Health and Wellbeing: Recent submissions
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Delayed Decision-Making, Failed Abortion Attempts, and Factors Associated With Second-Trimester Abortions in Liberia
(BMC, 2025)Abortion is legally restricted in Liberia with few exceptions. The country also has among the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, with an estimated 742 deaths per 100,000 live births. The contributions of unsafe ... -
Use of Tobacco and Nicotine Products Among Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for a Population-Based Multi-Country Household Survey (Study Protocol)
(Frontiers Media, 2025)The use of tobacco among adolescents in low- and middle-income countries is a public health issue of concern. The tobacco industry's aggressive marketing tactics target young people in African countries, leading to early ... -
What Does It Take to Operationalise Gender Transformative Approaches Across Different African Contexts?
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2025)Africa is the second largest and second most populous continent in the world. Governed by 54 recognised sovereign states, its people celebrate multiple traditions and speak countless dialects and languages apart from those ... -
The Attribution of Human Health Outcomes to Climate Change: Transdisciplinary Practical Guidance
(Springer Nature, 2025)For over 30 years, detection and attribution (D&A) studies have informed key conclusions in international and national assessments of climate science, providing compelling evidence for the reality and seriousness of ... -
Typology and Ethical Considerations of Digital Health Promotion Tools for Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Examples From Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa
(JMIR Publications, 2025)Digital technologies for health promotion have proliferated over the past decade, with uptake increasing steadily among young people, including those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Youth increasingly rely on ... -
Understanding the Purchasing and Consumption Dynamics of Commercially Processed Complementary Foods and Caregiver Motivations and Reasons for Purchasing These Foods in Nairobi
(Wiley Blackwell, 2025)Commercially processed complementary foods (CPCFs) are consumed in Kenya, but little is known about caregiver perceptions and reasons for their consumption. We explored caregiver perceptions, motivations and reasons for ... -
Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Associated Factors Among Reproductive Age Women in Khwisero, Western Kenya: A Longitudinal Community-Based Study
(Springer Nature, 2025)In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), maternal depression remains a public and social challenge. Available studies from high-income countries suggest that affected women do not constitute one homogeneous group in terms of severity, ... -
Obesity Phenotypes and Dyslipidemia in Adults from Four African Countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen Study
(PLOS ONE, 2025)In this large multi-county SSA study we observed that the mean lipid levels were higher in Southern (Agincourt, Dikgale and Soweto) and Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) compared to the two sites in West Africa (Nanoro, ... -
Incident Type 2 Diabetes and its Risk Factors in Men and Women Aged 40 - 60 Years from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: Results from the AWI-Gen Study
(The Lancet, 2025)The incidence of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase, but few longitudinal studies have characterised its risk factors. This study aimed to determine the incidence of type 2 diabetes over 33 481 ... -
Health Workers' Conceptualisation and Experiences of Common Mental Symptoms and Work-Related Psychosocial Stressors in Central and Southern Ethiopian Regions: A Qualitative Study
(BMJ, 2025)Despite the growing recognition of mental health challenges among health workers, limited information regarding their self-identification of common mental symptoms (CMSs) and their perceptions of causal pathways to ...
