International Health: Volume 14, Issue 6, November 2022
International Health is an open-access journal publishing original, peer-reviewed articles and reviews on all aspects of global health. Take a look at the article features in the most recent issue, Volume 14, Issue 6, here.
The latest issue includes review articles on self-reported STIs among young women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa, and a review of the considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees. There are also original articles on teen pregnancy narratives in Jos, Nigeria, as well as a study on links between exposure to household air pollution from solid cookfuels and childhood stunting in low- and middle- income countries. Please find all articles linked below.
Review Articles
Self-reported sexually transmitted infections among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa
Louis Kobina Dadzie, Ebenezer Agbaglo, Joshua Okyere, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
Considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees: a scoping review
Abha Saxena, Emily Lasher, Claire Somerville, Shirin Heidari
Original Articles
“It's like being involved in a car crash”: teen pregnancy narratives of adolescents and young adults in Jos, Nigeria
Comfort Z Olorunsaiye, Hannah M Degge, Tina O Ubanyi, Timothy A Achema, Sanni Yaya
Pricing air pollution: evidence from short-term exposure to air pollution on hospitalization of acute bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in southwestern China
Pei Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhou
Association between place of delivery, assistance during delivery and fistula occurrence in Afghanistan
Nandeeta Samad, Pranta Das, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Aliu Mohammed, James Boadu Frimpong, Dipak Kumar Mitra
Trends in hospitalization of patients with diabetes mellitus in Ghana from 2012 to 2017 with predictions to 2032
Clement T Narh, Joyce B Der, Anthony Ofosu, Maria Blettner, Daniel Wollschlaeger
Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene practices for prevention and control of COVID-19 in Kenya
J Mwai, D Nyole, M Abdi, I Ahmed, J Mutai, L Kaduka, P Ndemwa, J Omogi
Knowledge and attitude of Saudi Arabian citizens towards telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic
Hadeel Abdullah Alajwari, Asma Alfayez, Demah Alsalman, Fahad Alanezi, Hala Alhodaib, Saja Al-Rayes, Afnan Aljaffary, Bashair AlThani, Heba AlNujaidi, Atheer K Al-Saif, Razaz Attar, Duaa Aljabri, Sama'a Al-Mubarak, Mona M Al-Juwair, Sumaiah Alrawiai, Zahraa Alakrawi, Turki M Alanzi
Determinants of maternal knowledge on neonatal danger signs and care-seeking practices in a rural area of southeastern Ethiopia
Tamirat Getachew, Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Teklehaimanot Gereziher, Addis Eyeberu, Merga Dheresa
Determinants of the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in pregnant women: a mixed-methods study in Ghana
F Dun-Dery, N Kuunibe, P Meissner, V Winkler, A Jahn, O Müller
Lessons for strengthening childhood immunization in low- and middle-income countries from a successful public-private partnership in rural Nigeria
Aima A Ahonkhai, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, François P Meurice, Leslie J Pierce, Temitope O Durojaiye, Ewan F Alufohai, Ralph Clemens, Vincent I Ahonkhai
Exposure to household air pollution from solid cookfuels and childhood stunting: a population-based, cross-sectional study of half a million children in low- and middle-income countries
Rishi Caleyachetty, Nakawala Lufumpa, Niraj Kumar, Nuredin Ibrahim Mohammed, Hana Bekele, Om Kurmi, Jonathan Wells, Semira Manaseki-Holland
Individual, household, and community-level predictors of modern contraceptive use among married women in Cameroon: a multilevel analysis
Betregiorgis Zegeye, Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Mpho Keetile, Sanni Yaya
Short Communications
Early signs of geographic spread of COVID-19: lessons learnt from outbreaks in Wuhan 2020 and Nanjing 2021
Shan Xue, Yiwen Hua, Yanhui Lei, Lingcai Kong, Menghan Zhou, Lijun Fan, Wei Du
A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan
Tzu-Jung Tseng, Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu
