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Globalization and Health

Ausgabe 1/2016

Inhalt (86 Artikel)

Open Access Editorial

Envisioning a Global Health Partnership Movement

Andrew Jones

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: A rapid evidence review on the effectiveness of institutional health partnerships

E. Kelly, V. Doyle, D. Weakliam, Y. Schönemann

Open Access Research

Assessing the twinning model in the Rwandan Human Resources for Health Program: goal setting, satisfaction and perceived skill transfer

Esperance Ndenga, Glorieuse Uwizeye, Dana R. Thomson, Eric Uwitonze, Joel Mubiligi, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Michael Wilkes, Agnes Binagwaho

Open Access Research

Sexual and reproductive health of young people with disability in Ethiopia: a study on knowledge, attitude and practice: a cross-sectional study

Tigist Alemu Kassa, Tobias Luck, Assegedech Bekele, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller

Open Access Editorial

Globalization and Health: developing the journal to advance the field

Greg Martin, Malcolm MacLachlan, Ronald Labonté, Fiona Larkan, Frédérique Vallières, Niamh Bergin

Open Access Commentary

Establishing an Anaesthesia and Intensive Care partnership and aiming for national impact in Tanzania

Mpoki Ulisubisya, Henrik Jörnvall, Lars Irestedt, Tim Baker

Open Access Research

Learning from Somaliland? Transferability of learning from volunteering to national health service practice in the UK

Esther Tillson, Sibylle Herzig van Wees, Charlotte McGowan, Hannah Franklin, Helena Jones, Patrick Bogue, Shirin Aliabadi, Paula Baraitser

Open Access Research

Protecting health workers from infectious disease transmission: an exploration of a Canadian-South African partnership of partnerships

Annalee Yassi, Muzimkhulu Zungu, Jerry M. Spiegel, Barry Kistnasamy, Karen Lockhart, David Jones, Lyndsay M. O’Hara, Letshego Nophale, Elizabeth A. Bryce, Lincoln Darwin

Open Access Review

The Pan-University Network for Global Health: framework for collaboration and review of global health needs

M. S. Winchester, R. BeLue, T. Oni, U. Wittwer-Backofen, D. Deobagkar, H. Onya, T. A. Samuels, S. A. Matthews, C. Stone, C. Airhihenbuwa

Open Access Research

Partnerships in global health and collaborative governance: lessons learnt from the Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine at the Geneva University Hospitals

David Beran, Sigiriya Aebischer Perone, Gabriel Alcoba, Alexandre Bischoff, Claire-Lise Bussien, Gilles Eperon, Olivier Hagon, Olivia Heller, Frédérique Jacquerioz Bausch, Nicolas Perone, Thomas Vogel, François Chappuis

Open Access Debate

The Capabilities Approach: Fostering contexts for enhancing mental health and wellbeing across the globe

Ross G. White, Maria Grazia Imperiale, Em Perera

Open Access Research

Developing a framework for successful research partnerships in global health

Fiona Larkan, Ogenna Uduma, Saheed Akinmayọwa Lawal, Bianca van Bavel

Open Access Research

Analysis of the corporate political activity of major food industry actors in Fiji

Melissa Mialon, Boyd Swinburn, Jillian Wate, Isimeli Tukana, Gary Sacks

Open Access Research

The use of technology enhanced learning in health research capacity development: lessons from a cross country research partnership

E. Byrne, L. Donaldson, L. Manda-Taylor, R. Brugha, A. Matthews, S. MacDonald, V. Mwapasa, M. Petersen, A. Walsh

Open Access Research

From local to global: a qualitative review of the multi-leveled impact of a multi-country health research capacity development partnership on maternal health in Sudan

Khalifa Elmusharaf, Hanan Tahir, Diarmuid O’ Donovan, Ruairi Brugha, Mamoun Homeida, Amal M. O. Abbas, Elaine Byrne

Open Access Research

Global health partnerships: building multi-national collaborations to achieve lasting improvements in maternal and neonatal health

Rohit Ramaswamy, Brianne Kallam, Dragica Kopic, Borislava Pujic, Medge D. Owen

Open Access Research

Achieving optimal cancer outcomes in East Africa through multidisciplinary partnership: a case study of the Kenyan National Retinoblastoma Strategy group

Jessica A. Hill, Kahaki Kimani, Abby White, Faith Barasa, Morgan Livingstone, Brenda L. Gallie, Helen Dimaras

Open Access Commentary

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and health: few gains, some losses, many risks

Ronald Labonté, Ashley Schram, Arne Ruckert

Open Access Methodology

Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework

Frances E. Baum, David M. Sanders, Matt Fisher, Julia Anaf, Nicholas Freudenberg, Sharon Friel, Ronald Labonté, Leslie London, Carlos Monteiro, Alex Scott-Samuel, Amit Sen

Open Access Review

Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru

J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz, Francisco Diez-Canseco, Germán Málaga, María K. Cárdenas, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, María Lazo-Porras, Miguel Moscoso-Porras, M. Amalia Pesantes, Vilarmina Ponce, Ricardo Araya, David Beran, Peter Busse, Oscar Boggio, William Checkley, Patricia J. García, Luis Huicho, Fabiola León-Velarde, Andrés G. Lescano, David C. Mohr, William Pan, David Peiris, Pablo Perel, Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Maria Rivera-Chira, Katherine Sacksteder, Liam Smeeth, Antonio J. Trujillo, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Lijing L. Yan, Héctor H. García, Robert H. Gilman

Open Access Debate

Addressing antimicrobial resistance in China: policy implementation in a complex context

Li Wang, Xiulan Zhang, Xiaoyun Liang, Gerald Bloom

Open Access Research

The effect of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on health service delivery in mission facilities in Ghana: a retrospective study

Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Justice Nonvignon, Caroline Amissah, Gilbert Buckle, Moses Aikins

Open Access Research

Giving Back: A mixed methods study of the contributions of US-Based Nigerian physicians to home country health systems

Joseph Nwadiuko, Keyonie James, Galen E. Switzer, Jamie Stern

Open Access Research

Training the next generation of global health experts: experiences and recommendations from Pacific Rim universities

Mellissa Withers, David Press, Heather Wipfli, Judith McCool, Chang-Chuan Chan, Masamine Jimba, Christopher Tremewan, Jonathan Samet

Open Access Research

Local and foreign authorship of maternal health interventional research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of publications 2000–2012

Matthew F. Chersich, Duane Blaauw, Mari Dumbaugh, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Ashar Dhana, Siphiwe Thwala, Leon Bijlmakers, Emily Vargas, Elinor Kern, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Josephine Kavanagh, Priya Mannava, Langelihle Mlotshwa, Victor Becerril-Montekio, Katharine Footman, Helen Rees

Open Access Research

That’s not how the learning works – the paradox of Reverse Innovation: a qualitative study

Matthew Harris, Emily Weisberger, Diana Silver, Viva Dadwal, James Macinko

Open Access Research

Reducing health inequities affecting immigrant women: a qualitative study of their available assets

Anna Bonmatí-Tomás, Maria del Carmen Malagón-Aguilera, Cristina Bosch-Farré, Sandra Gelabert-Vilella, Dolors Juvinyà-Canal, Maria del Mar Garcia Gil

Open Access Research

Breast cancer policy in Latin America: account of achievements and challenges in five countries

Gustavo Nigenda, Maria Cecilia Gonzalez-Robledo, Luz Maria Gonzalez-Robledo, Rosa Maria Bejarano-Arias

Open Access Commentary

Civil society: the catalyst for ensuring health in the age of sustainable development

Julia Smith, Kent Buse, Case Gordon

Open Access Research

Economic assessment of US physician participation in short-term medical missions

Paul H. Caldron, Ann Impens, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot

Open Access Research

Influential journals in health research: a bibliometric study

José M. Merigó, Alicia Núñez

Open Access Review

The mental health and wellbeing of first generation migrants: a systematic-narrative review of reviews

Ciara Close, Anne Kouvonen, Tania Bosqui, Kishan Patel, Dermot O’Reilly, Michael Donnelly

Open Access Review

Body image perception of African immigrants in Europe

Stefania Toselli, Natascia Rinaldo, Emanuela Gualdi-Russo

Open Access Research

Promoting good policy for leadership and governance of health related rehabilitation: a realist synthesis

Joanne McVeigh, Malcolm MacLachlan, Brynne Gilmore, Chiedza McClean, Arne H. Eide, Hasheem Mannan, Priscille Geiser, Antony Duttine, Gubela Mji, Eilish McAuliffe, Beth Sprunt, Mutamad Amin, Charles Normand

Open Access Research

Bibliometric trends of health economic evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte, Ryan Li, Karen J. Hofman

Open Access Commentary

Perspectives on the methods of a large systematic mapping of maternal health interventions

Matthew Chersich, Victor Becerril-Montekio, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Mari Dumbaugh, Josephine Kavanagh, Duane Blaauw, Siphiwe Thwala, Elinor Kern, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Emily Vargas, Langelihle Mlotshwa, Ashar Dhana, Priya Mannava, Anayda Portela, Mario Tristan, Helen Rees, Leon Bijlmakers

Open Access Research

Mapping of research on maternal health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a review of 2292 publications between 2000 and 2012

Matthew Chersich, Duane Blaauw, Mari Dumbaugh, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Siphiwe Thwala, Leon Bijlmakers, Emily Vargas, Elinor Kern, Josephine Kavanagh, Ashar Dhana, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Langelihle Mlotshwa, Victor Becerril-Montekio, Priya Mannava, Stanley Luchters, Minh Duc Pham, Anayda Gerarda Portela, Helen Rees

Open Access Review

Understanding Ebola: the 2014 epidemic

Jolie Kaner, Sarah Schaack

Open Access Commentary

Commentary: expectations for global health program prioritization from a selection of international students studying at a European university

John Quinn, Vít Lidinský, Venu Rajaratnam, Marta Kruszcynski, Tomas Zeleny, Vladimir Bencko

Open Access Research

Do countries rely on the World Health Organization for translating research findings into clinical guidelines? A case study

Ramadhani A. Noor, Pascal Geldsetzer, Till Bärnighausen, Wafaie Fawzi

Open Access Review

The oral health of refugees and asylum seekers: a scoping review

Mark Tambe Keboa, Natalie Hiles, Mary Ellen Macdonald

Open Access Research

Civic engagement among orphans and non-orphans in five low- and middle-income countries

Christine L. Gray, Brian W. Pence, Lynne C. Messer, Jan Ostermann, Rachel A. Whetten, Nathan M. Thielman, Karen O’Donnell, Kathryn Whetten

Open Access Review

Eradicating polio in Pakistan: an analysis of the challenges and solutions to this security and health issue

Shoaib Fahad Hussain, Peter Boyle, Preeti Patel, Richard Sullivan

Open Access Research

Civil society participation in the health system: the case of Brazil’s Health Councils

Martha Gabriela Martinez, Jillian Clare Kohler

Open Access Research

The state of the art of twinning, a concept analysis of twinning in healthcare

Franka Cadée, Marianne J. Nieuwenhuijze, A. L. M. Lagro-Janssen, Raymond De Vries

Open Access Research

The challenge of bridging the gap between researchers and policy makers: experiences of a Health Policy Research Group in engaging policy makers to support evidence informed policy making in Nigeria

Benjamin Uzochukwu, Obinna Onwujekwe, Chinyere Mbachu, Chinenye Okwuosa, Enyi Etiaba, Monica E. Nyström, Lucy Gilson

Open Access Research

Assessment of the scope and practice of evaluation among medical donation programs

Alisa M. Jenny, Meng Li, Elizabeth Ashbourne, Myron Aldrink, Christine Funk, Andy Stergachis

Open Access Debate

Political economy challenges in nutrition

Yarlini Balarajan, Michael R. Reich

Open Access Review

An assessment of the barriers to accessing the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Afghanistan: was the BPHS a success?

Alexandra Frost, Matthew Wilkinson, Peter Boyle, Preeti Patel, Richard Sullivan

Open Access Research

Uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine in Kenya: testing the health belief model through pathway modeling on cohort data

Heleen Vermandere, Marie-Anne van Stam, Violet Naanyu, Kristien Michielsen, Olivier Degomme, Frans Oort

Open Access Research

‘The stars seem aligned’: a qualitative study to understand the effects of context on scale-up of maternal and newborn health innovations in Ethiopia, India and Nigeria

Neil Spicer, Della Berhanu, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Ritgak Dimka Tilley-Gyado, Meenakshi Gautham, Joanna Schellenberg, Addis Tamire-Woldemariam, Nasir Umar, Deepthi Wickremasinghe

Open Access Research

A bibliometric analysis of literature on malaria vector resistance: (1996 – 2015)

Waleed M. Sweileh, Ansam F. Sawalha, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Naser Y. Shraim, Adham S. Abu-Taha

Open Access Research

The inescapable question of fairness in Pay-for-performance bonus distribution: a qualitative study of health workers’ experiences in Tanzania

Victor Chimhutu, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Marit Tjomsland, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Karen Marie Moland

Open Access Short report

Characteristics of illegal and legal cigarette packs sold in Guatemala

Rodrigo Arevalo, Juan E. Corral, Diego Monzon, Mira Yoon, Joaquin Barnoya

Open Access Commentary

Assistive products and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Emma Tebbutt, Rebecca Brodmann, Johan Borg, Malcolm MacLachlan, Chapal Khasnabis, Robert Horvath

Open Access Review

China’s health assistance to Africa: opportunism or altruism?

Shuang Lin, Liangmin Gao, Melissa Reyes, Feng Cheng, Joan Kaufman, Wafaa M. El-Sadr

Open Access Research

Global pharmaceutical regulation: the challenge of integration for developing states

Anthony Pezzola, Cassandra M. Sweet

Open Access Research

Factors influencing job preferences of health workers providing obstetric care: results from discrete choice experiments in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania

Eilish McAuliffe, Marie Galligan, Paul Revill, Francis Kamwendo, Mohsin Sidat, Honorati Masanja, Helen de Pinho, Edson Araujo