Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Journals "PLOS ONE"
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Digital phenotyping by wearable-driven artificial intelligence in older adults and people with Parkinson's disease: Protocol of the mixed method, cyclic ActiveAgeing study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Active ageing is described as the process of optimizing health, empowerment, and security to enhance the quality of life in the rapidly growing population of older adults. Meanwhile, multimorbidity and neurological ... -
Economic evaluation of Health Extension Program packages in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Ethiopia launched the Health Extension Program (HEP) in 2004, aimed at ensuring equitable community-level healthcare services through Health Extension Workers. Despite the program’s being a flagship initiative, ... -
Effect of pre-operative bicarbonate infusion on maternal and perinatal outcomes among women with obstructed labour in Mbale hospital: A double blind randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Oral bicarbonate solution is known to improve both maternal and perinatal outcomes among women with abnormal labour (dystocia). Its effectiveness and safety among women with obstructed labour is not ... -
Effects of schooling on aspects of attention in rural Burkina Faso, West Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background We aimed to study the effects of schooling on aspects of attention using the Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) among children in rural Burkina Faso. Methods We re-enrolled children of a previously ... -
Estimating health adjusted age at death (HAAD)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-14)Objectives: At any point in time, a person’s lifetime health is the number of healthy life years they are expected to experience during their lifetime. In this article we propose an equity-relevant health metric, Health ... -
Evaluating healthy cities: A scoping review protocol
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The Healthy Cities project supports municipal policymakers in the struggle to safeguard the health of urban citizens around the world (and in other limited geographies such as islands). Although Healthy Cities ... -
Evaluation of an interprofessional follow-up intervention among people with type 2 diabetes in primary care—A randomized controlled trial with embedded qualitative interviews
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)With an ageing population and improved treatments people live longer with their chronic diseases, and primary care clinics face more costly and difficult-to-treat multimorbid patients. To meet these challenges, current ... -
Examining the association between HIV prevalence and socioeconomic factors among young people in Zambia: Do neighbourhood contextual effects play a role?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-08)Background: The study examined the association between HIV infection and individual and neighbourhood-level socioeconomic factors in Zambia. Methods: We used multilevel mixed effects logistic regression to examine the ... -
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan- A nation-wide multicenter retrospective study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Pakistan is fifth among high burden countries for tuberculosis. A steady increase is seen in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), which now accounts for 20% of all notified TB cases. There is very limited ... -
Factors determining cognitive, motor and language scores in low birth weight infants from North India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Children born with low birth weight (LBW) tend to have lower neurodevelopmental scores compared to term normal birth weight children. It is important to determine factors that influence neurodevelopment in these ... -
The global temperature-related mortality impact of earlier decarbonization for the Australian health sector and economy: A modelling study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-03)Background: Sustained elevated concentration of GHGs is predicted to increase global mortality. With the Australian health sector responsible for 7% of the nation’s GHG emissions, the benefits and costs of various ... -
‘I wanted to go, but they said wait’: Mothers’ bargaining power and strategies in careseeking for ill newborns in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction To prevent the 2.6 million newborn deaths occurring worldwide every year, health system improvements and changes in care-taker behaviour are necessary. Mothers are commonly assumed to be of particular importance ... -
Improving diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis by combination of cytomorphology and MPT64 immunostaining on cell blocks from the fine needle aspirates
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes 18% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases and tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL) constitutes 20–40% of EPTB. Diagnosis of TBL is challenging because of the paucibacillary ... -
Incidence of postpartum and neonatal illnesses and utilization of healthcare services in rural communities in southern Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Although improving postpartum and neonatal health is a key element of the Ethiopian health extension program, the burdens of postpartum and neonatal illnesses and healthcare-seeking in rural communities in Ethiopia are ... -
Influence of intrauterine factors on birth weight and on child linear growth in rural Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction Little is known about the influence of intrauterine fetal factors on childhood growth in low-income countries. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of intrauterine fetal growth on child ... -
Is Ethiopian community-based health insurance affordable? Willingness to pay analysis among households in South Central, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Community-based Health Insurance (CBHI) is a voluntary prepayment mechanism that guarantees the provision of basic healthcare services without financial barriers to underserved segments of the population in ... -
Isoniazid resistance profile and associated levofloxacin and pyrazinamide resistance in rifampicin resistant and sensitive isolates/ from pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan: A laboratory based surveillance study 2015-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Pakistan is among top five high burden countries for tuberculosis and drug resistant TB. Among rifampicin sensitive new pulmonary TB (PTB), prevalence of isoniazid resistance is 8.3% (95%CI: 7.0–10.7) and ... -
Linking a European cohort of children born with congenital anomalies to vital statistics and mortality records: A EUROlinkCAT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)EUROCAT is a European network of population-based congenital anomaly (CA) registries. Twenty-one registries agreed to participate in the EUROlinkCAT study to determine if reliable information on the survival of children ... -
A local-ingredients-based supplement is an alternative to corn-soy blends plus for treating moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months: A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Globally, moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) affects approximately 5% of children below five years of age. MAM is a persistent public health problem in Ethiopia. The current approach in Ethiopia for managing MAM ... -
Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and asthma in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review protocol
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Several epidemiological studies have examined the risk of asthma and respiratory diseases in association with long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution. However, little is known regarding the adverse effects ...