@article{ref1,
title="Neonatal mortality in India's rural poor: Findings of a household survey and verbal autopsy study in Rajasthan, Bihar and Odisha",
journal="Journal of tropical pediatrics",
year="2015",
author="Dogra, Vishal and Khanna, Rajesh and Jain, Anuradha and Kumar, Ajay M. V. and Shewade, Hemant D. and Majumdar, Suman S.",
volume="61",
number="3",
pages="210-214",
abstract="In 2011, Save the Children India launched a project for the disadvantaged population of Rajasthan, Bihar and Odisha. As a baseline activity, neonatal deaths during January-December 2012 were investigated using modified verbal autopsy tool in six sub-district-level administrative units (blocks) adopting 30-cluster sample survey approach. Our study reported a total of 189 neonatal deaths of which 50% occurred at home and 39% happened on Day 1. About half of the deaths occurred in blocks from Bihar. High number of neonatal deaths belonged to households that were below poverty line (64%) and other disadvantaged classes (46%); among mothers who were illiterate (65%), <20 years of age (54%) and during their first-order births (36%). Birth asphyxia was a major cause of neonatal deaths across all blocks. These findings indicate need for easy and early access to transport services, specialized neonatal care and advocacy targeted towards increasing community awareness.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0142-6338",
doi="10.1093/tropej/fmv013",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmv013"
}