Abstract:
:The article highlights the importance of critically examining medical missions to low-resourced countries in light of a bioethical focus on social justice and the promotion of the common good.
journal_name
Ann Glob Healthjournal_title
Annals of global healthauthors
Vicini S J Adoi
10.5334/aogh.2519subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-06-17 00:00:00issue
1issn
2214-9996journal_volume
85pub_type
评论,社论abstract:BACKGROUND:The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery includes obstetrics and gynecology as an area needing international strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. Despite interest, a majority of participants in US residency programs graduate with little exposure to global health or preparation to work abroad. O...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2016.09.004
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Obesity prevention and its associated co-morbidities such as diabetes require a multi-tiered, culturally sensitive, population-based approach. South Florida's tri-county area is home to approximately 75% of Florida's total Caribbean immigrant population. This project is the first Caribbean-focused interventi...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2657
更新日期:2020-02-04 00:00:00
abstract::There is a high demand for global health experiences among medical students. However, creating and engaging successful global health experiences for students is not without significant challenges for faculty. Lack of broad global health knowledge, first hand experiences in a variety of global health settings, and limi...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.724
更新日期:2019-05-09 00:00:00
abstract:Background:In Peru, anemia has been a persistent health problem that is known to lead to irreversible cognitive and developmental deficits in children. The Peruvian government has recently made anemia a primary health concern by passing legislation in 2017 that makes anemia an intersectoral priority. This new legislati...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2896
更新日期:2020-08-13 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Meeting health security capacity in sub-Saharan Africa will require strengthening existing health systems to prevent, detect, and respond to any threats to health. The purpose of this review was to examine the literature on health workforce, surveillance, and health governance issues for health systemsstreng...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2514
更新日期:2019-08-16 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:According to the World Health Organization, >200 million children in low- and middle-income countries experience developmental delays. However, household structure and parenting practices have been minimally explored as potential correlates of developmental delay in low- and middle-income countries, despite ...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2017.10.007
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:European asbestos manufacturers and their expert witnesses have advanced the claim that recent exposures to asbestos are not of significance in the causation of malignant mesothelioma. They argue that in cases of prolonged exposure to asbestos only the earliest exposures contribute to mesothelioma induction....
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2016.01.017
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The civil war between the indigenous Mayans and other Guatemalans lasted for 36 years, killed civilians, decimated villages, and resulted in many refugees. The Guatemalan Peace Agreement of 1996 aimed to alleviate the ongoing conflict. Studies of peace agreements more typically evaluate local political outco...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.9204/aogh.2380
更新日期:2018-11-05 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Urogenital fistula is a debilitating condition that women can develop following obstructed labor. The primary objective of this study was to reveal illness narratives of Rwandan women with urogenital fistula to appreciate their unique experiences. The secondary aim was to identify common themes that emerged ...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.12.005
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Risk perception and recognition of danger signs are important cues for accessing obstetric care. These measures are not well documented in many resource-limited settings, including northern Nigeria, a region with poor maternal health indices. Objective:To assess community level obstetric risk perception, da...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.376
更新日期:2019-10-03 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Sufficient knowledge of the disproportionate burden of undernutrition among vulnerable children is required for accelerating undernutrition reduction in low-income countries. Objectives:We aimed to assess the prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting and associated factors among high-risk children bor...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2636
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Tobacco smoking is recognized as a major preventable cause of disease worldwide and is linked to 6 million deaths annually, 30% of which are due to cancer. The negative health consequences of smoking currently represent one of the greatest global public health challenges. Additionally, secondhand smoke, which was decl...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.5334/aogh.2417
更新日期:2019-01-22 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Evidence from the developed world associates higher prevalence of hypertension with lower socioeconomic status (SES). However, patterns of association are not as clear in Africa and other developing countries, with varying levels of socioeconomic development and epidemiological transition. Using wealth and e...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2404
更新日期:2019-03-05 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Workers in the informal economy often incur exposure to well-documented occupational health hazards. Insufficient attention has been afforded to rigorously evaluating intervention programs to reduce the risks, especially in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Objectives:This systematic review, con...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2592
更新日期:2019-10-23 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Approximately 80% of individuals with disability reside in low- and middle-income countries where community-based rehabilitation (CBR) has been used as a strategy to improve disability. However, data relating to disability severity among CBR beneficiaries in low-income countries like Uganda remain scarce, pa...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2017.10.006
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hands-only bystander CPR increases survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Video-based CPR instruction in schools has been proposed as a means to mass-educate laypersons in Hands-only CPR™ (HOCPR), in developed as well as developing countries. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to determine wheth...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.9204/aogh.2367
更新日期:2018-11-05 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Sierra Leone faces among the highest maternal mortality rates worldwide. Despite this burden, the role of life-saving critical care interventions in low-resource settings remains scarcely explored. A value-based approach may be used to question whether it is sustainable and useful to start and run an obstetr...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2907
更新日期:2020-07-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Climate change has myriad implications for the health of humans, our ecosystems, and the ecological processes that sustain them. Projections of rising greenhouse gas emissions suggest increasing direct and indirect burden of infectious and noninfectious disease, effects on food and water security, and other ...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.002
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The proposed viewpoint seems important at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the COVID-19 prevention strategies implemented in the population are based on medical paradigms that generate extremely deleterious social and environmental impacts. Using the occupational health and safety perspective - taking care ...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.3104
更新日期:2020-11-02 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Although the incidence of cervical cancer has declined in developed countries, cervical cancer remains a major problem in those that are developing. Past studies suggest that Indian women, who account for at least one-fourth of the global disease burden, are not routinely screened. Objectives:Among the wome...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2735
更新日期:2020-03-16 00:00:00
abstract:Background:New education programs are developing to improve global health awareness. Dental students have demonstrated interest in international settings but are largely unaware of global health topics. The Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health of the University of Washington (UW) and Harvard School of Denta...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.3024
更新日期:2020-09-03 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Exposure to contaminant mixtures in developing countries is an important public health issue. Children are identified as the most susceptible group to adverse health effects due to the exposure. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to conduct a screening for mixture pollutants in Mexican children in urban ma...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.29024/aogh.912
更新日期:2018-07-27 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Haiti has a chronic physician shortage, and the country has been facing an increased disease burden since the 2010 earthquake and the subsequent introduction of cholera. In such resource-challenged settings, access to postgraduate medical education often is limited due to inadequate financial, structural, an...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.03.003
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The child labor situation has been associated with precarious job conditions and poor health conditions because children are often exposed to unsafe work environments, stressful psycho-social work conditions, scarce or no access to protective services, and heavy work burdens. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study ...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2482
更新日期:2019-07-03 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Stunting, a form of malnutrition characterized by impaired linear growth in the first two years of life, affects one quarter of children globally. While nutritional status remains the key cause of stunting, there is evidence that environmental risk factors are associated with stunting. OBJECTIVE:The objecti...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.9204/aogh.2361
更新日期:2018-11-05 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Healthcare equipment funded by international partners is often not properly utilized in many developing countries due to low levels of awareness and a lack of expertise. A long-term on-site training program for laparoscopic surgery was established at a regional hospital in Ghana upon request of the Ghana Hea...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2957
更新日期:2020-07-30 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The alcohol-attributable fraction (AAF) quantifies alcohol's disease burden. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is influenced by alcohol consumption per capita, duration, gender, ethnicity, and other comorbidities. In this study, we investigated the association between AAF/alcohol-related liver mortality and alco...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2015.12.006
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:Background:Communication about climate change is critical in addressing the greatest public health challenge of our time. Public health professionals must convey the human implications of climate change and educating populations regarding climate change as a threat to the health and wellbeing of people globally. Effect...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5334/aogh.2900
更新日期:2020-05-22 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Western Asia comprises a large proportion of the world population with different ethnicities and religions inhabiting areas of diverse geographic features. The countries of this region have experienced rapid economic growth over the latter half of the 20th century, which continues to this day, resulting in m...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.012
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Diabetes has become a major health care problem in India with an estimated 66.8 million people suffering from the condition, representing the largest number of any country in the world. OBJECTIVE:The rising burden of diabetes has greatly affected the health care sector and economy in India. The goal of heal...
journal_title:Annals of global health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2016.01.002
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00