Open AccessTaken to health care provider or not, under-five children die of preventable causes: Findings from cross-sectional survey and social autopsy in Rural India
Author(s) -
Vaishali Deshmukh,
Chandrakant Lahariya,
Sriram Krishnamurthy,
Manoj Das,
Ravindra M. Pandey,
Narendra K. Arora
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.177527
Subject(s) - verbal autopsy , medicine , cause of death , asphyxia , cross sectional study , pediatrics , family medicine , health care , child mortality , etiology , infant mortality , environmental health , population , psychiatry , disease , pathology , economics , economic growth
Under-five children in India continue to die from causes that can either be treated or prevented. The data regarding causes of death, community care-seeking practices, and events prior to death are needed to guide and refine health policies for achieving national goals and targets.