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Comparison of household socioeconomic status classification methods and effects on risk estimation: lessons from a natural experimental study, Kisumu, Western Kenya
INTRODUCTION: Low household socioeconomic status is associated with unhealthy behaviours including poor diet and adverse health outcomes. Different methods leading …
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Hot-spots of HIV infection in Cameroon: a spatial analysis based on Demographic and Health Surveys data
BACKGROUND: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) infection prevalence in Cameroon has decreased from [Formula: see text] in 2004 to [Formula: see …
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Magnitude and Determinant Factors of Herbal Medicine Utilization Among Mothers Attending Their Antenatal Care at Public Health Institutions in Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia
Background World health organization defined herbal medicines as the practice of herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations, and finished herbal products. …
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Determinants of communication on sexual issues between adolescents and their parents in the Adaklu district of the Volta region, Ghana: a multinomial logistic regression analysis
BACKGROUND: Poor communication on sexual issues between adolescents and their parents results in high rates of negative sexual practices such …
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Determinants of pneumonia among children attending public health facilities in Worabe town
Childhood pneumonia is common in developing countries, with significant morbidity and mortality. Taking the significance of the problem and variability …
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Determinants of induced abortion among women received maternal health care services in public hospitals of Arba Minch and Wolayita Sodo town, southern Ethiopia: unmatched case–control study
BACKGROUND: About 210 million women become pregnant per year, with one out of every ten pregnancies terminating unsafely worldwide. In …
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Stunting and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months from productive safety net program beneficiary and non-beneficiary households in Meta District, East Hararghe zone, Eastern Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Undernutrition is one of the major public health problems affecting children in developing settings. Despite impressive interventions like productive …
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Predictors of postnatal depression in the slums Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Postnatal depression (PND) is a universal mental health problem that prevents mothers' optimal existence and mothering. Although research has …
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Respiratory Interventions for Preterm Infants in LMICs: A Prospective Study From Cape Town, South Africa
Background: Preterm birth is a global public health issue and complications of preterm birth result in the death of approximately …
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‘As soon as they can hold a glass, they begin taking alcohol’: a qualitative study on early childhood substance use in Mbale District, Uganda
BACKGROUND: Globally, substance use is a leading contributor to the burden of disease among young people, with far reaching social, …
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A cost analysis of implementing mobile health facilitated tuberculosis contact investigation in a low-income setting
INTRODUCTION: Mobile health (mHealth) applications may improve timely access to health services and improve patient-provider communication, but the upfront costs …
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Determining a Trusting Environment for Maternity Care: A Framework Based on Perspectives of Women, Communities, Service Providers, and Managers in Peri-Urban Kenya
Trust in health service providers and facilities is integral to health systems accountability. Understanding determinants of trust, a relational construct, …
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Health systems’ preparedness to provide post-abortion care: assessment of health facilities in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria
BACKGROUND: In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, access to abortion is legally restricted, which partly contributes to high incidence of …
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Minimum acceptable diet feeding practice and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in east Africa: a multilevel binary logistic regression analysis of 2008–2018 demographic health survey data
BACKGROUND: Despite the proportion of receiving a minimum acceptable diet (minimum meal frequency and minimum dietary diversity) is lower in …
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Prevalence of malaria and associated factors among symptomatic pregnant women attending antenatal care at three health centers in north-west Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Malaria is the disease caused by Plasmodium species and primarily transmitted by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. During …
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Barriers for health care access affects maternal continuum of care utilization in Ethiopia; spatial analysis and generalized estimating equation
BACKGROUND: Although Ethiopia had made a significant change in maternal morbidity and mortality over the past decades, it remains a …
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Unmet need for family planning among married women in Zambia: lessons from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Unmet need for family planning among married women is still a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa. In Zambia, …
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Prevalence and determinants of oral health conditions and treatment needs among slum and non-slum urban residents: Evidence from Nigeria
Oral diseases constitute a neglected epidemic in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). An understanding of its distribution and severity in …
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Multi-level predictors of sexual autonomy among married women in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Extant studies have established diverse individual-level and relational-level predictors of sexual autonomy among women in different countries. However, information …
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Evaluation of the protective efficacy of a spatial repellent to reduce malaria incidence in children in western Kenya compared to placebo: study protocol for a cluster-randomized double-blinded control trial (the AEGIS program)
BACKGROUND: Spatial repellents are widely used for prevention of mosquito bites and evidence is building on their public health value, …