Causes of and contributors to infant mortality in a rural community of North India: evidence from verbal and social autopsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the medical causes of death and contribution of non-biological factors towards infant mortality by a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data using verbal and social autopsy tools.

Setting

The study site was Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), Ballabgarh, North India PARTICIPANTS: All infant deaths during the years 2008-2012 were included for verbal autopsy and infant deaths from July 2012 to December 2012 were included for social autopsy.

Outcome measures

Cause of death ascertained by a validated verbal autopsy tool and level of delay based on a three-delay model using the INDEPTH social autopsy tool were the main outcome measures. The level of delay was defined as follows: level 1, delay in identification of danger sign

SUBMITTER: Rai SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577880 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature