Local perceptions of causes of death in rural South Africa: a comparison of perceived and verbal autopsy causes of death

• Main Authors: Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb (Author), Edward Fottrell (Author), Max Petzold (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Peter Byass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Understanding how lay people perceive the causes of mortality and their associated risk factors is important for public health. In resource-limited settings, where verbal autopsy (VA) is used as the most expedient method of determining cause of death, it is important to understand how pr...