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- Progressive Development of a New Tool for Rapid Thematic Analysis of Community Perceptions and Concerns During Health Emergencies
The CDC Excel Tool for Thematic Analysis is a free qualitative analysis tool designed for analyzing community feedback rapidly during epidemics and health emergencies that has proven effective in quickly generating actionable insights for decision-making.
- Anemia Mukt Bharat Index: Methodology and State Rankings of Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Coverage in India, 2018–2019 to 2022–2023
The Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) index provides valuable insights into the overall progress and challenges of the AMB program in India and a simple and comprehensive way to evaluate iron and folic acid supplementation coverage across groups.
- A Comprehensive Strategy to Mitigate Institutional Maternal Mortality: Lessons From a Quality Improvement Initiative in Brazilian Maternity Hospitals
Maternal deaths can be prevented through quality improvement and job instruction methods that enhance the early detection and management of the primary life-threatening conditions contributing to institutional maternal mortality.
- Assessing the Generalizability of Client Experience Measurement Tools in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review
Existing measures of person-centered health care quality and responsiveness, across multiple health areas, share many conceptual similarities with the concept of client experience of care, suggesting that developing a cross-cutting, common measure of client experience is possible.
- Enhancing Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation for Hospitalized and Recently Discharged People Living With HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa
A dedicated HIV-services team can support effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiations for hospitalized people with HIV through structured case finding, ART initiation, and post-discharge linkage support. Replicating this model across South Africa and the region could improve individual outcomes.
- Development of a Cervical Cancer Screening Program in Rural Guatemala
We developed a cervical cancer screening and treatment pilot program led by community health workers to improve access for Indigenous women in rural Guatemala.
- Building Public Health Quantitative Methods Capacity and Networks in sub-Saharan Africa: An Evaluation of a Faculty Training Program
Capacity-strengthening for faculty teaching quantitative skills can be accomplished through a cross-national training program that simultaneously builds research networks.
- Disinfection of Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment in Resource-Limited Settings: Lessons From a Mixed-Methods Implementation Experience in Kenya
Infection prevention practices, including the proper disinfection of medical equipment, are key to decreasing neonatal deaths, but in reality, there are many challenges to the implementation of these practices in low-resource settings.
- Narrative Review of Human-Centered Design in Public Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Recommendations for Practice, Research, and Reporting
Although human-centered design is increasingly used in global health, its comprehensive application in health programs remains underexplored. Our narrative review demonstrates design tools and strategies, research methods, and reporting patterns across the included studies to provide practical recommendations.