Background: Age, gender and household infrastructure are important social determinants affecting health inequalities. This study aims to assess the ways that age and gender of the household head and household infrastructure intersect to create relative advantage and disadvantage in COVID-19 vulnerability...
Castilho, Paula Ruiz;
Imputiua, Saimado;
Xie, Kexin;
Elobolobo, Eldo;
Nicolas, Patricia;
Montana, Julia;
Jamisse, Edgar;
Munguambe, Humberto;
Materrula, Felisbela;
Casellas, Aina;
Deng, Xinwei;
Marathe, Achla;
Rabinovich, Regina;
Saute, Francisco;
Chaccour, Carlos;
Sacoor, Charfudin.
Many geographical areas of sub-Saharan Africa, especially in rural settings, lack complete and up-to-date demographic data, posing a challenge for implementation and evaluation of public health interventions and carrying out large-scale health research. A demographic survey was completed in Mopeia distri...
Adewoye, Kayode Rasaq;
Olalubi, Oluwasogo A;
Alao, Taiye Adeyanju;
Topemichael, Ipinnimo;
Adeniyi, Makinde Adebayo;
Ibrahim, Azeez Oyemomi;
Sanni, Taofeek Adedayo;
Achebe, Chijioke Cosmas;
Bakare, Adewumi;
Orewole, Tesleem Olayinka;
Abioye, Opeyemi Oladipupo.
Background:The COVID-19 pandemic and its vaccine have been met with varying perceptions that may have both negative and positive effects on the willingness to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine. The study is set to determine the perception and willingness of the household ...
Background: Third-party disability (TPD) has been studied in multiple patients including those with aphasia and hearing loss. Only one study has been done in relation to caregivers of adults with dysphagia. Third-party disability has been analysed using the International Classification of Function and Di...
La gestion du malade dans l‟univers hospitalier implique non seulement le personnel soignant, mais aussi d‟autres acteurs sociaux encore moins connus des gestionnaires des structures hospitalières et des catégories socio professionnelles y évoluant. Parmi ces acteurs encore moins connu, il y a le ...
Objective
To estimate the incidence of, and trends in, catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa. Methods :We systematically reviewed the scientific and grey literature to identify population-based studies on catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa published between 2000 and 202...
Agyekum, Mary P;
Agyekum, Enoch O;
Adjei, Alexander;
Asare, Kwabena;
Asiamah, Sabina;
Tsey, Irene;
Amankwah, Georgina;
Manyeh, Alfred K;
Williams, John E O;
Ross, David A.
Objective: This paper describes sexual behaviours and their associated factors among young people.
Design: The study design is cross-sectional.
Setting: Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (DHDSS) in Ghana’s Shai-Osudoku and Ningo Prampram districts.
Participants: Young people aged 10 to 24...
A quarter of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), 10% of cases develop active tuberculosis (TB), and 90% have a latent TB infection. Family members of TB patients have the highest potential for latent TB infection. This study aims to identify latent TB infection an...
This study investigated the association between internal migration and teenage fertility in South Africa. Data were from the 2007 and 2016 South African community surveys, N2007= 89800 and N2016=239733, age range 12 to 19, black teenagers= 81.5% and 89.4%, respectively. Results showed that between 2007 a...
Background. National response mechanisms, including lockdown regulations and financial and food aid, have exacerbated adversity and provided support. They have also exposed existing inequalities, with individuals and families able to cope and recover to varying degrees. Families with young children, spec...
