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Explaining the impact of mHealth on maternal and child health care in low- and middle-income countries: a realist synthesis
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Despite the growing global application of mobile health (mHealth) technology in maternal and child
health, contextual factors, and mechanisms by which interventional outcomes are generated, have not been
subjected to a ...
COVID-19 rapid response in a limited resource setting (notes from the field): Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital, Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe
(Haraka Publishing, 2021)
COVID-19 has impacted health systems globally with varying impacts across regions. In Zimbabwe, a country with perennial problems of shortage of healthcare workers and resources, the pandemic has caused substantial strain ...
Girl champ in Eswatini: A strategic marketing campaign to promote demand for sexual and reproductive health services among young women
(Springe, 2021)
Eforts to engage adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in HIV services have struggled, in part, due to limited awareness of services and stigma. Strategic marketing is a promising approach, but the impact on youth behavior ...
Exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage advertisements in South Africa
(MPDI, 2021)
Television (TV) is a powerful medium for marketing food and beverages. Food and beverage marketers tend to use this medium to target children with the hope that children will in turn influence their families’ food choices. ...
Commentary: Lessons from the COVID-19 global health response to inform TB case finding
(Elsevier, 2021)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged as a serious threat to global public health, demanding
urgent action and causing unprecedented worldwide change in a short space of time. This disease has devastated
economies, ...
Pathways and processes linking social support to health: Development of an exploratory model with South African caregivers
(SAGE, 2021)
Despite ample evidence of the protective role of social support for mental and physical health, key gaps remain in our understanding of the pathways and mediating processes explaining these relationships in specific ...
Relationships with caregivers and mental health outcomes among adolescents living with HIV: A prospective cohort study in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Mental health problems may impact adherence to anti-retroviral treatment, retention in care, and
consequently the survival of adolescents living with HIV. The adolescent-caregiver relationship is an important
potential ...
Prioritization of interventions in pursuit of maternal health policy objectives to mitigate stillbirth risks. An exploratory qualitative study at subnational level in Uganda
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Global calls for renewed efforts to address stillbirth burden highlighted areas for policy and
implementation resulting in national level translations. Information regarding adapted strategies to effect policy
objectives ...
The treatment ambassador program: a highly acceptable and feasible community-based peer intervention for South Africans living with HIV who delay or discontinue antiretroviral therapy
(Springer Nature, 2021)
We conducted a novel pilot randomized controlled trial of the Treatment Ambassador Program (TAP), an 8-session, peerbased, behavioral intervention for people with HIV (PWH) in South Africa not on antiretroviral therapy ...
Leaving no man behind: How differentiated service delivery models increase men’s engagement in HIV care
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
Men demonstrate disproportionately poor uptake and engagement in HIV services with strong evidence linking men’s disinclination to engage in HIV services to their masculinity, necessitating adaptive programming to accommodate ...