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| Title |
Easier said than done!: methodological challenges with conducting maternal death review research in Malawi
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Research Methodology, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2288-14-29 |
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| Authors |
Viva Combs Thorsen, Johanne Sundby, Tarek Meguid, Address Malata |
| Abstract |
Maternal death auditing is widely used to ascertain in-depth information on the clinical, social, cultural, and other contributing factors that result in a maternal death. As the 2015 deadline for Millennium Development Goal 5 of reducing maternal mortality by three quarters between 1990 and 2015 draws near, this information becomes even more critical for informing intensified maternal mortality reduction strategies. Studies using maternal death audit methodologies are widely available, but few discuss the challenges in their implementation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the methodological issues that arose while conducting maternal death review research in Lilongwe, Malawi. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 138 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 38 | 28% |
| Researcher | 22 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 25 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 41% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 11% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 3 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 13 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 January 2023.
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#13
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