 | Peter Waiswa, Joseph Akuze, Cheryl Moyer, Doris Kwesiga, Samuelina Arthur, Osman Sankoh, Paul Welaga, Martin Bangha, Jacques Eminas, Sheru Muuo, Abdhalah Ziraba, Kate Kerber, INDEPTH Network MNCH team Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries (Journal Article) In: Int. J. Public Health, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 909–920, 2019, ISSN: 1661-8564 1661-8556. @article{Waiswa2019-yw,
title = {Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries},
author = {Peter Waiswa and Joseph Akuze and Cheryl Moyer and Doris Kwesiga and Samuelina Arthur and Osman Sankoh and Paul Welaga and Martin Bangha and Jacques Eminas and Sheru Muuo and Abdhalah Ziraba and Kate Kerber and INDEPTH Network MNCH team},
doi = {10.1007/s00038-019-01241-0},
issn = {1661-8564 1661-8556},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-01},
urldate = {2019-07-01},
journal = {Int. J. Public Health},
volume = {64},
number = {6},
pages = {909--920},
publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
abstract = {OBJECTIVES: We compared pregnancy identification methods and
outcome capture across 31 Health Demographic Surveillance System
(HDSS) sites in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
METHODS: From 2009 to 2014, details on the sites and
surveillance systems including frequency of update rounds,
characteristics of enumerators and interviewers, acceptable
respondents were collected and compared across sites. RESULTS:
The 31 HDSS had a combined population of over 2,905,602 with
165,820 births for the period. Stillbirth rate ranged from 1.9
to 42.6 deaths per 1000 total births and the neonatal mortality
rate from 2.6 to 41.6 per 1000 live births. Three quarters
(75.3%) of recorded neonatal deaths occurred in the first week
of life. The proportion of infant deaths that occurred in the
neonatal period ranged from 8 to 83%, with a median of 53%.
Sites that registered pregnancies upon locating a live baby in
the routine household surveillance round had lower recorded
mortality rates. CONCLUSIONS: Increased attention and
standardization of pregnancy surveillance and the time of birth
will improve data collection and provide platforms for
evaluations and availability of data for decision-making with
implications for national planning.},
keywords = {Demographic Surveillance Sites; INDEPTH Network; Maternal Newborn Child Health Working Group; Mortality; Neonatal; Perinatal mortality; Stillbirth},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
OBJECTIVES: We compared pregnancy identification methods and
outcome capture across 31 Health Demographic Surveillance System
(HDSS) sites in 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.
METHODS: From 2009 to 2014, details on the sites and
surveillance systems including frequency of update rounds,
characteristics of enumerators and interviewers, acceptable
respondents were collected and compared across sites. RESULTS:
The 31 HDSS had a combined population of over 2,905,602 with
165,820 births for the period. Stillbirth rate ranged from 1.9
to 42.6 deaths per 1000 total births and the neonatal mortality
rate from 2.6 to 41.6 per 1000 live births. Three quarters
(75.3%) of recorded neonatal deaths occurred in the first week
of life. The proportion of infant deaths that occurred in the
neonatal period ranged from 8 to 83%, with a median of 53%.
Sites that registered pregnancies upon locating a live baby in
the routine household surveillance round had lower recorded
mortality rates. CONCLUSIONS: Increased attention and
standardization of pregnancy surveillance and the time of birth
will improve data collection and provide platforms for
evaluations and availability of data for decision-making with
implications for national planning. |
