Quality of vital event data for infant mortality estimation in prospective, population-based studies: an analysis of secondary data from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Infant and neonatal mortality estimates are typically derived from retrospective birth histories collected through surveys in countries with unreliable civil registration and vital statistics systems. Yet such... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 28, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Daniel J. Erchick, Seema Subedi, Andrea Verhulst, Michel Guillot, Linda S. Adair, Alu ísio J. D. Barros, Bernard Chasekwa, Parul Christian, Bruna Gonçalves C. da Silva, Mariângela F. Silveira, Pedro C. Hallal, Jean H. Humphrey, Lieven Huybregts, Simon Tags: Research Source Type: research

The confidante method to measure abortion: implementing a standardized comparative analysis approach across seven contexts
Obtaining representative abortion incidence estimates is challenging in restrictive contexts. While the confidante method has been increasingly used to collect this data in such settings, there are several bia... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 25, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Onikepe O. Owolabi, Margaret Giorgio, Ellie Leong and Elizabeth Sully Tags: Research Source Type: research

An evaluation of truncated birth histories for the rapid measurement of fertility and child survival
Full birth histories (FBHs) are a key tool for estimating fertility and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries, but they are lengthy to collect. This is not desirable, especially for rapid turnaro... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 18, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bruno Masquelier, Ashira Menashe-Oren and Georges Reniers Tags: Research Source Type: research

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 ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 20, 2023 Category: Epidemiology 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 P Tags: Research Source Type: research

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... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 10, 2023 Category: Epidemiology 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 Ash Tags: Research Source Type: research

Disability weight measurement for the severity of different diseases in Wuhan, China
Measurement of the Chinese burden of disease with disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) requires disability weight (DW) that quantify health losses for all non-fatal consequences of disease and injury. The Gl... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 4, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Xiaoxue Liu, Yan Guo, Fang Wang, Yong Yu, Yaqiong Yan, Haoyu Wen, Fang Shi, Yafeng Wang, Xuyan Wang, Hui Shen, Shiyang Li, Yanyun Gong, Sisi Ke, Wei Zhang, Qiman Jin, Gang Zhang & hellip; Tags: Research Source Type: research

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. ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - April 21, 2023 Category: Epidemiology 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 Tags: Research Source Type: research

Completeness, agreement, and representativeness of ethnicity recording in the United Kingdom ’s Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and linked Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
This descriptive study assessed the completeness, agreement, and representativeness of ethnicity recording in the United Kingdom (UK) Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) primary care databases alone and... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 14, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Suhail I. Shiekh, Mia Harley, Rebecca E. Ghosh, Mark Ashworth, Puja Myles, Helen P. Booth and Eleanor L. Axson Tags: Research Source Type: research

Automatic electronic reporting improved the completeness of AMI and stroke incident surveillance in Tianjin, China: a modeling study
AMI and stroke are the leading causes of premature mortality and hospitalizations in China. Incidence data at the population level for the two diseases is limited and the reliability and completeness of the ex... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 6, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Hong Xiao, Fang Liu and Joseph M. Unger Tags: Research Source Type: research

Prioritization of intervention domains to prevent cardiovascular disease: a country-level case study using global burden of disease and local data
We aimed to combine Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study data and local data to identify the highest priority intervention domains for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the case study country of Aotea... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 26, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nick Wilson, Christine Cleghorn, Nhung Nghiem and Tony Blakely Tags: Research Source Type: research

State-level metabolic comorbidity prevalence and control among adults age 50-plus with diabetes: estimates from electronic health records and survey data in five states
Although treatment and control of diabetes can prevent complications and reduce morbidity, few data sources exist at the state level for surveillance of diabetes comorbidities and control. Surveys and electron... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 2, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Russell Mardon, Joanne Campione, Jennifer Nooney, Lori Merrill, Maurice Johnson Jr., David Marker, Frank Jenkins, Sharon Saydah, Deborah Rolka, Xuanping Zhang, Sundar Shrestha and Edward Gregg Tags: Research Source Type: research

When the technical is also normative: a critical assessment of measuring health inequalities using the concentration index-based indices
Concentration index-based measures are one of the most popular tools for estimating socioeconomic-status-related health inequalities. In recent years, several variants of the concentration index have been deve... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - December 1, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Paul Contoyannis, Jeremiah Hurley and Marjan Walli-Attaei Tags: Review Source Type: research

The prevalence and management of chronic pain in the Chinese population: findings from the China Pain Health Index (2020)
Chronic pain is a common disease; about 20% of people worldwide suffer from it. While compared with the research on the prevalence and management of chronic pain in developed countries, there is a relative lac... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - November 4, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Yingying Jiang, Tingling Xu, Fan Mao, Yu Miao, Botao Liu, Liyuan Xu, Lingni Li, Nikoletta Sternbach, Maigeng Zhou and Bifa Fan Tags: Research Source Type: research

Estimating disability-adjusted life years for breast cancer and the impact of screening in female populations in China, 2015 –2030: an exploratory prevalence-based analysis applying local weights
Most cancer disability-adjusted life year (DALY) studies worldwide have used broad, generic disability weights (DWs); however, differences exist among populations and types of cancers. Using breast cancer as e... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - October 7, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Xin-Xin Yan, Juan Zhu, Yan-Jie Li, Meng-Di Cao, Xin Wang, Hong Wang, Cheng-Cheng Liu, Jing Wang, Yang Li and Ju-Fang Shi Tags: Research Source Type: research

From raw data to a score: comparing quantitative methods that construct multi-level composite implementation strength scores of family planning programs in Malawi
Data that capture implementation strength can be combined in multiple ways across content and health system levels to create a summary measure that can help us to explore and compare program implementation acr... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - September 1, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Anooj Pattnaik, Diwakar Mohan, Scott Zeger, Mercy Kanyuka, Fannie Kachale and Melissa A. Marx Tags: Research Source Type: research