Engaging communities in collecting and using results from verbal autopsies for child deaths

An example from urban slums in Freetown, Sierra Leone

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ID19552177
AuthorsJennifer Hutain, Paul A Czarnota (Marquette University, corresponding author), Henry B Perry (0000-0003-0561-0492), Alain K Koffi (0000-0003-3499-0949), Megan Christensen, Emily Cummings O'Connor, Sonnia-Magba Bu-Buakei Jabbi, Thomas T Samba, Reinhard Kaiser
Year2019
Volume9
Issue1
Pages45-010419
Publication date2019-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-2978 • E-ISSN: 2047-2986
PublisherInternational Society of Global Health (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.7189/jogh.09.010419
OpenAlexW30842882
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

Conducting VAs as a collaborative process with communities is challenging but can provide valuable data that can be used for local-level decision-making. The findings have practical implications for engaging the community and CHWs in reducing the number of these preventable deaths through expanded efforts at prevention, early and appropriate treatment, and reduction of barriers to care-seeking. A functional end-to-end VA system can enhance meaningful routine vital events monitoring by community, national, and international stakeholders

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