The intergenerational transmission of intimate partner violence in Bangladesh.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few§These authors contributed equally to this work. youth-friendly health services worldwide have been scaled up or evaluated from young people's perspectives. South Africa's Youth Friendly Services (YFS) programme is one of the few to have been scaled up. This study investigated young people's experiences o...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Geary RS,Webb EL,Clarke L,Norris SA

更新日期：2015-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has shown that men who have sex with men (MSM) avoid formal healthcare services because of the fear of discrimination as homosexuality is illegal and stigmatized in Tanzania. Instead, self-treatment by medications obtained directly from pharmacies or drugstores may be common when MSM experi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Agardh C,Weije F,Agardh A,Nyoni J,Ross MW,Kashiha J,Larsson M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents in low and middle-income countries experience pronounced mental health needs in contexts where infrastructure and resources are scarce. While evidence-based treatment are readily available, they may not fit the unique needs of certain contexts. OBJECTIVE:This manuscript illustrates the systemati...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Boustani MM,Daleiden E,Bernstein A,Michelson D,Gellatly R,Malik K,Patel V,Chorpita B

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:More than 95% of the population in Burkina Faso uses some form of solid biomass fuel. When these fuels are burned in traditional, inefficient stoves, pollutant levels within and outside the home can be very high. This can have important consequences for both health and climate change. Thus, the push to swi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Yamamoto S,Sié A,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although Vietnam has taken great efforts to reduce child mortality in recent years, a large number of children still die at early age. Only a few studies have been conducted to identify at-risk groups in order to provide baseline information for effective interventions. OBJECTIVE:The study estimated the ove...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Lee HY,Van Do D,Choi S,Trinh OT,To KG

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Managing cancer in a multicultural environment poses several challenges, which include the communication between the patient and the healthcare provider. Culture is an important consideration in clinical care as it contributes to shaping patients' health-related values, beliefs, and behaviours. This integrat...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Brown O,Ten Ham-Baloyi W,van Rooyen DR,Aldous C,Marais LC

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual violence against women and children in Tanzania and globally is a human rights violation and a developmental challenge. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of training health professionals on rape management. The specific objectives were to evaluate the changes of knowledge and a...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Abeid M,Muganyizi P,Mpembeni R,Darj E,Axemo P

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Like many countries in Southeast Asia, Vietnam's rapid population and economic growth has met challenges in infrastructure development, especially sanitation in rural areas. OBJECTIVE:As an entry point, we developed scenario planning as an action-research tool in a peri-urban community to identify first ste...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Nguyen V,Nguyen-Viet H,Pham-Duc P,Wiese M

更新日期：2014-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dengue is currently a major public health burden in Asia Pacific Region. This study aims to establish an association between dengue incidence, mean temperature and precipitation, and further discuss how weather predictors influence the increase in intensity and magnitude of dengue in Singapore during the p...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hii YL,Rocklöv J,Ng N,Tang CS,Pang FY,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Doctoral training has increasingly become the requirement for faculty in institutions of higher learning in Africa. Africa, however, still lacks sufficient capacity to conduct research, with just 1.4% of all published research authored by African researchers. Similarly, women in Sub-Saharan Africa only constitute 30% ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Khisa AM,Ngure P,Gitau E,Musasiah J,Kilonzo E,Otukpa E,Vicente-Crespo M,Kyobutungi C,Ezeh A,Fonn S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While there is accumulated evidence showing the rapid rise of the burden caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Vietnam, information on the extent to which households in the country suffer financial catastrophe or impoverishment caused by the diseases is still largely lacking. This paper aims to exami...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Van Minh H,Xuan Tran B

更新日期：2012-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have recently demonstrated that an obese-years construct is a better predictor of the risk of diabetes than the severity of body weight alone. However, these risk estimates were derived from a population cohort study initiated in 1948 that might not apply to the current population. OBJECTIVE:To validate ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Abdullah A,Amin FA,Hanum F,Stoelwinder J,Tanamas S,Wolf R,Wong E,Peeters A

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Myanmar is a country undergoing rapid transitions in health. Its national strategic policy for young people's health is being revised but there is a paucity of population data to inform local priorities and needs. Objective: In this paper we describe a comprehensive profile of adolescent health in Myanmar ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Cini KI,Win PM,Swe ZY,Than KK,Win TM,Aung YW,Myint AA,Wulan NR,Burns LJ,Kennedy EC,Francis KL,Sanda,Myat SM,Swe S,Ko AK,Yadanar,Hellard M,Hughes CL,Patton GC,Mokdad AH,Azzopardi PS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP) addresses cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the middle-aged population of Västerbotten County, Sweden. Self-reported health (SRH) is one of the risk factors for both conditions. The aim of this study was to analyse the development patterns of SRH among the VIP part...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Blomstedt Y,Emmelin M,Weinehall L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Domestic violence during pregnancy has detrimental effects on the health of the mother and the newborn. Antenatal care provides a 'window of opportunity' to identify and assist victims of domestic violence during pregnancy. Little is known about the experience, needs, and expectations from the women's perspe...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Rishal P,Joshi SK,Lukasse M,Schei B,Swahnberg K,ADVANCE Study Group.

更新日期：2016-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many efficacious health service interventions to improve diabetes care are known. However, there is little evidence on whether such interventions are effective while delivered in real-world resource-constrained settings. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an intervention aimed at improving diabetes care using the RE-AIM...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Bhojani U,Kolsteren P,Criel B,De Henauw S,Beerenahally TS,Verstraeten R,Devadasan N

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization emphasized that climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health, especially in lower income populations and tropical/subtropical countries. However, people in Asia and Africa were the least likely to perceive global warming as a threat. In Vietnam, little re...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Toan do TT,Kien VD,Bao Giang K,Van Minh H,Wright P

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the availability of essential medicines for mental healthcare (MH) across levels of the public healthcare system to aid in future systems planning. DESIGN:Non-expired MH medications were assessed in 24 public health facilities and 13 district warehouses across Sofala Province, Mozambique, from Ju...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Wagenaar BH,Stergachis A,Rao D,Hoek R,Cumbe V,Napúa M,Sherr K

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A woman's satisfaction with childbirth services can have a significant impact on her mental health and ability to bond with her neonate. Knowing postnatal women's opinions and satisfaction with services makes the services more women-friendly. Indian women's satisfaction with childbirth services has been expl...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Jha P,Larsson M,Christensson K,Skoog Svanberg A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 4-year (2007-2011) Revitalizing Health for All international research program (http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/projects/proj_revitalizing/index.shtml) supported 20 research teams located in 15 low- and middle-income countries to explore the strengths and weaknesses of comprehensive primary health care (...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Labonté R,Sanders D,Packer C,Schaay N

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main cardio-metabolic diseases - mostly cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic heart disease - share common clinical markers such as raised blood pressure and blood glucose. The pathways of development of many of these conditions are also interlinked. In this regard, a higher level of co-o...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Haregu TN,Oti S,Ngomi N,Khayeka-Wandabwa C,Egondi T,Kyobutungi C

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing the progress in achieving the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals in terms of population health requires consistent and reliable information on cause-specific mortality, which is often rare in resource-constrained countries. Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS) have largely u...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Amek NO,Odhiambo FO,Khagayi S,Moige H,Orwa G,Hamel MJ,Van Eijk A,Vulule J,Slutsker L,Laserson KF

更新日期：2014-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Once an orphan field, 'global mental health' now has wide acknowledgement and prominence on the global health agenda. Increased recognition draws needed attention to individual suffering and the population impacts, but medicalizing global mental health produces a narrow view of the problems and solutions. Early framin...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Clark J

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The collaborative quality improvement approach proposed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has the potential to improve coverage of evidence-based maternal and newborn health practices. The Safe Care, Saving Lives initiative supported the implementation of 20 evidence-based maternal and newborn care...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hanson C,Zamboni K,Prabhakar V,Sudke A,Shukla R,Tyagi M,Singh S,Schellenberg J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prompt laboratory diagnosis and initiation of treatment are effective components of leishmaniasis control. Detection of Leishmania parasites by ex-vivo culture of lesion scrapings is considered a definitive diagnostic method preceding initiation of treatment. OBJECTIVE:A pilot study to find alternative medi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Tasew G,Kebede A,Wolday D,Gadisa E,Britton S,Eidsmo L,Akuffo H

更新日期：2009-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bangladesh has historically been cholera endemic, with seasonal cholera outbreaks occurring each year. In collaboration with the government of Bangladesh, the Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) initiated operational research to test strategies to re...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Khan IA,Khan AI,Rahman A,Siddique SA,Islam MT,Bhuiyan MAI,Chowdhury AI,Saha NC,Biswas PK,Saha A,Chowdhury F,Clemens JD,Qadri F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise across the globe, and the risk of dying prematurely from an NCD in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) is almost double that in a high-income country. Confronting this crisis requires a critical mass of scientists who are well versed in regional healt...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Malekzadeh A,Michels K,Wolfman C,Anand N,Sturke R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of diabetes mellitus in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing rapidly, and yet the prevalence and patient characteristics are still largely unknown. OBJECTIVES:We analyzed clinical and demographic characteristics of Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients attending a diabetes clinic in Guinea-Bissau from Februar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Byberg S,Bundesen C,Rudolf F,Haraldsdottir TL,Indjai L,Barai R,Beck-Nielsen H,Sodemann M,Jensen DM,Bjerregaard-Andersen M

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low birth weight (LBW) continues to be the primary cause of infant morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE:This study was undertaken to identify the predictors of LBW in Nigeria. DESIGN:The data for this study was extracted from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the National Population...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Dahlui M,Azahar N,Oche OM,Aziz NA

更新日期：2016-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although community engagement (CE) is widely used in health promotion, components of CE models associated with improved health are poorly understood. This study aimed to examine the magnitude of the impact of CE on health and health inequalities among disadvantaged populations, which methodological approache...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Cyril S,Smith BJ,Possamai-Inesedy A,Renzaho AM

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00