Improving program targeting to combat early-life mortality by identifying high-risk births: an application to India
It is widely recognized that there are multiple risk factors for early-life mortality. In practice most interventions to curb early-life mortality target births based on a single risk factor, such as poverty. ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 23, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Antonio P. Ramos, Robert E. Weiss and Jody S. Heymann Tags: Research Source Type: research
Head-to-head comparison between the EQ-5D-5L and the EQ-5D-3L in general population health surveys
This study is a head-to-head comparison to assess how expanding the number of levels from three (EQ-5D-3L) to five in the new EQ-5D-5L version has... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 16, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Marc Mart í-Pastor, Angels Pont, Mónica Ávila, Olatz Garin, Gemma Vilagut, Carlos G. Forero, Yolanda Pardo, Ricard Tresserras, Antonia Medina-Bustos, Oriol Garcia-Codina, Juan Cabasés, Luis Rajmil, Jordi Alonso and Montse Ferrer Tags: Research Source Type: research
Small area estimation of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia using spatially misaligned data
The under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) is an important metric of child health and survival. Country-level estimates of U5MR are readily available, but efforts to estimate U5MR subnationally have been limited, in pa... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - August 13, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Ellen R. Squires, Stephanie Teeple, Gloria Ikilezi, D. Allen Roberts, Danny V. Colombara, Sarah Katherine Allen, Stanley M. Kamande, Nicholas Graetz, Abraham D. Flaxman, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Kristjana Asbjornsdottir, Gilbert Asiimwe Tags: Research Source Type: research
Linkage of national soil quality measurements to primary care medical records in England and Wales: a new resource for investigating environmental impacts on human health
Long-term, low-level exposure to toxic elements in soil may be harmful to human health but large longitudinal cohort studies with sufficient follow-up time to study these effects are cost-prohibitive and impra... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 16, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jack E. Gibson, E. Louise Ander, Mark Cave, Fiona Bath-Hextall, Anwar Musah and Jo Leonardi-Bee Tags: Research Source Type: research
Estimating program coverage in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition: a comparative analysis of the validity and operational feasibility of two methods
Many health programs can assess coverage using standardized cluster survey methods, but estimating the coverage of nutrition programs presents a special challenge due to low disease prevalence. Used since 2012... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 3, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Sheila Isanaka, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Rebecca F. Grais and Ben G. S. Allen Tags: Research Source Type: research
Comparing tariff and medical assistant assigned causes of death from verbal autopsy interviews in Matlab, Bangladesh: implications for a health and demographic surveillance system
Deaths in developing countries often occur outside health facilities, making it extremely difficult to gather reliable cause of death (COD) information. Automated COD assignment using a verbal autopsy instrume... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - June 27, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Riley H. Hazard, Nurul Alam, Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Tim Adair, Saidul Alam, Peter Kim Streatfield, Ian Douglas Riley and Alan D. Lopez Tags: Research Source Type: research
Projection of the future diabetes burden in the United States through 2060
In the United States, diabetes has increased rapidly, exceeding prior predictions. Projections of the future diabetes burden need to reflect changes in incidence, mortality, and demographics. We applied the mo... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - June 15, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ji Lin, Theodore J. Thompson, Yiling J. Cheng, Xiaohui Zhuo, Ping Zhang, Edward Gregg and Deborah B. Rolka Tags: Research Source Type: research
Matrix methods in health demography: a new approach to the stochastic analysis of healthy longevity and DALYs
Increases in human longevity have made it critical to distinguish healthy longevity from longevity without regard to health. Current methods focus on expectations of healthy longevity, and are often limited to... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - June 7, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hal Caswell and Virginia Zarulli Tags: Research Source Type: research
Life expectancy inequalities in the elderly by socioeconomic status: evidence from Italy
Life expectancy considerably increased in most developed countries during the twentieth century. However, the increase in longevity is neither uniform nor random across individuals belonging to various socioec... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - April 12, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Carlo Lallo and Michele Raitano Tags: Research Source Type: research
The relevance of spatial aggregation level and of applied methods in the analysis of geographical distribution of cancer mortality in mainland Portugal (2009 –2013)
Knowledge regarding the geographical distribution of diseases is essential in public health in order to define strategies to improve the health of populations and quality of life. (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 27, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Rita Roquette, Baltazar Nunes and Marco Painho Tags: Research Source Type: research
Health system strategies to increase HIV screening among pregnant women in Mesoamerica
To propose health system strategies to meeting the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on HIV screening through antenatal care (ANC) services, we assessed predictors of HIV screening, and simulated... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 20, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Charbel El Bcheraoui, Paola Z úñiga-Brenes, Diego Ríos-Zertuche, Erin B. Palmisano, Claire R. McNellan, Sima S. Desai, Marielle C. Gagnier, Annie Haakenstad, Casey Johanns, Alexandra Schaefer, Bernardo Hernandez, Emma Iriarte and Ali H. Mokdad Tags: Research Source Type: research
Epidemiological trends of sepsis in the twenty-first century (2000 –2013): an analysis of incidence, mortality, and associated costs in Spain
Sepsis has represented a substantial health care and economic burden worldwide during the previous several decades. Our aim was to analyze the epidemiological trends of hospital admissions, deaths, hospital re... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 12, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Alejandro Álvaro-Meca, María A. Jiménez-Sousa, Dariela Micheloud, Ainhoa Sánchez-Lopez, María Heredia-Rodríguez, Eduardo Tamayo and Salvador Resino Tags: Research Source Type: research
Alcohol-impaired driving in US counties, 2002 –2012
Excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-impaired driving remain significant public health problems, leading to considerable morbidity and mortality, particularly among younger populations. (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 1, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jacob E. Sunshine, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Alan Chen, Sam R. Sharar, Erin B. Palmisano, Eileen M. Bulger and Ali H. Mokdad Tags: Research Source Type: research
Collecting verbal autopsies: improving and streamlining data collection processes using electronic tablets
There is increasing interest in using verbal autopsy to produce nationally representative population-level estimates of causes of death. However, the burden of processing a large quantity of surveys collected ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 1, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Abraham D. Flaxman, Andrea Stewart, Jonathan C. Joseph, Nurul Alam, Sayed Saidul Alam, Hafizur Chowdhury, Meghan D. Mooney, Rasika Rampatige, Hazel Remolador, Diozele Sanvictores, Peter T. Serina, Peter Kim Streatfield, Veronica Tallo, Christopher J. L. M Tags: Research Source Type: research
Calculating census tract-based life expectancy in New York state: a generalizable approach
Life expectancy at birth (LE) has been calculated for states and counties. LE estimates at these levels mask health disparities in local communities. There are no nationwide estimates at the sub-county level. ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 26, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Thomas O. Talbot, Douglas H. Done and Gwen D. Babcock Tags: Research Source Type: research
