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View article: Inequality in Early Childhood Mortality: An Ecological Analysis Within Nepal
Inequality in Early Childhood Mortality: An Ecological Analysis Within Nepal Open
Objective: The objective of the study was to analyse inequalities in under-five mortality primarily across levels of maternal education and the ecological region of Nepal. Methods: Data on 5,038 children under the age of five from the 2016…
View article: Tackling the (un)affordability of medicines for cardiometabolic risk factors worldwide: a call to action
Tackling the (un)affordability of medicines for cardiometabolic risk factors worldwide: a call to action Open
View article: Women's Autonomy, Community Effort, and Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Behavior Among Married Women in Nepal
Women's Autonomy, Community Effort, and Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Behavior Among Married Women in Nepal Open
Despite the high prevalence of cervical and breast cancer, screening rates remain low in low‐income countries. Using nationally representative data, we examine factors associated with knowledge and uptake of cervical and breast cancer scre…
View article: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics Open
View article: Open Defecation, Livestock Ownership, and Child Nutritional Status in India
Open Defecation, Livestock Ownership, and Child Nutritional Status in India Open
South Asian children are among the most severely malnourished worldwide. One prominent hypothesis is that open defecation in the local area exposes children to human fecal pathogens that can cause diarrhea and malnutrition. Much of the exi…
View article: Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT’s output
Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT’s output Open
Priority setting processes based on human crowdsourcing - such as the CHNRI method - and the output provided by ChatGPT are both valuable, as they complement and strengthen each other. The priorities identified by ChatGPT were more grounde…
View article: The Service Sector in Lower-Income Asian Economies
The Service Sector in Lower-Income Asian Economies Open
View article: Perceptions of key stakeholders on taxes on tobacco and alcohol products in Nepal
Perceptions of key stakeholders on taxes on tobacco and alcohol products in Nepal Open
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are on the rise in Nepal. Consumption of alcohol and tobacco products remains high. Taxes on these products are significantly below the rate recommended by the WHO. In an effort to understand the…
View article: Framing health taxes: learning from low- and middle-income countries
Framing health taxes: learning from low- and middle-income countries Open
Health taxes are effective policy instruments to save lives, raise government revenues and improve equity. Health taxes, however, directly conflict with commercial actors’ interests. Both pro-tax health advocates and anti-tax industry repr…
View article: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial on community education and surveillance on antibiotics use among young children in Nepal
Protocol for a randomized controlled trial on community education and surveillance on antibiotics use among young children in Nepal Open
While the study will primarily inform future policy and programmatic efforts to reduce AMR in Nepal, the study-both the education intervention and the surveillance system-can serve as a prototype for tackling AMR in other similar settings.
View article: Cost-Savings of Do Not Resuscitate Orders Among Elderly Patients With Heart Failure in the United States
Cost-Savings of Do Not Resuscitate Orders Among Elderly Patients With Heart Failure in the United States Open
Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders should preclude the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and may be associated with patient outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF). This study examined the association between DNR and cos…
View article: Validity of ICD codes to identify do-not-resuscitate orders among older adults with heart failure: A single center study
Validity of ICD codes to identify do-not-resuscitate orders among older adults with heart failure: A single center study Open
Background Observational research on the advance care planning (ACP) process is limited by a lack of easily accessible ACP variables in many large datasets. The objective of this study was to determine whether International Classification …
View article: Parental disability and children's educational, labor market and marital outcomes: Evidence from Nepal
Parental disability and children's educational, labor market and marital outcomes: Evidence from Nepal Open
View article: Factors associated with catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
Factors associated with catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review Open
Objective A non-negligible proportion of sub-Saharan African (SSA) households experience catastrophic costs accessing healthcare. This study aimed to systematically review the existing evidence to identify factors associated with catastrop…
View article: Women’s extreme seclusion during menstruation and children’s health in Nepal
Women’s extreme seclusion during menstruation and children’s health in Nepal Open
There is limited empirical evidence from low-income countries on the effects of women’s seclusion during menstruation on children’s health. The objective of the current study was to examine the association between women’s extreme seclusion…
View article: Social health insurance consolidation and urban-rural inequality in utilization and financial risk protection in China
Social health insurance consolidation and urban-rural inequality in utilization and financial risk protection in China Open
Universal health care is a long-term policy goal for health care reform in China. In 2016, China consolidated its urban and rural resident social health insurance programs into one program with a goal to reduce disparities between rural an…
View article: The effect of disability on educational, labor market, and marital outcomes in a low-income context
The effect of disability on educational, labor market, and marital outcomes in a low-income context Open
View article: Breast Cancer Survival in Eastern Region of Ghana
Breast Cancer Survival in Eastern Region of Ghana Open
Objective Five-year overall survival rate of breast cancer in low-income countries (LICs) is significantly lower than in high-resource countries. This study explored clinical and pathological factors influencing mortality in the Eastern re…
View article: Women’s Seclusion during Menstruation and Children’s Health in Nepal
Women’s Seclusion during Menstruation and Children’s Health in Nepal Open
Objectives There is limited empirical evidence from low-income countries on the effects of women’s seclusion during menstruation on children’s health. We documented the association between mother’s extreme seclusion during menstruation and…
View article: Increasing Health Insurance Enrollment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Works, What Does Not, and Research Gaps: A Scoping Review
Increasing Health Insurance Enrollment in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What Works, What Does Not, and Research Gaps: A Scoping Review Open
Health insurance programs have the potential to shield individuals in low- and middle-income countries from catastrophic health expenses and reduce their vulnerability to poverty. However, the uptake of insurance programs remains low in th…
View article: Acceptability of mobile-phone reminders for routine childhood vaccination appointments in Nigeria – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Acceptability of mobile-phone reminders for routine childhood vaccination appointments in Nigeria – a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
View article: Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness strategy in Zimbabwe: An evaluation
Integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness strategy in Zimbabwe: An evaluation Open
More than five million children under the age of five die each year worldwide, primarily from preventable and treatable causes. In response, the World Health Organization’s Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI) strategy has …
View article: PHN volume 24 issue 12 Cover and Back matter
PHN volume 24 issue 12 Cover and Back matter Open
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View article: Short message service (SMS) reminders for childhood immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Short message service (SMS) reminders for childhood immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open
Introduction Childhood vaccine delivery services in the low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are struggling to reach every child with lifesaving vaccines. Short message service (SMS) reminders have demonstrated positive impact on a numb…
View article: Factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children aged 12–23 months at subnational level, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study
Factors associated with incomplete immunisation in children aged 12–23 months at subnational level, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study Open
Objectives National immunisation coverage rate masks subnational immunisation coverage gaps at the state and local district levels. The objective of the current study was to determine the sociodemographic factors associated with incomplete…
View article: The Effect of Reframing the Goals of Family Planning Programs from Limiting Fertility to Birth Spacing: Evidence from Pakistan
The Effect of Reframing the Goals of Family Planning Programs from Limiting Fertility to Birth Spacing: Evidence from Pakistan Open
Contraceptive prevalence in Pakistan has plateaued near 34 percent for over a decade, suggesting that fertility levels are likely to stay high unless effective interventions are designed. We evaluate the Family Advancement for Life and Hea…
View article: Content of antenatal care and perception about services provided by primary hospitals in Nepal: a convergent mixed methods study
Content of antenatal care and perception about services provided by primary hospitals in Nepal: a convergent mixed methods study Open
Background Nepal has made significant strides in maternal and neonatal mortality over the last three decades. However, poor quality of care can threaten the gains, as maternal and newborn services are particularly sensitive to quality of c…
View article: Targeting Using Differential Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Targeting Using Differential Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment Open
In a field experiment in Nepal, we varied the amount of financial incentives provided to health outreach workers by the ethnicity of the client they recruited for a free sugar level assessment. We find that our differential incentive in th…
View article: Economic and social drivers of antibiotic dispensing practices among community pharmacies in Nepal
Economic and social drivers of antibiotic dispensing practices among community pharmacies in Nepal Open
Objective To assess economic and social drivers of dispensing antibiotics without prescription by community pharmacies in Nepal. Method A survey was conducted among 111 pharmacy owners and managers in five districts. Information on demogra…
View article: Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills from First Childbirth and Subsequent Childbearing
Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills from First Childbirth and Subsequent Childbearing Open