Assessing the impact of mHealth interventions in low- and middle-income countries--what has been shown to work?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to learn about the progress of the prevention and control of major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China from 1990 to 2009 and to determine what prevention and control gaps remain based on the opinions of a group of panellists. DESIGN:Sixty-four panellists, who are members of th...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Lv J,Liu M,Jiang Y,Li LM

更新日期：2013-02-12 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:Two decades after the launch of the Safe Motherhood campaign, India still accounts for at least a quarter of maternal death globally. Gujarat is one of the most economically developed states of India, but progress in the social sector has not been commensurate with economic growth. The purpose of this study ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Saxena D,Vangani R,Mavalankar DV,Thomsen S

更新日期：2013-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We formed a self-funded hypertension treatment group in a resource-poor community in rural Honduras. After training community health workers and creating protocols for standardized treatment, we used group membership fees to maintain the group, purchase generic medications in bulk on the local market, and hi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Reiger S,Harris JR,Chan KC,Oqueli HL,Kohn M

更新日期：2015-09-10 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：OBJECTIVE:This study explores violence against women in a low-income setting in relation to residency and literacy. SETTING:The study was conducted within the Butajira Rural Health Programme (a Health and Demographic Surveillance Site), which includes rural and semi-urban settings in south-central Ethiopia. DESIGN:Th...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Deyessa N,Berhane Y,Ellsberg M,Emmelin M,Kullgren G,Högberg U

更新日期：2010-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have reported an association between cigarette advertising and smoking behavior. Although this has been reported extensively in the West, it has been reported less in Southeast Asian countries that have not completely banned tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). Indonesia is ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Prabandari YS,Dewi A

更新日期：2016-08-29 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:China has made impressive progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for maternal and reproductive health, but ensuring that progress reaches all segments of the population remains a challenge for policy makers. The aim of this review is to map disadvantaged populations in terms of maternal healt...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Yuan B,Qian X,Thomsen S

更新日期：2013-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Participation of private practitioners in routine disease surveillance in India is minimal despite the fact that they account for over 70% of the primary healthcare provision. We aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of private practitioners in the city of Pune toward disease surveilla...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Phalkey RK,Kroll M,Dutta S,Shukla S,Butsch C,Bharucha E,Kraas F

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human resources for health (HRH) remains a critical challenge, according to the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action of 2008 and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Available literature on health system reforms does not provide a detailed narrative on strategies that have been used to reform...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Taderera BH,Hendricks SJ,Pillay Y

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early medical checkups during and after delivery are key strategies to detect, prevent and treat maternal health concerns. Knowledge of interrelationships between early Antenatal Care (ANC), skilled delivery and early postnatal care (EPNC) is essential for focused and well-targeted interventions. This paper ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Atuhaire R,Atuhaire LK,Wamala R,Nansubuga E

更新日期：2020-12-31 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:Unsafe abortion contributes to a significant portion of maternal mortality in India. Access to safe abortion care is known to reduce maternal mortality. Availability and distribution of abortion care facilities can influence women's access to these services, especially in rural areas. OBJECTIVES:To assess t...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Chaturvedi S,Ali S,Randive B,Sabde Y,Diwan V,De Costa A

更新日期：2015-03-20 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:A health system that provides equitable health care is a principal goal in many countries. Measuring horizontal inequity (HI) in health care utilization is important to develop appropriate and equitable public policies, especially policies related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). DESIGN:A cross-sectiona...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Duy Kien V,Van Minh H,Bao Giang K,Weinehall L,Ng N

更新日期：2014-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral health affects quality of life and is linked to overall health. Enhanced oral health research is needed in low- and middle-income countries to develop strategies that reduce the burden of oral disease, improve oral health and inform oral health workforce and infrastructure development decisions. OBJECT...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Morgan JP,Isyagi M,Ntaganira J,Gatarayiha A,Pagni SE,Roomian TC,Finkelman M,Steffensen JEM,Barrow JR,Mumena CH,Hackley DM

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:Vietnam has achieved great improvements in maternal healthcare outcomes, but there is evidence of increasing inequity. Disadvantaged groups, predominantly ethnic minorities and people living in remote mountainous areas, do not gain access to maternal health improvements despite targeted efforts from policyma...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Binder-Finnema P,Lien PT,Hoa DT,Målqvist M

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In most low and middle-income countries vital events registration for births and child deaths is poor, with reporting of pregnancy outcomes highly inadequate or non-existent. Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites and periodic population-based household-level surveys can be used to identify ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Kadobera D,Waiswa P,Peterson S,Blencowe H,Lawn J,Kerber K,Tumwesigye NM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnostic support for clinicians is a domain of application of mHealth technologies with a slow uptake despite promising opportunities, such as image-based clinical support. The absence of a roadmap for the adoption and implementation of these types of applications is a further obstacle. OBJECTIVES:This ar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Wallis L,Hasselberg M,Barkman C,Bogoch I,Broomhead S,Dumont G,Groenewald J,Lundin J,Norell Bergendahl J,Nyasulu P,Olofsson M,Weinehall L,Laflamme L

更新日期：2017-06-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence points to the emission of greenhouse gases from human activity as a key factor in climate change. This in turn affects human health and wellbeing through consequential changes in weather extremes. At present, little is known about the effects of weather on the health of sub-Saharan...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Diboulo E,Sié A,Rocklöv J,Niamba L,Yé M,Bagagnan C,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2012-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The term HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) is commonly used in relation to diabetes mellitus. The measure gives an indication of the average blood sugar levels over a period of weeks or months prior to testing. For most low- and middle-income countries HbA1c measurement in community surveillance is prohibitively ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Reidpath DD,Jahan NK,Mohan D,Allotey P

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social and environmental changes have accompanied the ongoing rapid urbanisation in a number of countries during recent decades. Understanding of its role in the health-risk transition is important for health policy development at national and local level. Thailand is one country facing many of the health ch...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： L-Y Lim L,Kjellstrom T,Sleigh A,Khamman S,Seubsman SA,Dixon J,Banwell C

更新日期：2009-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Support supervision is one of the strategies used to check the quality of services provided at health facilities. From 2013 to 2015, Makerere University School of Public Health strengthened support supervision in the district of Kibuku, Kamuli and Pallisa in Eastern Uganda to improve the quality of maternal ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Kisakye AN,Muhumuza Kananura R,Ekirapa-Kiracho E,Bua J,Akulume M,Namazzi G,Namusoke Kiwanuka S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: As called for by the Sustainable Development Goals, governments, development partners and civil society are working on anti-corruption, transparency and accountability approaches to control corruption and advance Universal Health Coverage.Objectives: The objective of this review is to summarize concepts, f...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Vian T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diarrheal diseases are a major cause of child mortality and one of the main causes of medical consultation for children in sub-Saharan countries. This paper attempts to determine the risk factors and neighborhood inequalities of diarrheal morbidity among under-5 children in selected countries in sub-Saharan ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Bado AR,Susuman AS,Nebie EI

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A previous review of early infant diagnosis (EID) using polymerase chain reaction technology (PCR) under integrated HIV care (IHC) program in Myanmar revealed a low uptake of timely (within 6 to 8 weeks of babies' age) EID and a long turnaround time (TAT) of receiving results. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Thiha S,Shewade HD,Philip S,Aung TK,Kyaw NTT,Oo MM,Kyaw KWY,Wint War M,Oo HN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Job satisfaction is an important determinant of health worker motivation, retention, and performance, all of which are critical to improving the functioning of health systems in low- and middle-income countries. A number of small-scale surveys have measured the job satisfaction and intention to leave of indi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Blaauw D,Ditlopo P,Maseko F,Chirwa M,Mwisongo A,Bidwell P,Thomas S,Normand C

更新日期：2013-01-24 00:00:00