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Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Nigeria: A Scoping Review of the Literature Contextualized With Local Knowledge Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Open
Aim Collate and summarise published evidence of the non-clinical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Nigeria and compare the findings with community stakeholder experiences. Methods We searched PubMed, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to…
What Made the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience Worse in Communities in Northern Nigeria: Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping of Community Perceptions Open
Aims Collate local perceptions of factors influencing experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in communities in Bauchi State, Northern Nigeria. Results Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) collated participant views of what made their experience wors…
The burden of stroke, ischaemic heart disease, and dementia in Africa, 1990–2021: an ecological analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Open
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An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations Open
Importance Accessing mental health care is challenging for youths, especially those facing intersectional disadvantages, but whether enhancing youth services increases reach and timeliness has rarely been investigated. ACCESS Open Minds (A…
Effectiveness of educational interventions to promote safe handling of pesticides: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Introduction Appropriate use of pesticides minimises harm to human health and the environment. Despite regulations and restrictions on use, however, many farmers still use highly toxic pesticides in ways that endanger their health and the …
Indigenous Community Views of Disability in Canada: Protocol for a Scoping Review Open
Background Indigenous people do not necessarily view disability in the same way as do other groups. Indigenous concepts of disability are connected to their ancestral history, cultural customs, and environmental context. Some Indigenous la…
Community Views of Determinants of Men’s Wellbeing in Guatemala: A Study Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Open
Background In post-conflict Guatemala, Indigenous men’s psychological distress has been linked to violence exposure, disrupted social support systems, and structural inequities. Purpose We aimed to document how communities themselves under…
Four analysis moments for fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research Open
Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) is a practical tool in participatory research. Its main use is clarifying causal understandings from several knowledge sources. It provides a shared substrate or language for sharing views of causality. This m…
Antibacterial Compounds Against Non-Growing and Intracellular Bacteria Open
Slow- and non-growing bacterial populations, along with intracellular pathogens, often evade standard antibacterial treatments and are linked to persistent and recurrent infections. This necessitates the development of therapies specifical…
Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review Open
Background Human trafficking is a human rights violation in every region of the world. The African continent is not spared. Every year, millions of people experience significant health and social consequences. International organizations a…
Antibacterial Compounds Against Non-Growing and Intracellular Bacteria Open
Slow- and non-growing bacterial populations, along with intracellular pathogens, often evade standard antibacterial treatments and are linked to persistent and recurrent infections. This necessitates the development of therapies specifical…
Promoting gender equity in a home visits programme: a qualitative study in Northern Nigeria Open
The home visits programme, as implemented, contributed to gender equity.
Fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research and decision making: a practice review Open
Background Fuzzy cognitive mapping (FCM) is a graphic technique to describe causal understanding in a wide range of applications. This practice review summarises the experience of a group of participatory research specialists and trainees …
The Equity Impact of Universal Home Visits to Pregnant Women and Their Spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary Analysis From a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Open
Background Socio-economically disadvantaged women have poor maternal health outcomes. Maternal health interventions often fail to reach those who need them most and may exacerbate inequalities. In Bauchi State, Nigeria, a recent cluster ra…
Envisioning Women-Centered HIV Care: Perspectives from Women Living with HIV in Canada Open
Background: Women comprise nearly one-quarter of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Canada. Compared with men, women living with HIV experience inequities in HIV care and health outcomes, prompting a need for gendered…
Indigenous Community Views of Disability in Canada: Protocol for a Scoping Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Indigenous people do not necessarily view disability in the same way as do other groups. Indigenous concepts of disability are connected to their ancestral history, cultural customs, and environmental context. Some Indigenous la…
Social media and postsecondary student adoption of mental health labels: protocol for a scoping review Open
Introduction Many postsecondary students use social media at an age when mental health issues often arise for the first time. On social media, students describe their mental states or social interactions using psychiatric language. This is…
Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Human trafficking is a human rights violation in every region of the world. The African continent is not spared. Every year, millions of people experience significant health and social consequences. International organizations a…
HIV-sensitive social protection for unemployed and out-of-school young women in Botswana: An exploratory study of barriers and solutions Open
Promotive social protection programs aim to increase income and capabilities and could help address structural drivers of HIV-vulnerability like poverty, lack of education and gender inequality. Unemployed and out-of-school young women bea…
Experimental studies testing interventions to promote cultural safety, interculturality or antiracism in healthcare: protocol for a systematic review Open
Introduction Cultural safety, interculturality and antiracism are crucial concepts in addressing health disparities of minority and diverse groups. Measuring them is challenging, however, due to overlapping meanings and their highly contex…
Added value of video edutainment on android handsets in home visits to improve maternal and child health in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary analysis from a cluster randomised controlled trial Open
Objective A trial of evidence-based health promotion home visits to pregnant women and their spouses in northern Nigeria found significant improvements in maternal and child health outcomes. This study tested the added value for these outc…
Community Groups Co-Design Evidence-Based Docudramas to Communicate About Child Spacing in Bauchi State, Nigeria: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Open
In Bauchi State, northern Nigeria, communities recognise short birth interval ( kunika in the Hausa language) as harmful, but family planning is a sensitive topic. This paper describes the development of a culturally safe way to communicat…
Shared perceived causes of suicide among young men and violence against young women offer potential for co-designed solutions: intervention soft-modelling with fuzzy cognitive mapping Open
Violence against young women (VAW) and suicide among young men are serious concerns in Botswana and elsewhere. We examined the overlap in locally perceived causes of these two forms of violence in Botswana using the results from separate s…
How does participatory research work: protocol for a realist synthesis Open
Introduction Participatory research science deals with partnerships underlying research, governance and ownership of research products. It is concerned with relationships behind research objectives and methods. Participatory research has g…
Why urban communities from low-income and middle-income countries participate in public and global health research: protocol for a scoping review Open
Introduction As the number of people living in cities increases worldwide, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), urban health is a growing priority of public and global health. Rapid unplanned urbanisation in LMIC…
Depression and associated factors in medical students in Acapulco during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study Open
Background Depression is common in medical students and the Mexican state of Guerrero has the highest rates of depression in the country. Acapulco, the seat of the state medical school, is a tourist destination that experienced early high …
Occurrence of scorpion sting and associated factors in a highly marginalized municipality in Guerrero, Mexico: A cross-sectional study Open
Background Scorpion sting is a neglected public health problem, despite a global estimate of 1.2 million scorpion stings and some 3,250 deaths annually Methods This cross-sectional study estimates the occurrence of scorpion stings and iden…
Vulnerable young women and frontline service providers identify options to improve the HIV-sensitivity of social protection programmes in Botswana: A modified Policy Delphi approach Open
Poverty, lack of education and gender inequality make unemployed and out-of-school young women extremely vulnerable to HIV infection. Promotive social protection programmes aim to increase livelihood and capabilities and could empower this…