"But at home, with the midwife, you are a person": experiences and impact of a new early postpartum home-based midwifery care model in the view of... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Postpartum home-based midwifery care is covered by basic health insurance in Switzerland for all families with newborns but must be self-organized. To ensure access for all, Familystart, a
Uncovering barriers to engagement in substance use disorder care for Medicaid enrollees (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to uncover factors that affect engagement in substance use disorder treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries in New York State. METHODS: The authors conducted 40 semistructu
Epidemiology of pediatric schistosomiasis in hard-to-reach areas and populations: a scoping review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis affects over 250 million people worldwide. Despite children and the poor being key risk groups, limited research and control activities target pre-school aged children (PSA
Sociocultural and behavioural features of anticipated COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Papua New Guinea: a mixed methods study proposal (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was characterised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a pandemic in 2020. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has remained on high alert ever since its Nationa
Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Livestock diseases are a major constraint to agricultural productivity, frequently causing significant livelihood losses for farmers, and negatively affecting public food safety and secu
Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Effective integration of home visit interventions focused on early childhood development into existing service platforms is important for expanding access in low- and middle-income countri
AIMSurv: first pan-European harmonized surveillance of <em>Aedes </em>invasive mosquito species of relevance for human vector-borne diseases (Publications)
Human and animal vector-borne diseases, particularly mosquito-borne diseases, are emerging or re-emerging worldwide. Six Aedes invasive mosquito (AIM) species were introduced to Europe since the 1970s
Antigen rapid tests, nasopharyngeal PCR and saliva PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2: a prospective comparative clinical trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal antigen Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), saliva RT-PCR and nasopharyngeal (NP) RT-PCR have shown different performance characteristics to detect patients infected by SARS-CoV-
Skin aging associated with chromium among rural housewives in northern China (Publications)
Previous studies have found associations between chromium exposure and skin damage. However, few studies have focused on both chromium and skin aging. This study aimed to assess the degree of skin agi