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Abahuje, Egide
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Abraham, Sonia
- Open AccessWhat Potential Authors Should Know About Publishing in Global Health: Science and PracticeStephen Hodgins and Sonia AbrahamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):426-427; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00540
Adams, Janica
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Akinyemi, Oluwaseun
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Akiteng, Ann R.
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Alfonzo, Michael J.
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Alonge, Olakunle O.
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Altaye, Dessalew Emaway
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Amegah, Adeladza Kofi
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Amegashie, Fred
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Mary
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Anwar, Humarya Binte
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Arwal, Said H.
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
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Bagas, Joy
- Open AccessTrends in National-Level Governance and Implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law from 2014 to 2020Vanessa T. Siy Van, Jhanna Uy, Joy Bagas and Valerie Gilbert T. UlepGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):548-564; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00184
National-level implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law has been fragmented and programmatic and centered on family planning rather than multisectoral and holistic. Establishing a common narrative can secure the buy-in of different sectors and open policy solutions to address the structural determinants of reproductive health.
Bajpayee, Devina
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Bangura, James
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Barker, Pierre M.
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Baswal, Dinesh
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Bayou, Yibeltal Tebekaw
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Betemariam, Wuleta Aklilu
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Bisht, Nitin
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Bluestone, Julia
- Open AccessIt’s Time to Move Beyond Traditional Health Care Worker Training ApproachesJulia Bluestone, Jim Ricca, Denise Traicoff and Dieula Delissaint TchoualeuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):431-432; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00553
Isn't it time that the global community move beyond traditional training and supportive supervision models to improve health care worker capacity?
Bondre, Ameya
- Open AccessProtecting Mental Health Data Privacy in India: The Case of Data Linkage With AadhaarAmeya Bondre, Soumitra Pathare and John A. NaslundGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):467-480; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00346
In an underprepared and under-resourced digital mental health system, the linkage of health and personal data with Aadhaar, a biometric system that provides a unique identification number to all Indian residents, poses significant privacy risks to individuals seeking mental health care. We discuss the challenges in protecting mental health data privacy due to these emerging digital health technologies.
Bonhaon, Marcelyn D.
- Open AccessNegative Incentives for Noninstitutional Births Are Associated With a Higher Rate of Facility-Based Births in the Eastern Visaya Region, PhilippinesShogo Kanamori, Marcelyn D. Bonhaon and Minerva Peregrino MolonGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):565-574; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00616
Penalties imposed for noninstitutional deliveries by local government policies could motivate pregnant women to deliver at birthing facilities; however, local governments should address barriers to accessing a birthing facility in underserved areas before prohibiting noninstitutional deliveries.
Bonsu, George
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
Brandt, Amelia J.
- Open AccessQualitative Review of Organizational Responses to Rumors in the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Liberia and Sierra LeoneAmelia J. Brandt, Bonnie Katalenich and David W. SealGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):654-667; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00203
Rumors and misinformation were a challenge in the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease response and continue to be so in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to understand previous organizational approaches to identifying and addressing rumors to refine and improve these approaches.
Brower, Alice O.
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
Brown, Scott
- Open AccessImplementation of GeneXpert for TB Testing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic ReviewScott Brown, Justine E. Leavy and Jonine JanceyGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):698-710; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00121
This review highlights a commonality of implementation barriers across geographically dispersed GeneXpert interventions for TB testing. This indicates the importance of using implementation frameworks to report findings that can improve public health outcomes across low- and middle-income countries.
Bukhman, Gene
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
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Chaudhry, Nidhi
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Chaudhuri, Saumyadripta
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Chauhan, Anshul
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Chittenden, Kendra
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Closser, Svea
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Condo, Jeanine
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
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Dalpath, Suresh
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Dea, Monica
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Dhanjal, Gursharan Singh
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Do, Toan Thanh Thi
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Duggal, Mona
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
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Eifler, Kristin
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Ekström, Anna Mia
- Open AccessYoung People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative StudyAnna E. Kågesten, Phoene Mesa Oware, Wendy Ntinyari, Nickson Langat, Benjamin Mboya and Anna Mia EkströmGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):508-522; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00105
This study indicates that an empowerment-based, behavioral intervention can contribute to equipping both adolescent girls and boys with concrete skills to recognize and resist sexual violence and can promote positive, nonviolent masculinities among adolescent boys.
Ezeh, Alex
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
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Fabic, Madeleine Short
- Open AccessMultisectoral Policies and Programming: High-Income Countries Can and Should Be Learning From the Philippines and Other Low- and Middle-Income CountriesMadeleine Short FabicGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):428-430; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00541
The global health field will miss key learning opportunities if it continues to make a false distinction between research of relevance to lowand middle-income countries and research of relevance to high-income countries.
Flax, Valerie L.
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
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Gadanya, Muktar A.
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Garg, Manish
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Gathecha, Gladwell
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Gaynes, Bradley N.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Gengiah, Santhanalakshmi
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Gera, Rajeev
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Getu, Yeshiwork Aklilu
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Go, Vivian
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Greenwald, Peter W.
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Gupta, Anil
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Gupta, Neil
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Gupta, Sachin
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
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Haileamlak, Abraham M.
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Harvey, Bonnie
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
Ho, Cyrus S.H.
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Ho, Roger C.M.
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Hodgins, Stephen
- Open AccessWhat Potential Authors Should Know About Publishing in Global Health: Science and PracticeStephen Hodgins and Sonia AbrahamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):426-427; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00540
Hodsdon, Sarah E.
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Hosseinipour, Mina C.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
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Izerimana, Lambert
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
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Jain, Yogesh
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Jancey, Jonine
- Open AccessImplementation of GeneXpert for TB Testing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic ReviewScott Brown, Justine E. Leavy and Jonine JanceyGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):698-710; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00121
This review highlights a commonality of implementation barriers across geographically dispersed GeneXpert interventions for TB testing. This indicates the importance of using implementation frameworks to report findings that can improve public health outcomes across low- and middle-income countries.
Jiang, Lynn G.
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Joshi, Anurag
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
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Kågesten, Anna E.
- Open AccessYoung People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative StudyAnna E. Kågesten, Phoene Mesa Oware, Wendy Ntinyari, Nickson Langat, Benjamin Mboya and Anna Mia EkströmGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):508-522; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00105
This study indicates that an empowerment-based, behavioral intervention can contribute to equipping both adolescent girls and boys with concrete skills to recognize and resist sexual violence and can promote positive, nonviolent masculinities among adolescent boys.
Kalbarczyk, Anna
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Kanamori, Shogo
- Open AccessNegative Incentives for Noninstitutional Births Are Associated With a Higher Rate of Facility-Based Births in the Eastern Visaya Region, PhilippinesShogo Kanamori, Marcelyn D. Bonhaon and Minerva Peregrino MolonGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):565-574; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00616
Penalties imposed for noninstitutional deliveries by local government policies could motivate pregnant women to deliver at birthing facilities; however, local governments should address barriers to accessing a birthing facility in underserved areas before prohibiting noninstitutional deliveries.
Kankaria, Ankita
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Kapambwe, Sharon
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Karmacharya, Biraj
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Karonkano, Gilbert Rutayisire
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Katalenich, Bonnie
- Open AccessQualitative Review of Organizational Responses to Rumors in the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Liberia and Sierra LeoneAmelia J. Brandt, Bonnie Katalenich and David W. SealGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):654-667; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00203
Rumors and misinformation were a challenge in the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease response and continue to be so in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to understand previous organizational approaches to identifying and addressing rumors to refine and improve these approaches.
Kebede, Eyob
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Kibret, Esubalew Sebsibe
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Koirala, Bhagawan
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Kulisewa, Kazione
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Kumar, Akash
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Kumar, Praveen
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Kumar, Rajesh
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Kumar, Vijay
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Kwan, Gene F.
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
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Langat, Nickson
- Open AccessYoung People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative StudyAnna E. Kågesten, Phoene Mesa Oware, Wendy Ntinyari, Nickson Langat, Benjamin Mboya and Anna Mia EkströmGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):508-522; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00105
This study indicates that an empowerment-based, behavioral intervention can contribute to equipping both adolescent girls and boys with concrete skills to recognize and resist sexual violence and can promote positive, nonviolent masculinities among adolescent boys.
Larco, Nancy C.
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Latkin, Carl A.
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Le, Huong Thi
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Le, Xuan Thi Thanh
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Leavy, Justine E.
- Open AccessImplementation of GeneXpert for TB Testing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic ReviewScott Brown, Justine E. Leavy and Jonine JanceyGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):698-710; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00121
This review highlights a commonality of implementation barriers across geographically dispersed GeneXpert interventions for TB testing. This indicates the importance of using implementation frameworks to report findings that can improve public health outcomes across low- and middle-income countries.
Lemango, Ephrem Tekle
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Lindegger, Daniel Josef
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Litch, James A.
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Loveday, Marian
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
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MacKenzie, Mary J.
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Mafuta, Eric
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Majumdar, Piyusha
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Makani, Julie
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Maogenzi, Sarah
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Maselko, Joanna
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Masiye, Jones
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Mayige, Mary
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Mboya, Benjamin
- Open AccessYoung People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative StudyAnna E. Kågesten, Phoene Mesa Oware, Wendy Ntinyari, Nickson Langat, Benjamin Mboya and Anna Mia EkströmGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):508-522; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00105
This study indicates that an empowerment-based, behavioral intervention can contribute to equipping both adolescent girls and boys with concrete skills to recognize and resist sexual violence and can promote positive, nonviolent masculinities among adolescent boys.
Memirie, Solomon T.
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Minnick, Caroline E.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Mlobeli, Regina
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Mocumbi, Ana
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Mohanty, Jaya Swarup
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Molon, Minerva Peregrino
- Open AccessNegative Incentives for Noninstitutional Births Are Associated With a Higher Rate of Facility-Based Births in the Eastern Visaya Region, PhilippinesShogo Kanamori, Marcelyn D. Bonhaon and Minerva Peregrino MolonGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):565-574; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00616
Penalties imposed for noninstitutional deliveries by local government policies could motivate pregnant women to deliver at birthing facilities; however, local governments should address barriers to accessing a birthing facility in underserved areas before prohibiting noninstitutional deliveries.
Mphonda, Steven M.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Mudavanhu, Justice
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Munir Akrabi, Ally
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Mutungi, Gerald
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Mwachiro, Elizabeth
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
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Naidoo, Kogieleum
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Naslund, John A.
- Open AccessProtecting Mental Health Data Privacy in India: The Case of Data Linkage With AadhaarAmeya Bondre, Soumitra Pathare and John A. NaslundGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):467-480; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00346
In an underprepared and under-resourced digital mental health system, the linkage of health and personal data with Aadhaar, a biometric system that provides a unique identification number to all Indian residents, poses significant privacy risks to individuals seeking mental health care. We discuss the challenges in protecting mental health data privacy due to these emerging digital health technologies.
Nebi, Zinar
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Nguyen, Nguyen Thao Thi
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Nguyen, Thang Huu
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Nguyen, Trang Ha
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Nigussie, Zeleke Yimechew
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Niyonzima, Eugene
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
Norheim, Ole
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Ntakiyiruta, George
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Ntinyari, Wendy
- Open AccessYoung People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative StudyAnna E. Kågesten, Phoene Mesa Oware, Wendy Ntinyari, Nickson Langat, Benjamin Mboya and Anna Mia EkströmGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):508-522; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00105
This study indicates that an empowerment-based, behavioral intervention can contribute to equipping both adolescent girls and boys with concrete skills to recognize and resist sexual violence and can promote positive, nonviolent masculinities among adolescent boys.
Nunn, Andrew J.
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Nyaku, Mawuli
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
Nyemazi, Jean Pierre
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Nyilimana, Carine
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
O
Omigbodun, Akinyinka
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Opare, Joseph
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
Orubu, E.S.F.
- Open AccessMapping the Antimicrobial Supply Chain in Bangladesh: A Scoping-Review-Based Ecological Assessment ApproachE.S.F. Orubu, M.A. Samad, M.T. Rahman, M.H. Zaman and V.J. WirtzGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):532-547; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00502
A standardized method for evaluating antimicrobial supply chains in the context of access and use could be a useful tool in assessing national capacity to implement programs that address antimicrobial resistance. We present both a novel ecological approach comprising mapping and the use of indicators that can be used to characterize national antimicrobial supply chains as well as benchmark countries and, for the first time, a country-level assessment of Bangladesh.
Ouma, Emily
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
Oware, Phoene Mesa
- Open AccessYoung People’s Experiences With an Empowerment-Based Behavior Change Intervention to Prevent Sexual Violence in Nairobi Informal Settlements: A Qualitative StudyAnna E. Kågesten, Phoene Mesa Oware, Wendy Ntinyari, Nickson Langat, Benjamin Mboya and Anna Mia EkströmGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):508-522; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00105
This study indicates that an empowerment-based, behavioral intervention can contribute to equipping both adolescent girls and boys with concrete skills to recognize and resist sexual violence and can promote positive, nonviolent masculinities among adolescent boys.
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Padayatchi, Nesri
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Parashar, Rakesh
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Patel, Rachana
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Paterson-Brown, Simon
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Pathare, Soumitra
- Open AccessProtecting Mental Health Data Privacy in India: The Case of Data Linkage With AadhaarAmeya Bondre, Soumitra Pathare and John A. NaslundGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):467-480; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00346
In an underprepared and under-resourced digital mental health system, the linkage of health and personal data with Aadhaar, a biometric system that provides a unique identification number to all Indian residents, poses significant privacy risks to individuals seeking mental health care. We discuss the challenges in protecting mental health data privacy due to these emerging digital health technologies.
Pence, Brian W.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Peprah, Dorothy
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Pettifor, Audrey E.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
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Quaye, Pamela
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
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Rahman, M.T.
- Open AccessMapping the Antimicrobial Supply Chain in Bangladesh: A Scoping-Review-Based Ecological Assessment ApproachE.S.F. Orubu, M.A. Samad, M.T. Rahman, M.H. Zaman and V.J. WirtzGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):532-547; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00502
A standardized method for evaluating antimicrobial supply chains in the context of access and use could be a useful tool in assessing national capacity to implement programs that address antimicrobial resistance. We present both a novel ecological approach comprising mapping and the use of indicators that can be used to characterize national antimicrobial supply chains as well as benchmark countries and, for the first time, a country-level assessment of Bangladesh.
Rakotoarison, Vincent
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Rao, Aditi
- Open AccessTranslating Implementation Experiences and Lessons Learned From Polio Eradication Into a Global Health Course: Insights From an International ConsortiumAnna Kalbarczyk, Svea Closser, Aditi Rao, Oluwaseun Akinyemi, Humarya Binte Anwar, Eric Mafuta, Piyusha Majumdar and Olakunle O. AlongeGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):682-689; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00460
Using international collaborations to develop educational materials presents several challenges but offers enormous benefits in gleaning a wealth of information, perspectives, and context. The global course that resulted from this collaboration mirrors the goals of implementation science more broadly—to bring the findings of research into routine practice to improve health services.
Rathi, Chitra
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Ricca, Jim
- Open AccessIt’s Time to Move Beyond Traditional Health Care Worker Training ApproachesJulia Bluestone, Jim Ricca, Denise Traicoff and Dieula Delissaint TchoualeuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):431-432; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00553
Isn't it time that the global community move beyond traditional training and supportive supervision models to improve health care worker capacity?
Riviello, Robert
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Rosenblum, Leona
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Ruzindana, Kenneth
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
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Samad, M.A.
- Open AccessMapping the Antimicrobial Supply Chain in Bangladesh: A Scoping-Review-Based Ecological Assessment ApproachE.S.F. Orubu, M.A. Samad, M.T. Rahman, M.H. Zaman and V.J. WirtzGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):532-547; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00502
A standardized method for evaluating antimicrobial supply chains in the context of access and use could be a useful tool in assessing national capacity to implement programs that address antimicrobial resistance. We present both a novel ecological approach comprising mapping and the use of indicators that can be used to characterize national antimicrobial supply chains as well as benchmark countries and, for the first time, a country-level assessment of Bangladesh.
Sandhu, Hardeep S.
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
Sarin, Enisha
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Sarkar, Debarati
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Sarki, Ahmed M.
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Schneider, Anton
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Schreiner, Mary-Ann
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
Seal, David W.
- Open AccessQualitative Review of Organizational Responses to Rumors in the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Liberia and Sierra LeoneAmelia J. Brandt, Bonnie Katalenich and David W. SealGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):654-667; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00203
Rumors and misinformation were a challenge in the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease response and continue to be so in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to understand previous organizational approaches to identifying and addressing rumors to refine and improve these approaches.
Sesay, Santigie
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Silverman, Michael
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Sridhar, V.S.
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Ssinabulya, Isaac
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Stockton, Melissa A.
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Stranges, Saverio
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Suleman, Shahzmah
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Sundararajan, Radhika
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Suri, Vanita
- Open AccessReadiness to Provide Antenatal Corticosteroids for Threatened Preterm Birth in Public Health Facilities in Northern IndiaAnkita Kankaria, Mona Duggal, Anshul Chauhan, Debarati Sarkar, Suresh Dalpath, Akash Kumar, Gursharan Singh Dhanjal, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Rajesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar and James A. LitchGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):575-589; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00716
In settings with limited resources that lack standards to ensure the quality of childbirth and newborn care, the use of antenatal corticosteroids is potentially harmful. Safe, effective use of antenatal corticosteroids requires providing standardized evidence-based practices and supportive supervision, training staff, and a facility-level actionable health information system.
Sylvanus, Erasto
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
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Taneja, Gunjan
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Taylor, Myra
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Tchoualeu, Dieula Delissaint
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
- Open AccessIt’s Time to Move Beyond Traditional Health Care Worker Training ApproachesJulia Bluestone, Jim Ricca, Denise Traicoff and Dieula Delissaint TchoualeuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):431-432; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00553
Isn't it time that the global community move beyond traditional training and supportive supervision models to improve health care worker capacity?
Teklu, Getnet Alem
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Thistle, Paul
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
Thomas, Harold
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Tiruneh, Gizachew Tadele
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Tomar, Shailendra Singh
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Torres-Lavoro, Jane
- Open AccessAn International Virtual Classroom: The Emergency Department Experience at Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando Medical Center in TanzaniaLynn G. Jiang, Peter W. Greenwald, Michael J. Alfonzo, Jane Torres-Lavoro, Manish Garg, Ally Munir Akrabi, Erasto Sylvanus, Shahzmah Suleman and Radhika SundararajanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):690-697; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00005
We created a sustainable, bidirectional partnership using telecommunication technology to enhance emergency medicine education collaboration. Telemedicine is a practical and innovative methodology to expand training in emergency medicine and establish bidirectional partnerships between academic departments in high-income and low- and middle-income countries.
Traicoff, Denise
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
- Open AccessEvaluation of the Impact of Immunization Second Year of Life Training Interventions on Health Care Workers in GhanaDieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Bonnie Harvey, Mawuli Nyaku, Joseph Opare, Denise Traicoff, George Bonsu, Pamela Quaye and Hardeep S. SandhuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):498-507; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00091
Applying performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles and include follow-up activities after training may help to solve specific performance problems and improve health care workers’ performance in immunization service delivery. These strategies facilitate learning, minimize the forgetting curve for health care workers, and should be considered as a standard practice for future training interventions.
- Open AccessIt’s Time to Move Beyond Traditional Health Care Worker Training ApproachesJulia Bluestone, Jim Ricca, Denise Traicoff and Dieula Delissaint TchoualeuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):431-432; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00553
Isn't it time that the global community move beyond traditional training and supportive supervision models to improve health care worker capacity?
Tran, Bach Xuan
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
Tshabalala, Maureen F.
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
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Udedi, Michael
- Open AccessA Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation: Integrating Depression Treatment Into HIV Care in MalawiMelissa A. Stockton, Caroline E. Minnick, Kazione Kulisewa, Steven M. Mphonda, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley N. Gaynes, Joanna Maselko, Audrey E. Pettifor, Vivian Go, Michael Udedi and Brian W. PenceGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):611-625; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00607
Effectively integrating depression treatment into HIV care in low-resource settings will require substantially investing in program supervision, building and maintaining the capacity of providers, integrating into existing electronic medical records systems, and ensuring the availability of psychotherapy counselors.
Ufitinema, Adeline
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
Ulep, Valerie Gilbert T.
- Open AccessTrends in National-Level Governance and Implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law from 2014 to 2020Vanessa T. Siy Van, Jhanna Uy, Joy Bagas and Valerie Gilbert T. UlepGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):548-564; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00184
National-level implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law has been fragmented and programmatic and centered on family planning rather than multisectoral and holistic. Establishing a common narrative can secure the buy-in of different sectors and open policy solutions to address the structural determinants of reproductive health.
Uwineza, Agnes
- Open AccessAnimal Source Food Social and Behavior Change Communication Intervention Among Girinka Livestock Transfer Beneficiaries in Rwanda: A Cluster Randomized EvaluationValerie L. Flax, Emily Ouma, Lambert Izerimana, Mary-Ann Schreiner, Alice O. Brower, Eugene Niyonzima, Carine Nyilimana, Adeline Ufitinema and Agnes UwinezaGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):640-653; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00082
A social and behavior change communication intervention designed to promote consumption of cow’s milk among families that received a cow from a government livestock transfer program increased mothers’ knowledge and awareness of milk consumption. Although intervention exposure was associated with increased frequency of children’s cow’s milk intake, it did not lead to increased consumption or dietary diversity.
Uy, Jhanna
- Open AccessTrends in National-Level Governance and Implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law from 2014 to 2020Vanessa T. Siy Van, Jhanna Uy, Joy Bagas and Valerie Gilbert T. UlepGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):548-564; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00184
National-level implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law has been fragmented and programmatic and centered on family planning rather than multisectoral and holistic. Establishing a common narrative can secure the buy-in of different sectors and open policy solutions to address the structural determinants of reproductive health.
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Van, Vanessa T. Siy
- Open AccessTrends in National-Level Governance and Implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law from 2014 to 2020Vanessa T. Siy Van, Jhanna Uy, Joy Bagas and Valerie Gilbert T. UlepGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):548-564; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00184
National-level implementation of the Philippines’ Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law has been fragmented and programmatic and centered on family planning rather than multisectoral and holistic. Establishing a common narrative can secure the buy-in of different sectors and open policy solutions to address the structural determinants of reproductive health.
Vandi, Mohamed
- Open AccessSocial and Political Dimensions of Disseminating Research Findings on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Our Experience in Sierra LeoneDorothy Peprah, James Bangura, Mohamed Vandi, Harold Thomas, Monica Dea, Anton Schneider and Kendra ChittendenGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):459-466; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00321
Disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses is a complex and sensitive process, particularly in contexts with histories of outbreaks. It requires an operational framework that considers the social and political context of stakeholders aiming to empower people to protect their health, while also supporting government leaders to advance global health security.
Verma, Geeta
- Open AccessCare Around Birth Approach: A Training, Mentoring, and Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Intrapartum and Immediate Postpartum Quality of Care in IndiaGunjan Taneja, Enisha Sarin, Devina Bajpayee, Saumyadripta Chaudhuri, Geeta Verma, Rakesh Parashar, Nidhi Chaudhry, Jaya Swarup Mohanty, Nitin Bisht, Anil Gupta, Shailendra Singh Tomar, Rachana Patel, V.S. Sridhar, Anurag Joshi, Chitra Rathi, Dinesh Baswal, Sachin Gupta and Rajeev GeraGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):590-610; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00368
The Care Around Birth approach provides an integrated implementation framework to improve the quality, equity, and dignity of care during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, thereby addressing key drivers of maternal and newborn mortality.
Vu, Linh Gia
- Open AccessIncome Inequalities in Hepatitis B Vaccination and Willingness to Pay Among Women of Reproductive Age in Hanoi, VietnamXuan Thi Thanh Le, Nguyen Thao Thi Nguyen, Huong Thi Le, Toan Thanh Thi Do, Thang Huu Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Ha Nguyen, Linh Gia Vu, Bach Xuan Tran, Carl A. Latkin, Cyrus S.H. Ho and Roger C.M. HoGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):523-531; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00480
Many countries use a fee-for-service model for hepatitis B vaccination, which amplifies health disparities across socioeconomic statuses and contributes to inequalities in HBV vaccination rates. We examined the role of household income on women’s willingness to pay and the amount they are willing to pay for HBV vaccination to identify a more optimized payment scheme and equitable access across all income groups.
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Wardle, Melissa
- Open AccessApplying Adult Learning Best Practices to Design Immunization Training for Health Care Workers in GhanaDenise Traicoff, Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu, Joseph Opare, Melissa Wardle, Pamela Quaye, Hardeep S. Sandhu and George BonsuGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):487-497; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00090
Best practices of adult learning were used to develop a training of trainers program for the Ghana Health Service immunization workforce. The program supported translating learning to behavior change, used class time for practice-teaching and action plan development, linked formal instruction with specific activities, and offered follow-up mentorship.
Watkins, David
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
Williams, Wendy
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
Wirtz, V.J.
- Open AccessMapping the Antimicrobial Supply Chain in Bangladesh: A Scoping-Review-Based Ecological Assessment ApproachE.S.F. Orubu, M.A. Samad, M.T. Rahman, M.H. Zaman and V.J. WirtzGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):532-547; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00502
A standardized method for evaluating antimicrobial supply chains in the context of access and use could be a useful tool in assessing national capacity to implement programs that address antimicrobial resistance. We present both a novel ecological approach comprising mapping and the use of indicators that can be used to characterize national antimicrobial supply chains as well as benchmark countries and, for the first time, a country-level assessment of Bangladesh.
Wroe, Emily
- Open AccessPrioritizing Health-Sector Interventions for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries in Low- and Lower-Middle Income Countries: National NCDI Poverty CommissionsNeil Gupta, Ana Mocumbi, Said H. Arwal, Yogesh Jain, Abraham M. Haileamlak, Solomon T. Memirie, Nancy C. Larco, Gene F. Kwan, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Gladwell Gathecha, Fred Amegashie, Vincent Rakotoarison, Jones Masiye, Emily Wroe, Bhagawan Koirala, Biraj Karmacharya, Jeanine Condo, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Santigie Sesay, Sarah Maogenzi, Mary Mayige, Gerald Mutungi, Isaac Ssinabulya, Ann R. Akiteng, Justice Mudavanhu, Sharon Kapambwe, David Watkins, Ole Norheim, Julie Makani, Gene Bukhman and NCDI Poverty National Commissions Authorship Group; NCDI Poverty Network SecretariatGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):626-639; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00035
Noncommunicable Disease and Injury (NCDI) Poverty Commissions in 16 low- and middle-income countries provided evidence-based recommendations on a local, expanded set of priority NCDIs and health-sector interventions needed in national initiatives to attain universal health coverage. These commissions provide a collective platform for policy, research, and advocacy efforts to improve coverage of cost-effective and equitable health-sector interventions for populations living in extreme poverty.
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Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla
- Open AccessA Quality Improvement Intervention to Inform Scale-Up of Integrated HIV-TB Services: Lessons Learned From KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaSanthanalakshmi Gengiah, Kogieleum Naidoo, Regina Mlobeli, Maureen F. Tshabalala, Andrew J. Nunn, Nesri Padayatchi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Myra Taylor, Pierre M. Barker and Marian LovedayGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):444-458; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00157
Despite being standard of care, gaps in HIV-TB service delivery are present. Quality Improvement methods are effective in uncovering health systems weaknesses that impede efficient delivery of integrated HIV-TB services.
Yule, Steven
- Open AccessStrategies for Improving Quality and Safety in Global Health: Lessons From Nontechnical Skills for Surgery Implementation in RwandaDaniel Josef Lindegger, Egide Abahuje, Kenneth Ruzindana, Elizabeth Mwachiro, Gilbert Rutayisire Karonkano, Wendy Williams, George Ntakiyiruta, Robert Riviello, Steven Yule and Simon Paterson-BrownGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):481-486; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00042
The Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework is a taxonomy of cognitive and social skills that foster expertise and medical knowledge in the operating room. This framework can be used as a method to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery.
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Zaman, M.H.
- Open AccessMapping the Antimicrobial Supply Chain in Bangladesh: A Scoping-Review-Based Ecological Assessment ApproachE.S.F. Orubu, M.A. Samad, M.T. Rahman, M.H. Zaman and V.J. WirtzGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):532-547; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00502
A standardized method for evaluating antimicrobial supply chains in the context of access and use could be a useful tool in assessing national capacity to implement programs that address antimicrobial resistance. We present both a novel ecological approach comprising mapping and the use of indicators that can be used to characterize national antimicrobial supply chains as well as benchmark countries and, for the first time, a country-level assessment of Bangladesh.
Zemicheal, Nebreed Fesseha
- Open AccessUsing mHealth to Improve Timeliness and Quality of Maternal and Newborn Health in the Primary Health Care System in EthiopiaZeleke Yimechew Nigussie, Nebreed Fesseha Zemicheal, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Yibeltal Tebekaw Bayou, Getnet Alem Teklu, Esubalew Sebsibe Kibret, Kristin Eifler, Sarah E. Hodsdon, Dessalew Emaway Altaye, Leona Rosenblum, Yeshiwork Aklilu Getu, Zinar Nebi, Ephrem Tekle Lemango, Eyob Kebede and Wuleta Aklilu BetemariamGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):668-681; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-20-00685
The use of mobile health (mHealth) in Ethiopia’s primary health care system offers a potential solution to improve timeliness and quality for maternal and newborn health care services. It is user-friendly and fosters communication between health care workers and health extension workers to provide quality services across the pregnancy continuum of care.
Ziraba, Abdhalah K.
- Open AccessThe Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?Janica Adams, Mary J. MacKenzie, Adeladza Kofi Amegah, Alex Ezeh, Muktar A. Gadanya, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Ahmed M. Sarki, Paul Thistle, Abdhalah K. Ziraba, Saverio Stranges and Michael SilvermanGlobal Health: Science and Practice September 2021, 9(3):433-443; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00172
The demographic age structure of sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to the low morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 compared to other regions in the world.
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