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Global, regional and national levels and trends of preterm birth rates for 1990 to 2014: protocol for development of World Health Organization estimates
- Source :
- Reproductive Health
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- The official WHO estimates of preterm birth are an essential global resource for assessing the burden of preterm birth and developing public health programmes and policies. This protocol describes the methods that will be used to identify, critically appraise and analyse all eligible preterm birth data, in order to develop global, regional and national level estimates of levels and trends in preterm birth rates for the period 1990 – 2014. We will conduct a systematic review of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data on preterm birth for all WHO Member States, via national Ministries of Health and Statistics Offices. For Member States with absent, limited or lower-quality CRVS data, a systematic review of surveys and/or research studies will be conducted. Modelling will be used to develop country, regional and global rates for 2014, with time trends for Member States where sufficient data are available. Member States will be invited to review the methodology and provide additional eligible data via a country consultation before final estimates are developed and disseminated. This research will be used to generate estimates on the burden of preterm birth globally for 1990 to 2014. We invite feedback on the methodology described, and call on the public health community to submit pertinent data for consideration. Registered at PROSPERO CRD42015027439 Contact: pretermbirth@who.int
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Economic growth
Reproductive medicine
Gestational Age
World Health Organization
Birth rate
Study Protocol
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Resource (project management)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Birth Rate
Protocol (science)
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Population statistics
business.industry
Public health
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Global
Preterm birth
National
medicine.disease
Regional
Research proposal
Reproductive Medicine
Premature birth
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Epidemiologic Research Design
Premature Birth
Estimates
Trends
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17424755
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Reproductive Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f7b34444692ffdff51ce3971f6bf1ffe