The context of emergency contraception use among young unmarried women in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative study (Publications)
regarding sexual relationships and contraceptive methods, and to examine the factors that influence choice of ECPs. A total of 32 young women participated in the study. RESULTS: Most participants had used ECPs [...] feared the disruptive effects of ECPs on the menstrual cycle and were concerned about long-term side-effects. ECPs were sometimes used as a back-up in cases of perceived failure of traditional methods like [...] BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, awareness and use of emergency...
Evaluating the sustainability, scalability, and replicability of an STH transmission interruption intervention: the DeWorm3 implementation science... (Publications)
into evidence-based practice. The DeWorm3 Project is a series of hybrid trials testing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil transmitted helminths (STH), while conducting implementation [...] on opportunities to optimize delivery of STH interventions. The purpose of DeWorm3 implementation science studies is to ensure rapid and efficient translation of evidence into practice. DeWorm3 will use [...] cost-effectiveness will be evaluated to compare the efficiency of community-wide...
Associations of preconception exposure to air pollution and greenness with offspring asthma and hay fever (Publications)
fever risk increased for offspring of fathers with medium O3 exposure (OR 4.15, 95%CI 1.28–13.50) and mothers with high PM10 exposure (OR 2.66, 95%CI 1.19–5.91). The effect of maternal PM10 exposure on offspring [...] effect on offspring hay fever. To conclude, parental exposure to air pollution appears to influence the risk of asthma and allergies in future offspring.
Clinical value of the cultural formulation interview in Pune, India (Publications)
CONTEXT: Development of the cultural formulation interview (CFI) in DSM-5 required validation for cross-cultural and global use. AIMS: To assess the overall value (OV) of CFI in the domains of feasibility, a [...] ANALYSIS: We compared mean ratings of patients, relatives and clinician-interviewers using nonparametric tests. Clinician-wise grouping of patients enabled assessment of clinician effects, inasmuch as patients [...] patients were randomly interviewed by eight clinicians. We assessed...
Trends in prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis in 5-7 year old Swiss children from 1992 to 2001 (Publications)
Background: Changing occurrence rates of asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis are of public health concern and require surveillance. Changes in prevalence rates of these atopic diseases were monitored [...] those of diagnosis of eczema did not show a clear pattern (18.4%, 15.7%, 14.0% and 15.2%). Stratified analysis by parental environmental concern and by parental atopy showed similar trends. Rates of atopic [...] Results of these four consecutive surveys suggest that the increase...
Can smartphones and tablets improve the management of childhood illness in Tanzania? A qualitative study from a primary health care worker's... (Publications)
The impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy has been less than anticipated because of poor uptake. Electronic algorithms have the potential to improve quality of health care [...] addition, health system barriers such as lack of staff, lack of medicine and lack of financial motivation were identified as key reasons for the low uptake of the devices. CONCLUSIONS: The ALMANACH built [...] studies about the use of electronic protocols on mobile devices over time are...
Atopic sensitization in the first year of life (Publications)
environmental exposures in infancy.OBJECTIVE: We sought to explore the course of atopic sensitization between birth and 12 months of age.METHODS: Specific IgE levels for 6 food and 13 common inhalant allergens [...] regions of 5 European countries. Detailed information on children's health, nutrition, and farm-related exposures was gathered by using a pregnancy questionnaire, 2 questionnaires at 2 and 12 months of age [...] and incident (only at 12 months, 34%) sensitization was seen in...
The number of comorbidities as an important cofactor to ASA class in predicting postoperative outcome: an international multicentre cohort study (Publications)
considered. Thus, the aim of this study was to quantify the burden of comorbidities in perioperative patients and to assess, independent of ASA class, its potential influence on perioperative outcome. [...] quantify the high prevalence of multimorbidity in the surgical population and show that the number of comorbidities is predictive of negative postoperative outcomes, independent of ASA class. [...] study were of all ages, undergoing any type of in-hospital surgery and were followed up until...
Knowledge of breastfeeding recommendations and breastfeeding duration: a survival analysis on infant feeding practices II (Publications)
Academy of Pediatrics, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life followed by breastfeeding with complementary food for up to 2 years of age or beyond. Knowledge of breastfeeding [...] had a lower probability of breastfeeding compared with women with knowledge of breastfeeding recommendations. Furthermore, after adjusting for confounders, women without knowledge of exclusive breastfeeding [...] breastfeeding recommendations may greatly influence breastfeeding...
Acceptability measures of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in low- and middle-income countries, a systematic review (Publications)
work' to 'how they are best implemented'. The 'acceptability' of an intervention is a key component of implementation that can influence initial uptake and sustained use. Acceptability assessments are [...] the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomised studies, and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for non-randomised studies. Of the 1238 records; 36 studies were included for the analysis, 22 of which were non-randomized [...] scale assessment of how acceptability has been measured in the WASH sector,...
