The stages of international (global) health: histories of success or successes of history?

abstract：:Understanding gender norms, power and equity is important for developing successful sexual and reproductive health interventions. However, little attention has been given to how to capture the gender ideals and imbalances that inform these relationships in low resource settings. Pile sorting exercises were conducted i...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Bourey C,Stephenson R,Bartel D,Rubardt M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been an increase in attention to intimate partner violence (IPV) as a health issue that contributes to the spread of HIV, physical and emotional stress, depression, substance use, serious injuries, and higher rates of mortality in low-income settings. This paper explores the ethical implications raised by re...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Mannell J,Guta A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there has been increasing recognition of the importance of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), national scale action and funding remain limited. In 2007, a 3-year, $1 million per year programme was launched in Rwanda to address NTDs. While more than $100 million had flowed into Rwanda's health sector annually, n...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Ruxin J,Negin J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the Indian National Family Health Survey (2005-2006) data to present certain broad descriptive features of child health inequalities in India and their distribution across well-defined socio-economic groups classified by gender and sector-of-origin, and their dispersal across space. This study find...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Joe W,Mishra US,Navaneetham K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in public-private partnerships (PPPs) generally, and more specifically for the provision of tuberculosis (TB) treatment, yet little is known about the motivations for such partnerships and the nature of the incentives that are required to achieve a desirable outcome of the partnerships. Us...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Sinanovic E,Kumaranayake L

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vietnam is currently considering a revision of its 2008 Health Insurance Law, including the regulation of provider payment methods. This study uses a simple spreadsheet-based, micro-simulation model to analyse the potential impacts of different provider payment reform scenarios on resource allocation across health car...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Cashin C,Phuong NK,Shain R,Oanh TT,Thuy NT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why is induced abortion common in environments in which modern contraception is readily available? This study analyses qualitative data collected from focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with women and men from low-income areas in five countries--the United States, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and Mexico--to be...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Tsui AO,Casterline J,Singh S,Bankole A,Moore AM,Omideyi AK,Palomino N,Sathar Z,Juarez F,Shellenberg KM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the health impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) has primarily focused on gynaecological and sexual health outcomes or psychiatric disorders. Much less is known about the association between IPV and tobacco smoking among women of reproductive age in low- to middle-income countries. This study examines ...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Caleyachetty R,Echouffo-Tcheugui JB,Stephenson R,Muennig P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, Brazil has the highest prevalence of violence and hate crimes against sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) among countries with available data. To explore the impact of this scenario, we conducted a qualitative study with 50 SGMs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among the participants, 66% screened positive for ...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Malta M,Gomes de Jesus J,LeGrand S,Seixas M,Benevides B,Silva MDD,Lana JS,Huynh HV,Belden CM,Whetten K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of cigarette prices can undermine the impact of tobacco tax policy when smokers switch to cheaper cigarettes instead of quitting. In order to better understand this behaviour, we study socio-economic determinants of price/brand choices in two different markets: a semi-monopolistic market in Thailand and a...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Ross H,Driezen P,Sirirassamee B,Kin F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer screening rates remain suboptimal among women in South Africa (SA), where cervical cancer prevalence is high. The rollout of HIV-related services across SA may provide a means to deliver cervical cancer screening to populations with limited access to health care systems. In this mixed methods study, ps...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Ports KA,Haffejee F,Mosavel M,Rameshbabu A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the lowest measured rate of surgery in the world, Ethiopia is faced with a number of challenges in providing surgical care. The aim of this study was to elucidate challenges in providing safe surgical care in Ethiopia, and solutions providers have created to overcome them. Semi-structured interviews were conducte...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Kelly CM,Starr N,Raykar NP,Yorlets RR,Liu C,Derbew M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Tajikistan are an extremely stigmatised group at high risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV. However, there is a paucity of research on how and in what way stigma affects their lives. We conducted a qualitative study to examine the impact of stigma on GBM's lives in Tajikistan,...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Ibragimov U,Wong FY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to examine the implementation of Colombia's tobacco control law. Methods involved are triangulated government legislation, news sources, and interviews with policy-makers and health advocates in Colombia. Colombia, a middle-income country, passed a tobacco control law in 2009 that includ...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Uang R,Crosbie E,Glantz SA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgender women in Lima, Peru have, until recently, been grouped together with gay and bisexual men in the category MSM, or men who have sex with men, with little consideration of their unique situation and needs. Transgender women, self-identified in Peru as travesti, are a socially vulnerable population with many ...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Pollock L,Silva-Santisteban A,Sevelius J,Salazar X

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although cash transfers (CT) have been recommended as a strategy to address structural drivers of HIV, the evidence of the effects of CT on sexual risk and HIV outcomes is mixed. This could partly be due to CT implementation dynamics and beneficiary interpersonal factors. We conducted an assessment of CT component of ...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Wamoyi J,Balvanz P,Gichane MW,Maman S,Mugunga S,Majani E,Pettifor A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision-making regarding the outcome of a pregnancy may include participation of the woman herself, her sexual partner, parents, family, and/or community. This paper examines who had the most say in the outcome of young Ghanaian women's last pregnancy and whether this correlated with her level of reproductive autonom...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Loll D,Fleming PJ,Manu A,Morhe E,Stephenson R,King EJ,Hall KS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article traces the social life of a policy that aimed to define and circumscribe the ambiguous and contested category of 'orphaned and vulnerable children' (or OVC) in South Africa at the height of the 'emergency response' to HIV/AIDS. Drawing on several months of institutional ethnographic research conducted over...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Reynolds LJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in HIV infection and sexually transmitted infection (STI) disease burden and risk among transgender people globally; however, the majority of work has been conducted with male-to-female transgender populations. This research synthesis comprehensively reviews HIV and STI research in female-t...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Reisner SL,Murchison GR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substance use and depressive psychiatric symptoms have been associated with migration and mobility. The Mexico-Guatemala border is a key transit point for internal, regional, and international migration flows. However, there is limited knowledge of the role of substance use, migration, and mobility on mental health am...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Rocha-Jiménez T,Fernández-Casanueva C,Suárez-Lopéz JR,Zúñiga ML,Crespo N,Morales-Miranda S,Goldenberg SM,Silverman JG,Brouwer KC

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:MISM (i.e. men who use the Internet to seek sex with men) has emerged in public health literature as a population in need of HIV prevention. In this paper, we argue for the importance of rethinking the dominant notions of the MISM category to uncover its ethnocentric and heteronormative bias. To accomplish this, we co...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Souleymanov R,Huang YT

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Ethiopia, maternal waiting areas (MWAs) - residential areas near health facilities where women can stay while waiting to give birth - are community-based, equity-oriented interventions to improve maternal outcomes among rural populations. In this qualitative study we sought to explore the barriers and enablers that...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Bergen N,Abebe L,Asfaw S,Kiros G,Kulkarni MA,Mamo A,Morankar S,Labonté R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies that analyse the association between relationship status and health usually disregard non-marital relationships. The present study examines if the use of different relationship indicators leads to different associations between relationship status and physical and mental health. The database used for this anal...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Schneider B,Rapp I,Klein T,Eckhard J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been recommended for the prevention of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Uptake of the campaign has been relatively poor, particularly in traditionally non-circumcising regions. This study evaluates the knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical mal...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Hoffman JR,Arendse KD,Larbi C,Johnson N,Vivian LM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Public health indicators generally operate in the world as credible, apolitical and authoritative. But indicators are less stable than they appear. Clinical critiques of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) criteria have been forthcoming for decades. This article, though, takes up the measuring and calculation gradi...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Erikson SL

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women comprise two-thirds of the global-health (GH) workforce but are underrepresented in leadership. GH departments are platforms to advance gender equality in GH leadership. Using a survey of graduates from one GH department, we compared women's and men's post-training career agency and GH employment and assessed wh...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Yount KM,Cheong YF,Miedema SS,Chen JS,Menstell E,Maxwell L,Ramakrishnan U,Clark CJ,Rochat R,Del Rio C

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Nigeria, the lack of adequate understanding of the complex nature of translating research into policy and the incompatibility existing between researchers and policymakers constitute a great challenge to evidence-informed policymaking. To address these challenges a one-day evidence-to-policy training workshop was o...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Uneke CJ,Ezeoha AE,Ndukwe CD,Oyibo PG,Onwe F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During global health crises, different narratives regarding infectious disease epidemics circulate in traditional media (e.g. news agencies, television channels) and social media. Our study investigated the narratives related to sexual transmission of Zika virus that circulated on Twitter during a public health emerge...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Valente PK,Morin C,Roy M,Mercier A,Atlani-Duault L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to identify trends and change in micronutrient supplementation (MNS) knowledge across pregnancy and post-partum and to assess the impact of MNS knowledge (MNS-k) on practice in pregnancy in rural Tibet, an area with endemic micronutrient deficiency. A prospective cohort with repeated me...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： De Ver Dye T,Pelto G,Kristensen S,Samen A,Dozier A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ensuring that biomedical information about research procedures is adequately understood by participants and their communities is key for conducting ethical research. This article explores participants' understanding of trial procedures for an experimental vaccine against Ebola virus disease (EVD) in a West African con...

journal_title：Global public health

authors： Alenichev A,Peeters Grietens K,Gerrets R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00