AHRI.Months.Mother.Dead-02
South Africa - Linking the timing of a mother’s and child’s death, 2000-2015
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South Africa | ZA |
The effect of the period before a mother's death on child survival has been assessed in only a few studies. We conducted a comparative investigation of the effect of the timing of a mother's death on child survival up to age five years in rural South Africa. We used discrete time survival analysis on data from two HIV-endemic population surveillance sites (2000-2015) to estimate a child's risk of dying before and after their mother's death. We tested if this relationship varied between sites and by availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART). We assessed if related adults in the household altered the effect of a mother's death on child survival.
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Mortality [N01.224.935.698], Child Mortality [N01.224.935.698.150] | Africa Health Research Institute | www.ahri.org |
Demographic surveillance area: Agincourt, South Africa
Demographic surveillance area: Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa
All resident children under the age of five in the surveillance area
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Houle, Brian | School of Demography, The Australian National University |
Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W | MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand |
Gareta, Dickman | Africa Health Research Institute |
Herbst, Kobus | Africa Health Research Institute |
Clark, Samuel J | Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University |
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We thank the outstanding field staff at the Africa Health Research Institute for their work in conducting the demographic health survey field work, as well as the community and the study participants for their time and efforts. The Demographic Health surveillance is a node of the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN) and funded by the South African Department of Science and Innovation and hosted by the South African Medical Research Council. |
Household census
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2000-01-01 | 2015-12-04 |
Cause of death information for both child and mother based on verbal autopsy interviews processed using InterVA-5.
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DDI.AHRI.Months.Mother.Dead-02
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