Assessing a new approach to verbal autopsy interpretation in a rural Ethiopian community: the InterVA modelMesganaw Fantahun
Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Bull World Health Organ 84:204-10. 2006
..It is a valuable new tool for characterizing patterns of cause-specific mortality in communities without death registration and for comparing patterns of mortality in different populations...
- Demonstrating the robustness of population surveillance data: implications of error rates on demographic and mortality estimates
Edward Fottrell
Umeå International School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Umea University, Sweden
BMC Med Res Methodol 8:13. 2008
..Such knowledge is also of particular importance if the outputs of DSSs are to be extrapolated and aggregated with realistic margins of error and validity...
- Young adult and middle age mortality in Butajira demographic surveillance site, Ethiopia: lifestyle, gender and household economy
Mesganaw Fantahun
Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 24762, Code 1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BMC Public Health 8:268. 2008
..The aim of this study is to explore patterns of adult (15-64 years) mortality in an Ethiopian population over time, by gender, urban or rural lifestyle, causes of death and in relation to household economic status and decision-making...
The role of demographic surveillance systems (DSS) in assessing the health of communities: an example from rural EthiopiaP Byass
Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University, Sweden
Public Health 116:145-50. 2002
..Methodological issues underlying this approach need further exploration and development...
- Patterns of local migration and their consequences in a rural Ethiopian population
Peter Byass
Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University, Sweden
Scand J Public Health 31:58-62. 2003
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- Empirical modelling of population sampling: lessons for designing sentinel surveillance
P Byass
Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University, Umeå 90185, Sweden
Public Health 117:36-42. 2003
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- Patterns of mortality in Bavi, Vietnam, 1999-2001
Peter Byass
Umeå International School of Public Health, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:8-11. 2003
..This paper describes detailed mortality findings from a sample drawn from the population of one district of northern Vietnam, over the three-year period 1999-2001...
- Refining a probabilistic model for interpreting verbal autopsy data
Peter Byass
Umeå International School of Public Health, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Scand J Public Health 34:26-31. 2006
..To build on the previously reported development of a Bayesian probabilistic model for interpreting verbal autopsy (VA) data, attempting to improve the model's performance in determining cause of death and to reassess it...
- A probabilistic approach to interpreting verbal autopsies: methodology and preliminary validation in Vietnam
Peter Byass
Umeå International School of Public Health, Umea, Sweden
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:32-7. 2003
..Other approaches such as algorithms and neural networks have been developed in some settings. This paper aims to develop a method that is simple, reliable and consistent, which could represent an advance in VA interpretation...
Motherhood, migration and mortality in Dikgale: modelling life events among women in a rural South African communityP Byass
Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umea University, 90185 Umea, Sweden
Public Health 125:318-23. 2011
..Although particular types of life events in populations are often studied separately, this study investigated the joint effects of three major event types in South African women's lives: motherhood, migration and mortality...
- Identifying humanitarian crises in population surveillance field sites: simple procedures and ethical imperatives
E Fottrell
Umeå International School of Public Health, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umea University, SE 90185 Umeå, Sweden
Public Health 123:151-5. 2009
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- Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Vietnam-results from a national survey
P T Son
Vietnam National Heart Institute, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
J Hum Hypertens 26:268-80. 2012
..These results imply an urgent need to develop national strategies to improve prevention and control of hypertension in Vietnam...
- Applying verbal autopsy to determine cause of death in rural Vietnam
Dao Lan Huong
Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:19-25. 2003
..Although the validity of the VA method used has not been fully assessed, it appeared to be an appropriate method for ascertaining causes of death in the study area...
- Women's involvement in household decision-making and strengthening social capital-crucial factors for child survival in Ethiopia
Mesganaw Fantahun
Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 24762, Code 1000 Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Acta Paediatr 96:582-9. 2007
..To assess the influence of household decision making, social capital, socio-economic factors and health service use on under-five mortality...
- Risk factors for chronic disease among rural Vietnamese adults and the association of these factors with sociodemographic variables: findings from the WHO STEPS survey in rural Vietnam, 2005
Van Minh Hoang
Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A22. 2007
..We examined the prevalence of selected risk factors for chronic disease and the association of these risk factors with sociodemographic variables in a representative sample of adults in rural Vietnam...
- Concurrent comparison of energy intake and expenditure among adults in Butajira District, Ethiopia
Fikru Tesfaye
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 11490, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Public Health Nutr 11:675-83. 2008
..To estimate and compare dietary energy intake (DEI) and total energy expenditure (TEE) among adults, using questionnaires...
- A rural Ethiopian population undergoing epidemiological transition over a generation: Butajira from 1987 to 2004
Yemane Berhane
Community Health Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Scand J Public Health 36:436-41. 2008
..To describe the epidemiological development of a rural Ethiopian population from 1987 to 2004 in terms of mortality and associated sociodemographic factors...
- All-cause mortality trends in Dikgale, rural South Africa, 1996-2003
Ian Cook
Department of Kinesiology, University of Limpopo Turfloop campus, Sovenga, South Africa
Scand J Public Health 36:753-60. 2008
..This paper describes detailed mortality patterns of a rural African population in the central region of Limpopo Province...
- Gender, literacy, and survival among Ethiopian adults, 1987 - 96
Yemane Berhane
Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Bull World Health Organ 80:714-20. 2002
..To examine relationships between gender, literacy and survival among adults in Meskan and Mareko district, Ethiopia...
- Cardiovascular disease mortality and its association with socioeconomic status: findings from a population-based cohort study in rural Vietnam, 1999-2003
Van Minh Hoang
Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, No 1, Ton That Tung, Hanoi, Vietnam
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A89. 2006
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- Socio-economic status inequality and major causes of death in adults: a 5-year follow-up study in rural Vietnam
Dao Lan Huong
Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Ministry of Health, 138 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Public Health 120:497-504. 2006
..This study aimed to analyse the associations between cause-specific mortality in adults (aged 20 years and above) and socio-economic status (SES) in a rural setting of Vietnam during a time of economic transition...
- Mortality from cardiovascular diseases in Bavi District, Vietnam
Hoang Van Minh
Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:26-31. 2003
..The aims of the study were to outline CVD mortality during health transition in a rural community in the north of Vietnam and to examine associations between CVD mortality and the socioeconomic status of the population...
- Validity and completeness of death reporting and registration in a rural district of Vietnam
Tran Quang Huy
UongBi General Hospital, Uong Bi, Vietnam
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:12-8. 2003
..Assessment was made of the validity of mortality estimates based on data collected during 1999-2000 by quarterly follow-up visits and compared with other methods (re-census, communal death registration, and neighbourhood survey)...
- Does poverty lead to non-fatal unintentional injuries in rural Vietnam?
Nguyen Xuan Thanh
Department of Health Economics, Faculty of Public Health Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 12:31-7. 2005
..However, the relationship varied by sex, age and type of injury. Specifically, poverty increased the risk for children and elderly people being injured at home, and for adults (15-59 years) being affected by work injuries...
- FilaBavi and the future of community-based health research in Vietnam
Dao Lan Huong
Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:76-7. 2003
- Community-based assessment of unintentional injuries: a pilot study in rural Vietnam
Hoang Minh Hang
Department of Biostatistics, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Scand J Public Health Suppl 62:38-44. 2003
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- Combining risk factors and demographic surveillance: potentials of WHO STEPS and INDEPTH methodologies for assessing epidemiological transition
Nawi Ng
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Scand J Public Health 34:199-208. 2006
..This paper discusses the potential of combining the WHO STEPwise approach to Surveillance (STEPS) within ongoing DSSs, to assess changes in non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors...
- Helping northern Ethiopian communities reduce childhood mortality: population-based intervention trial
Mohammed Ali
TDA IMCI Project, PO Box 756, Mekelle, Tigrai, Ethiopia
Bull World Health Organ 83:27-33. 2005
..The synergy between community awareness and the availability of effective peripheral health services is also an issue that needs further exploration...
- Making the world's children count
Peter Byass
, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, , Sweden
Lancet 365:1114-6. 2005
- Association of smoking and khat (Catha edulis Forsk) use with high blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2006
Fikru Tesfaye
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, PO Box 11490, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A89. 2008
..We assessed the prevalence of substance use and its association with high blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
- Self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases and their relation to selected sociodemographic variables: a study in INDEPTH Asian sites, 2005
Hoang Van Minh
FilaBavi Demographic Surveillance Site, 1 Ton That Tung Ha Noi, Hanoi 844, Vietnam
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A86. 2008
..We report the self-reported prevalences of major chronic diseases in Southeast Asia and examine their relation to selected sociodemographic variables in adults...
- Setting international standards for verbal autopsy
Frank Baiden
Bull World Health Organ 85:570-1. 2007
- Can source reduction of mosquito larval habitat reduce malaria transmission in Tigray, Ethiopia?
Mekonnen Yohannes
Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Trop Med Int Health 10:1274-85. 2005
..These preliminary findings suggest that in areas of low intensity transmission community-led larval control may be a cheap and effective method of controlling malaria. Further, large-scale studies are needed to confirm these findings...
- Cellular telephone networks in developing countries
Peter Byass
Lancet 371:650. 2008
- Who needs cause-of-death data?
Peter Byass
Umeå International Schoolof Public Health, Umea, Sweden
PLoS Med 4:e333. 2007
