Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring

Leitão, Jordana; Chandramohan, D.; Byass, P.; Jakob, Robert; Bundhamcharoen, K.; Choprapawon, C.; de Savigny, D.; Fottrell, E.; França, Elizabeth; Frøen, F.; Gewaifel, G.; Hodgson, A.; Hounton, S.; Kahn, K.; Krishnan, A.; Kumar, Vishwajeet; Masanja, H.; Nichols, E.; Notzon, F.; H. Rasooly, M.; Sankoh, O.; Spiegel, P.; AbouZahr, C.; Amexo, Marc; Kebede, D.; S. Alley, W.; Marinho, Fatima; M Ali, Mohamed; Loyola, E.; Chikersal, Jyotsna; Gao, Jun; Annunziata, G.; Bahl, R.; Bartolomeus, Kidist; Boerma, T.; Ustun, B.; Chou, D.; Muhe, L.; Mathai, M.

doi:10.3402/gha.v6i0.21518

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Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring

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Authors:

Jordana Leitão

D. Chandramohan

P. Byass

Abstract

Objective Verbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death (CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used in research contexts and involved relatively lengthy interviews. Our objective here is to describe the process used to shorten, s...

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Medicine

Psychology

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