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Jun 2026
Leen De ConinckCorresponding author
Background A persistent gap remains between evidence-based health care and its application in routine practice. This challenge is particularly prominent in allied health professions like occupational therapy (OT), where interventions are complex, individualized and centred on patients' daily functio…
Apr 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-24-5041
Nicholas MuendoCorresponding author
Introduction Globally, 36.7 million individuals live with HIV/AIDS, with 2.5 million new cases annually. Youth (14-25 years) account for 45% of these new infections. Those aged 15-24 years are less likely to be aware of their HIV status and engage in HIV care compared to older adults. This study exp…
Feb 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-24-4918
Jennifer Chinoye AmadiCorresponding author
Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for sexual minority women is essential to fulfilling their human rights. This qualitative study was conducted in Rivers State, Nigeria, with fifteen participants as key informants. The study addressed the barriers to the sexual and reproductive healthcare…
Jan 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-5257.ijgp-23-4772
M. G. D. V. K KiridanaCorresponding author
Childhood obesity is on the rise, mostly in the low-income regions in South Asia including Sri Lanka. Simultaneously, undernutrition also continues to be an ongoing public health issue. The coexistence of childhood obesity with undernutrition has resulted in a double burden of malnutrition in these…
Dec 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-22-4371
Carrie L. NachtCorresponding author
Although pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV infection, only around 25% of at-risk individuals in the United States have accessed a prescription. One way to increase PrEP uptake is through the sexual health screening of patients and linkage to PrEP in primary care s…
Oct 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-22-4333
Emery HezagiraCorresponding author
The motivations and barriers experienced by community health workers (CHWs) during the delivery of maternal and child health (MCH) services are less documented in Rwanda. This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators of implementing MCH care as perceived by CHWs. A descriptive qualitativ…
Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-19-904
Tara CoppingerCorresponding author
Background To date, no research has explicitly examined children’s knowledge and consumption of fluids at school, particularly during times of exercise (physical education (PE)). Methods Between May and July, 2018, 322 (213 females, 104 males; mean age = 8 years 5 months, SD ± 2 years 1 month) eleme…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2470-0436.jos-19-2602
Hayford AdabohCorresponding author
Vision impairment and blindness remain a challenge in developing countries, especially in rural communities. Notwithstanding, VISION 2020 global initiative seeks to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020. This community-based cross-sectional study aimed at determining the accessibility of ophthalmic…
Nov 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-17-1761
Gitte Lee MortensenCorresponding author
With the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have obtained survival rates close to normal. It may appear paradoxical, then, that medication adherence is suboptimal in some health care settings. As the first of its kind, this study aimed to e…
Jun 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1354
Gasto FrumenceCorresponding author
Tanzania is among the developing countries experiencing rapid growth of an ageing population, which has an implication in healthcare expenditure especially in resource poor settings where majority of elderly people cannot afford to pay for the cost of accessing health services. The country has devel…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-615
Katherine ProchownikCorresponding author
Objective: To prevent childhood obesity, the Chilean government has recently implemented food regulation laws that apply to schools. This paper reviews the literature regarding the challenges in successfully integrating policies to regulate foods offered in schools. In addition, to understand some o…
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-584
David W. HeyCorresponding author
During the past three decades the prevalence of childhood obesity has steadily increased in the United States. Causes of childhood obesity are complex and include numerous individual and environmental factors. The purpose of this study was to determine parent perceptions on the social-ecological bar…
Jun 2014 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-13-239
Corinne LehmannCorresponding author
As advances in treatment and prevention are starting to decrease the magnitude of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, the number of orphans and children surviving Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is growing. To date, little research has been cond…
Sep 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-26-6405
Chuxuan ZhangCorresponding author
Despite the availability of influenza vaccines and recommendations, vaccination rates among the Chinese population have remained low and below desired public health targets. This student-led study examined how Chinese parents understand and make decisions about influenza vaccination. Using perceptio…
Aug 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-26-6367
Vivien AkulloCorresponding author
Background Smallholder farmers in Uganda's Teso Sub-Region are increasingly adopting fertilizers and improved crop varieties in response to declining soil fertility, climate variability, and the need to improve agricultural productivity. However, limited evidence exists on how farmers perceive and i…
May 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-26-6165
Christine Ruth PiloyaCorresponding author
Background Women’s participation in environmental conservation within patriarchal societies is a critical factor for achieving sustainable development and improved community outcomes. Despite this importance, limited research has examined women’s perceptions of their roles and contributions to envir…
Feb 2026
Christina DeRocheCorresponding author
The current research assessed gaps and barriers related to perinatal mental health service access by parents during COVID-19, as well as service providers’ knowledge and provision of PMAD services, in one Northern community, where rural and remote healthcare is a daily reality, and recruitment and r…
Feb 2026 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-25-5735
Christine Ruth PiloyaCorresponding author
Background In Northern Uganda’s patriarchal communities, women play vital yet underrecognized roles in environmental conservation. There is limited research examining the socio-cultural roles women play in society in northern Uganda. This study, conducted in Gulu District, examined the socio-cultura…
Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2688-5328.ijp-25-5402
Shih-Chieh YangCorresponding author
Background Prescribing appropriate analgesics with optimal dosages based on patients' pain severity is challenging, especially when multiple painkillers are involved. Tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of analgesics and their dosages over time is crucial for pain management. Existing systems l…
Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-25-5715
Lucy CoutureCorresponding author
Recruitment for research studies focused on communicable diseases such as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) has historically been challenging, particularly among populations who have been underrepresented in media messaging, yet maintain a significant vulnerability to new HIV cases, like Black wome…