Nhacolo, Ariel;
Magaço, Amilcar;
Amosse, Felizarda;
Hunguana, Aura;
Matsena, Teodimiro;
Nhacolo, Arsénio;
Xerinda, Elisio;
Bassat, Quique;
Sacoor, Charfudin;
Mandomando, Inacio;
Munguambe, Khátia.
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted countries to swiftly implement rigorous preventive measures on a population-wide scale worldwide. However, in low-income countries like Mozambique this was difficult, coupled with a generalised lack of knowledge on how the population understood and complied with these m...
COVID-19/epidemiology,
COVID-19/prevention & control,
Masks,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Family Characteristics,
Hand Disinfection,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Perception,
Physical Distancing,
Quarantine,
SARS-CoV-2,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Introdução: As políticas em relação ao planeamento familiar, vem desde muito tempo se dedicando principalmente às mulheres, mesmo sabendo-se que os homens têm um papel importante a desempenhar neste sentido, podendo suas atitudes interferir, positiva ou negativamente, na decisão das suas companhe...
d0172800,
d0032700,
d0051930,
d0062960,
d0113200,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
d0010710,
d0221260,
Television,
Radio,
Mozambique
Background: Mozambique is a malaria endemic country with an estimated prevalence of malaria in children 6-59 months old that is twice as high in rural areas (46.0%) as in urban areas (18.0%). However, only 46.0% of women aged 15-49 years had complete knowledge about malaria in 2018. This study aimed to i...
Background: Antenatal care (ANC) clinics remain important entry points to HIV care for pregnant women living with HIV-including adolescents. Prior knowledge of their HIV status at ANC enrollment is crucial to providing services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. We examined kn...
HIV Infections/epidemiology,
HIV Infections/transmission,
HIV Testing/statistics & numerical data,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology,
Prenatal Care/statistics & numerical data,
Eswatini/epidemiology,
Ethiopia/epidemiology,
Mozambique/epidemiology
Capitine, Igor P U;
Macicame, Ivalda B;
Uanela, Artur M;
Bhatt, Nilesh B;
Yates, Adam;
Milazzo, Mark;
Nwoga, Chiaka;
Crowell, Trevor A;
Michael, Nelson L;
Robb, Merlin L;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Kroidl, Arne;
Polyak, Christina S;
Schacht, Caroline De.
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique.
Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...
AIDS Vaccines/therapeutic use,
Clinical Trials as Topic/psychology,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Motivation,
Mozambique,
Patient Participation/psychology,
Phobic Disorders,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexual Partners
Capitine, Igor P U;
Macicame, Ivalda B;
Uanela, Artur M;
Bhatt, Nilesh B;
Yates, Adam;
Milazzo, Mark;
Nwoga, Chiaka;
Crowell 3, Trevor A;
Michael, Nelson L;
Robb, Merlin L;
Jani, Ilesh V;
Kroidl, Arne;
Polyak, Christina S;
Schacht, Caroline De.
Introduction: Vaccine efficacy testing requires engagement of willing volunteers with high disease incidence. We evaluated factors associated with willingness to participate in potential future HIV vaccine trials in Maputo, Mozambique.
Methods: Adults aged 18-35 years without HIV and who reported at leas...
AIDS Vaccines/therapeutic use,
HIV Infections/prevention & control,
Motivation,
Mozambique,
Clinical Trials as Topic/psychology,
Patient Participation,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Patient Participation/psychology,
Phobic Disorders,
Sexual Behavior,
Sexual Partners
Introduction: migrant mine workers are susceptible
to engage in risky sexual behaviour due to their high
mobility, putting at risk their families and home
communities. Because comprehensive knowledge
about HIV/AIDS is a key factor in reducing HIV
infections, this study aims to understand the current...
Sevene, Esperança;
Boene, Helena;
Vidler, Marianne;
Valá, Anifa;
Macuacua, Salésio;
Augusto, Orvalho;
Fernandes, Quinhas;
Macete, Eusébio;
Sidat, Mohsin;
Dadelszen, Peter von;
Munguambe, Khátia;
Bique, Cassimo.
Background
Maternal mortality is an important public health problem in low-income countries. Delays in reaching health facilities and insufficient health care professionals call for innovative community-level solutions. There is limited evidence on the role of community health workers in the management o...
Clinical Competence,
Community Health Services/standards,
Community Health Workers/psychology,
Disease Management,
Emergency Treatment/standards,
Feasibility Studies,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Maternal Mortality,
Patient Acceptance of Health Care,
Pre-Eclampsia/diagnosis,
Pre-Eclampsia/therapy,
Prenatal Care,
Referral and Consultation,
Mozambique
Background: In Mozambique, socio-economic and cultural factors influence the wide adoption of disease preventive measures that are relevant for malaria control strategies to promote early recognition of disease, prompt seeking of medical care, sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and taking i...
Socioeconomic Factors,
Cultural Factors,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Surveys and Questionnaires,
Malaria/prevention & control,
Mozambique,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Malaria/psychology,
Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
Feldman, Mitra;
Krylova, Vera Lacey;
Farrow, Poppy;
Donovan, Laura;
Zandamela, Edson;
Rebelo, Joaquim;
Rodrigues, Maria;
Bulo, António;
Ferraz, Carlos;
Rodrigues, Humberto;
Feltrer, Arantxa Roca;
Baker, Kevin.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic response, yet there is a paucity of literature on their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in relation to the pandemic. Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Mozam bique are known locally as agentes poli...
COVID-19/epidemiology,
Community Health Workers/education,
Cross-Sectional Studies,
Health Education/methods,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Mozambique,
Online Systems,
Pandemics/prevention & control,
Surveys and Questionnaires
