Assessment of the quality of the vital registration system for under-5 mortality in Yucatan, Mexico.

Introduction: Vital registration is an important element in health information systems which can inform policy and strengthen health systems. Mexico has a well-functioning vital registration system; however, there is still room for improvement, especially for deaths of children under 5. This study assesses the quality of the vital registration system in capturing deaths and evaluates the quality of cause of death certification in under-5 deaths in Yucatan, Mexico.

Factors associated with delays in the search for care in under-5 deaths in Yucatán, Mexico.

Objective: We examined delays during the search for care and associations with mother, child, or health services characteristics, and with symptoms reported prior to death.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study compris-ing household interviews with 252 caregivers of children under-5 who died in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, during 2015-2016. We evaluated the three main delays: 1) time to identify symptoms and start search for care, 2) transport time to health facility, and 3) wait time at health facility.

[Effect of a community-based intervention to improve the knowledge on the warning signs of maternal complications among Mayan women from Yucatan randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To evaluate a community-based intervention aimed to improve women's knowledge on alarm signs for preeclampsia-eclampsia, obstetrical hemorrhage, and puerperal sepsis, in Mayan pregnant women in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, in 2008, using participatory methodology.

Material And Methods: Community-based randomized controlled trial, with experimental (n = 28) and control (n = 28) groups. Participatory strategies with translators of Mayan language were used.

[Medical-social characteristics of maternal deaths in a Mayan community of Yucatan, Mexico].

Objective: To describe clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of maternal deaths occurred from 1997 to 2001, so as the access and availability of services of health, in the municipality of Chemax, Yucatan, Mexico.

Material And Methods: Acts and certificates of death of women born in the municipality of Chemax were reviewed. The maternal deaths were classified in direct and indirect obstetrical deaths, according to criteria of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (tenth revision).