Assessment of the potential of hospital birth records to estimate the number of births: A case study of Germiston and Nkomazi Local Municipalities

dc.contributor.advisorStiegler, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorNhlapo, Mosidi Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-17T08:20:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-14T10:11:30Z
dc.date.available2022-01-01T22:10:06Z
dc.date.available2024-05-14T10:11:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThe advantage of a well-developed health information system is the significant role played by records produced by such a system beyond recording medical history of individuals. They are the foundation for birth registrations which when fully complete is an important tool for acquiring data necessary for planning and monitoring child and maternal health in a country. This study aimed to investigate the potential of hospital birth records to estimate the number of births in the country and supplement birth registrations data. Data was abstracted from public facilities where births occur in two municipalities; Germiston in Gauteng and Nkomazi in Mpumalanga for the period 2014 to 2016. Modified version of the BORN Data Quality Framework (BORN-DQF) of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (2016) was used to assess the contents and quality of hospital birth records.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/14953
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectCensusen_US
dc.subjectBirthsen_US
dc.subjectStatistics South Africaen_US
dc.subjectNational population registeren_US
dc.subjectCompletenessen_US
dc.titleAssessment of the potential of hospital birth records to estimate the number of births: A case study of Germiston and Nkomazi Local Municipalitiesen_US

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