Hang Li

Assessing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Physicians for Home Death Certification in Shanghai: Application of SmartVA

Lei Chen, Tian Xia, Rasika Rampatige, Hang Li, Tim Adair, Rohina Joshi, Zhen Gu, Huiting Yu, Bo Fang, Deirdre McLaughlin, Alan D Lopez, Chunfang Wang, Zheng'an Yuan

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Approximately 30% of deaths in Shanghai either occur at home or are not medically attended. The recorded cause of death (COD) in t..

Are cause of death data for Shanghai fit for purpose? A retrospective study of medical records

Lei Chen, Tian Xia, Zheng-An Yuan, Rasika Rampatige, Jun Chen, Hang Li, Timothy Adair, Hui-Ting Yu, Martin Bratschi, Philip Setel, Megha Rajasekhar, HR Chowdhury, Saman Hattotuwa Gamage, Bo Fang, Omair Azam, Romain Santon, Zhen Gu, Ziwen Tan, Chunfang Wang, Alan D Lopez, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

OBJECTIVES: To assess the quality of cause of death reporting in Shanghai for both hospital and home deaths. DESIGN AND SETTING: M..

The impact of errors in medical certification on the accuracy of the underlying cause of death

USH Gamage, Tim Adair, Lene Mikkelsen, Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, John Hart, Hafiz Chowdhury, Hang Li, Rohina Joshi, WMCK Senevirathna, HDNL Fernando, Deirdre McLaughlin, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: Correct certification of cause of death by physicians (i.e. completing the medical certificate of cause of death or MC..

Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics: lessons learnt from five countries

Sonja Margot Firth, John D Hart, Matthew Reeve, Hang Li, Lene Mikkelsen, Deborah Carmina Sarmiento, Khin Sandar Bo, Viola Kwa, Jin-Lei Qi, Peng Yin, Agnes Segarra, Ian Riley, Rohina Joshi

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH

This paper describes the lessons from scaling up a verbal autopsy (VA) intervention to improve data about causes of death accordin..

Estimating causes of out-of-hospital deaths in China: application of SmartVA methods

Jinlei Qi, Tim Adair, Hafizur R Chowdhury, Hang Li, Deirdre McLaughlin, Yunning Liu, Jiangmei Liu, Xinying Zeng, Jinling You, Sonja Firth, Renee Sorchik, Peng Yin, Lijun Wang, Maigeng Zhou, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2021  |  POPULATION HEALTH METRICS

BACKGROUND: Most deaths in China occur at home, making it difficult to collect reliable cause of death (CoD) information. Verbal a..

Effectiveness of training interventions to improve quality of medical certification of cause of death: systematic review and meta-analysis

USH Gamage, Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Jesse Schnall, Lene Mikkelsen, John D Hart, Hafiz Chowdhury, Hang Li, Deirdre McLaughlin, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Valid cause of death data are essential for health policy formation. The quality of medical certification of cause of ..

Improving medical certification of cause of death: effective strategies and approaches based on experiences from the Data for Health Initiative

John D Hart, Renee Sorchik, Khin Sandar Bo, Hafizur R Chowdhury, Saman Gamage, Rohina Joshi, Viola Kwa, Hang Li, Buddhika PK Mahesh, Deirdre Mclaughlin, Lene Mikkelsen, Janet Miki, Roderick Napulan, Rasika Rampatige, Matthew Reeve, Carmina Sarmiento, Nang Su War, Nicola Richards, Ian D Riley, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Accurate and timely cause of death (COD) data are essential for informed public health policymaking. Medical certifica..

Weight underestimation for adults in Beijing and its association with chronic disease awareness and weight management

Kai Fang, Hang Li, Aijuan Ma, Jing Dong, Jin Xie, Ying Zhou, Kun Qi, Yingqi Wei, Gang Li, Jie Cao, Zhong Dong

Journal article  |  2018  |  LIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

BACKGROUND: Obesity is known to be a risk factor to a variety of chronic diseases. Weight misperception has an impact on weight-lo..

Cardiovascular risk outcome and program evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled trial of a community-based, lay peer led program for people with diabetes

MA Riddell, JA Dunbar, P Absetz, R Wolfe, H Li, M Brand, Z Aziz, B Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: The 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study demonstrated the increasing burden of diabetes and the challenge it poses to t..

The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Catherine Chamberlain, Grace Joshy, Hang Li, Jeremy Oats, Sandra Eades, Emily Banks

Journal article  |  2015  |  DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS

INTRODUCTION: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an important and increasing health problem. This study aims to investigate an..