Methodological Considerations for Preterm Birth Research

Complications from preterm birth are a leading cause of infant mortality, with long-term implications for morbidity and quality of life of preterm infants. There are many important risk factors for preterm births however in this article, we focus on the maternal infection etiological pathway, given its significance in low-to-middle income countries. In high preterm birth settings such as sub-Saharan Africa, maternal HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) use have been associated with an increased risk of preterm births. Consequently, we highlight methodological considerations related to selection and measurement bias in preterm birth research. We further illustrate the potential impact of these biases in studies investigating the relationship between HIV/ART and preterm births. We also briefly discuss issues related to population-level estimations based on routinely collected clinical or civil registration data. We conclude by emphasizing the importance of strengthening of antenatal care services to improve quality of population data as well as optimizing current and future study designs, by taking into account the important methodological considerations described in this article.

Assessing mortality registration in Kerala: the MARANAM study

Complete or improving civil registration systems in sub-national areas in low- and middle-income countries provide several opportunities to better understand population health and its determinants. In this article, we provide an assessment of vital statistics in Kerala, India. Kerala is home to more than 33 million people and is a comparatively low-mortality context. We use individual-level vital registration data on more than 2.8 million deaths between 2006 and 2017 from the Kerala MARANAM (Mortality and Registration Assessment and Monitoring) Study. Comparing age-specific mortality rates from the Civil Registration System (CRS) to those from the Sample Registration System (SRS), we do not find evidence that the CRS underestimates mortality. Instead, CRS rates are smoother across ages and less variable across periods. In particular, the CRS records higher death rates than the SRS for ages, where mortality is usually low and for women. Using these data, we provide the first set of annual sex-specific life tables for any state in India. We find that life expectancy at birth was 77.9 years for women in 2017 and 71.4 years for men. Although Kerala is unique in many ways, our findings strengthen the case for more careful attention to mortality records within low- and middle-income countries, and for their better dissemination by government agencies.

Gender Inequalities and Sex-Differential Mortality in Pre-War Greece: A Regional Perspective

Previous studies have indicated gender-based discriminatory practices as a result of son preference up to the first half of the 20th century in Greece. Demographic indices calculated from published vital statistics, such as sex ratios at birth and at childhood, were distorted to such an extent that certain scholars suggest that this distortion was due to sex-selective infanticide and neglect of the girls. Although we cannot exclude this possibility, the aim of this paper is to assess to what extent under-registration of female births (in the civil registration system) and under-enumeration of females (in censuses) accounted for the skewed sex ratios and to pinpoint that gender-based discrimination was not the same all over Greece. There were areas in insular Greece, notably the Ionian islands and the Aegean Archipelago, and one area in mainland Greece (Epirus) where demographic indices imply that gender inequalities were less acute. On the other hand, there were areas in mainland Greece, notably in Thessaly, where sex-differential mortality denotes extremely unequal treatment of girls.

Implementasi Kebijakan Manajemen Pelayanan Berbasis Online: (Studi di Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil (Disdukcapil) Kota Manado

The purpose of this study is to solve a number of problems in the era of the COVID pandemic related to online-based management. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to solve problems that are directly related to employee knowledge related to excellent public service, the availability of human resources (HR), infrastructure to support effective and efficient public services, standard operating procedures for online-based services. In addition, analyzing the interests of who is affected, what benefits are generated, the position of online-based management policy makers, and other matters related to online-based management policies. The research method used is qualitative research. The informants who were determined by purposive sampling were 10 people consisting of the Head of the Manado City Population and Civil Registration Service (Disdukcapil), the Disdukcapil Secretary, as well as from leadership elements and members of the Manado City DPRD, and 5 Manado City residents.

IMPLEMENTATION OF APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF OFFICERS IN DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION AND CIVIL REGISTRATION AT MUSI RAWAS UTARA REGENCY BASED ON THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA REGULATION NUMBER 76 OF 2015

This study was aimed to analyze the mechanism for the appointment and the dismissal of officers in the Department of Population and Civil Registration at Muratara Regency based on Permendagri Number 76 of 2015, and the legality of the appointment and the dismissal of officers in the Department of Population and Civil Registration carried out by the Regent of Muratara Regency.The type of this research was normative that supported by interviews, using a statutory approach and research material sources of primary and secondary data which were collected through literature and field studies.The results of this study indicate that the mechanism for the appointment and the dismissal of officers in the Department of Population and Civil Registration at Muratara Regency is based on Permendagri Number 76 of 2015. The appointment and the dismissal of the Head of Department of Population and Civil Registration as a Primary High Officer Position in regency are under the authority of the Minister of Home Affairs, not the Regent. The regent is only authorized to make proposals for appointment (and dismissal) through the Governor and includes proposals for three names of candidates for appointment, then one of them be elected by the Minister, stipulated by a Ministerial Decree, and inaugurated. The appointment and the dismissal of officers in Disdukcapil carried out by the Regent of Muratara Regency is illegal, considering that the dismissal of the head of Disdukcapil Department (Kadisdukcapil) and his new appointment in 2016 was carried out by the Regent, not by the Minister. Besides, there are no reasons and considerations (including the proposal for the appointment of an official candidate) for the dismissal of the previous Kadisdukcapil as stipulated in Permendagri Number 76 of 2015.

Population and Civil Registration Service of Bandar Lampung City’s Digital Bureaucratic System in Realizing an Effective and Efficient Government

Nowadays, technological developments cannot be avoided. Technological developments in this era are to facilitate every human activity. The development of technology today is marked by the number of applications that can facilitate the community's affairs. An example is the application of the Community Online Service from the Population and Civil Registry Office of Bandar Lampung City called Pelayanan Online Masyarakat Duduk Manis (Permen Manis). This application is expected to help community services to help manage population documents and realize an effective and efficient government. The problem identified is the application of digital bureaucracy in the Population and Civil Registration Office, or Dinas Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil (Disdukcapil) of Bandar Lampung City realizes an effective and efficient government? The research uses normative legal research by collecting and analyzing secondary data. by looking to the public's comments, especially on Permen Manis application users in Bandar Lampung’s Civil Registry Office. By this article the researcher hope the government in Bandar Lampung could improve the services towards the people in Bandar Lampung.

Comparison of Indonesian Population Information System Service Performace Based On Information System Functional Scorecard Theory

The Balikpapan Population and Civil Registration Office has implemented service automation by using an information system to support the population and civil registration administration services in Balikpapan, Indonesia. The information system implemented is called The Population Administration Information System (SIAK). The office has previously implemented an information system similar to SIAK, namely the Population Administration Organizing System (SPAK). One of the office aims is to improve the quality of SIAK. SIAK quality is improved in order to achieve optimal service. As a step of achieving vision and mission, implementing work functions and optimizing the utilization of information systems, the comparison of information system performance between information systems that have been used with information systems that have previously been used. The guidelines used in assessing the performance of both systems are Information System Functional Scorecard (ISFS) theory. The data collected by questionnaires then conducted Paired-T Test so that the results of the two systems were obtained differences and can be compared to know which system is superior. SIAK is an information system that is declared superior to SPAK. Furthermore, the comparison results become a reference in providing recommendations for SIAK performance improvement based on the performance comparison results with SPAK.

Analisis Yuridis Terhadap Kedudukan Anak Hasil Perkawinan Siri

<p>The purpose of this study is to determine the juridical analysis of the position of the child, the legal status of the child and to find out the government's efforts to overcome the position of the child from an unregistered marriage. This type of research is an empirical descriptive qualitative. The data source uses primary data sources and secondary data sources. Data collection techniques are interviews, observation and documentation. The results of the study indicate that children resulting from unregistered marriages are registered and then registered in the civil registration in order to obtain a legal legal position. The legal status of unmarried children is that after the Decision of the Constitutional Court Number 46/PUU-VIII/2010, if it can be proven based on science and technology and/or other evidence, it turns out that they are related by blood as their father, then they are entitled to inherit from their father. The government's effort in overcoming the position of children from unregistered marriages is to socialize so that siri couples become legal marriages, namely by registering with marriage istbat and re-marrying.</p><p>Keywords: legal status, legal status, children, unregistered marriage</p>

Model Pelayanan Administrasi Kependudukan Loket Desa Bebas Calo di Kabupaten Wonogiri

<p>This study describes and examines several problems, first, in the implementation of population administration services at the Loket Desa in Wonogiri Regency are touts-free. Second, the model of population administration service at the Loket Desa that is free of touts that can be applied by the Population and Civil Registration Office of Wonogiri Regency. This research is a descriptive empirical research using an inductive approach. The types of data used in this study are primary and secondary data. Data collection techniques used through documentation studies, interviews and observations. The data analysis of this research is data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing and verification</p><p>The widespread use of touts' services are still found in population administration services. This happened because people feels that services in population administration must go through complicated and long bureaucratic procedures. In fact, as bureaucratic reforms and government policies progressed, population administration services became easy, simple and free. On the other hand, using the services of touts makes management costs expensive and becomes an illustration of the low quality of service. Based on these problems, we need a new innovation that is "INFO CEPAT, INFO KILAT", by utilizing the WhatsApp application with the automatic reply method and as a means that can be used to find information about village counter services and can conduct consultations on population document issues. Hoped with this innovation, that the Loket Desa innovation service can be free from touts.</p>

Kebijakan Pemerintah Daerah Dalam Perubahan Data Akta Kelahiran di Disdukcapil Kabupaten Karanganyar

<p>This study aims to find out the main causes of birth certificate data changes in the Population and Civil Registration Office of Karanganyar Regency, to know the policies of the Karanganyar District Government in the settlement of cases of changes in birth certificate data, and to know the inhibitory factors and supporting local government policies in resolving cases of changes in birth certificate data in Karanganyar Regency.In this study used an empirical juridical approach. With data collection techniques through observation, interview, and documentation studies. The results showed that the main cause of the name change case as in the Court Determination No. 2/Pdt.P/2021/PN Krg name change on the birth certificate was done because the applicant is better known in his residential environment as Antok Saryanto than Saryanto.Then in the case of correcting the name of the parent on the birth certificate in the name of Esti Rahayu the correction was done because there was an error in writing the name of the parent, Sumarsih should be Sunarsih as written on the Family Card and the parent's Marriage Certificate. Karanganyar District Government Policy in resolving cases of changes in birth certificate data in accordance with the provisions in the legislation The inhibitory factors of this policy are cultural factors and community factors. Supporting factors are legal factors, law enforcement factors, and facilities or facilities factors.</p>