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September 2019 | Volume 7 | Number 3

EDITORIALS

  • Open Access
    It Takes a System: Magnesium Sulfate for Prevention of Eclampsia in a Resource-Limited Community Setting
    Robert L. Goldenberg and Elizabeth M. McClure
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):340-343; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00261

    Magnesium sulfate is not a silver bullet to reduce maternal mortality associated with preeclampsia/eclampsia. We believe a well-functioning health care system, especially at the hospital level, with competent well-trained providers, adequate equipment, and medications will likely be necessary.

COMMENTARIES

  • Open Access
    Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries
    Elizabeth MacNairn
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):344-354; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00140

    Three core attributes enable short-term volunteers to make incremental contributions to long-term outcomes at host institutions: (1) focusing on teaching rather than service delivery, (2) engaging in mutually beneficial and equitable partnerships with host institutions, and (3) operating within a structured management system.

  • Open Access
    The Open Birth Interval: A Resource for Reproductive Health Programs and Women's Empowerment
    John Ross and Kristin Bietsch
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):355-370; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00056

    The open birth interval is the time since a woman's last birth. It reflects not only desire for contraception and child health services but also freedom for outside activities, employment, and personal autonomy. It merits attention from policy makers, program managers, and service providers.

PROGRAMMATIC REVIEWS & ANALYSES

  • Open Access
    Provider Bias in Family Planning Services: A Review of Its Meaning and Manifestations
    Julie Solo and Mario Festin
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):371-385; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00130

    Provider bias, including bias regarding client age, parity, and marital status, persists as an important barrier to contraceptive choice and access. Newer approaches to mitigate bias that have moved beyond training and guideline development to more fundamental behavior change show promise.

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • Open Access
    Unintended Consequences of mHealth Interactive Voice Messages Promoting Contraceptive Use After Menstrual Regulation in Bangladesh: Intimate Partner Violence Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
    Kate Reiss, Kathryn Andersen, Erin Pearson, Kamal Biswas, Fahmida Taleb, Thoai D. Ngo, Altaf Hossain, Sharmani Barnard, Chris Smith, James Carpenter, Jamie Menzel, Katharine Footman, Katherine Keenan, Megan Douthwaite, Yasmin Reena, Hassan Rushekh Mahmood, Tanzila Tabbassum, Manuela Colombini, Loraine Bacchus and Kathryn Church
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):386-403; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00015

    Automated interactive voice messages about post-menstrual regulation contraception delivered to women in Bangladesh via mobile phone were associated with increased reports of intimate partner violence. This finding highlights the importance of taking steps to minimize risk when delivering phone messages on sensitive topics and the need for assessing violence in such situations.

  • Open Access
    Evidence-Based Process for Prioritizing Positive Behaviors for Promotion: Zika Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean and Applicability to Future Health Emergency Responses
    Jessie Pinchoff, Arianna Serino, Alice Payne Merritt, Gabrielle Hunter, Martha Silva, Priya Parikh and Paul C. Hewett
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):404-417; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00188

    To maximize the impact of Zika prevention programming efforts, a prioritization process for social and behavior change programming was developed based on a combination of research evidence and programmatic experience. Prioritized behaviors were: application of mosquito repellent, use of condoms, removing unintentional standing water, covering and scrubbing walls of water storage containers, seeking prenatal care, and seeking counseling on family planning if not planning to get pregnant.

  • Open Access
    Operationalizing Integrated Immunization and Family Planning Services in Rural Liberia: Lessons Learned From Evaluating Service Quality and Utilization
    Allyson R. Nelson, Chelsea M. Cooper, Swaliho Kamara, Nyapu D. Taylor, Topian Zikeh, Cefanee Kanneh-Kesselly, Rebecca Fields, Iqbal Hossain, Lolade Oseni, Birhanu S. Getahun, Anne Fiedler, Anne Schuster and Hannah Tappis
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):418-434; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00012

    Providers, managers, and clients valued the integrated service delivery model. Trends indicated slightly higher family planning uptake in intervention facilities, but that difference was not statistically significant. Intrafacility referrals by postpartum women did not negatively affect immunization utilization rates.

  • Open Access
    Role of Male Sex Partners in HIV Risk of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Mozambique
    Jenifer Chapman, Nena do Nascimento and Mahua Mandal
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):435-446; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00117

    Efforts to prevent HIV among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) should focus on providing male sexual partners of AGYW with HIV prevention, testing, and treatment programming and providing AGYW, particularly those who are less educated, pregnant, or single mothers, with prevention methods that do not require negotiating safer sex with their partners.

  • Open Access
    Three Waves of Data Use Among Health Workers: The Experience of the Better Immunization Data Initiative in Tanzania and Zambia
    Laurie Werner, Dawn Seymour, Chilunga Puta and Skye Gilbert
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):447-456; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00024

    Data quality and use rollout in Tanzania's and Zambia's immunization programs progressed along 3 phases—from strengthening data collection, to improving data quality, to increasing data use for programmatic decision making cultivating a culture of data use.

FIELD ACTION REPORTS

  • Open Access
    Management of Preeclampsia, Severe Preeclampsia, and Eclampsia at Primary Care Facilities in Bangladesh
    Anna Williams, Marufa Aziz Khan, Mohammed Moniruzzaman, Sk Towhidur Rahaman, Imteaz Ibne Mannan, Joseph de Graft-Johnson, Iftekhar Rashid and Barbara Rawlins
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):457-468; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00124

    Program introduction, including cascade training, to screen for severe preeclampsia and eclampsia and initiate treatment with magnesium sulfate was somewhat successful. Challenges included inconsistent adherence to the national protocol, data quality, and some issues with supplies and equipment.

  • Open Access
    Getting to the First 90: Incentivized Peer Mobilizers Promote HIV Testing Services to Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Social Media in Mumbai, India
    Anjana Das, Bitra George, Virupax Ranebennur, M. R. Parthasarathy, G. S. Shreenivas, Priyamvada Todankar, Amit Shrivastav, Ajay Kumar Reddy, Christopher Akolo, Michael Cassell, Sandeep Mane, Deepak Tripathi and Jiban Baishya
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):469-477; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00094

    This peer mobilization pilot for HIV and syphilis testing used messaging on gay dating sites, clinic referrals, and peer recruitment to reach men who have sex with men in Mumbai. In 6 months, the pilot reached a relatively modest 247 individuals, 244 of whom had never tested for HIV. Challenges included low recruitment and loss to follow-up for posttest counseling and treatment initiation for individuals with HIV.

  • Open Access
    Increasing Family Planning Access in Kenya Through Engagement of Faith-Based Health Facilities, Religious Leaders, and Community Health Volunteers
    Allison Ruark, Jane Kishoyian, Mona Bormet and Douglas Huber
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):478-490; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00107

    The Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) partnered with health facilities managed by faith-based organizations (FBOs), religious leaders, and community health volunteers to increase access to family planning in western Kenya. FBO-managed health facilities saw large increases in family planning uptake over the 5-year project, particularly for implants.

SHORT REPORTS

  • Open Access
    Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Injectable Contraception: Multisourced Process and New Global Guidance
    Jill M. Peterson, Kirsten Krueger and John Stanback
    Global Health: Science and Practice September 2019, 7(3):491-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00133

    We based our guidance on a literature review, technical consultation, and case studies of 3 countries. We identified 4 essential indicators: enough community health workers (CHWs) certified to provide injectables to meet project goals, CHWs are appropriately supervised, stock of injectables is reliable, and clients are receiving injections.

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Global Health: Science and Practice: 7 (3)
Global Health: Science and Practice
Vol. 7, No. 3
September 23, 2019
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  • It Takes a System: Magnesium Sulfate for Prevention of Eclampsia in a Resource-Limited Community Setting
  • Health Volunteers Overseas: A Model for Ethical and Effective Short-Term Global Health Training in Low-Resource Countries
  • Unintended Consequences of mHealth Interactive Voice Messages Promoting Contraceptive Use After Menstrual Regulation in Bangladesh: Intimate Partner Violence Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Evidence-Based Process for Prioritizing Positive Behaviors for Promotion: Zika Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean and Applicability to Future Health Emergency Responses
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