International Health: Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024
International Health is an Open Access journal that aims to stimulate scientific and policy debate and provide a forum for analysis and opinion sharing for individuals and organisations engaged in all areas of global heath.
This month’s Editor’s Choice is an article looking at the individual- and community-level women's empowerment and utilization of maternity care services in Afghanistan.
Review Articles
Trend, prevalence and predictors of successful vaginal birth after caesarean section in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bikila Balis, Habtamu Bekele, Aboma Diriba Hunde, Lemesa Abdisa, Magarsa Lami
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad048
The burden and impact of COVID-19 among newborns in African countries: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Tamirat Getachew, Assefa Iyasu Negash
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad112
Original Articles
Can collaboration among health and social care workers play a role in addressing geriatric care challenges? A qualitative case study in Central Vietnam
Man Thi Hue Vo, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, T J Robinson T Moncatar, Tran Dai Tri Han, Kathryn Lizbeth L Siongco, Yuri Tashiro, Thang Van Vo
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad082
Prevalence and factors associated with rural mothers’ protection against tetanus: a cross-national analysis in 33 sub-Saharan African countries
Wonder Agbemavi, Castro Ayebeng, Joshua Okyere, Emmanuella Acheampong, Vincent Bio Bediako
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad103
Prevalence of non-communicable disease among displaced Rohingya in southern Bangladesh: a first look at a persecuted ethnic minority from Myanmar
Jason T Tsichlis, Ipsita Hamid Trisha, Ghazal Aghagoli, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, M Ruhul Abid
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad106
Accuracy, acceptability and feasibility of photography for use in trachoma surveys: a mixed methods study in Tanzania
Donal Bisanzio, Robert Butcher, Valérian Turbé, Kenji Matsumoto, Chaitra Dinesh, Patrick Massae, Michael Dejene, Cristina Jimenez, Colin Macleod, Einoti Matayan, Caleb Mpyet, Alex Pavluck, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, Fentahun Tadesse, Sandra Liliana Talero, Anthony W Solomon, Jeremiah Ngondi, George Kabona, Cecilia Uisso, Alistidia Simon, Upendo Mwingira, Emma M Harding-Esch
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad111
Editors Choice: The individual- and community-level women's empowerment and utilization of maternity care services in Afghanistan: a multilevel cross-validation study
Omid Dadras
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad116
Predictor of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: a case-control study
Tadesse Dufera, Merga Dheresa, Tariku Dingeta, Mezgebu Legesse, Sinetibeb Mesfin, Bikila Balis, Tegenu Balcha
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad118
Is there an association between gender stereotypes and sexual risk attitudes and behaviors? A population-based study among Peruvian adolescents
Diana Manuela Ticona, Ariana Gabriela Musaja-Cruz, Paula Regina Durand-Anahua, Raul Eduardo Escobar-Cabezas, Luz Mirian Mamani, Crislee Elizabeth Lopez
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad120
Impact of age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the Thai Cohort Study
Xiyu Feng, Haribondhu Sarma, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh, Matthew Kelly
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, Pages 454–462, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae018
An examination of the predictors of change in BMI among 38 026 school students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Banany, Klaus Gebel, David Sibbritt
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, Pages 463–467, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae029
Short Communication
Heterogenous pathogen profile associated with acute conjunctivitis in Nepal
Meenu Chaudhary, Sanjeeta Sitaula, Kevin Ruder, Cindi Chen, Lina Zhong, Yu Heng Lu, Thomas Abraham, Danny Yu, Armin Hinterwirth, Thomas M Lietman, Thuy Doan, Gerami D Seitzman, the SCORPIO Study Group
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad079
Obstetric transition: trends in maternal mortality in Somalia over the last two decades
Ahmed Aweis, Abdirahman H Osoble, Suleyman A Mohamed, Abdulkadir Aweis
International Health, Volume 16, Issue 4, July 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad121