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Moving from medical to health systems classifications of deaths : extending verbal autopsy to collect information on the circumstances of mortality

dc.contributor.authorD'Ambruoso, Lucia
dc.contributor.authorKahn, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Ryan G.
dc.contributor.authorTwine, Rhian
dc.contributor.authorSpies, Barry
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Merwe, Maria
dc.contributor.authorGomez-Olive, F. Xavier
dc.contributor.authorTollman, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorByass, Peter
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Other Applied Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Institute of Applied Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Centre for Global Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Aberdeen.Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T15:40:02Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T15:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-15
dc.descriptionAcknowledgements The authors would also like to acknowledge the field staff at the MRC, SA/Wits Agincourt Unit, particularly Sizzy Ngobeni. The authors also acknowledge Drs Malin Eriksson and Edward Fottrell at Umeå Centre for Global Health Research *UCGHR) who contributed to the development of the SF-VA indicators, Dr Nawi Ng at UCGHR who advised on the cause of death categories, and Dr Kerstin Edin at UCGHR who provided comments on the manuscript categories, and Dr Kerstin Edin who provided comments on the manuscript. Funding A Health Systems Research Initiative Development Grant from the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC (and the Wellcome Trust (MR/N005597/1) funds the research presented in this paper. Support for the Agincourt HDSS including verbal autopsies was provided by The Wellcome Trust, UK (grants 058893/Z/99/A; 069683/Z/02/Z; 085477/Z/08/Z; 085477/B/08/Z), and the University of the Witwatersrand and Medical Research Council, South Africa.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.format.extent15
dc.format.extent1984318
dc.identifier67084496
dc.identifieree712e2d-519a-4b4c-977c-819fce24d924
dc.identifier85103358559
dc.identifier.citationD'Ambruoso, L, Kahn, K, Wagner, R G, Twine, R, Spies, B, Van Der Merwe, M, Gomez-Olive, F X, Tollman, S & Byass, P 2016, 'Moving from medical to health systems classifications of deaths : extending verbal autopsy to collect information on the circumstances of mortality', Global Health Research and Policy, vol. 1, 2, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-016-0002-yen
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s41256-016-0002-y
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-8505-3368/work/53069052
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/6117
dc.identifier.vol1en
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Health Research and Policyen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subjectSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalitiesen
dc.subject2040 Health, Nutrition and Wellbeingen
dc.subjectverbal autopsyen
dc.subjectsocial determinantsen
dc.subjecthealth systemsen
dc.subjectcivil registrations and vital statisticsen
dc.subjecthealth surveillanceen
dc.subjectSouth Africaen
dc.subjectRA Public aspects of medicineen
dc.subjectEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC)en
dc.subjectMedical Research Council (MRC)en
dc.subjectWellcome Trusten
dc.subjectMR/N005597/1en
dc.subject058893/Z/99/Aen
dc.subject069683/Z/02/Zen
dc.subject085477/Z/08/Zen
dc.subject085477/B/08/Zen
dc.subject.lccRAen
dc.titleMoving from medical to health systems classifications of deaths : extending verbal autopsy to collect information on the circumstances of mortalityen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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