There ’s No App for That: Assessing the Impact of mHealth on the Supervision, Motivation, Engagement, and Satisfaction of Community Health Workers in Sierra Leone
Conclusion Findings suggest that there are no systematic changes in perceived supervision, work engagement, job satisfaction, or motivation between CHWs who received a mobile phone set up on a closed user group with the MOTECH Suite application and those who either only received a phone with the closed user group or no phone at all. Therefore, the results of this study do not provide sufficient evidence to support the use of mobile technology or mHealth applications to strengthen these organizational factors within CHW programs and interventions. We argue that strengthening the organizational factors within CHW programs mu...
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
mHealth Interventions in Low-Income Countries to Address Maternal Health: A Systematic Review
Conclusions Studies demonstrated promise for the use of mHealth in maternal health; however, much of the evidence came from low- and moderate-quality studies. Pilot and small programs require more rigorous testing before allocating resources to scaling up this technology. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Health Libraries and Information Services in Tanzania: A Strategic Assessment
Conclusions The findings obtained from this assessment are strong enough to guide the development of a curriculum and training strategy and an operational plan and training packages for health information professionals. The development of a training curriculum for health information science professionals will mean better health information service delivery for Tanzania. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Implementing Health Financing Reforms in Africa: Perspectives of Health System Stewards
Conclusions Health financing reforms have broader implications to health system performance that should be fully appreciated and anticipated before implementation. Therefore, health system leaders who are keen to improve health must view any health financing reforms through the broader framework of the health system framework in order to make progress. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Use of Safety Precautions Among Health Care Workers in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital, 1 Year After the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic
Conclusions The good knowledge and practice scores of UP were associated with better attitude toward handwashing and the use of gloves during the post-EVD period compared with the pre-EVD period. A significant proportion still recap used needles just like during the pre-EVD period. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Outcomes of Planned Home Visits of Intern Public Health Nurses: An Example from Turkey
Conclusions Planned and continuous home visits by intern public health nurses resulted in positive health achievements in families, especially for women and children. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Determinants of Weaning Practices Among Mothers of Infants Aged Below 12 Months in Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Conclusions Various weaning methods were used, and mothers identified numerous factors as impeding their efforts to follow proper breastfeeding practices. The findings highlight the need to develop personal skills among mothers to prepare nutritionally balanced diets. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The Economic and Social Impact of Informal Caregivers at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Conclusions Despite hardships, informal caregivers recognize the importance of familial presence, thereby setting a new standard for patient care by recreating the comfort of home care in the hospital. Studying the characteristics of these care givers and more fully delineating the sacrifices they make and the challenges they faced provides the basis for a series of recommendations to hospital management aimed both at improved patient care and care of the informal caregiver. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Pay Matters: The Piece Rate and Health in the Developing World
Conclusions These results highlight the importance of how workers are paid to understanding the variability in worker health outcomes. More research is needed to better understand the business case supporting the continued use of piece rate pay in the developing world. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Incidences of Waterborne and Foodborne Diseases After Meteorologic Disasters in South Korea
Conclusions The incidences of VVS and shigellosis were associated with meteorologic disasters, and disaster characteristics were associated with the disease incidence patterns postdisaster. These findings provide important comprehensive evidence to develop and support policies for managing and protecting public health after meteorologic disasters. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Schistosomiasis Among Children in Northern Senegal
Conclusions This study revealed that the level of knowledge among children in North Senegal about the causes, transmission, prevention, and treatment of schistosomiasis warrants implementing educational intervention. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Molecular Evaluation of High Fluoroquinolone Resistant Genes in Endemic Cases of Shigellosis, Northeast Part of Karnataka, India
Conclusions The present study found that the genetic basis and its characterization of fluoroquinolone resistance in Shigella isolates was considered for the common resistant genes, namely, gyrA, gyrB, parC, and pare, and had mutations at position 83 of gyrA and at position 80 of parC of the quinolone-resistant determining regions and associated molecular mechanism. Our study beneficial in identification of the causative agents of the infections, careful control and cautions use of antibiotics must be promoted, particularly to monitor the emergence of isolates that are fully resistant to fluoroquinolones. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Temporal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Flies Population in Response to Ambient Temperature Variation, Bam, Kerman Province of Iran
In this study we intend to examine the seasonal and interannual dynamics of the phlebotomine mosquito as a function of ambient temperature in Bam, Kerman one of the main leshmaniasis prevalence area in Iran. Methods The MODIS land surface temperature product (LST; MODIS/Terra LST/E Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG [MOD11C3]) and land-based climatic data were used as explanatory variables. Monthly caught mosquitoes in Bam, Kerman, were used as a dependent variable. The temporal associations were first investigated by inspection of scatterplots and single-variable regression analysis. A multivariate linear regression model was...
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
On the 2-Row Rule for Infectious Disease Transmission on Aircraft
Conclusions Infection at a distance from the index case indicates other factors, such as airflow, movement of passenger/crew members, fomites and contacts between passengers in the departure gate before boarding, or after deplaning, are involved. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Active Case Finding of Tuberculosis: Randomized Evaluation of Simple and Infotainment Chest Camps
Conclusions Both types of chest camps are equally effective in active case finding of previously undiagnosed TB cases in rural areas in 2 provinces in Pakistan. (Source: Annals of Global Health)
Source: Annals of Global Health - March 8, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
