Gestational age data completeness, quality and validity in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

• Main Authors: M. Moinuddin Haider (Author), Kaiser Mahmud (Author), Hannah Blencowe (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed (Author), Joseph Akuze (Author), Simon Cousens (Author), Nafisa Delwar (Author), Ane B. Fisker (Author), Victoria Ponce Hardy (Author), S. M. Tafsir Hasan (Author), Md. Ali Imam (Author), Dan Kajungu (Author), Md Alfazal Khan (Author), Justiniano S. D. Martins (Author), Quamrun Nahar (Author), Obed Ernest A. Nettey (Author), Adane Kebede Tesega (Author), Judith Yargawa (Author), Nurul Alam (Author), Joy E. Lawn (Author), the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preterm birth (gestational age (GA) <37 weeks) is the leading cause of child mortality worldwide. However, GA is rarely assessed in population-based surveys, the major data source in low/middle-income countries. We examined the performance of new questions to measure GA in hou...