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Deliver on Your Own: Disrespectful Maternity Care in rural Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Naanyu, Violet, Wade, Terrance J, Mossman, Lindsay, Mantel, Michaela, Pell, Rachel, Ngetich, Angela, Mulama, Kennedy, Nyaga, Lucy, Obure, Jerim, Temmerman, Marleen

“…Under the Free Maternity Policy (FMP), Kenya has witnessed an increase in health facility deliveries rather than home deliveries with Traditional Birth…”
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Views on climate change and health by Cai, Wenjia, Fanzo, Jessica, Glaser, Jason, Lowe, Rachel, Lusambili, Adelaide M., Marks, Elizabeth

“…Climate change is a health emergency, impacting multiple facets of human well-being via direct and indirect pathways. Nature Climate Change asked experts from…”
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'It is a disease which comes and kills directly': What refugees know about COVID-19 and key influences of compliance with preventive measures by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Martini, Michela, Abdirahaman, Faiza, Abena, Asante, Guni, Joseph N, Ochieng, Sharon, Luchters, Stanley

“…Refugees are at increased risk for COVID-19 infection in part due to their living conditions, which make it harder to adopt and adhere to widely accepted…”
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Awareness and interventions to reduce dehydration in pregnant, postpartum women, and newborns in rural Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide, Nakstad, Britt

“…Extreme heat exposure is associated with adverse outcomes in pregnancy and has the potential to impact maternal, neonatal and child health for a lifetime. In…”
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Community health volunteers challenges and preferred income generating activities for sustainability: a qualitative case study of rural Kilifi, Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Nyanja, Njeri, Chabeda, Sophie Vusha, Temmerman, Marleen, Nyaga, Lucy, Obure, Jerim, Ngugi, Anthony

“…Background There is a global emphasis on engaging community health volunteers (CHVs) in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs) to reach to the vast…”
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Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs toward polypharmacy among older people attending Family Medicine Clinic, Nairobi, Kenya by Kamau, Maureen, Nyanja, Njeri, Lusambili, Adelaide M, Shabani, Jacob, Mohamoud, Gulnaz

“…Life expectancy has increased over the last century among older people, particularly those aged over 60 years. Aging is associated with increased disability,…”
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Community perspectives of heat and weather warnings for pregnant and postpartum women in Kilifi, Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide, Filippi, Veronique, Nakstad, Britt, Natukunda, Julian, Birch, Cathryn E, Marsham, John H, Roos, Nathalie, Khaemba, Peter, Kovats, Sari

“…Background Extreme weather is a recognised risk factor for stillbirth and preterm birth, disrupts women's access to healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth,…”
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Pentavalent vaccination in Kenya: coverage and geographical accessibility to health facilities using data from a community demographic and health surveillance system in Kilifi County by Ogero, Morris, Orwa, James, Odhiambo, Rachael, Agoi, Felix, Lusambili, Adelaide, Obure, Jerim, Temmerman, Marleen, Luchters, Stanley, Ngugi, Anthony

“…There is substantial evidence that immunization is one of the most significant and cost-effective pillars of preventive and promotive health interventions…”
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Views of nurses and other healthcare workers on interventions to reduce disrespectful maternity care in rural health facilities in Kilifi and Kisii counties, Kenya: analysis of a qualitative interview study by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Obure, Jerim, Wisofschi, Stefania, Nyaga, Lucy, Mulama, Kennedy, Temmerman, Marleen

“…ObjectiveThere is an abundance of evidence illuminating the factors that contribute to disrespectful maternity care in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is…”
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“We have a lot of home deliveries” A qualitative study on the impact of COVID-19 on access to and utilization of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care among refugee women in urban Eastleigh, Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Martini, Michela, Abdirahman, Faiza, Asante, Abena, Ochieng, Sharon, Guni, Joseph N, Maina, Rose, Luchters, Stanley

“…Little is known about how pregnant refugee women, and the frontline health care workers who serve them, are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of…”
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Implementation framework for income generating activities identified by community health volunteers (CHVs): a strategy to reduce attrition rate in Kilifi County, Kenya by Riang'a, Roselyter Monchari, Nyanja, Njeri, Lusambili, Adelaide, Mwangi, Eunice Muthoni, Ehrlich, Joshua R, Clyde, Paul, Mostert, Cyprian, Ngugi, Anthony

“…Despite the proven efficacy of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in promoting primary healthcare in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), they are not…”
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Extreme heat, pregnancy and women’s well-being in Burkina Faso: an ethnographical study by Kadio, Kadidiatou, Filippi, Veronique, Congo, Mariam, Scorgie, Fiona, Roos, Nathalie, Lusambili, Adélaïde, Nakstad, Britt, Kovats, Sari, Kouanda, Seni

“…Climate change is an increasing threat to the health of populations in Africa, with a shift in seasonal temperatures towards more extreme heat exposures. In…”
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An iceberg I can't handle: a qualitative inquiry on perceptions towards paediatric rheumatology among healthcare workers in Kenya by Migowa, Angela, Bernatsky, Sasha, Ngugi, Anthony, Foster, Helen E, Muriuki, Peter, Lusambili, Adelaide, Luchters, Stanley

“…Delay in diagnosis and access to specialist care is a major problem for many children and young people with rheumatic disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Most…”
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Application of the Ultra-Poverty Graduation Model in understanding community health volunteers’ preferences for socio-economic empowerment strategies to enhance retention: a qualitative study in Kilifi, Kenya by Nyanja, Njeri, Nyamu, Nelson, Nyaga, Lucy, Chabeda, Sophie, Lusambili, Adelaide, Temmerman, Marleen, Mantel, Michaela, Ngugi, Anthony

“…A significant shortage of healthcare workforce exists globally. To achieve Universal Healthcare coverage, governments need to enhance their community-based…”
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Too hot to thrive: a qualitative inquiry of community perspectives on the effect of high ambient temperature on postpartum women and neonates in Kilifi, Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide, Kovats, Sari, Nakstad, Britt, Filippi, Veronique, Khaemba, Peter, Roos, Nathalie, Part, Cherie, Luchters, Stanley, Chersich, Matthew, Hess, Jeremy, Kadio, Kadidiatou, Scorgie, Fiona

“…To understand community perspectives on the effects of high ambient temperature on the health and wellbeing of neonates, and impacts on post-partum women and…”
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A qualitative enquiry of health care workers' narratives on knowledge and sources of information on principles of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Wisofschi, Stefania, Wade, Terrance J, Temmerman, Marleen, Obure, Jerim

“…Research from sub-Saharan Africa indicate that many women experience varied forms of disrespectful maternity care, which amount to a violation of their rights…”
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How do high ambient temperatures affect infant feeding practices? A prospective cohort study of postpartum women in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso by Part, Chérie, Filippi, Véronique, Cresswell, Jenny A, Ganaba, Rasmané, Hajat, Shakoor, Nakstad, Britt, Roos, Nathalie, Kadio, Kadidiatou, Chersich, Matthew, Lusambili, Adelaide, Kouanda, Seni, Kovats, Sari

“…ObjectiveTo examine the effects of high ambient temperature on infant feeding practices and childcare.DesignSecondary analysis of quantitative data from a…”
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Male Involvement in Reproductive and Maternal and New Child Health: An Evaluative Qualitative Study on Facilitators and Barriers From Rural Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Muriuki, Peter, Wisofschi, Stefania, Shumba, Constance S, Mantel, Michaela, Obure, Jerim, Nyaga, Lucy, Mulama, Kennedy, Ngugi, Anthony, Orwa, James, Luchters, Stanley, Temmerman, Marleen

“…Male involvement in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) is known to improve maternal and child health outcomes. However, there is…”
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Conducting qualitative research during COVID-19: reflections on methods and challenges when interviewing marginalized refugee women [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Ochieng, Sharon, Nyikuri, Mary M, Shumba, Constance S

“…This reflective opinion article arises from our experience conducting interviews with refugee women attending ante-natal and post-natal services in an urban…”
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Positionality, Access to the Social Space and Place of Research: Narratives from Research in Low Resource Settings by Lusambili, Adelaide, Bhanbhro, Sadiq, Muchanga, Kizito

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