Search Results - "Jackson, Elizabeth F"

The child survival impact of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program: A health systems strengthening plausibility trial in Northern Ghana by Bawah, Ayaga A, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Asuming, Patrick O, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Boyer, Christopher B, Kanmiki, Edmund W, Achana, Sebastian F, Akazili, James, Phillips, James F

“…The Ghana Health Service in collaboration with partner institutions implemented a five-year primary health systems strengthening program known as the Ghana…”
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It's a woman's thing: gender roles sustaining the practice of female genital mutilation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana by Akweongo, Patricia, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Appiah-Yeboah, Shirley, Sakeah, Evelyn, Phillips, James F

“…The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM/C) in traditional African societies is grounded in traditions of patriarchy that subjugate women. It is widely…”
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The impact of paid community health worker deployment on child survival: the connect randomized cluster trial in rural Tanzania by Kanté, Almamy M, Exavery, Amon, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Kassimu, Tani, Baynes, Colin D, Hingora, Ahmed, Phillips, James F

“…This paper reports on a rigorously designed non-masked randomized cluster trial of the childhood survival impact of deploying paid community health workers to…”
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Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: a qualitative study by Haykin, Leah A, Francke, Jordan A, Abapali, Aurelia, Yakubu, Elliasu, Dambayi, Edith, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Aborigo, Raymond, Awuni, Denis, Nonterah, Engelbert A, Oduro, Abraham R, Bawah, Ayaga A, Phillips, James F, Heller, David J

“…Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a growing cause of morbidity and mortality in Ghana, where rural primary health care is provided mainly by the Community-based…”
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Childhood Illness Prevalence and Health Seeking Behavior Patterns in Rural Tanzania by Kanté, Almamy M, Gutierrez, Hialy R, Larsen, Anna M, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Helleringer, Stéphane, Exavery, Amon, Tani, Kassimu, Phillips, James F

“…This paper identifies factors influencing differences in the prevalence of diarrhea, fever and acute respiratory infection (ARI), and health seeking behavior…”
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What do you do with success? The science of scaling up a health systems strengthening intervention in Ghana by Phillips, James F, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Bawah, Ayaga A, Nimako, Belinda Afriyie, Kanlisi, Nicholas S, Sheff, Mallory C, Asuming, Patrick O, Kyei, Pearl E, Biney, Adriana, Jackson, Elizabeth F

“…The completion of an implementation research project typically signals the end of research. In contrast, the Ghana Health Service has embraced a continuous…”
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Tackling the hard problems: implementation experience and lessons learned in newborn health from the African Health Initiative by Magge, Hema, Chilengi, Roma, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Wagenaar, Bradley H, Kante, Almamy Malick

“…The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's African Health Initiative supported the implementation of Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT)…”
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Constructing a Nurse-led Cardiovascular Disease Intervention in Rural Ghana: A Qualitative Analysis by Wood, Ethan P, Garvey, Katherine L, Aborigo, Raymond, Dambayi, Edith, Awuni, Denis, Squires, Allison P, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Phillips, James F, Oduro, Abraham R, Heller, David J

“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a growing burden in low- and middle-income countries. Ghana seeks to address this problem by task-shifting CVD diagnosis and…”
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The impact of adding community-based distribution of oral contraceptives and condoms to a cluster randomized primary health care intervention in rural Tanzania by Sheff, Mallory C, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Kanté, Almamy M, Rusibamayila, Asinath, Phillips, James F

“…Efforts to expand access to family planning in rural Africa often focus on the deployment of community health agents (CHAs). This paper reports on results of…”
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Being ready, willing and able: understanding the dynamics of family planning decision-making through community-based group discussions in the Northern Region, Ghana by Biney, Adriana A. E., Wright, Kalifa J., Kushitor, Mawuli K., Jackson, Elizabeth F., Phillips, James F., Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Bawah, Ayaga A.

“…Regional contraceptive use differentials are pronounced in Ghana, with the lowest levels occurring in the Northern Region. Community-based health services,…”
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Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect of the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana by Bawah, Ayaga A, Phillips, James F, Asuming, Patrick O, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Walega, Paul, Kanmiki, Edmund W, Sheff, Mallory C, Oduro, Abraham

“…The Government of Ghana has instituted a National Poverty Reduction Program with an initiative known as the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS)…”
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Assessing the indirect effects of COVID-19 on healthcare delivery, utilization and health outcomes: a scoping review by Roy, Charlotte M, Bollman, E. Brennan, Carson, Laura M, Northrop, Alexander J, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Moresky, Rachel T

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic and global efforts to contain its spread, such as stay-at-home orders and transportation shutdowns, have created new…”
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Social and demographic correlates of cardiovascular mortality in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Ghana: a verbal post-mortem analysis by Oduro, Abraham R, Francke, Jordan, Ansah, Patrick, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Wak, George, Phillips, James F, Haykin, Leah A, Azongo, Daniel, Bawah, Ayaga A, Welaga, Paul, Hodgson, Abraham, Aborigo, Raymond, Heller, David J

“…Abstract Background The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Ghana is rising, but details on its epidemiology are scarce. We sought to quantify mortality…”
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Trends in socioeconomic disparities in a rapid under-five mortality transition: a longitudinal study in the United Republic of Tanzania by Kanté, Almamy Malick, Nathan, Rose, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Levira, Francis, Helleringer, Stéphane, Masanja, Honorati, Phillips, James F

“…To explore trends in socioeconomic disparities and under-five mortality rates in rural parts of the United Republic of Tanzania between 2000 and 2011. We used…”
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Spatial and socio-demographic determinants of contraceptive use in the Upper East region of Ghana by Achana, Fabian Sebastian, Bawah, Ayaga A, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Welaga, Paul, Awine, Timothy, Asuo-Mante, Eric, Oduro, Abraham, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Phillips, James F

“…This paper presents results of baseline data on the determinants of contraceptive use in 7 districts in northern Ghana where there is an ongoing integrated…”
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Estimation of indices of health service readiness with a principal component analysis of the Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey by Jackson, Elizabeth F, Siddiqui, Ayesha, Gutierrez, Hialy, Kanté, Almamy Malick, Austin, Judy, Phillips, James F

“…Service Provision Assessment (SPA) surveys have been conducted to gauge primary health care and family planning clinical readiness throughout East and South…”
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The Long-Term Fertility Impact of the Navrongo Project in Northern Ghana by Phillips, James F., Jackson, Elizabeth F., Bawah, Ayaga A., MacLeod, Bruce, Adongo, Philip, Baynes, Colin, Williams, John

“…This study assesses the long-term fertility impact of the Community Health and Family Planning Project of the Navrongo Health Research Centre in Ghana and…”
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Respondents' Exposure to Community-based Services and Reported Fertility-Regulation Behavior: A Decade of Data from the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project by Jackson, Elizabeth F., Bawah, Ayaga A., Williams, John E., Phillips, James F.

“…This article examines a decade of demographic surveillance data from rural northern Ghana linked with prospective panel survey data recording respondents'…”
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Benefits and Limitations of a Community-Engaged Emergency Referral System in a Remote, Impoverished Setting of Northern Ghana by Patel, Sneha, Koku Awoonor-Williams, John, Asuru, Rofina, Boyer, Christopher B, Awopole Yepakeh Tiah, Janet, Sheff, Mallory C, Schmitt, Margaret L, Alirigia, Robert, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Phillips, James F

“…Although Ghana has a well-organized primary health care system, it lacks policies and guidelines for developing or providing emergency referral services. In…”
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The Impact of the Navrongo Project on Contraceptive Knowledge and Use, Reproductive Preferences, and Fertility by Debpuur, Cornelius, Phillips, James F., Jackson, Elizabeth F., Nazzar, Alex, Ngom, Pierre, Binka, Fred N.

“…The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project is a quasi-experimental study designed to test the hypothesis that introducing health and family…”
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