Estimation of early childhood mortality using preceding birth technique in a community-based setting.
Ann Ist Super Sanita
; 29(3): 465-7, 1993.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: The preceding birth technique, an indirect method for estimating early childhood mortality based on ascertaining the survival of previous children, was applied in rural Ethiopia within a system of demographic surveillance. Trained community health workers acted as interviewers and transmission flow of the routine health information system was used for data reporting. Data were collected for a median 12-month period from 39 sampled villages of Ticho district in Arsi region. From 1064 mothers having at least a second birth, the proportion dead of the last birth was 0.138 (95% CI 0.117-0.150), corresponding approximately to the probability of dying between birth and age two. It approximates to an infant mortality rate of about 100 per 1000 live births. From 974 mothers having at least a higher-order birth, the proportion dead of the second to last birth was 0.203 (95% CI 0.178-0.228), equivalent to the risk of dying between age 0 and age 5. In spite of the progressive migration of the surveyed population, the process and the outcome of the study suggest that PBT may well be inserted into a primary health care information system run by trained community health workers.
Palavras-chave
Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Biology; Community Workers; Data Collection; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Estimation Technics; Ethiopia; Health; Health Personnel; Infant Mortality; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Risk Factors; Rural Population
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mortalidade Infantil
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Vigilância da População
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Métodos Epidemiológicos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Ist Super Sanita
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália
País de publicação:
Itália