Development and community-based validation of the IDEA study Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IDEA-IADL) questionnaire.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breastfeeding is important for growth, development and survival of HIV exposed infants. Exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of morbidity, mortality and increases HIV free survival of infants. Evidence on risk factors for inappropriate breastfeeding in Northern Uganda is limited. OBJECTIVE:This study de...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Napyo A,Tumwine JK,Mukunya D,Waako P,Tylleskär T,Ndeezi G

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infants exposed to maternal HIV infection who remain HIV-uninfected (HIV-exposed/uninfected; HIV-EU) may be at increased risk of growth retardation, which could be due both to directly HIV-related effects and to socio-economic factors overrepresented among HIV-positive women. OBJECTIVE:To investigate growth...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： König Walles J,Balcha TT,Winqvist N,Björkman P

更新日期：2017-01-01 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:The obesity epidemic has been growing steadily across the whole world, and so far not a single country has been able to reverse it. The cause of obesity is stated by the World Health Organization as an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. However, growing evidence suggests that t...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Camacho S,Ruppel A

更新日期：2017-01-01 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: 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: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: 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: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：:Managing a deadly pandemic in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is challenging. The task becomes tougher when there is an outbreak of an equally deadly disease. This is the present situation of Ghana, a low-resource country, that is confronted with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and cerebrospin...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Adjorlolo S,Egbenya DL

更新日期：2020-12-31 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：:In low- and middle-income countries, nutrition support strategies are often suboptimal or non-existent in hospital settings. This is further compounded by high rates of malnutrition in these countries. The first four dietitians graduated in Malawi in 2017 providing a new opportunity to build capacity to introduce nutr...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Daniel AI,Chatenga H,Chimera B,Mbale E,Chisala M,Borgstein E,Langton J,Gonzalez C,Bandsma RHJ,Vresk L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nearly all newborn deaths occur in low- or middle-income countries. Many of these deaths could be prevented through promotion and provision of newborn care practices such as thermal care, early and exclusive breastfeeding, and hygienic cord care. Home visit programmes promoting these practices were piloted i...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Sitrin D,Guenther T,Waiswa P,Namutamba S,Namazzi G,Sharma S,Ashish KC,Rubayet S,Bhadra S,Ligowe R,Chimbalanga E,Sewell E,Kerber K,Moran A

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to screening guidelines has been widely accepted to reduce morbidity, mortality, and cost outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL), cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa, some of...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Adonis L,Basu D,Luiz J

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Comzmercialization of health care has contributed to widen inequities between the rich and the poor, especially in settings with suboptimal regulatory frameworks of the health sector. Poorly regulated fee-for-service payment systems generate inequity and initiate a vicious circle in which access to quality h...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Stasse S,Vita D,Kimfuta J,da Silveira VC,Bossyns P,Criel B

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a serious shortage of skilled nutrition professionals in West Africa. Investing in nutrition training is one of the strategies for strengthening the human resource base in nutrition. However, little is known about how nutrition training in the region is financed and the levels of tuition fees charge...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Sodjinou R,Bosu W,Fanou N,Zagre N,Tchibindat F,Baker S,Delisle H

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Globally, opportunities to validate government reports through external audits are rare, notably in India. A cross-sectional maternal health study in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, compares government administrative data and externally collected data on maternal health service indicators. Obje...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Phillips BS,Singhal S,Mishra S,Kajal F,Cotter SY,Sudhinaraset M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child under nutrition continues to be a challenge to global development, especially in resource-poor contexts. In the multifaceted attempts to address this challenge, popular traditional practices, although closely linked to infant health, remain neglected and less researched. The World Health Organization's recent st...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Chaturvedi S,Raven J,Patwardhan B

更新日期：2017-01-01 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: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:There have been various consultations on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by different groups. However, even if it is clear that the health sector has led the development success of the MDGs, only a few MDG reports consider public health experts' points of view and these are mainly government driven. ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Lomazzi M,Laaser U,Theisling M,Tapia L,Borisch B

更新日期：2014-09-22 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：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：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: Evidence-based antenatal care is one cornerstone in Safe Motherhood and educated and confident midwives remain to be optimal caregivers in Africa. Confidence in antenatal midwifery skills is important and could differ depending on the provision of education among the training institutions across Africa.Obj...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hildingsson I,Lindgren H,Karlström A,Christensson K,Bäck L,Mudokwenyu-Rawdon C,Maimbolwa MC,Laisser RM,Omoni G,Chimwaza A,Mwebaza E,Kiruja J,Sharma B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Stability of measures in quantitative social science research is crucial to understand. There is very little evidence on the stability of violence against women and girls measures in the global South. Objective: To assess the test-retest stability of violence against women and girls measures, amongst young...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Gibbs A,Pretorius L,Jewkes R

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：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: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:Global mental health (GMH) advocates for access to and the equitable provision of mental health care. Although the treatment gap is a useful construct to measure access and equitability of care, it fails to communicate the real-life consequences of the treatment gap and the urgent need to address care dispar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Fekadu A,Thornicroft G

更新日期：2014-09-30 00:00:00