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Psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on front-line healthcare workers in Sierra Leone: an explorative qualitative study
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has wide-reaching health and non-health consequences, especially on mental health and psychosocial well-being. Healthcare workers involved …
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Societal and organisational influences on implementation of mental health peer support work in low-income and high-income settings: a qualitative focus group study
OBJECTIVES: Despite the established evidence base for mental health peer support work, widespread implementation remains a challenge. This study aimed …
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Trends of frequency, mortality and risk factors among patients admitted with stroke from 2017 to 2019 to the medical ward at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre hospital: a retrospective observational study
OBJECTIVE: The burden of stroke has increased in recent years worldwide, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. In this study …
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Effectiveness of a participatory approach to develop school health interventions in four low resource cities: study protocol of the ‘empowering adolescents to lead change using health data’ cluster randomised controlled trial
Introduction Comprehensive local data on adolescent health are often lacking, particularly in lower resource settings. Furthermore, there are knowledge gaps …
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Examining the responsiveness of the National Health Insurance Fund to people living with hypertension and diabetes in Kenya: a qualitative study
OBJECTIVES: To assess the responsiveness of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Supa Cover benefit package to the needs of …
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Protocol for the OCAY study: a cohort study of orphanhood and caregiver loss in the COVID-19 era to explore the impact on children and adolescents
INTRODUCTION: Globally, no person has been untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, little attention has been given to children and …
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Burden of mental health problems among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Introduction Pregnancy and postpartum-related mental health problems pose serious public health threat to the society, but worryingly, neglected in sub-Saharan …
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Cross-sectional health centre and community-based evaluation of the impact of pneumococcal and malaria vaccination on antibiotic prescription and usage, febrile illness and antimicrobial resistance in young children in Malawi: the IVAR study protocol
Introduction Vaccination is a potentially critical component of efforts to arrest development and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), though little …
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Intersection of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence: cross-sectional influences on women’s contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya
OBJECTIVES: Among nationally representative cross-sections of women in need of contraception from Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya, we aimed …
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Evaluating use of mass-media communication intervention ‘MTV-Shuga’ on increased awareness and demand for HIV and sexual health services by adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: an observational study
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of exposure to MTV Shuga:Down South' (MTVShuga-DS) during the scale-up of combination HIV-prevention interventions on …
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Ethiopia National Food and Nutrition Survey to inform the Ethiopian National Food and Nutrition Strategy: a study protocol
INTRODUCTION: Ethiopia has made significant progress in reducing malnutrition in the past two decades. Despite such improvements, a substantial segment …
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Assessing preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery services via online pharmacies in Kenya: protocol for a discrete choice experiment
INTRODUCTION: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV acquisition, but coverage remains low in high prevalence settings. Initiating …
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Food handlers’ knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices regarding safe food handling in charitable food assistance programmes in the eThekwini District, South Africa: cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess food handlers' knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices towards safer donated foods. DESIGN: This cross-sectional …
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Qualitative study exploring the feasibility of using medication monitors and a differentiated care approach to support adherence among people receiving TB treatment in South Africa
OBJECTIVES: The tuberculosis (TB) MATE study evaluated whether a differentiated care approach (DCA) based on tablet-taking data from Wisepill evriMED …
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Utilisation of private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries in five rural district public hospitals in South Africa: a mixed-methods study
OBJECTIVE: Researching how public-private engagements may promote universal access to safe obstetric care including caesarean delivery is essential. The aim …
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Household structure, composition and child mortality in the unfolding antiretroviral therapy era in rural South Africa: comparative evidence from population surveillance, 2000–2015
OBJECTIVES: The structure and composition of the household has important influences on child mortality. However, little is known about these …
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Protocol for the Pathways Study: a realist evaluation of staff social ties and communication in the delivery of neonatal care in Kenya
INTRODUCTION: The informal social ties that health workers form with their colleagues influence knowledge, skills and individual and group behaviours …
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Pooled analysis of the association between mental health and violence against women: evidence from five settings in the Global South
OBJECTIVES: To describe associations between men's poor mental health (depressive and post-traumatic stress symptomatology) and their perpetration of intimate partner …
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Growth patterns in childhood and adolescence and adult body composition: a pooled analysis of birth cohort studies from five low and middle-income countries (COHORTS collaboration)
OBJECTIVE: We examined associations among serial measures of linear growth and relative weight with adult body composition. DESIGN: Secondary data …
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Gender integration and female participation in scientific and health research in Zambia: a descriptive cross-sectional study protocol
Introduction Despite the Zambian government making progress on prioritising gender mainstreaming, female participation in science, technology and innovation in academia, …