Publications
The impact of a prospective 4‐year longitudinal school intervention for improving oral health and oral health inequalities in primary schoolchildren in Flanders‐Belgium Ghent University
Epidemiology, awareness, health seeking behaviour and capacity of health systems to deal with hypertension in a Ugandan rural context University of Antwerp
Broadening understanding of accountability ecosystems in sexual and reproductive health and rights Institute of Tropical Medicine
Background
Accountability for ensuring sexual and reproductive health and rights is increasingly receiving global attention. Less attention has been paid to accountability mechanisms for sexual and reproductive health and rights at national and sub-national level, the focus of this systematic review.
Methods
We searched for peer-reviewed literature using accountability, sexual and reproductive health, human rights and ...
Qualitative assessment of opportunities and challenges to improve evidence-informed health policy-making in Hungary – an EVIPNet situation analysis pilot Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: In evidence-informed policy-making (EIP), major knowledge gaps remain in understanding the context and possibilities for institutionalisation of knowledge translation. In 2014, the WHO Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Europe initiated a number of pilot countries, with Hungary among them, to engage in a 'situation analysis' (SA) in order to fill some of those gaps. This contribution discusses the results of the SA in ...
'We are always desperate and will try anything to conceive': the convoluted and dynamic process of health seeking among women with infertility in the West Coast Region of The Gambia Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
INTRODUCTION: In many Sub-Saharan African countries, women with infertility search relentlessly for treatment. Guided by the Partners for Applied Social Sciences model for health seeking behaviour and access to care research, this study aims to understand the health seeking behaviour of women with infertility in the West Coast region of The Gambia and the influence of aetiological beliefs on health seeking paths.
METHODOLOGY: A ...
Care Living Labs Flanders: Social and Open Innovation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Integrating and Safeguarding Care: The Potential Role of Health Information Technologies Hasselt University KU Leuven
Selective primary health care: a critical review of methods and results Institute of Tropical Medicine
Voices from the frontline: findings from a thematic analysis of a rapid online global survey of maternal and newborn health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic Institute of Tropical Medicine
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted maternity care provision worldwide. Studies based on modelling estimated large indirect effects of the pandemic on services and health outcomes. The objective of this study was to prospectively document experiences of frontline maternal and newborn healthcare providers.
METHODS: We conducted a global, cross-sectional study of maternal and newborn health professionals via ...