Twenty-one DGHI-affiliated authors—including faculty, staff, students and alumni—recently shared new discoveries on a variety of global health topics in peer-reviewed publications. Click on the article links below to learn more:
Sandy Askew, Perry Foley, Gary Bennett
- Translational Behavioral Medicine – Linking Patients with Community Resources: Use of a Free YMCA Membership among Low-Income Black Women
- Journal of Health Communication – Health Literacy and Weight Change in a Digital Health Intervention for Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Care Practice
Thushani Dabrera, L. Gayani Tillekeratne, Truls Østbye
- Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health – Prevalence and Correlates of Leprosy in a High-Risk Community Setting in Sri Lanka
Alexis Dennis (former DGHI researcher), Sarah Wilson, Kathy Sikkema, Melissa Watt
- International Journal of Women's Health – Experiences of Social Support among Women Presenting for Obstetric Fistula Repair Surgery in Tanzania
Tony Fuller (MSc-GH graduate), Michael Haglund, Emily Smith
- World Neurosurgery – Pediatric Neurosurgical Outcomes Following a Neurosurgery Health System Intervention at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda
- International Journal of Mental Health Systems – Suicide Surveillance and Health Systems in Nepal: A Qualitative and Social Network Analysis
- International Journal of Culture and Mental Health – Development Process of an Assessment Tool for Disruptive Behavior Problems in Cross-Cultural Settings: The Disruptive Behavior International Scale—Nepal Version (DBIS-N)
- Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry – Utilization of Standardized Mental Health Assessments in Anthropological Research: Possibilities and Pitfalls
- Medical Anthropology Quarterly – Culture and Comorbidity: Intimate Partner Violence as a Common Risk Factor for Maternal Mental Illness and Reproductive Health Problems among Former Child Soldiers in Nepal
- Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology – Recruitment of Child Soldiers in Nepal: Mental Health Status and Risk Factors for Voluntary Participation of Youth in Armed Groups
- Maternal and Child Health Journal – Timing of HIV Seroreversion Among HIV-Exposed, Breastfed Infants in Malawi: Type of HIV Rapid Test Matters
- National Academy of Medicine – Chronic Disease Prevention: Tobacco, Physical Activity, and Nutrition for a Healthy Start: A Vital Direction for Health and Health Care
Brittney Sullivan (DGHI doctoral certificate candidate), Janet Prvu Bettger
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing – Community-Informed Health Promotion to Improve Health Behaviors in Honduras
Tu Tran (MSc-GH graduate), Tony Fuller (MSc-GH graduate), Joao Ricardo Vissoci, Michael Haglund, Emily Smith
- Pediatric Surgery International – Quantifying the Pediatric Surgical Need in Uganda: Results of a Nationwide Cross-sectional, Household Survey
- SpringerPlus – Financial Contributions to Global Surgery: An Analysis of 160 International Charitable Organizations
- The Lancet – Next Generation Maternal Health: External Shocks and Health-System Innovations
DGHI faculty, affiliates, and scholars: Want your publications listed in the monthly Research Roundup? Email the communications team with the citation or a link to the article!
