Issue 1/2013
Content (49 Articles)
Use of traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes in Eastern Uganda: a qualitative exploration of reasons for choice
Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Muhamadi Lubega, Sheila K Katureebe, Abanga Oundo, Francis Kiweewa, David Mukanga
HIV testing and care in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda: ethics on the ground
Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer, Sarah Bott, Ron Bayer, Alice Desclaux, Rachel Baggaley
Housing equity for health equity: a rights-based approach to the control of Lassa fever in post-war Sierra Leone
J Daniel Kelly, M Bailor Barrie, Rachel A Ross, Brian A Temple, Lina M Moses, Daniel G Bausch
Are modern contraceptives acceptable to people and where do they source them from across Nigeria?
Obinna E Onwujekwe, Jane C Enemuoh, Chinwe Ogbonna, Chinyere Mbachu, Benjamin SC Uzochukwu, Agathe Lawson, Bannet Ndyanabangi
Falling through the cracks: a qualitative study of HIV risks among women who use drugs and alcohol in Northeast India
Michelle Kermode, Collins Z Sono, Chingzaning Hangzo Songput, Alexandra Devine
Strengthening health workforce capacity through work-based training
Joseph KB Matovu, Rhoda K Wanyenze, Susan Mawemuko, Olico Okui, William Bazeyo, David Serwadda
Association of Khat and alcohol use with HIV infection and age at first sexual initiation among youths visiting HIV testing and counseling centers in Gamo-Gofa Zone, South West Ethiopia
Marelign Tilahun Malaju, Gistane Ayele Asale
Knowledge of reproductive and sexual rights among University students in Ethiopia: institution-based cross-sectional
Yohannes Mehretie Adinew, Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha
Study of status of safe injection practice and knowledge regarding injection safety among primary health care workers in Baglung district, western Nepal
Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra S Rathore, Bhuvan KC, P Ravi Shankar
The health and wellbeing of young people in sub-Saharan Africa: an under-researched area?
Caroline W Kabiru, Chimaraoke O Izugbara, Donatien Beguy
Redeeming qualities: exploring factors that affect women’s use of reproductive health vouchers in Cambodia
Carinne D Brody, Julie Freccero, Claire D Brindis, Ben Bellows
Learning strengths from cultural differences: a comparative study of maternal health-related behaviors and infant care among Southern Asian immigrants and Taiwanese women
Yen-Ching Chen, Shu-Hui Wei, Kuo-Wei Yeh, Mei-Yen Chen
The rural - urban divide in ambulatory care of gastrointestinal diseases in Taiwan
Yi-Hsuan Lin, Yen-Han Tseng, Yi-Chun Chen, Ming-Hwai Lin, Li-Fang Chou, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Shinn-Jang Hwang
Social factors associated with centenarian rate (CR) in 32 OECD countries
Jong In Kim
Barriers to the participation of people with psychosocial disability in mental health policy development in South Africa: a qualitative study of perspectives of policy makers, professionals, religious leaders and academics
Sharon Kleintjes, Crick Lund, Leslie Swartz
The range and diversity of providers’ viewpoints towards the Iraqi primary health care system: an exploration using Q-methodology
Nazar P Shabila, Namir G Al-Tawil, Tariq S Al-Hadithi, Egbert Sondorp
Prolonged sexual abstinence after childbirth: gendered norms and perceived family health risks. Focus group discussions in a Tanzanian suburb
Columba K Mbekenga, Andrea B Pembe, Elisabeth Darj, Kyllike Christensson, Pia Olsson
Prevalence and risk factors of depression in childhood and adolescence as seen in 4 districts of north-eastern Uganda
Eugene Kinyanda, Ruth Kizza, Catherine Abbo, Sheila Ndyanabangi, Jonathan Levin
Cross-sectional dietary deficiencies among a prison population in Papua New Guinea
Camilla Gould, Benoit Tousignant, Garry Brian, Robert McKay, Rosalind Gibson, Karl Bailey, Bernard J Venn
Factors affecting utilization of skilled maternal care in Northwest Ethiopia: a multilevel analysis
Abebaw Gebeyehu Worku, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework
Validation of the condom use self-efficacy scale in Ethiopia
Debebe Shaweno, Emebet Tekletsadik
“Communicate to vaccinate”: the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination
Natalie Willis, Sophie Hill, Jessica Kaufman, Simon Lewin, John Kis-Rigo, Sara Bensaude De Castro Freire, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Claire Glenton, Vivian Lin, Priscilla Robinson, Charles S Wiysonge
Performance and determinants of routine immunization coverage within the context of intensive polio eradication activities in Uttar Pradesh, India: Social Mobilization Network (SM Net) and Core Group Polio Project (CGPP)
William M Weiss, Manojkumar Choudhary, Roma Solomon
Prevalence of sexual abuse of male high school students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Rahel Tesfaye Haile, Negussie Deyessa Kebeta, Getnet Mitike Kassie
Integration of HIV care into maternal health services: a crucial change required in improving quality of obstetric care in countries with high HIV prevalence
Farai D Madzimbamuto, Sunanda Ray, Keitshokile D Mogobe
Coping with uncertainty during healthcare-seeking in Lao PDR
Helle M Alvesson, Magnus Lindelow, Bouasavanh Khanthaphat, Lucie Laflamme
Effect of the conditional cash transfer program Oportunidades on vaccination coverage in older Mexican people
Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez, Betty Soledad Manrique-Espinoza
Cosmopolitanism and foreign policy for health: ethics for and beyond the state
Raphael Lencucha
Illegal yet developmentally normative: a descriptive analysis of young, urban adolescents’ dating and sexual behaviour in Cape Town, South Africa
Aník Gevers, Cathy Mathews, Pam Cupp, Marcia Russell, Rachel Jewkes
Understanding orphan and non-orphan adolescents’ sexual risks in the context of poverty: a qualitative study in Nyanza Province, Kenya
Milka Juma, Jane Alaii, L Kay Bartholomew, Ian Askew, Bart Van den Born
Social disorganization and history of child sexual abuse against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis
Ismail Yahaya, Olalekan A Uthman, Joaquim Soares, Gloria Macassa
Measuring governance at health facility level: developing and validation of simple governance tool in Zambia
Wilbroad Mutale, Margaret Tembo Mwanamwenge, Dina Balabanova, Neil Spicer, Helen Ayles
Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: a national level investigation of members’ perceptions of service provision
Jenna Dixon, Eric Y Tenkorang, Isaac Luginaah
Erratum to: Social factors associated with centenarian rate (CR) in 32 OECD countries
Jong In Kim
Unintended pregnancies and the use of maternal health services in southwestern Ethiopia
Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Mesganaw Fantahun Afework, Michelle J Hindin
Erratum to: “Communicate to vaccinate”: the development of a taxonomy of communication interventions to improve routine childhood vaccination
Natalie Willis, Sophie Hill, Jessica Kaufman, Simon Lewin, John Kis-Rigo, Sara Bensaude De Castro Freire, Xavier Bosch-Capblanch, Claire Glenton, Vivian Lin, Priscilla Robinson, Charles S Wiysonge
Myths and misconceptions about tuberculosis transmission in Ghana
Joshua Amo-Adjei, Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
Adolescents and parents’ perceptions of best time for sex and sexual communications from two communities in the Eastern and Volta Regions of Ghana: implications for HIV and AIDS education
Emmanuel Asampong, Joseph Osafo, Jeffrey Bart Bingenheimer, Clement Ahiadeke
Contribution of the Japan International Cooperation Agency health-related projects to health system strengthening
Motoyuki Yuasa, Yoshie Yamaguchi, Mihoko Imada
Determinants of child and forced marriage in Morocco: stakeholder perspectives on health, policies and human rights
Alexia Sabbe, Halima Oulami, Wahiba Zekraoui, Halima Hikmat, Marleen Temmerman, Els Leye
Improvement in health and empowerment of families as a result of watershed management in a tribal area in India - a qualitative study
Sandeep S Nerkar, Ashok J Tamhankar, Eva Johansson, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Evaluating traditional healers knowledge and practices related to HIV testing and treatment in South Africa
Gavin George, Ethel Chitindingu, Jeff Gow
Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Jhumka Gupta, Kathryn L Falb, Heidi Lehmann, Denise Kpebo, Ziming Xuan, Mazeda Hossain, Cathy Zimmerman, Charlotte Watts, Jeannie Annan
Factors in the management of feeding in nursery school children as perceived by their mothers in rural Bondo County, Kenya
Allan R Were, Felix N Kioli, Kennedy Onkware, Elizabeth O Onyango, Sussy Gumo, Collins Ouma
What could a strengthened right to health bring to the post-2015 health development agenda?: interrogating the role of the minimum core concept in advancing essential global health needs
Lisa Forman, Gorik Ooms, Audrey Chapman, Eric Friedman, Attiya Waris, Everaldo Lamprea, Moses Mulumba
Barriers to using skilled birth attendants’ services in mid- and far-western Nepal: a cross-sectional study
Bishnu Choulagai, Sharad Onta, Narayan Subedi, Suresh Mehata, Gajananda P Bhandari, Amod Poudyal, Binjwala Shrestha, Matthews Mathai, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
The transition of childbirth practices among tribal women in Gujarat, India - a grounded theory approach
Bharati Sharma, Gayatri Giri, Kyllike Christensson, Ramani KV, Eva Johansson
Willingness to pay for a 4% chlorhexidine (7.1% chlorhexidine digluconate) product for umbilical cord care in rural Bangladesh: a contingency valuation study
Patricia S Coffey, Mutsumi Metzler, Ziaul Islam, Tracey P Koehlmoos