Search Results - "Mitchell, M. Ellen"

Stigma in health facilities: why it matters and how we can change it by Nyblade, Laura, Stockton, Melissa A, Giger, Kayla, Bond, Virginia, Ekstrand, Maria L, Lean, Roger Mc, Mitchell, Ellen M H, Nelson, La Ron E, Sapag, Jaime C, Siraprapasiri, Taweesap, Turan, Janet, Wouters, Edwin

“…Stigma in health facilities undermines diagnosis, treatment, and successful health outcomes. Addressing stigma is fundamental to delivering quality healthcare…”
Get full text

Conceptualising abortion stigma by Kumar, Anuradha, Hessini, Leila, Mitchell, Ellen M.H.

“…Abortion stigma is widely acknowledged in many countries, but poorly theorised. Although media accounts often evoke abortion stigma as a universal social fact,…”
Get full text

A scoping review of health-related stigma outcomes for high-burden diseases in low- and middle-income countries by Kane, Jeremy C, Elafros, Melissa A, Murray, Sarah M, Mitchell, Ellen M H, Augustinavicius, Jura L, Causevic, Sara, Baral, Stefan D

“…Stigma is associated with health conditions that drive disease burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including HIV, tuberculosis, mental health…”
Get full text

Tuberculosis infection control knowledge and attitudes among health workers in Uganda: a cross-sectional study by Buregyeya, Esther, Kasasa, Simon, Mitchell, Ellen M H

“…The World Health Organization recommends TB infection control (TBIC) in health care facilities. In 2008, the Ministry of Health Uganda initiated efforts to…”
Get full text

Estimating the annual risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis among adolescents in Western Kenya in preparation for TB vaccine trials by Nduba, Videlis, Van't Hoog, Anna H, de Bruijn, Annefleur, Mitchell, Ellen M H, Laserson, Kayla, Borgdorff, Martien

“…Adolescents are a prime target group for tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trials that include prevention of infection (POI). The BCG vaccine is given at birth and…”
Get full text

Community health care workers in pursuit of TB: Discourses and dilemmas by Onazi, Olajumoke, Adejumo, Adedeji Olusola, Redwood, Lisa, Okorie, Onuka, Lawal, Oyewole, Azuogu, Benedict, Gidado, Mustapha, Daniel, Olusoji James, Mitchell, Ellen M.H.

“…Community-led tuberculosis (TB) active case finding is widely promoted, heavily funded, but many efforts fail to meet expectations. The underlying reasons why…”
Get full text

Development of a TB vaccine trial site in Africa and lessons from the Ebola experience by Kaguthi, G, Nduba, V, Rabuogi, P, Okelloh, D, Ouma, S. G, Blatner, G, Gelderbloem, S, Mitchell, Ellen M. H, Scott, Cherise P, Verver, S, Hawkridge, T, de Steenwinkel, J. E. M, Laserson, K. F, Richardus, J. H

“…Tuberculosis is the deadliest infection of our time. In contrast, about 11,000 people died of Ebola between 2014 and 2016. Despite this manifest difference in…”
Get full text

Psychometric evaluation of a new drug-resistant tuberculosis stigma scale by Redwood, Lisa, Mitchell, Ellen M.H., Nguyen, Thu Anh, Viney, Kerri, Nguyen, Viet Nhung, Fox, Greg J.

“…Stigma contributes to diagnostic delay, disease concealment, and reduced wellbeing for people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and their…”
Get full text

Utilization of HIV and tuberculosis services by health care workers in Uganda: implications for occupational health policies and implementation by Buregyeya, Esther, Nuwaha, Fred, Wanyenze, Rhoda K, Mitchell, Ellen M H, Criel, Bart, Verver, Suzanne, Kasasa, Simon, Colebunders, Robert

“…Access to HIV testing and subsequent care among health care workers (HCWs) form a critical component of TB infection control measures for HCWs. Challenges to…”
Get full text

Effectiveness of web-based education on Kenyan and Brazilian adolescents' knowledge about HIV/AIDS, abortion law, and emergency contraception: Findings from TeenWeb by Halpern, Carolyn Tucker, Mitchell, Ellen M.H., Farhat, Tilda, Bardsley, Phil

“…Little evidence is available about the utility of web-based health education for students in low resource settings. This paper reports results from an…”
Get full text

Choosing early pregnancy termination methods in Urban Mozambique by Mitchell, Ellen M.H., Kwizera, Amata, Usta, Momade, Gebreselassie, Hailemichael

“…Little is known about who chooses medication abortion with misoprostol and why. Women seeking early abortion in 5 public hospitals in Maputo, Mozambique were…”
Get full text

Iterative evaluation of mobile computer-assisted digital chest x-ray screening for TB improves efficiency, yield, and outcomes in Nigeria by Eneogu, Rupert A, Mitchell, Ellen M H, Ogbudebe, Chidubem, Aboki, Danjuma, Anyebe, Victor, Dimkpa, Chimezie B, Egbule, Daniel, Nsa, Bassey, van der Grinten, Emmy, Soyinka, Festus O, Abdur-Razzaq, Hussein, Useni, Sani, Lawanson, Adebola, Onyemaechi, Simeon, Ubochioma, Emperor, Scholten, Jerod, Verhoef, Johan, Nwadike, Peter, Chukwueme, Nkemdilim, Nongo, Debby, Gidado, Mustapha

“…Wellness on Wheels (WoW) is a model of mobile systematic tuberculosis (TB) screening of high-risk populations combining digital chest radiography with…”
Get full text

Good citizens, perfect patients, and family reputation: Stigma and prolonged isolation in people with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam by Redwood, Lisa, Fox, Greg J, Nguyen, Thu Anh, Bernarys, Sarah, Mason, Paul, Vu, Van Anh, Nguyen, Viet Nhung, Mitchell, Ellen M H

“…Stigma and isolation are common in people with tuberculosis (TB). Social isolation contributes to reduced health outcomes and TB treatment adherence. Stigma…”
Get full text

Patient-Pathway Analysis of Tuberculosis Services in Cameroon by Titahong, Collins N., Ayongwa, Gideon N., Waindim, Yvonne, Nguafack, Dubliss, Kuate, Albert Kuate, Wandji, Irene Adeline Goupeyou, Wringe, Alison, Mbassa, Vincent, Sander, Melissa S., Mitchell, Ellen M. H.

“…In Cameroon, in 2019, tuberculosis (TB) treatment coverage was estimated at 53%, indicating that almost half of all people sick with TB were not diagnosed or…”
Get full text

Clinical diagnosis of completeness of medical abortion by nurses: a reliability study in Mozambique by Gebreselassie, Hailemichael, Ustá, Momade, Andersen, Kathryn L, Mitchell, Ellen M.H

“…Abstract Background The provision of medical abortion continues to rely on routine use of ultrasound to confirm expulsion of pregnancy. However, the absence of…”
Get full text

To End TB, First-Ever High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis Must Address Stigma by Daftary, Amrita, Mitchell, Ellen M H, Reid, Michael J A, Fekadu, Endalkachew, Goosby, Eric

“…World leaders gather to consolidate their commitment to ending tuberculosis (TB). Vital to the success of renewed efforts is an overdue recognition of the…”
Get full text

Return on Investment for Essential Obstetric Care Training in Ghana: Do Trained Public Sector Midwives Deliver Postabortion Care? by Clark, Kathryn Andersen, Mitchell, Ellen H.M., Aboagye, Patrick Kuma

“…In Ghana, the provision of postabortion care (PAC) by trained midwives is critical to the efficient and cost-effective reduction of unsafe abortion morbidity…”
Get full text

Brazilian adolescents' knowledge and beliefs about abortion methods: a school-based internet inquiry by Mitchell, Ellen M H, Heumann, Silke, Araujo, Ana, Adesse, Leila, Halpern, Carolyn Tucker

“…Internet surveys that draw from traditionally generated samples provide the unique conditions to engage adolescents in exploration of sensitive health topics…”
Get full text

Acceptability of masking and patient separation to control nosocomial Tuberculosis in Uganda: a qualitative study by Buregyeya, Esther, Mitchell, Ellen M. H., Rutebemberwa, Elizeus, Colebunders, Robert, Criel, Bart, Kiguli, Juliet, Nuwaha, Fred

“…Objectives This study explored the acceptability of cough etiquette, wearing masks and separation by tuberculosis (TB) suspects and TB patients in two…”
Get full text

TB stigma: clearing the fog by Mitchell, Ellen M. H., Daftary, Amrita

Get full text