Browsing Global health by Subject "Demography"
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Assessing the Effects of Health-Selective Internal Migration on Spatial Inequality in the United States: A Simulation-Based Analysis
Background: There are vast geographic and racial disparities in disability prevalence across the United States. Some geographic inequalities may be artifacts of health-selective internal migration, and it is unclear to ... -
Bridging Implementation Science and Demography to Understand the Dynamics of Child Survival in Tanzania during the Millennium Development Goal Era
Although on the decline, the global burden of preventable child mortality remains concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa. In recent decades, governments in the region have sought to ameliorate this disparity by introducing ... -
Estimating Age-Specific Mortality Under Five Years
Objective: To propose a novel method for estimating under-five mortality by day of age. Data: All available complete birth histories from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey ... -
Estimating Iraqi mortality from the Iran-Iraq war through Operation Desert Storm, 1980-1994
Objectives. We calculated the Iraqi mortality rate by using sibling’s survival method and triangulated it with historical literature during the conflict setting, 1980 to 1993. Methods. We used two stages cluster sampling ... -
Global, Regional and National Estimation of Firstborn Prevalence, 1990-2022
Introduction: Birth order, and in particular whether or not a child is firstborn, is known to be directly correlated with risk of specific neonatal diseases and indirectly associated with health outcomes beyond the neonatal ... -
Mapping child health: statistical applications for high-resolution estimation of child mortality and healthcare utilization
This dissertation is comprised of three distinct chapters which each aim to improve understanding of child health and survival in developing countries through novel applications of statistical modelling. In each case, ... -
Quantifying and Correcting Bias in Fertility Estimation from Complete Birth Histories
Introduction Accurate and unbiased estimates of fertility are critical in creating population policy and evaluating maternal mortality ratio. In settings without the routine collection of vital statistics, fertility data ... -
Quantifying Selection Bias from Birth History Estimates of Child Mortality
University of Washington Abstract Quantifying Selection Bias from Birth History Estimates of Child Mortality Matthew Coates Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Haidong Wang, Associate Professor Global Health Introduction ... -
Race/Ethnicity and Geographic Disparities in Learning- Adjusted Years of Schooling in the United States, 2009-2016
Learning-adjusted years of schooling (LAYS) is a metric of education that tracks both schooling completion and schooling quality. It has been used to rank the development of countries, especially as it relates to human ... -
Small Area Estimation of Under-5 Mortality in Zambia
(2013-02-25)<bold>Background</bold> Under-5 mortality estimates at the district level are currently unavailable in Zambia. Estimates at this level are useful for planning and evaluative purposes but are difficult to produce due to ... -
US national, state and county-level trends in fertility and maternal mortality from 1980-2014
Importance: Tracking subnational variability in fertility rates, quantifying inequality in maternal mortality risk, and understanding important drivers behind increases in maternal deaths is essential in guiding state- and ...