Health and Wellbeing: Recent submissions
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Trust and Compliance With COVID-19 Measures Among Nigerian Households
(Institute of Development studies, 2023)This paper probes the relationship between sources of Covid-19 information and adherence to preventive measures in Nigeria, a context characterised by fake news, hate speech, and other forms of disinformation. While ... -
The Use of Traditional Medicine Practitioner Services for Childhood Illnesses among Childbearing Women: A Multilevel Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys in 32 Sub-Saharan African Countries.
(National Library of MedicineBMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2023)Background: Insights into the use of traditional medicine practitioners (TMP)-for common childhood diseases such as diarrhea and respiratory infections are important to understand the role of Traditional Medicine (TM) in ... -
Sexual Violence among Young Women in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study of Prevalence, Reporting and Care-Seeking Behaviours
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2023)Background: Only a few studies, mostly hospital-based, have examined sexual violence among young people women in Nigeria. We examined the prevalence, correlates, perpetrators, reporting of and health-seeking behaviour for ... -
Single Motherhood and Stress in a Kenyan Slum: The Importance of Paternal and Kin Support
(SageJournalsResearchGate, 2023)This study examines factors underlying single mothers' stress in an African slum. Using survey data from 1,221 mothers in a Kenyan informal settlement, this study examines 1) whether single mothers experience more stress ... -
Sexual and Reproductive Health Service Utilization among Adolescent Girls in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2023)We examined the association between adolescents' sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service utilization in the past 12 months and structural, health facility, community, interpersonal, and individual level factors in ... -
COVID-19 and Mental Health in 8 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Prospective Cohort Study.
(PLOSResearchGate, 2023)Background: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated mitigation policies created a global economic and health crisis of unprecedented depth and scale, raising the estimated prevalence of depression ... -
Diabetes Care Cascade and Associated Factors in 10,700 Middle-Aged Adults in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study
(BMJPubMed Central, 2023)We investigated progression through the care cascade and associated factors for people with diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa to identify attrition stages that may be most appropriate for targeted intervention. The primary ... -
Reduced Incidence of Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, and Malaria Infections Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Western Kenya: An Analysis of Facility-Based and Weekly Diaries Data.
(Journal of Global HealthNational Institutes of Health, 2023)Epidemics can cause significant disruptions of essential health care services. This was evident in West-Africa during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak, raising concerns that COVID-19 would have similar devastating consequences ... -
Impact of Urban Slum Residence on Coverage of Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Service Indicators in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: An Ecological Time-Series Analysis, 2018-2021
(SpringerPubMedResearchGateResearch Square, 2023)Among other focus areas, the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 and 11 seek to advance progress toward universal coverage of maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) services and access to safe and affordable ... -
Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Associated with Moderate and Severe Disabilities: Results from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 2 in Ghana and South Africa
(PubMed CentralGlobal Heart Journal, 2023)Integrated management of cardiometabolic diseases is crucial in improving the quality of life of older persons. The objective of the study was to identify clusters of cardiometabolic multimorbidity associated with moderate ...
