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How can community engagement in health research be strengthened for infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review of the literature
BACKGROUND: Community engagement (CE) is a well-established practical and scholarly field, recognised as core to the science and ethics of …
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Pathways to sexual decision making by Pentecostal church youths in Botswana
BACKGROUND: The ways church youth make sexual decisions are incompletely understood and yet important for public health interventions. This study …
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Girl-only clubs’ influence on SRH knowledge, HIV risk reduction, and negative SRH outcomes among very young adolescent girls in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: Early adolescence is an important period to lay the foundation for positive sexual health development that can overcome sexual …
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Comparing malaria early detection methods in a declining transmission setting in northwestern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite remarkable progress in the reduction of malaria incidence, this disease remains a public health threat to a significant …
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Knowledge about tuberculosis, treatment adherence and outcome among ambulatory patients with drug-sensitive tuberculosis in two directly-observed treatment centres in Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. Although TB is curable provided the treatment commenced …
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Factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among care-seeking adults in the African Cohort Study
OBJECTIVES: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major cause of morbidity. Understanding drivers of transmission can inform effective prevention programs. …
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Knowledge, attitude and practices on cervical cancer screening among undergraduate female students in University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a major public health problem. In the world, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer …
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Evaluation of intensified provider initiated testing and counselling program in Harare City, 2017–2018
BACKGROUND: Knowledge of HIV status remains a challenge despite implementation of various testing strategies including provider-initiated HIV testing (PITC). Harare …
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Cognitive insight is associated with perceived body weight in overweight and obese adults
BACKGROUND: Accurate perception of body weight is necessary for individuals with a high body mass index (BMI) to initiate strategies …
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Role of temporal discounting in a conditional cash transfer (CCT) intervention to improve engagement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) cascade
BACKGROUND: Temporal discounting, the tendency of individuals to discount future costs and benefits relative to the present, is often associated …
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Time trends in socio-economic, urban-rural and regional disparities in prevalence of obesity among non-pregnant women in Lesotho: evidence from Lesotho demographic and health surveys (2004–2014)
BACKGROUND: The growing rates of obesity in developing countries are alarming. There is a paucity of evidence about disparities of …
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Prognostic factors of time to first abortion after sexual debut among fragile state Congolese women: a survival analysis
BACKGROUND: Despite the common restrictive abortion laws, abortion remains widespread in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Women still utilize abortion services …
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Pathways into and out of homelessness among people with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the pathways followed into and out of homelessness among people with experience of severe mental …
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A qualitative exploration of roles and expectations of male partners from PMTCT services in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) is effective in curbing rates of HIV infection in children because its …
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Preparedness for self-isolation or quarantine and lockdown in South Africa: results from a rapid online survey
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 pandemic a public health emergency of international concern. South Africa, like …
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“Knowledge I seek because culture doesn’t work anymore … It doesn’t work, death comes”: the experiences of third-generation female caregivers (gogos) in South Africa discussing sex, sexuality and HIV and AIDS with children in their care
BACKGROUND: Sexual reproductive health communication between parents and children has been shown to promote safer sexual choices. In many South …
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Factors associated with the timely uptake of initial HIV virologic test among HIV-exposed infants attending clinics within a faith-based HIV program in Kenya; a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV, followed by effective care including antiretroviral therapy (ART), reduces infant mortality by 76% …
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Tobacco use and associated factors among adults reside in Arba Minch health and demographic surveillance site, southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use is one of the world-leading preventable killers. There was a varied prevalence of tobacco use and cigarette …
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Bottom-up innovation for health management capacity development: a qualitative case study in a South African health district
BACKGROUND: As part of health system strengthening in South Africa (2012-2017) a new district health manager, taking a bottom-up approach, …
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Community-based progress indicators for prevention of mother-to-child transmission and mortality rates in HIV-exposed children in rural Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Eliminating mother-to-child HIV-transmission (EMTCT) implies a case rate target of new pediatric HIV-infections< 50/100,000 live-births and a transmission rate …