This data collection form was designed for parents to report date-of-delivery, infant sex, birth weight in pounds and ounces (n = 233); length in -inches (n = 230); head circumference in inches (n = 183); and date of delivery (n = 233).
PSF, together with the elected hamlet or village chief, initially filled in the names and birth dates of the infants.
Yearly, local volunteers or health workers do a rapid census to fill in the names and birth dates of all infants, starting with the oldest in the bottom row and moving upward.
Developed in India, the "My Village Is My Home" (MVMH) tool, known as Uma Imunizasaun (UI) in Timor-Leste, is a poster-sized material used by volunteers and health workers to record the births and vaccination dates of every infant in a community.
Gestational age was calculated by subtracting last menstrual period date from the date of birth of infants and was expressed in weeks.
The linkage process enabled us to identify the firstborn children for those women with children, mother and infant place of birth, date of delivery, infant sex, date of migration of any woman who left the country and the woman's date of death if the woman died.
Who bore the infant and when and the date of the infant's death are still a complete mystery to the police investigating the case, the Central Avenue neighbors horrified by the discovery and the McClures' only surviving relative.
