Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton et al.
BACKGROUND: - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine tracking of coverage and quality of facility-based care for use at district, national and global levels. METHODS: EN-BIRTH is an observational study in...
Joseph Akuze, Hannah Blencowe, Peter Waiswa, Angela Baschieri et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated 5·1 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occur annually. Household surveys, most notably the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), run in more than 90 countries and are the main data source from the highest burden regions, but data-quality concerns remain. We aimed to comp...
Angela Baschieri, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Joseph Akuze, Doris Kwesiga et al.
BACKGROUND: may underestimate mortality rates particularly for stillbirths. METHODS: and FPH to measure pregnancy outcomes in a household survey in five selected INDEPTH Network sites in Africa and South Asia (Bandim in urban and rural Guinea-Bissau; Dabat in Ethiopia; IgangaMayuge in Uganda; Kintam...
Louise T. Day, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Nahya Salim et al.
BACKGROUND: Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage and quality of care in hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity of indicators of maternal and newborn health-care coverage around the time of birth in survey data an...
Louise T. Day, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Omkar Basnet et al.
BACKGROUND: Countries with the highest burden of maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths often have little information on these deaths. Since over 81% of births worldwide now occur in facilities, using routine facility data could reduce this data gap. We assessed the availability, quality, and u...
Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Georgia R. Gore‐Langton et al.
To achieve Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage, programmatic data are essential. The Every Newborn Action Plan, agreed by all United Nations member states and >80 development partners, includes an ambitious Measurement Improvement Roadmap. Quality of care at birth is prioriti...
the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group, Judith Yargawa, Kazuyo Machiyama, Victoria Ponce Hardy et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated 40% of pregnancies globally are unintended. Measurement of pregnancy intention in low- and middle-income countries relies heavily on surveys, notably Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), yet few studies have evaluated survey questions. We examined questions for measuring pr...
EN-BIRTH Study Group, Harriet Ruysen, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev et al.
BACKGROUND: Observation of care at birth is challenging with multiple, rapid and potentially concurrent events occurring for mother, newborn and placenta. Design of electronic data (E-data) collection needs to account for these challenges. The Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hosp...
Joy E Lawn, Peter Waiswa, Joseph Akuze Waiswa, Doris Kwesiga et al.
The Every Newborn- International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health (EN-INDEPTH) study was a cross-sectional, multi-site study conducted between July 2017 and August 2018, including a survey of 69,176 women aged 15-49 years in five Health and Demographic Surveilla...
the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group, Yeetey Enuameh, Francis Dzabeng, Hannah Blencowe et al.
BACKGROUND: Termination of pregnancy (TOP) is a common cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Population-based surveys are the major data source for TOP data in LMICs but are known to have shortcomings that require improving. The EN-INDEPTH multi-country surve...
the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group, Sanne Marie Thysen, Charlotte Tawiah, Hannah Blencowe et al.
BACKGROUND: Electronic data collection is increasingly used for household surveys, but factors influencing design and implementation have not been widely studied. The Every Newborn-INDEPTH (EN-INDEPTH) study was a multi-site survey using electronic data collection in five INDEPTH health and demograp...
the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Joseph Akuze, Angela Baschieri et al.
BACKGROUND: Paradata are (timestamped) records tracking the process of (electronic) data collection. We analysed paradata from a large household survey of questions capturing pregnancy outcomes to assess performance (timing and correction processes). We examined how paradata can be used to inform an...
Joy E Lawn, Louise T. Day, Harriet Ruysen, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev et al.
The EN-BIRTH study aims to validate selected newborn and maternal indicators for routine facility-based tracking of coverage and quality of care for use at district, national and global levels. This is an observational study of >22,000 facility births in three countries (Tanzania, Bangladesh and ...