Scenario planning for community development in Vietnam: a new tool for integrated health approaches?

abstract：:Objective The graduates of the diploma and degree programmes of nursing and midwifery in India are considered skilled birth attendants (SBAs). This paper aimed to assess the confidence of final-year students from pre-service education programmes (diploma and bachelor's) in selected midwifery skills from the list of mi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Sharma B,Hildingsson I,Johansson E,Prakasamma M,Ramani KV,Christensson K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change is producing major impacts including increasing temperatures in tropical countries, like Costa Rica, where the sugarcane industry employs thousands of workers who are exposed to extreme heat. OBJECTIVES:This article outlines a pilot qualitative evaluation of working conditions and heat in the...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Crowe J,van Wendel de Joode B,Wesseling C

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: mHealth applications assist workflow, help move towards equitable access to care, and facilitate care delivery. They have great potential to impact care in low-resource countries, but have significant ethical concerns pertaining to patient autonomy, safety, and justice. Objective: To achieve consensus amon...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Laflamme L,Chipps J,Fangerau H,Juth N,Légaré F,Sawe HR,Wallis L

更新日期：2019-01-01 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:Nutrition is the intake of food in relation to the body's dietary needs. Malnutrition results from the intake of inadequate or excess food. This can lead to reduced immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development, and reduced productivity. OBJECTIVE:To perform a syste...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Arthur SS,Nyide B,Soura AB,Kahn K,Weston M,Sankoh O

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Previous research has highlighted the importance of major atmospheric aerosols such as sulfate, through its precursor sulfur dioxide (SO2), black carbon (BC), and organic carbon (OC), and their effect on global climate regimes, specifically on their impact on particulate matter measuring ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5). ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Seposo X,Ueda K,Park SS,Sudo K,Takemura T,Nakajima T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical schistosomiasis in endemic countries is treated with a single dose of praziquantel per 40 mg/kg body weight. Treating according to weight, in resource-poor settings when thousands of doses are to be administered in mass treatment campaigns, is considered problematic. A calibrated dose-pole based on ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Nordin P,Poggensee G,Mtweve S,Krantz I

更新日期：2014-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The dementia diagnosis gap in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is large, partly due to difficulties in assessing function, an essential step in diagnosis. OBJECTIVES:As part of the Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) study, to develop, pilot, and validate an Instrumental Activiti...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Collingwood C,Paddick SM,Kisoli A,Dotchin CL,Gray WK,Mbowe G,Mkenda S,Urasa S,Mushi D,Chaote P,Walker RW

更新日期：2014-12-22 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：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:An m-health application has been developed and implemented with community health workers to improve their counseling in a rural area of India. The ultimate aim was to generate demand and improve utilization of key maternal, neonatal, and child health services. The present study aims to assess the impact and ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Prinja S,Nimesh R,Gupta A,Bahuguna P,Thakur JS,Gupta M,Singh T

更新日期：2016-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) have increased in South Africa over the past 15 years. While these usually manifest during mid-to-late adulthood, the development of modifiable risk factors that contribute to NCDs are usually adopted early in life. OBJECTIVE:To describe the urban-rural and gender pa...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Peer N,Bradshaw D,Laubscher R,Steyn N,Steyn K

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization recommends that antiretroviral therapy be started as soon as possible, irrespective of stage of HIV infection. This 'test and treat' approach highlights the need to ensure that men are involved in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). This article presents find...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Besada D,Rohde S,Goga A,Raphaely N,Daviaud E,Ramokolo V,Magasana V,Noveve N,Doherty T

更新日期：2016-11-07 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:Individuals in conflict-affected areas rarely get appropriate care for chronic or non-infectious diseases. The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing worldwide, and new evidence shows conclusively that the negative effects of hyperglycemia occur even at mild glucose elevations and th...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Gilder ME,Zin TW,Wai NS,Ner M,Say PS,Htoo M,Say S,Htay WW,Simpson JA,Pukrittayakamee S,Nosten F,McGready R

更新日期：2014-05-12 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：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：: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：PURPOSE:In medical school, students may participate in various community involvement projects (CIP), which serve disadvantaged communities. However, several obstacles may arise during these projects. The authors conducted a qualitative study with the primary aim of understanding the obstacles and corresponding potentia...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Loh AZ,Tan JS,Lee JJ,Koh GC

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The double burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is hitting certain Asian countries harder than other areas. In a global estimate, 15% of all TB cases could be attributable to DM, with 40% of those cases coming from India and China. Many other countries of South, East, and South-East Asia ar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Zheng C,Hu M,Gao F

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Indonesia still faces challenges in maternal health. Specifically, the lack of information on community-level maternal morbidity. The relatively high maternal healthcare non-utilization in Indonesia intensifies this problem. OBJECTIVE:To describe the burden of community-level maternal morbidity in Indonesia...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Widyaningsih V,Khotijah,Balgis

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to track progress towards the target of universal access to sexual and reproductive health care services of the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a measure (demand for family planning satisfied with modern contraceptive methods) and a benchmark (at least 75% by 2030 in all countries) h...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Choi Y,Fabic MS,Hounton S,Koroma D

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noma is an infectious but opportunistic disease that often results in severe facial disfigurements and mortality if untreated. As noma progresses quickly, early detection and treatment are important to prevent its development. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to investigate primary healthcare work...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Ahlgren M,Funk T,Marimo C,Ndiaye C,Alfvén T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initiation of breastfeeding later than 1 hour after birth is associated with increased neonatal morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and factors associated with delayed initiation of breastfeeding. METHODS:We conducted a survey in 2016 of 930 children under the age of 2 years in L...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Mukunya D,Tumwine JK,Nankabirwa V,Ndeezi G,Odongo I,Tumuhamye J,Tongun JB,Kizito S,Napyo A,Achora V,Odongkara B,Tylleskar T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been documented at the individual level. Systematic application of verbal autopsy (VA) methods in defined populations provides an opportunity to asses...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Streatfield PK,Khan WA,Bhuiya A,Hanifi SM,Alam N,Millogo O,Sié A,Zabré P,Rossier C,Soura AB,Bonfoh B,Kone S,Ngoran EK,Utzinger J,Abera SF,Melaku YA,Weldearegawi B,Gomez P,Jasseh M,Ansah P,Azongo D,Kondayire F,

更新日期：2014-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amidst diverging discourses describing chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) and healthcare access, the hermeneutical tradition within sociology, particularly as exemplified in the work of Jurgen Habermas, provides a starting point for exploring and interpreting the experiences of chronic illness and health...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Lopes Ibanez-Gonzalez D

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrapartum-related hypoxia accounts for 30% of neonatal deaths in Tanzania. This has led to the introduction and scaling-up of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme, which is a simulation-based learning programme in newborn resuscitation skills. Studies have documented ineffective ventilation of non-br...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Moshiro R,Ersdal HL,Mdoe P,Kidanto HL,Mbekenga C

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：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:Legal empowerment of the poor is highly relevant to public health as it aims to relieve income poverty, a main determinant of health. The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (CLEP) has proposed legal empowerment measures in the following four domains: access to justice and the rule of law, property, ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Borg J,Bergman AK,Östergren PO

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00