Clarity and consistency in stillbirth reporting in Europe: why is it so hard to get this right?

Background: Stillbirth is a major public health problem, but measurement remains a challenge even in high-income countries. We compared routine stillbirth statistics in Europe reported by Eurostat with data from the Euro-Peristat research network.

Methods: We used data on stillbirths in 2015 from both sources for 31 European countries.

Analysis of data on breastfeeding in Croatia from 2005 to 2016.

Aim To analyse available breastfeeding data in Croatia and to describe the process of gathering, collecting, recording and reporting on them to the official institutions. Methods Infant nutrition data collected at maternity wards and infant nutrition data from primary health care units during the period 2005 to 2016 have been used. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data and to show the trends in breastfeeding.

Bullying and Attitudes Toward Masculinity in Croatian Schools: Behavioral and Emotional Characteristics of Students Who Bully Others.

Prevention of bullying is paramount to creating a positive and welcoming school environment. This study compared the following characteristics reported by students who had perpetrated bullying in Croatian schools and those who did not: gender, type of school, family wealth, negative emotionality, behaviors that may compromise health, and endorsement of traditional masculinity. Within the framework of the "Croatian Adolescent Masculinity Study," second and third grade students of secondary schools (equivalent to tenth and eleventh grade in the United States) in the city of Zagreb ( = 4,072) completed a cross-sectional, paper-and-pencil survey.

Prevalence of diabetes five years after having gestational diabetes during pregnancy - Croatian national study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes among women 5 years after having gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Also, we sought to determine whether women who develop diabetes after GD during pregnancy differ from women who do not develop diabetes after GD during pregnancy.

Methods: This longitudinal study was performed using data from medical birth certificates and CroDiab diabetes registry.

The Child Health Care System of Croatia.

The Republic of Croatia is a Parliamentary Republic with a population of 4.2 million people that sits on the Adriatic coast within Central Europe. Gross domestic product is approximately 60% of the European Union average, which in turn, limits health service spending.

Perinatal Health Statistics as the Basis for Perinatal Quality Assessment in Croatia.

Context: Perinatal mortality indicators are considered the most important measures of perinatal outcome. The indicators reliability depends on births and deaths reporting and recording. Many publications focus on perinatal deaths underreporting and misclassification, disabling proper international comparisons.

Prevalence, prenatal screening and neonatal features in children with Down syndrome: a registry-based national study.

Background: Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common chromosomal abnormalities among newborns. In recent years advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved chance of survival for the children with DS. The objective of this Registry-Based study was to get more accurate data of DS prevalence with evaluation of antenatal screening, neonatal and maternal features among total births in Croatia from 2009 to 2012.

The impacts of media messaging and age and sex variance on adolescent smoking habits in Croatia.

Objectives: To analyze the effects of age, sex, and media messages that encourage or discourage smoking, in conjunction with having 1 or more parents, close friends, teachers, or family members who smoke, on differences in patterns of adolescent smoking.

Methods: This research is based on Croatian responses to the 2011 Global Youth Tobacco Survey. A total of 4245 Croatian youths responded to the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, of which individuals 3551 were aged 13 to 15 years.

Organization and functioning of primary care for women in Croatia: in relation to the health care reforms introduced between 1995 and 2012.

The main aim of this study was to investigate trends in the organization and functioning of the HC service. The Croatian Health Service Yearbooks, from 1995 to 2012, served as the basis for the data. The results showed that the HC reforms aimed at the organization and functioning of primary care for women somehow compromised their accessibility.

Trends in the morbidity of pre-school children registered in family medicine and primary pediatrics in Croatia: 1995-2012.

Primary health care for pre-school children in Croatia is provided by the primary pediatricians (PPs) in urban, or family doctors (FDs) in rural areas. The main aim of the study was to determine the trends in morbidity as recorded by FDs, and those recorded by PPs, from 1995-2012. The study was based on the routinely collected, national statistics data from the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks.

Preventive health care for pre-school children in Croatia: ongoing trends from 1995 to 2012.

In Croatia, primary health care for pre-school children is organized by pediatricians (PPs) for children in urban and family doctors (FDs) for children in remote areas. This study was undertaken with the aim to determine the trends in preventive activities (general, targeting, and control check-ups and total visits) in both services (FDs, PPs), between 1995 and 2012. The main adapt source was the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks.

[Evaluation of the action plan for Roma people in health area].

By virtue of the national program for Romanies and participation in the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, Croatia has chosen its strategic standpoint toward programs of social inclusion of Romanies in four priority areas: housing, education, employment and health. The objectives of the Roma Action Plan (AP) for 2005-2015 in the health area focus on: * ensuring equal availability of health services through information about personal rights and health insurance options; * child health improvement and care, as well as mortality reduction; * raising health awareness and care in terms of safe motherhood, family planning and reproductive health; * financial support to schooling of Roma people in health professions In order to monitor the implementation of AP and measure the availability of health care and condition, certain indicators of the number and coverage of Romanies are crucial for each of the above objectives: indicators for the Roma informed about personal rights resulting from the mandatory health insurance; for Romanies who have health insurance; for vaccinated Romani children, for Romani newborns born in maternity hospitals, for prenatal and pregnancy health care in Romani women, for Romanies included in family planning, for the mortality rate and causes of death in Romanies, and for the Roma receiving scholarships for education in health professions. Most of these indicators are only obtainable through special studies, while routinely monitored indicators simply do not satisfy quantitative needs.

Neonatal birth weight variations between inland and littoral Croatia.

The aim of the study was to assess neonatal birth weight (BW) differences between inland and littoral Croatia, to identify BW groups with most pronounced differences, and possible variations in the rate of BW > or = 4000 g between Sibenik area and the rest of littoral (counties with access to the Adriatic Sea) and inland Croatia. The study included data on 99.42% of 200,740 live births recorded in 37 Croatian maternity hospitals during the 2001-2005 period.

Effect of war on weapon-related deaths in Croatian children and youth.

Objective: To identify trends in weapon-related deaths associated with the Homeland War (1991-1995) among children in Croatia.

Design: Retrospective review.

Participants: Croatian children aged from birth through 19 years who died as the result of a weapon-related injury from 1986 through 2005.

[Perinatal care in Croatia. Yesterday, today, tomorrow].

The indicators and determinants of perinatal care in Croatia are presented. The maternal mortality is low, less than 10/100.000, at a level of developed countries.

[Infant mortality in Croatia 1993-2002].

Unlabelled: In Croatia, infant mortality has been registered since 1874. During this period of time, a tremendous decline was recorded from 295.2/1000 live births in 1874 to 7.

Secular birth weight changes in liveborn infants before, during, and after 1991-1995 homeland war in Croatia.

Aim: To assess secular trends in birth weights of liveborn infants in Croatia from 1983 to 2003.

Methods: Of a total of 959,591 liveborn infants in the study period, 384,367 were born in the prewar (1983-1989), 226,226 during the war (1991-1995), and 348 998 in the postwar (1996-2003) period. The birth weight of liveborn infants was assessed by 500 g weight groups on the basis of data provided by the Croatian National Institute of Public Health.

[125 years of infant mortality registration in Croatia (1874-1999)].

Infant mortality data in Croatia have been registered in the last 125 years. A tremendous decline has happened during this period from 295.2/1000 live births in 1874 to 7.

[Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Croatia].

We have analyzed certain epidemiological factors of sudden infant death syndrome (sex, age and infant's nationality, geographic and calendar death distribution, socio-economic conditions, age, marital status and mother's employment). Available statistics reports and death certificates for 22 from the total of 24 registered cases of sudden infant death syndrome during 2000 and 2001 in the Republic of Croatia have been used. There were 11 boys and 11 girls, with a peak incidence of SIDS from 2-4 months of age (total of 14 cases), which is consistent to the international references.