jackson, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe…

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):14

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 February 2021

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

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  • Social autopsy for maternal and child deaths: a comprehensive literature review to examine the concept and the development of the method

    "Social autopsy" refers to an interview process aimed at identifying social, behavioral, and health systems contributors to maternal and child deaths. It is often combined with a verbal autopsy interview to es...

    Authors: Henry D Kalter, Rene Salgado, Marzio Babille, Alain K Koffi and Robert E Black

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2011 9:45

    Content type: Review Published on: 5 August 2011

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  • Feasibility and psychometric properties of the German 12-item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) in a population-based sample of patients with myocardial infarction from the MONICA/KORA myocardial infarction registry

    The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) provides a standardized assessment of functioning and disability in individuals with any kind of disease. So far, data on feasibili...

    Authors: Inge Kirchberger, Kathrin Braitmayer, Michaela Coenen, Cornelia Oberhauser and Christa Meisinger

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2014 12:27

    Content type: Research Published on: 10 October 2014

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  • Predicting mortality with biomarkers: a population-based prospective cohort study for elderly Costa Ricans

    Little is known about adult health and mortality relationships outside high-income nations, partly because few datasets have contained biomarker data in representative populations. Our objective is to determin...

    Authors: Luis Rosero-Bixby and William H Dow

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2012 10:11

    Content type: Research Published on: 13 June 2012

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  • An average/deprivation/inequality (ADI) analysis of chronic disease outcomes and risk factors in Argentina

    Recognition of the global economic and epidemiological burden of chronic non-communicable diseases has increased in recent years. However, much of the research on this issue remains focused on individual-level...

    Authors: Fernando G De Maio, Bruno Linetzky and Mario Virgolini

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2009 7:8

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 June 2009

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  • Trend and causes of adult mortality in Kersa health and demographic surveillance system (Kersa HDSS), eastern Ethiopia: verbal autopsy method

    The health problems of adults have been neglected in many developing countries, yet many studies in these countries show high rates of premature mortality in adults. Measuring adult mortality and its cause thr...

    Authors: Wondimye Ashenafi, Frehywot Eshetu, Nega Assefa, Lemessa Oljira, Melkamu Dedefo, Desalew Zelalem, Negga Baraki and Melake Demena

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2017 15:22

    Content type: Research Published on: 1 July 2017

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  • Improving birth weight measurement and recording practices in Kenya and Tanzania: a prospective intervention study with historical controls

    Low birth weight (LBW) is a significant public health concern given its association with early-life mortality and other adverse health consequences that can impact the entire life cycle. In many countries, acc...

    Authors: Alloys K’Oloo, Evance Godfrey, Annariina M. Koivu, Hellen C. Barsosio, Karim Manji, Veneranda Ndesangia, Fredrick Omiti, Mohamed Bakari Khery, Everlyne D. Ondieki, Simon Kariuki, Feiko O. ter Kuile, R. Matthew Chico, Nigel Klein, Otto Heimonen, Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn…

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2023 21:6

    Content type: Research Published on: 10 May 2023

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  • Measuring the burden of arboviral diseases: the spectrum of morbidity and mortality from four prevalent infections

    Globally, arthropod-borne virus infections are increasingly common causes of severe febrile disease that can progress to long-term physical or cognitive impairment or result in early death. Because of the larg...

    Authors: ADesirée LaBeaud, Fatima Bashir and Charles H King

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2011 9:1

    Content type: Research Published on: 10 January 2011

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  • The burden of low back pain in Brazil: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 Study

    The prevalence and burden of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are growing around the world, and low back pain (LBP) is the most significant of the five defined MSK disorders in the Global Burden of Disease (GB...

    Authors: Caroline Nespolo de David, Lucas de Melo Castro Deligne, Rodolfo Souza da Silva, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Bruce B. Duncan, Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos and Ewerton Cousin

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2020 18(Suppl 1):12

    Content type: Research Published on: 30 September 2020

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1

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  • Neonatal and child mortality data in retrospective population-based surveys compared with prospective demographic surveillance: EN-INDEPTH study

    Global mortality estimates remain heavily dependent on household surveys in low- and middle-income countries, where most under-five deaths occur. Few studies have assessed the accuracy of mortality data or det...

    Authors: Tryphena Nareeba, Francis Dzabeng, Nurul Alam, Gashaw A. Biks, Sanne M. Thysen, Joseph Akuze, Hannah Blencowe, Stephane Helleringer, Joy E. Lawn, Kaiser Mahmud, Temesgen Azemeraw Yitayew and Ane B. Fisker

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):7

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 February 2021

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

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  • Building a maternal and child cohort amidst Lebanon’s socioeconomic collapse: preliminary results and navigating research challenges

    The impact of conflict and crisis on maternal and child health underscores the need for reliable research in vulnerable populations. Lebanon, amidst ongoing economic collapse, political instability, and health...

    Authors: Rima Kaddoura, Martine Elbejjani, Hani Tamim, Ziyad R. Mahfoud, Pascale Salameh, Fadi Mirza and Lama Charafeddine

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2024 22:5

    Content type: Research Published on: 26 March 2024

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  • Value of statistical life year in extreme poverty: a randomized experiment of measurement methods in rural Burkina Faso

    Value of a Statistical Life Year (VSLY) provides an important economic measure of an individual’s trade-off between health risks and other consumption, and is a widely used policy parameter. Measuring VSLY is ...

    Authors: Stefan T. Trautmann, Yilong Xu, Christian König-Kersting, Bryan N. Patenaude, Guy Harling, Ali Sié and Till Bärnighausen

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19:45

    Content type: Research Published on: 17 November 2021

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  • Inequalities in infant mortality in Brazil at subnational levels in Brazil, 1990 to 2015

    In this study, infant mortality rate (IMR) inequalities are analyzed from 1990 to 2015 in different geographic scales.

    Authors: Célia Landmann Szwarcwald, Wanessa da Silva de Almeida, Renato Azeredo Teixeira, Elisabeth Barboza França, Marina Jorge de Miranda and Deborah Carvalho Malta

    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2020 18(Suppl 1):4

    Content type: Research Published on: 30 September 2020

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 18 Supplement 1

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  • Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative: design, implementation, and baseline findings

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