Nutrient density and cost of commonly consumed foods: a South African perspective
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Samukelisiwe S. Madlala, Jillian Hill, Ernesta Kunneke
Food-based dietary guidelines promote consumption of a variety of nutritious foods for optimal health and prevention of chronic disease. However, adherence to these guidelines is …
Maternal psychological distress and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care at public hospitals, Ethiopia
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Getaneh Tesfaye, Derebe Madoro, Light Tsegay
OBJECTIVE: Mothers who have endured psychological distress during pregnancy are more likely to have cognitive and behavioral issues for their baby, and are at greater …
Predicting the combined effects of case isolation, safe funeral practices, and contact tracing during Ebola virus disease outbreaks
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Aliou Bouba, Kristina Barbara Helle, Kristan A. Schneider
BACKGROUND: The recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda and the Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Ghana reflect a persisting threat of Filoviridae …
Stakeholder perspectives on Nigeria’s national sodium reduction program: Lessons for implementation and scale-up
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Olutobi Adekunle Sanuade, Vanessa Alfa, Xuejun Yin
BACKGROUND: To reduce excess dietary sodium consumption, Nigeria's 2019 National Multi-sectoral Action Plan (NMSAP) for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases includes policies based …
A combined model of child malnutrition and morbidity in Ethiopia using structural equation models
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Kasahun Takele, Temesgen Zewotir, Denis Ndanguza
Malnutrition and morbidity are substantial problems in Ethiopia and are still pervasive and persistent. Despite this, there has been scant research on the coexistence of …
Community advisory committee as a facilitator of health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
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Ivy Chumo, Caroline Kabaria, Clement Oduor
Introduction: A range of community engagement initiatives to advance health and wellbeing are currently taking place in informal settlements in low and middle income countries …
Understanding accelerators to improve SDG-related outcomes for adolescents—An investigation into the nature and quantum of additive effects of protective factors to guide policy making
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Lorraine Sherr, Katharina Haag, Mark Tomlinson
Recent evidence has shown support for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) accelerator concept, which highlights the need to identify interventions or programmatic areas that …
The impact of Blackboard Collaborate breakout groups on the cognitive achievement of physical education teaching styles during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Ahmed Hassan Rakha
The rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced schools and universities to close. Globally, education systems face unprecedented challenges, and learning management systems (LMS) are the …
“Hard-To-Reach” or Hardly Reaching? Critical Reflections on Engaging Diverse Residents From Low Socio-Economic Status Neighborhoods in Public Health Research
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Zeinab Aliyas, Patricia Collins, Shadé Chrun-Tremblay
Keywords: questionnaire survey, low socio-economic neighbourhoods, recruiting minorities, child studies, play street, school street While socioeconomically disadvantaged populations are more likely to experience poor health, …
Therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine combination for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana
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Benjamin Abuaku, Paul Boateng, Nana Yaw Peprah
In 2020, Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DHAP) was adopted as a second-line antimalarial for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana following a review of the country's antimalarial medicines …
COVID-19 impacts on food systems in fisheries-dependent island communities
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Sarah Sutcliffe, Jacqueline Lau, Michele L. Barnes
Policies designed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted food systems worldwide. How impacts played out in local food systems, and how these affected the …
Aedes albopictus host odor preference does not drive observed variation in feeding patterns across field populations
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Kara Fikrig, Noah H. Rose, Nathan D. Burkett‐Cadena
Laboratory and field-based studies of the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus demonstrate its competency to transmit over twenty different pathogens linked to a broad range of …
Usability and acceptance of a mobile health wallet for pregnancy-related healthcare: A mixed methods study on stakeholders’ perceptions in central Madagascar
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Etienne Lacroze, Anna Frühauf, Kim Nordmann
BACKGROUND: Several sub-Saharan African countries use digital financial services to improve health financing, especially for maternal and child health. In cooperation with the Malagasy Ministry …
Learning New Skills after Deployment: Improving open-domain internet-driven dialogue with human feedback
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Jing Xu, Megan Ung, Mojtaba Komeili
Frozen models trained to mimic static datasets can never improve their performance.Models that can employ internet-retrieval for up-to-date information and obtain feedback from humans during …
Self-devised assistive techniques by university students with learning disabilities
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Ndakaitei Manase
Background: Access to assistive technology for disabilities is limited in low-resource settings. Therefore, existing research focuses on accessibility challenges. This article focuses on how students …
Prevalence of birth injuries and associated factors among newborns delivered in public hospitals Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021. Crossectional study
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Esubalew Amsalu Tibebu, Kalkidan Wondwossen Desta, Feven Mulugeta Ashagre
BACKGROUND: Birth injury is harm that a baby suffers during the entire birth process. It includes both birth asphyxia and birth trauma. In Ethiopia, birth …
Why we should be looking for longitudinal patterns in biodiversity
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Şerban Procheş, M. K. Watkeys, Lisa Ramsay
Our understanding of global diversity patterns relies overwhelmingly on ecological and evolutionary correlates of latitude, and largely ignores longitude. However, the two major explanations of …
Engendering Technology-Assisted Pedagogy for Effective Instructional Strategy in the University of Namibia Language Centre
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Hafeni Pamwenase Shikalepo Hamakali, Lukas Matati Josua
The advent of COVID-19 disrupted existing socio-economic activities and has unveiled digital inequities and injustices. The pandemic led to a forced migration of education activities …
The problem-solving method: Efficacy for learning and motivation in the field of physical education
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Ghaith Ezeddine, Nafaa Souissi, Liwa Masmoudi
Background In pursuit of quality teaching and learning, teachers seek the best method to provide their students with a positive educational atmosphere and the most …
The mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 and profile of viral reservoirs in pediatric population: A systematic review with meta-analysis of the Cameroonian studies
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Aude Christelle Ka’e, Alex Durand Nka, Yagaï Bouba
BACKGROUND: The mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (MTCT) remains on the major route of HIV-transmission among pediatric populations in Africa. Though a prevention of MTCT (PMTCT) …