HIV in the Middle East and North Africa: priority, culture, and control (Publications)
data; the search of PubMed, ISI Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and grey literature databases were unrestricted by language and year of publication. RESULTS: Studies of HIV/AIDS in the region are limited [...] and considers their influence on perception of risk and approaches to control, such as condom use and antiretroviral therapy. METHODS: We screened a wide range of sources for comprehensive and reliable data; [...] to assess the priority of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa region...
Collaborative RNAS+ research: priorities and outcomes (Publications)
Cambodia clarified the role of reservoir hosts in transmission and the use of spatio-temporal methods such as remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) in surveillance of schistosomiasis. Morbidity [...] research to explain possible development of resistance with age. Results of evaluation of candidate vaccine molecules are also presented. New diagnostics are continually being developed in response to the [...] and advance understanding in various aspects of schistosomiasis....
Which effect measure should be used for impact assessment in a New Population context? (Publications)
smoking habits. This example showed that the type of measure chosen may markedly influence the result of an impact assessment, if the frequency of the disease of interest varies across different populations [...] assessment based on epidemiologic studies is the transfer of an exposure-response association into a new population context. The consequences of basing this estimation procedure either on relative effect [...] studies from different population contexts are pooled, careful considerations...
Which effect measure should be used for impact assessment in a New Population context? (Publications)
smoking habits. This example showed that the type of measure chosen may markedly influence the result of an impact assessment, if the frequency of the disease of interest varies across different populations [...] assessment based on epidemiologic studies is the transfer of an exposure-response association into a new population context. The consequences of basing this estimation procedure either on relative effect [...] studies from different population contexts are pooled, careful considerations...
Insight into potassium's role in childhood mortality due to severe acute malnutrition (Publications)
Pediatrics Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan. It aimed to assess the frequency of hypokalaemia among children with SAM to understand the influence of hypokalaemia and potassium supplementations contributed on the children [...] acute diarrhoea. The potassium levels of all the patients were assessed upon hospital admission and this correlated with the mortality according to the degree of hypokalaemia and treatment initiated. [...] Hypokalaemia was evident in 70.2% of the patients. Mortality was 3.1%...
Patient-physician concordance and disordance in gynecology: do physicians identify patients' reasons for visit and do patients understand physicians'... (Publications)
statistics. Multivariable regression analyses served to identify determinants of discordance. RESULTS: A moderate to high level of patient-physician concordance on reasons for consultation and actions taken [...] reason or action assessed, but is particularly pronounced when it comes to counseling. The influence of physician characteristics on patient-physician concordance needs more attention in research. PRACTICE [...] METHODS: 1667 post-encounter questionnaires completed by patients and...
Patient-physician concordance and disordance in gynecology: do physicians identify patients' reasons for visit and do patients understand physicians'... (Publications)
statistics. Multivariable regression analyses served to identify determinants of discordance. RESULTS: A moderate to high level of patient-physician concordance on reasons for consultation and actions taken [...] reason or action assessed, but is particularly pronounced when it comes to counseling. The influence of physician characteristics on patient-physician concordance needs more attention in research. PRACTICE [...] METHODS: 1667 post-encounter questionnaires completed by patients and...
Insight into potassium's role in childhood mortality due to severe acute malnutrition (Publications)
Pediatrics Hospital in Omdurman, Sudan. It aimed to assess the frequency of hypokalaemia among children with SAM to understand the influence of hypokalaemia and potassium supplementations contributed on the children [...] acute diarrhoea. The potassium levels of all the patients were assessed upon hospital admission and this correlated with the mortality according to the degree of hypokalaemia and treatment initiated. [...] Hypokalaemia was evident in 70.2% of the patients. Mortality was 3.1%...
Implementation strategies for gender-sensitive public health practice: a European workshop (Publications)
projects in the field of gender-sensitive public health. Our tool can support researchers and practitioners with the analysis of current and past research as well as with the planning of new projects. [...] distinct stakeholders were defined. A comprehensive list of gender-sensitive practices was established using the recently published taxonomy of the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) [...] in moderated discussion rounds to (1) assemble available knowledge and (2) identify...
'The body is difficult': reproductive navigation through sociality and corporeality in rural Burundi (Publications)
to explore how these diverse factors influence reproductive navigation in a context framed by uncertainty and changing social norms. We describe representations of bodily (pre)dispositions for fertility [...] and practices. In the context of Burundi where corporeality is key to gendered social belonging, family planning programmes fail to respond to the needs and concerns of women and their embodied reproductive [...] to practices is not linear, it is contingent on different social factors...