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Perspectives on U.S. Patient Care from Global Health Care Practitioners
Background Interest in the field of global health care has been rapidly growing over the last two decades, leading to the proliferation of academic medical institutions offering more opportunities for medical study, research, ... -
Trends in prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors on the United States- Mexico border between 2005-2011
Background: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States (U.S.) and Mexico. We aimed to describe the sex-specific prevalence and time trends in five risk factors for cardiovascular ... -
Core Competencies Required by Health Care Workers in Armed Conflicts
Background: Armed conflict is increasingly becoming a cause of humanitarian emergencies. As a result, it is increasingly likely that healthcare workers involved in humanitarian emergencies will need to develop the skills ... -
Effectiveness of Mobile Text Messaging to Improve Schizophrenia Adherence, Symptoms and Functioning in a Resource-poor Community Setting: “LEAN” Randomized Controlled Trial
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of mobile text messaging to improve medication adherence, symptoms and functioning in community-dwelling people with schizophrenia in a resource-poor setting. Design Two-arm randomized ... -
Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Access to Palliative Care for Women with Advanced Breast Cancer in Uganda
Background: While Uganda has a relatively advanced palliative care system developed for people living with HIV, palliative care services are unavailable to most Ugandans who need them. Incidence of advanced breast cancer ... -
Effectiveness and efficiency of integrating delivery of neglected tropical disease programs
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion people globally, resulting in severe disability and disfigurement. With recent calls to eliminate or control many of the NTDs, experts and policy makers ... -
Predicting Medical Diagnoses from Pharmaceutical Claims Data
Prescription pharmaceuticals are a vital component of personal healthcare and contribute significantly to total health expenditure in the United States. Currently, data on pharmaceutical use and expenditure generally ... -
Health Providers’ Perspectives on Incorporating the Chronic Care Model into the Management of Diabetes: Findings from a Community-based Hospital in Nepal
Background: Nepal is not adequately prepared to tackle the increasing burden of diabetes, largely due to the lack of clarity on the integration of chronic disease management into health care delivery. Clear understanding ... -
Global incidence of major, non-fatal amputation due to traumatic causes
Objective: This article reports and interprets estimates of global incidence of major limb amputation due to traumatic causes. Design: A secondary database descriptive study to report amputation incidence and incidence ... -
Evaluation of a Distance-Based Training Program on Health Information Management and Applied Epidemiology (HIMAE) in South Africa
Background: Health Information Systems (HIS) are used to provide accurate, timely and reliable data for disease surveillance, policy-making, program evaluation, and resource allocation at all levels of a national health ... -
Forecasting the burden of road traffic injuries: a scenario including fully-autonomous vehicles
Road traffic injuries are one of the largest causes of death for teenagers and adults in the United States. Fully autonomous vehicles (FAV) have the potential to impact not only the transportation industry, but also the ... -
Mapping childhood illness: Understanding the distribution of common symptoms in children under five in Africa, 2000 – 2015
After twenty years as the World Health Organization’s premier strategy for improving childhood health, the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) strategy is in the midst of an update. Increasing ... -
Case finding among sexual partners to HIV positive individuals in Cameroon.
Background: Heterosexual transmission of HIV accounts for a significant proportion of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa with individuals unaware of HIV status at risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners. ... -
System-level factors associated with performance of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services in Côte d’Ivoire
Background Although the coverage of antiretrovirals (ARVs) for prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) has increased globally after efforts, the uptake of PMTCT services remains low. We aim to identify system-level ... -
Estimating minimum travel time to emergency medical services in Nairobi, Kenya
Long travel times pose a barrier for those seeking emergency medical treatment in many developing countries. But little is known about travel times to facilities within cities and how this varies by type of facility and ... -
Does Simulation Training Increase 9-1-1 Operator’s Ability to Recognize the Need for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction?
Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this thesis paper is to analyze if there is a dose-response effect of a simulation training of 9-1-1 operators on improved recognition and timing of the need for telephone-assisted ... -
Self-efficacy and knowledge of Anti-Retroviral Therapy among a cohort of HIV-positive pregnant women in Option B+ from central Mozambique
Objective: We assessed patient readiness for medication usage through knowledge of ART concepts and self-efficacy among pregnant HIV-infected patients in antenatal care as part of the Option B+ program in central Mozambique. ... -
Global, regional, and national vaccination coverage and immunization system indicators in 195 countries from 1980-2016
Vaccinations have made enormous contributions to global public health over the past several decades. Increases in vaccination coverage have played a large role in the declines seen in child mortality over the Millennium ... -
Impact of Development Assistance for Health on Maternal and Child Health: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2016
Development assistance for health (DAH) has grown to US$36.4 billion annually, but its impact on population health – particularly nonfatal outcomes – remains unclear. I develop a cross-national longitudinal data analysis ... -
Hydro-meteorological Disaster Preparedness and Public Health Response in Fiji: Facilitators and Barriers
Background: Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and other regions are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to geographic, demographic and socioeconomic factors. Studying preparedness and ...
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