Sociodemographic, behavioral, and environmental factors of child mortality in Eastern Region of Cameroon: results from a social autopsy study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While most child deaths are caused by highly preventable and treatable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria, several sociodemographic, cultural and health system factors work against children surviving from these diseases.

Methods

A retrospective verbal/social autopsy survey was conducted in 2012 to measure the biological causes and social determinants of under-five years old deaths from 2007 to 2010 in Doume, Nguelemendouka, and Abong-Mbang health districts in the Eastern Region of Cameroon. The present study sought to identify important sociodemographic and household characteristics of the 1-59 month old deaths, including the coverage of key preventive indicators of normal child care, and illness recognition and care-seeking for the children along t

SUBMITTER: Koffi AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5344009 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature