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The Impact of WHO Essential Medicines Policies on Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics by Holloway, Kathleen Anne, Rosella, Laura, Henry, David

“…Inappropriate overuse of antibiotics contributes to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), yet policy implementation to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use is poor in…”
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Effectiveness of strategies to improve health-care provider practices in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review by Rowe, Alexander K, Rowe, Samantha Y, Peters, David H, Holloway, Kathleen A, Chalker, John, Ross-Degnan, Dennis

“…Inadequate health-care provider performance is a major challenge to the delivery of high-quality health care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs)…”
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WHO essential medicines policies and use in developing and transitional countries: an analysis of reported policy implementation and medicines use surveys by Holloway, Kathleen Anne, Henry, David

“…Suboptimal medicine use is a global public health problem. For 35 years the World Health Organization (WHO) has promoted essential medicines policies to…”
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Trends in antibiotic use among outpatients in New Delhi, India by Kotwani, Anita, Holloway, Kathleen

“…The overall volume of antibiotic consumption in the community is one of the foremost causes of antimicrobial resistance. There is much ad-hoc information about…”
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A systematic review of the effectiveness of strategies to improve health care provider performance in low- and middle-income countries: Methods and descriptive results by Rowe, Samantha Y, Peters, David H, Holloway, Kathleen A, Chalker, John, Ross-Degnan, Dennis, Rowe, Alexander K

“…Health care provider (HCP) performance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is often inadequate. The Health Care Provider Performance Review (HCPPR) is…”
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Identifying the most effective essential medicines policies for quality use of medicines: A replicability study using three World Health Organisation data-sets by Holloway, Kathleen Anne, Ivanovska, Verica, Manikandan, Solaiappan, Jayanthi, Mathaiyan, Mohan, Anbarasan, Forte, Gilles, Henry, David

“…Poor quality use of medicines (QUM) has adverse outcomes. Governments' implementation of essential medicines (EM) policies is often suboptimal and there is…”
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THE ROLES OF GENDER AND PARENTING IN THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXPERIENCES AND PROBLEM BEHAVIORS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS by Varner, Fatima, Holloway, Kathleen R., Scott, Lorraine E.

“…The goal of this study was to examine whether, in African American families with adolescents, the associations between adolescents' racial discrimination…”
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The effectiveness of supervision strategies to improve health care provider practices in low- and middle-income countries: secondary analysis of a systematic review by Rowe, Samantha Y, Ross-Degnan, Dennis, Peters, David H, Holloway, Kathleen A, Rowe, Alexander K

“…Although supervision is a ubiquitous approach to support health programs and improve health care provider (HCP) performance in low- and middle-income countries…”
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The effectiveness of training strategies to improve healthcare provider practices in low-income and middle-income countries by Rowe, Alexander K, Rowe, Samantha Y, Peters, David H, Holloway, Kathleen A, Ross-Degnan, Dennis

“…IntroductionIn low/middle-income countries (LMICs), training is often used to improve healthcare provider (HCP) performance. However, important questions…”
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Patterns of antibiotic use in the community and challenges of antibiotic surveillance in a lower-middle-income country setting: a repeated cross-sectional study in Vellore, South India by Chandy, Sujith J, Thomas, Kurien, Mathai, Elizabeth, Antonisamy, Belavendra, Holloway, Kathleen A, Stalsby Lundborg, Cecilia

“…There is considerable evidence linking antibiotic usage to bacterial resistance. Intervention strategies are needed to contain antibiotic use and thereby…”
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Antibiotic-Prescribing Practices of Primary Care Prescribers for Acute Diarrhea in New Delhi, India by Kotwani, Anita, PhD, Chaudhury, Ranjit Roy, MBBS, DPhil, FRCP, Holloway, Kathleen, MRCP, PhD

“…Abstract Objective To obtain information on the current prescribing rates of antibiotics in acute diarrhea in the community. Methods Antibiotic use in acute…”
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Access to antibiotics in New Delhi, India: implications for antibiotic policy by Kotwani, Anita, Holloway, Kathleen

“…The present survey was conducted to investigate the price and availability of a basket of 24 essential antibiotics and eight high-end antibiotics at various…”
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Does shortening the training on Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines reduce its effectiveness? A systematic review by Rowe, Alexander, Rowe, Samantha Y, Holloway, Kathleen A, Ivanovska, Verica, Muhe, Lulu, Lambrechts, Thierry

“…Objective Implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy with an 11-day training course for health workers improves care for…”
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Forms and frequency of vicarious racial discrimination and African American parents’ health by Holloway, Kathleen, Varner, Fatima

“…African Americans often witness or learn about others’ racial discrimination experiences (i.e., vicarious racial discrimination). Vicarious racial…”
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Promoting quality use of medicines in South-East Asia: reports from country situational analyses by Holloway, Kathleen Anne, Kotwani, Anita, Batmanabane, Gitanjali, Santoso, Budiono, Ratanawijitrasin, Sauwakon, Henry, David

“…Irrational use of medicines is widespread in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR), where policy implementation to encourage quality use of medicines (QUM) is…”
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Antimicrobial resistance surveillance among commensal Escherichia coli in rural and urban areas in Southern India by Mathai, Elizabeth, Chandy, Sujith, Thomas, Kurien, Antoniswamy, Belavendra, Joseph, Inbakumar, Mathai, Matthews, Sorensen, Thomas L, Holloway, Kathleen

“…To assess antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Tamil Nadu, India. Data on AMR of commensal and uropathogenic Escherichia coli were collected from one urban…”
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Maternal Race‐Related Stressors and African American Adolescents' Academic and Behavioral Outcomes by Holloway, Kathleen, Varner, Fatima

“…Objective The purpose of the current study was to use the integrative model for the Study of Stress in Black American Families to test whether a set of…”
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Parenting Despite Discrimination: Does Racial Identity Matter? by Holloway, Kathleen, Varner, Fatima

“…Background: Previous research suggests that parents' characteristics and race-related experiences shape the racial socialization messages they give their…”
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Antibiotic prescribing practice for acute, uncomplicated respiratory tract infections in primary care settings in New Delhi, India by Kotwani, Anita, Holloway, Kathleen

“…Objective To obtain information on prescribing rates and choice of antibiotics for acute, uncomplicated respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in the community…”
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Community intervention to promote rational treatment of acute respiratory infection in rural Nepal by Holloway, Kathleen A, Karkee, Shiba B, Tamang, Ashalal, Gurung, Yam Bahadur, Kafle, Kumud K, Pradhan, Ramesh, Reeves, Barnaby C

“…To evaluate a community education program about treatment of acute respiratory infection (ARI). First, community case definitions for severe and mild ARI were…”
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