在莫桑比克通过手机采访测量儿童死亡率
Almamy Malick Kante1, Cremildo Manhica2, Akum Aveika1
1Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
|September 1, 2025
概括
莫桑比克的手机调查准确地记录了儿童死亡率,
科学领域:
- 全球健康
- 人口统计
- 公共卫生监测
背景情况:
- 儿童死亡率是低收入和中等收入国家的关键健康指标.
- 传统的测量依赖于面对面的家庭调查.
- 探索替代数据收集方法对于及时且具有成本效益的监测至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估移动电话采访的可行性和准确性,以收集莫桑比克的儿童死亡率数据.
- 通过手机调查得出的死亡率估计与已知的方法进行比较.
主要方法:
- 采用了两种手机采样策略:一个现有的数据库 (全国死亡率监测行动 - COMSA) 和随机数字拨号 (RDD).
- 对生育年龄的妇女进行了关于她们的怀孕史的采访.
- 计算新生儿 (NMR),婴儿 (IMR) 和五岁以下儿童死亡率 (U5MR),并与联合国,COMSA和人口与健康调查 (DHS) 的数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 移动电话调查的儿童死亡率与国土安全局的数据相美.
- 在COMSA手机样本中,U5MR (2020-2021) 为59.3,与DHS (59.6) 相似.
- RDD样本低估了死亡率,而COMSA电话样本和DHS显示了类似的死亡率趋势.
结论:
- 通过使用怀孕史工具进行手机调查可以有效地衡量最近的儿童死亡率水平和趋势.
- 这种方法提供了与DHS等传统面对面调查的可比替代方案,用于国家和地方监测.
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