Comparing two data collection methods to track vital events in maternal and child health via community health workers in rural Nepal
Timely tracking of health outcomes is difficult in low- and middle-income countries without comprehensive vital registration systems. Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly collecting vital events da... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 27, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Nandini Choudhury, Aparna Tiwari, Wan-Ju Wu, Ved Bhandari, Laxman Bhatta, Bhawana Bogati, David Citrin, Scott Halliday, Sonu Khadka, Nutan Marasini, Sachit Pandey, Madeleine Ballard, Hari Jung Rayamazi, Sabitri Sapkota, Ryan Schwarz, Lisa Sullivan & helli Tags: Research Source Type: research

Comparing health gains, costs and cost-effectiveness of 100s of interventions in Australia and New Zealand: an online interactive league table
This study compares the health gains, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hundreds of Australian and New Zealand (NZ) health interventions conducted with comparable methods in an online interactive league table d... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - July 27, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Natalie Carvalho, Tanara Vieira Sousa, Anja Mizdrak, Amanda Jones, Nick Wilson and Tony Blakely Tags: Research Source Type: research

Correction to: Adapting and validating the log quadratic model to derive under-five age and cause-specific mortality (U5ACSM): a preliminary analysis
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Source: Population Health Metrics - June 28, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jamie Perin, Yue Chu, Francisco Villavicencio, Austin Schumacher, Tyler McCormick, Michel Guillot and Li Liu Tags: Correction Source Type: research

US county-level estimation for maternal and infant health-related behavior indicators using pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system data, 2016 –2018
There is a critical need for maternal and child health data at the local level (for example, county), yet most counties lack sustainable resources or capabilities to collect local-level data. In such case, mod... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 21, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Yan Wang, Heather Tevendale, Hua Lu, Shanna Cox, Susan A. Carlson, Rui Li, Holly Shulman, Brian Morrow, Philip A. Hastings and Wanda D. Barfield Tags: Research Source Type: research

Evaluation of four gamma-based methods for calculating confidence intervals for age-adjusted mortality rates when data are sparse
Equal-tailed confidence intervals that maintain nominal coverage (0.95 or greater probability that a 95% confidence interval covers the true value) are useful in interval-based statistical reliability standard... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - May 7, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Makram Talih, Robert N. Anderson and Jennifer D. Parker Tags: Research Source Type: research

An objective metric of individual health and aging for population surveys
We have previously developed and validated a biomarker-based metric of overall health status using Mahalanobis distance (DM) to measure how far from the norm of a reference population (RP) an individual ’s biom... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 31, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Qing Li, V éronique Legault, Vincent-Daniel Girard, Luigi Ferrucci, Linda P. Fried and Alan A. Cohen Tags: Research Source Type: research

China ’s fertility change: an analysis with multiple measures
The period fertility in China has declined to very low levels, and the completed cohort fertility rate (CFR) has also decreased significantly. However, the exact fertility rate remains controversial. While the... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 31, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Shucai Yang, Quanbao Jiang and Jes ús J. Sánchez-Barricarte Tags: Research Source Type: research

Using routine programmatic data to measure HIV incidence among pregnant women in Botswana
Pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have high risk of HIV acquisition, yet approaches for measuring maternal HIV incidence using routine surveillance systems are undefined. We used programmatic data from rout... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - March 4, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Katrina F. Ortblad, Shreshth Mawandia, Odirile Bakae, Lenna Tau, Matias Grande, Goabaone Pankie Mogomotsi, Esther Mmatli, Modise Ngombo, Laura Seckel, Renee Heffron, Jillian Pintye and Jenny Ledikwe Tags: Research Source Type: research

Trends and patterns of disparities in diabetes and chronic kidney disease mortality among US counties, 1980 –2014
Diabetes and chronic kidney diseases are associated with a large health burden in the USA and globally. (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 22, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Ali H. Mokdad, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Amelia Bertozzi-Villa, Rebecca W. Stubbs, Chloe Morozoff, Shreya Shirude, Sam B. Finegold, Charlton Callender, Mohsen Naghavi and Christopher J. L. Murray Tags: Research Source Type: research

Estimating district HIV prevalence in Zambia using small-area estimation methods (SAE)
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has had a very devastating impact at a global level, with the Eastern and Southern African region being the hardest hit. The considerable geographical variation in the pandemic means vary... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 19, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Chris Mweemba, Peter Hangoma, Isaac Fwemba, Wilbroad Mutale and Felix Masiye Tags: Research Source Type: research

Assessment of the quality of the vital registration system for under-5 mortality in Yucatan, Mexico
Vital registration is an important element in health information systems which can inform policy and strengthen health systems. Mexico has a well-functioning vital registration system; however, there is still ... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - February 8, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Bernardo Hernandez, Elsa Rodriguez Angulo, Louisa M. Johnson, Erin B. Palmisano, Ricardo Ojeda, Rafael Ojeda, Salvador G ómez Carro, Alan Chen, Joseph Camarda, Casey Johanns and Abraham Flaxman Tags: Research Source Type: research

A comparison of approaches to measuring maternal mortality in Bangladesh, Mozambique, and Bolivia
Many low- and middle-income countries cannot measure maternal mortality to monitor progress against global and country-specific targets. While the ultimate goal for these countries is to have complete civil re... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 15, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Kavita Singh, Qingfeng Li, Karar Zunaid Ahsan, Sian Curtis and William Weiss Tags: Research Source Type: research

Disaggregating proportional multistate lifetables by population heterogeneity to estimate intervention impacts on inequalities
Simulation models can be used to quantify the projected health impact of interventions. Quantifying heterogeneity in these impacts, for example by socioeconomic status, is important to understand impacts on he... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 15, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Patrick Andersen, Anja Mizdrak, Nick Wilson, Anna Davies, Laxman Bablani and Tony Blakely Tags: Research Source Type: research

A method for small-area estimation of population mortality in settings affected by crises
Populations affected by crises (armed conflict, food insecurity, natural disasters) are poorly covered by demographic surveillance. As such, crisis-wide estimation of population mortality is extremely challeng... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 11, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Francesco Checchi, Adrienne Testa, Amy Gimma, Emilie Koum-Besson and Abdihamid Warsame Tags: Research Source Type: research

Adapting and validating the log quadratic model to derive under-five age- and cause-specific mortality (U5ACSM): a preliminary analysis
The mortality pattern from birth to age five is known to vary by underlying cause of mortality, which has been documented in multiple instances. Many countries without high functioning vital registration syste... (Source: Population Health Metrics)
Source: Population Health Metrics - January 10, 2022 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Jamie Perin, Yue Chu, Francisco Villaviciencio, Austin Schumacher, Tyler McCormick, Michel Guillot and Li Liu Tags: Research Source Type: research