Improving the measurement of maternal mortality in Thailand using multiple data sources
Chandoevwit W, Phatchana P, Sirigomon K, Ieawsuwan K, Thungthong J, Ruangdej S
Population Health Metrics 2016, 14 :16 (4 May 2016)
http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0087-z
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Another one for the reading list:
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The following new articles have just been published in Population Health Metrics
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A novel method for estimating distributions of body mass index
Ng M, Liu P, Thomson B, Murray C
Population Health Metrics 2016, 14 :6 (12 March 2016)
http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0076-2
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Metrics That Matter for Population Health Action: Workshop Summary
http://www.nap.edu/read/21899/chapter/1
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The following new article has just been published in Population Health Metrics
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Causes of death in Vanuatu
Carter K, Tovu V, Langati J, Buttsworth M, Dingley L, Calo A, Harrison G, Rao C, Lopez A, Taylor R
Population Health Metrics 2016, 14 :7 (15 March 2016)
http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0074-4
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When I was deep in the depths of comparing methods for computer certification of verbal autopsies, I was a big fan of Random Forests for determining underlying cause of death from interview data. But my colleagues urged me to consider methods that would be easier to inspect and to explain. I’m starting to see why, for example the exchange below:
From: Carmen
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 7:48 AM
To: Abraham D. Flaxman
Subject: tariff
Dear Abie,
I hope everything is going well with you.
We are improve the translation of the short VA to Portuguese, specifically, the questions adult_2 7 and adult_2_10. Would you send us the tariffs of these symptoms? They will help us so much.
Best regards,
Carmen
2016-03-15 17:50 GMT-03:00 Abraham D. Flaxman :
Hi Carmen,
Happy to help:
I’ve attached a spreadsheet that includes all signs and symptoms in this format.
Can I publish your question and my answer on my blog https://healthyalgorithms.wordpress.com ? I think this sort of thinking will be helpful for others doing VA translation work.
–Abie
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To read: Mortality and life expectancy in Kiribati based on analysis of reported deaths
http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0072-6
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Published recently in PHM: “Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999–2012: a statistical adjustment analysis” by Christopher J. Ruhm http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0071-7
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I gave a talk on the DisMod book and it is online: http://www.healthdata.org/events/seminar/dismod-mr-gbd-study-integrative-systems-modeling-approach-meta-regression-descriptive
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Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among US Youth Aged 12-17 Years, 2013-2014
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2464690
and here is the survey instrument: [oops, didn’t get the link…]
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Healthy Algorithms 