Verbal Autopsy Of Maternal Death In A Rural Community Of India

10.5580/2bad ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Maternal Death ◽  
Verbal Autopsy

Verbal autopsy for maternal death

2000 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. A34-A34
Author(s):  
F. Hussain ◽  
A.B. Bhuiyan ◽  
Y.A. Haque
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Death ◽  
Verbal Autopsy

A Semantic-Based Framework for Verbal Autopsy to Identify the Cause of Maternal Death

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 910-923
Author(s):  
Muhammad I. A. Durrani ◽  
Tabbasum Naz ◽  
Muhammad Atif ◽  
Numra Khalid ◽  
Alessia Amelio
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Maternal Death ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Query Language ◽  
World Health ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
The Government

Abstract Objective Verbal autopsy is a technique used to collect information about a decedent from his/her family members using questionnaires, conducting interviews, making observations, and sampling. In substantial parts of the world, particularly in Africa and Asia, many deaths are unrecorded. In 2017, globally pregnant women were dying daily around 810 and 295,000 in a year because of pregnancy-related problems, pointed out by World Health Organization. Identifying the cause of a death is a complex process which requires in-depth medical knowledge and practical experience. Generally, medical practitioners possess different knowledge levels, set of abilities, and problem-solving skills. Additionally, the medical negligence plays a significant part in further worsening the situation. Accurate identification of the cause of death can help a government to take strategic measures to focus on, particularly increasing the death rate in a specific region. Methods This research provides a solution by introducing a semantic-based verbal autopsy framework for maternal death (SVAF-MD) to identify the cause of death. The proposed framework consists of four main components as follows: (1) clinical practice guidelines, (2) knowledge collection, (3) knowledge modeling, and (4) knowledge codification. Maternal ontology for the framework is developed using Protégé knowledge editor. Resource description framework application programming interface (API) for PHP (RAP) is used as a Semantic Web toolkit along with Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language (SPARQL) is used for querying with ontology to retrieve data. Results The results show that 92% of maternal causes of deaths assigned using SVAF-MD correctly matched manual reports already prepared by gynecologists. Conclusion SVAF-MD, a semantic-based framework for the verbal autopsy of maternal deaths, assigns the cause of death with minimum involvement of medical practitioners. This research helps the government to ease down the verbal autopsy process, overcome the delays in reporting, and facilitate in terms of accurate results to devise the policies to reduce the maternal mortality.

scholarly journals Epidemiological transition in a rural community of northern India: 18-year mortality surveillance using verbal autopsy

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 890-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kumar ◽  
Dinesh Kumar ◽  
J Jagnoor ◽  
Arun K Aggarwal ◽  
P V M Lakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Epidemiological Transition ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Mortality Surveillance

scholarly journals Community Perceptions and Experiences on the Events Leading to Facility Maternal Death; A Verbal Autopsy Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Said ◽  
Mats Malqvist ◽  
Siriel Massawe ◽  
Claudia Hanson ◽  
Andrea B Pembe
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Death ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Birth Preparedness ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
Surveillance And Response ◽  
The Family

Abstract BackgroundTanzania Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system introduced in 2015 emphasizes review of facility maternal deaths with little community involvement. Involving the community in deaths enquiry can help to make better strategies to prevent future deaths. We aimed to explore family members (caregivers) perceptions and experiences on the events leading to facility maternal deaths to inform future community involvement in MDSRMethodsNarrative interviews were conducted with 20 caregivers who cared for women who died in childbirth to investigate into delays and health care seeking experience. The unstructured questions on perceptions and experiences of events leading to death were administered together with standard verbal autopsy questionnaire. Two regions, Lindi and Mtwara of Southern Tanzania were selected for the study in 2018. Narrative thematic analysis was used for data analysis.ResultsThree main themes evolved: ‘Prepared for birth but not ready for complications’, ‘Disconnect between caregivers and providers’ and ‘The bitter impact of maternal deaths’. Caregivers made efforts to prepare for birth but their preparation were severely inadequate when complications that necessitated referral occurred. Decision to seek care was made jointly between the pregnant woman, husband and other family members. Caregivers tried with little success in communicating with heath providers regarding their admitted patients. They also experienced emotions of grief such as denial, anger, depression, bargaining and acceptance once maternal deaths occurred. Caregivers (mostly old women) were left with the burden of caring for the newborns and other children left by the deceased mother. ConclusionCaregivers` perceptions and experiences of maternal deaths events provide valuable information for community interventions on birth preparedness, decision making, communication and providers` accountability. Maternal deaths bring far reaching mental, social and economic consequences to the family and society

A lost cause? Extending verbal autopsy to investigate biomedical and socio-cultural causes of maternal death in Burkina Faso and Indonesia

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 1728-1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia D’Ambruoso ◽  
Peter Byass ◽  
Siti Nurul Qomariyah ◽  
Moctar Ouédraogo
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Maternal Death ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Lost Cause ◽  
Cultural Causes

Variance of Subcultures: A Comparison of Walking Speeds in a Midwestern Rural Community

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela R. Tenney ◽  
Michelle L. Spurlock ◽  
Susan J. Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Walking Speeds
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