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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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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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'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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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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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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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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A Qualitative Endline Evaluation Study of Male Engagement in Promoting Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services in Rural Kenya by Lusambili, Adelaide M., Wisofschi, Stefania, Shumba, Constance, Muriuki, Peter, Obure, Jerim, Mantel, Michaela, Mossman, Lindsay, Pell, Rachel, Nyaga, Lucy, Ngugi, Anthony, Orwa, James, Luchters, Stanley, Mulama, Kennedy, Wade, Terrance J., Temmerman, Marleen

“…Background: Globally, male involvement in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) is associated with increased benefits for women, their…”
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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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Not enough traction: Barriers that aspiring researchers from low- and middle-income countries face in global health research by Shumba, Constance S., Lusambili, Adelaide M

“…There is a growing concern of low representation of researchers from low-middle-income countries (LMICs) in the publication of global health research in…”
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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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A qualitative enquiry of health care workers' narratives on knowledge and sources of information on principles of Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) by Adelaide M Lusambili, Stefania Wisofschi, Terrance J Wade, Marleen Temmerman, Jerim Obure

“…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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Understanding influences on mental health among over 70-year-olds in Kenya using a life course theory [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] by Lusambili, Adelaide M, Nyakundi, Robert, Ngaruiya, Christine, Muchanga, Kizito L, Ochieng, Ahaya L, Vusolo, Laurie M, Guni, Newton Joseph

“…World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2050 "older adults" (OAs)-denoting those over 70 years old in this article-will constitute 21% of the global…”
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