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Estimating Pregnancy-Related and Maternal Mortality from Census Data

Course

Self-paced e-learning

Offered by

U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics Community
WA131 7406
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Course details

Level
Introductory
Languages
English
Price
Free
Certificate
Yes

This course introduces the core concepts and measures of pregnancy-related and maternal mortality, the sources of data, and ways to evaluate and adjust fertility and mortality data. It walks you through the CensusPRM workbook, a tool to estimate census-based pregnancy-related and maternal mortality.

Topics

SDG
Leave no one behind
SDG3: Good health and well-being for people
SDG5: Gender equality
Subject
Pregnancy-related and maternal mortality
Statistics
Demographic and social statistics
Health
Keywords
maternal mortality
women health
census
demography
women statistics

The purpose of this course is to train national statistical organizations in developing countries and public health stakeholders interested in estimating pregnancy-related mortality from census data. This course aims to increase in-country technical capacity to collect, analyze, and interpret data on pregnancy-related and maternal deaths.

Course Instructors:

Nobuko Mizoguchi, Chief, Training and Statistical Development Branch
International Programs, Population Division

Maria Aysa Lastra, Statistician/Demographer, Training and Statistical Development Branch
International Programs, Population Division

Qingfeng Li, Assistant Professor, Department of International Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Schedule:

Five video modules for a total of 171 minutes.

Module 1: Understanding Pregnancy-Related and Maternal Mortality Indicators (28 minutes)
Module 2: Census Questionnaire Design, Training, and Tabulation (30 minutes)
Module 3: Evaluating Coverage of Deaths of Women in Reproductive Age (50 minutes)
Module 4: Methods for Evaluating Fertility Data from Censuses (34 minutes)
Module 5: Census Pregnancy-Related Mortality Workbook: Tool for Estimating Pregnancy Related Mortality from a Census (29 minutes)

Target Audience

National statistical organizations and public health stakeholders.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Define maternal and pregnancy-related mortality and their indicators
  • Identify data sources used to estimate pregnancy-related and maternal mortality
  • Know the questions needed to collect data on pregnancy-related and maternal mortality from a census
  • Evaluate the completeness of birth and death data from a census
  • Estimate, adjust, and interpret female, pregnancy-related and maternal mortality and fertility
  • Use the CensusPRM workbook to estimate pregnancy-related and maternal mortality indicators

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