Hoang, Thi Giang Pham, Minh Khue Sterk, Claire E Evans, Dabney P Miedema, Stephanie Spaid Yount, Kathryn M
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This cross-sectional study is the first to describe the prevalence of violence and poly-victimisation among 310 female sex workers (FSWs) who were cisgender in Haiphong, Viet Nam. An adapted version of the WHO-Multi-Country Study on Violence against Women Survey Instrument was administered to assess physical, sexual, economic and emotional forms of...
Rava Zolnikov, Tara
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There are almost 8 billion people on the planet with every single one of them producing some type of waste. The cost of recycling and money made by selling recyclable products has created a strong foundation for informal waste picking to exist. Waste pickers sort through garbage to find recyclable material; it is estimated that there are around 20 ...
Jops, Paula Cowan, John Kupul, Martha Trumb, Richard Nake Graham, Stephen M Bauri, Mathias Nindil, Herolyn Bell, Stephen Keam, Tess Majumdar, Suman
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health issue in Papua New Guinea, with incidence rates particularly high in the South Fly District of Western Province. We present three case studies, along with additional vignettes, that were derived from interviews and focus groups carried out between July 2019 and July 2020 of people living in rural areas of ...
Scanlon, Brighid Wyld, David Roberts, Natasha Durham, Jo Toloo, Ghasem Sam
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International evidence suggests migrants experience significant cancer inequities. In Australia, there is limited information assessing equity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) migrant populations, particularly in cancer prevention. Cancer inequities are often explained by individualistic, behavioural risk factors; however, scarce re...
Hamoonga, Twaambo E Mutale, Wilbroad Hill, Lauren M Igumbor, Jude Chi, Benjamin H
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Primary HIV prevention is a priority for pregnant and breastfeeding women in sub-Saharan Africa; however, such services should be designed to optimise uptake and continuation. Between September and December 2021, we enrolled 389 women who were not living with HIV into a cross-sectional study from antenatal/postnatal settings at Chipata Level 1 Hosp...
Puig-García, Marta Rivadeneira, María Fernanda Peralta, Andrés Chilet-Rosell, Elisa Benazizi-Dahbi, Ikram Hernández-Enríquez, María Torres-Castillo, Ana Lucía Caicedo-Montaño, Cintia Parker, Lucy Anne
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This qualitative study aims to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted healthcare access for patients with chronic conditions in Ecuador from the patient's perspective. We interviewed 19 patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension or type 2 diabetes in rural and urban areas of Ecuador during August and September 2020. We used the Framework Met...
South, Annabelle Dhesi, Parveen Tweed, Conor D. Tsogt, Bazarragchaa Staples, Suzanne Tukvadze, Nestani Dorj, Gantsetseg Zaca, Sindisiwe Sanikidze, Ekaterine Purev, Nasanjargal
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We conducted qualitative research exploring the treatment experience of people with DR-TB. We held nine focus group discussions with 57 adults undergoing/recently completed treatment for DR-TB in Georgia, Mongolia and South Africa. Translated transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. We identified three higher order themes: (1) Treatment e...
Ortega, Francisco Müller, Manuela Rodrigues
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Brazilian mental health focuses on the social determination model within mental health policies and interventions to address mental and social suffering as resulting from social exclusion and structural violence. Structural concerns focused on class stratification and socioeconomic inequalities overweight cultural ones in Brazilian mental health. I...
Piñones-Rivera, Carlos Liberona, Nanette Jiménez, Verónica Corona, Marioly García, Eduardo
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Structural competency proposals have been developed as part of an effort to infuse clinical training with a structural focus. Framed in the context of medical education, the discussion on structural competency naturally emphasises the development of such competency in healthcare workers. In this article, we shift the focus to reflect on how the wor...
Chen, Cheng Liu, Renping
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This article compares the discursive construction of news values in English news reporting of China Daily and CNN about the COVID-19 vaccine, to reveal how the two media packaged the vaccine and improved the acceptance of the international community towards the vaccines made in the respective countries. Adopting corpus linguistic methods and Discur...
