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We Are Not Islands: The Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Psychological Distress
(MDPI, 2023)
COVID-19 containment measures, including social distancing, quarantine, and confinement,
significantly impacted social connectedness and contributed to heightened levels of perceived stress.
Prior research has established ...
Use of routine health information systems to monitor disruptions of coverage of maternal, newborn, and child health services during COVID-19: A scoping review
(Journal of global health, 2023)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a unique global health challenge which disrupted essential health services (EHS). Most early data related to EHS during the COVID-19 pandemic came from country and regional “pulse” ...
Critical reflections on conducting qualitative health research during Covid-19: The lived experiences of a cohort of postgraduate students in a South African university
(Sage journal, 2023-01-02)
COVID-19 ushered in public health guidelines restricting face-to-face contact and movement, and encouraging social distancing,
all of which had implications for conducting field-based research during the pandemic. For ...
Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted gaps in health surveillance systems, disease prevention, and treatment globally. Among the many factors that might have led to these gaps is the issue of the financing of ...
Implementing and evaluating community health worker-led cardiovascular disease risk screening intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa communities: a participatory implementation research protocol
(MDPI, 2023)
The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) poses a considerable threat to public health. Community-driven CVD risk ...
Promoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: the role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
(SAGE Publications Inc, 2023)
COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students. This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group. Intrinsic and contextual factors ...