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Perspectives from the Field

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2016
Background: HIV testing and linkage to care are critical first steps along the care continuum. Targeted efforts are needed in the South to achieve the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and qualitative examination of testing and linkage to care ...
Kristen A. Sullivan PhD, MSW, MA, Miriam B. Berger MPH, Evelyn Byrd Quinlivan MD, Heather E. Parnell MSW, Lynne A. Sampson PhD, MPH, Jacquelyn M. Clymore MS, Aimee M. Wilkin MD, MPH   +6 more
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Advocating for Paid Maternity Leave and Workplace Lactation Policy Reform and Implementation: Lessons Learned From Indonesia, Nigeria, the Philippines and Vietnam

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Maternity protection policies are designed to preserve the health of working women and their infants, support optimal infant and young child nutrition through breastfeeding and prevent workplace discrimination against women.
Michelle E. Anderson, Justine McGowan, Jessica Escobar‐DeMarco, Sujata Bose, Edward A. Frongillo, Laura Ferguson   +5 more
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Gender and exposure pathways to zoonotic infections in communities at the interface of wildlife conservation areas of Uganda: A qualitative study

Global Public Health
The changing climate and increasingly frequent environmental shocks are creating new pressures on land use and intensifying inter-species contact that might foster zoonotic disease transmission.
Collins Agaba, Laura Ferguson, Sarah Emoto, Mercy Haumba, Dennison Kizito, Margarita Kolchina, Ssali Ogwal, Ebenezer Paul, Ruth Stephans, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Janet Seeley, Julius J. Lutwama   +11 more
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The economic burden of health disparities related to socioeconomic status in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2019
Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is often associated with excess morbidity and premature mortality. Such health disparities claim a steep economic cost: Possibly-preventable poor health outcomes harm societal welfare, impair the domestic product,
Eran Politzer, Amir Shmueli, Shlomit Avni   +2 more
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Mental health care reform in Belgium: interorganisational networks

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2012
Griet De Roeck, Mark Leys
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Barriers and Facilitators to Retaining and Reengaging HIV Clients in Care

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2016
Retention in HIV care is critical to decrease disease-related mortality and morbidity and achieve national benchmarks. However, a myriad of barriers and facilitators impact retention in care; these can be understood within the social–ecological model. To
Miriam B. Berger MPH, Kristen A. Sullivan MSW, MA, PhD, Heather E. Parnell MSW, Jennifer Keller MPH, Alice Pollard MSW, MSPH, Mary E. Cox MPH, Jacquelyn M. Clymore MS, Evelyn Byrd Quinlivan MD   +7 more
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Leaving No One Behind: Human Rights and Gender as Critical Frameworks for U=U [PDF]

Health and Human Rights, 2020
Experience has shown the need to explicitly address human rights and gender-related barriers in the rollout of HIV-related biomedical innovations, including “undetectable equals untransmittable” (U=U).
Laura Ferguson, William Jardell, Sofia Gruskin   +2 more
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Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course

Journal of Migration and Health
The weathering hypothesis implies that there is an interaction between age and race or ethnicity that results in marginalized groups experiencing a more rapid decline in health than the dominant groups.
Silvia Loi, Peng Li, Mikko Myrskylä
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Learning sustainability at the Barefoot College: local and global community values in action

Sustainable Earth Reviews
This article investigates learning sustainability at the Barefoot College, identifying potential replicability and relevance for other contexts. Background Government statistics in India, suggest that some 32 million children have no access to education,
Jennifer Patterson, Francia Kinchington
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Individual and parental housing tenure and mental healthcare use among Finnish men and women in early mid-adulthood

SSM - Mental Health
Homeownership is a valuable status associated with better mental health outcomes than being a tenant. However, research has yet to investigate the role of duration and past experiences of homeownership, particularly in a context where homeownership is ...
Joan Damiens, Liina Junna, Lasse Tarkiainen, Pekka Martikainen   +3 more
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