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Parental experiences of the impacts of Covid-19 on the care of young children; qualitative interview findings from the Nairobi Early Childcare in Slums (NECS) project.
Hughes RC, Muendo R, Bhopal SS, Onyango S, Kimani-Murage E, Kirkwood BR, Hill Z, Kitsao-Wekulo P. Hughes RC, et al. Among authors: kirkwood br. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Aug 30;3(8):e0001127. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001127. eCollection 2023. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023. PMID: 37647351 Free PMC article.
In addition, these findings imply a need for both short- and long-term policy responses to ameliorate the impacts described....
In addition, these findings imply a need for both short- and long-term policy responses to ameliorate the impacts described....
Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting.
Lawn JE, Ohuma EO, Bradley E, Idueta LS, Hazel E, Okwaraji YB, Erchick DJ, Yargawa J, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Salasibew M, Requejo J, Hayashi C, Moller AB, Borghi E, Black RE, Blencowe H; Lancet Small Vulnerable Newborn Steering Committee; WHO/UNICEF Preterm Birth Estimates Group; National Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Group; Subnational Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Group. Lawn JE, et al. Lancet. 2023 May 20;401(10389):1707-1719. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00522-6. Epub 2023 May 8. Lancet. 2023. PMID: 37167989 Review.
Measures of vulnerability previously focused on liveborn low-birthweight (LBW) babies, yet LBW reduction targets are off-track. There are two pathways to LBW, preterm birth and fetal growth restriction (FGR), with the FGR pathway resulting in the baby being small for gesta …
Measures of vulnerability previously focused on liveborn low-birthweight (LBW) babies, yet LBW reduction targets are off-track. There are tw …
Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000-2021.
Erchick DJ, Hazel EA, Katz J, Lee ACC, Diaz M, Wu LSF, Yoshida S, Bahl R, Grandi C, Labrique AB, Rashid M, Ahmed S, Roy AD, Haque R, Shaikh S, Baqui AH, Saha SK, Khanam R, Rahman S, Shapiro R, Zash R, Silveira MF, Buffarini R, Kolsteren P, Lachat C, Huybregts L, Roberfroid D, Zeng L, Zhu Z, He J, Qiu X, Gebreyesus SH, Tesfamariam K, Bekele D, Chan G, Baye E, Workneh F, Asante KP, Kaali EB, Adu-Afarwuah S, Dewey KG, Gyaase S, Wylie BJ, Kirkwood BR, Manu A, Thulasiraj RD, Tielsch J, Chowdhury R, Taneja S, Babu GR, Shriyan P, Ashorn P, Maleta K, Ashorn U, Mangani C, Acevedo-Gallegos S, Rodriguez-Sibaja MJ, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Mullany LC, Jehan F, Ilyas M, Rogerson SJ, Unger HW, Ghosh R, Musange S, Ramokolo V, Zembe-Mkabile W, Lazzerini M, Rishard M, Wang D, Fawzi WW, Minja DTR, Schmiegelow C, Masanja H, Smith E, Lusingu JPA, Msemo OA, Kabole FM, Slim SN, Keentupthai P, Mongkolchati A, Kajubi R, Kakuru A, Waiswa P, Walker D, Hamer DH, Semrau KEA, Chaponda EB, Chico RM, Banda B, Musokotwane K, Manasyan A, Pry JM, Chasekwa B, Humphrey J, Black RE; Subnational Vulnerable Newborn Prevalence Collaborative Group and Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Core Group. Erchick DJ, et al. Among authors: kirkwood br. BJOG. 2023 May 8. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17510. Online ahead of print. BJOG. 2023. PMID: 37156239
DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. SETTING: Subnational, population-based birth cohort studies (n = 45) in 23 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) spanning 2000-2021. ...METHODS: Subnational, population-based studies with high-quality birth …
DESIGN: Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. SETTING: Subnational, population-based birth cohort studies (n = 45) in 23 …
Population cause of death estimation using verbal autopsy methods in large-scale field trials of maternal and child health: lessons learned from a 20-year research collaboration in Central Ghana.
Danso SO, Manu A, Fenty J, Amanga-Etego S, Avan BI, Newton S, Soremekun S, Kirkwood B. Danso SO, et al. Among authors: kirkwood b. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 16;20(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12982-023-00120-7. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2023. PMID: 36797732 Free PMC article.
Verbal autopsy is a vital means of increasing the coverage of accurate mortality statistics in low- and middle-income settings, however operationalisation remains problematic. The lessons we share here in conducting VAs within a long-term surveillance system in Ghana will …
Verbal autopsy is a vital means of increasing the coverage of accurate mortality statistics in low- and middle-income settings, however oper …
Population-based rates, risk factors and consequences of preterm births in South-Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country prospective cohort study.
Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) GA Study Group. Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) GA Study Group. J Glob Health. 2022 Feb 19;12:04011. doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.04011. eCollection 2022. J Glob Health. 2022. PMID: 35198148 Free PMC article.
Site-specific rates and proportions were calculated and a logistic regression model was used to predict the risk factors of preterm birth. RESULTS: Preterm birth rates ranged from 3.2% in Ghana to 15.7% in Pakistan. ...Adolescent pregnancy and maternal morbidities a …
Site-specific rates and proportions were calculated and a logistic regression model was used to predict the risk factors of preterm birth …
Implementing effective community-based surveillance in research studies of maternal, newborn and infant outcomes in low resource settings.
Shannon C, Hurt C, Soremekun S, Edmond K, Newton S, Amenga-Etego S, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Hill Z, Manu A, Weobong B, Kirkwood B, Hurt L. Shannon C, et al. Among authors: kirkwood b. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2022 Jan 12;19(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12982-021-00109-0. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. 2022. PMID: 35022044 Free PMC article.
Monitoring of maternal and child health outcomes for milestone tracking requires the collection of good quality data over the long term, which can be particularly challenging in poorly-resourced settings. ...
Monitoring of maternal and child health outcomes for milestone tracking requires the collection of good quality data over the long term …
The contribution of childhood adversity to cortisol measures of early life stress amongst infants in rural India: Findings from the early life stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS).
Bhopal S, Verma D, Roy R, Soremekun S, Kumar D, Bristow M, Bhanushali A, Divan G, Kirkwood B. Bhopal S, et al. Among authors: kirkwood b. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019 Sep;107:241-250. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.012. Epub 2019 May 18. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2019. PMID: 31174162 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
DISCUSSION: This is the largest study of hair cortisol in young children, and the first in a low- and middle-income country setting. Whilst the short-term diurnal measures of cortisol did not appear to be linked with adversity, chronic exposure over several months appears …
DISCUSSION: This is the largest study of hair cortisol in young children, and the first in a low- and middle-income country setting. Whilst …
Development and validation of a simplified algorithm for neonatal gestational age assessment - protocol for the Alliance for Maternal Newborn Health Improvement (AMANHI) prospective cohort study.
AMANHI (Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement); Baqui A, Ahmed P, Dasgupta SK, Begum N, Rahman M, Islam N, Quaiyum M, Kirkwood B, Edmond K, Shannon C, Newton S, Hurt L, Jehan F, Nisar I, Hussain A, Nadeem N, Ilyas M, Zaidi A, Sazawal S, Deb S, Dutta A, Dhingra U, Ali SM, Hamer DH, Semrau KE, Straszak-Suri M, Grogan C, Bemba G, Lee AC, Wylie BJ, Manu A, Yoshida S, Bahl R. AMANHI (Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement), et al. Among authors: kirkwood b. J Glob Health. 2017 Dec;7(2):021201. doi: 10.7189/jogh.07.021201. J Glob Health. 2017. PMID: 29163937 Free PMC article.
The study will provide accurate, population-based rates of preterm birth in different settings and quantify the risks of neonatal mortality and morbidity by gestational age and birth weight in five South Asian and sub-Saharan African sites. ...Computer machine learn …
The study will provide accurate, population-based rates of preterm birth in different settings and quantify the risks of neonatal mor …
Determinants of morbidity associated with infant male circumcision: community-level population-based study in rural Ghana.
Gyan T, McAuley K, Strobel NA, Shannon C, Newton S, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Amenga-Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Kirkwood B, Edmond KM. Gyan T, et al. Among authors: kirkwood b. Trop Med Int Health. 2017 Mar;22(3):312-322. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12829. Epub 2017 Jan 12. Trop Med Int Health. 2017. PMID: 27990718 Free article.
OBJECTIVE: Male circumcision services have expanded throughout Africa as part of a long-term HIV prevention strategy. We assessed the effect of type of service provider (formal and informal) and hygiene practices on circumcision-related morbidities in rural Ghana. ...
OBJECTIVE: Male circumcision services have expanded throughout Africa as part of a long-term HIV prevention strategy. We assessed the …
Valuing the work of unpaid community health workers and exploring the incentives to volunteering in rural Africa.
Kasteng F, Settumba S, Källander K, Vassall A; inSCALE Study Group. Kasteng F, et al. Health Policy Plan. 2016 Mar;31(2):205-16. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv042. Epub 2015 May 22. Health Policy Plan. 2016. PMID: 26001813 Free PMC article.
Care must be taken by those costing and designing CHW programmes to acknowledge the opportunity cost of CHWs at the margin and over the long term. Failure to properly consider these issues may lead to cost estimations below the amount necessary to scale up and sustain prog …
Care must be taken by those costing and designing CHW programmes to acknowledge the opportunity cost of CHWs at the margin and over the long …
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