A community based cross sectional study on feasibility of lay interviewers in ascertaining causes of adult deaths by using verbal autopsy in rural Wardha

A community based cross sectional study on feasibility of lay interviewers in ascertaining causes of adult deaths by using verbal autopsy in rural Wardha

Background & objectives: 1) To study the causes of adult (15 years and above) deaths using verbal autopsy (VA) and its socio-demographic characteristics. 2) To study the feasibility of use of the lay interviewer to ascertain causes of adult death using verbal autopsy and a simple algorithm. Meth...

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Main Authors: AR Dongre, A Singh, PR Deshmukh, BS Garg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2009-02-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Subjects:
Adult deaths
Verbal autopsy
Algorithm
Lay interviewer
Physician review
Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue28/2008-4-4.htm

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