Pub Date : 2013-10-28DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057374
P. Pavitra
Very little is known about the productive efficiency of the large scale contracting-out mechanism that delivers basic healthcare services in Afghanistan. This study analyses the relative efficiency of basic package of health services (BPHS) facilities and examines the factors associated with the efficiency of health facilities (HFs) in Afghanistan. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is used on the primary data, collected in 2011. Using the DEA scores in a fractional logit regression model, we estimate the effects of exogenous factors on the productive efficiency of the HFs. The level of the HF and the productive efficiency are not linearly related – the lowest level facilities are quite evenly distributed in the range of efficiency scores. This study establishes the need for a better understanding of the HF – specific management processes and the geography specific healthcare demand situation for a better policy decisions in the distribution of HFs for the country.
{"title":"Productive efficiency analysis of primary healthcare services in Afghanistan: a DEA study","authors":"P. Pavitra","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057374","url":null,"abstract":"Very little is known about the productive efficiency of the large scale contracting-out mechanism that delivers basic healthcare services in Afghanistan. This study analyses the relative efficiency of basic package of health services (BPHS) facilities and examines the factors associated with the efficiency of health facilities (HFs) in Afghanistan. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is used on the primary data, collected in 2011. Using the DEA scores in a fractional logit regression model, we estimate the effects of exogenous factors on the productive efficiency of the HFs. The level of the HF and the productive efficiency are not linearly related – the lowest level facilities are quite evenly distributed in the range of efficiency scores. This study establishes the need for a better understanding of the HF – specific management processes and the geography specific healthcare demand situation for a better policy decisions in the distribution of HFs for the country.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"204"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057374","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-28DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057364
B. Omotosho
Corruption has become a household name in most developing countries globally as several people engage in it secretly and in the public. The usual norm in the time past was that corruption was limited to politicians but reverse is the case in recent times as public institutions and representatives of funding agencies in developing countries are becoming deeply involved in it. This has also led to mistrusts, pursuit of selfish aims and among others between the funding agencies, government and implementers. This has in turn brought a wide gap between the key players and members of the public as far as health policy is concerned. This paper therefore seeks to examine the dimensions and challenges of corruption among these actors as a major cause of public exclusion in health programmes in Nigeria.
{"title":"Corruption and public exclusion: a serious challenge to effective public policy on health","authors":"B. Omotosho","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057364","url":null,"abstract":"Corruption has become a household name in most developing countries globally as several people engage in it secretly and in the public. The usual norm in the time past was that corruption was limited to politicians but reverse is the case in recent times as public institutions and representatives of funding agencies in developing countries are becoming deeply involved in it. This has also led to mistrusts, pursuit of selfish aims and among others between the funding agencies, government and implementers. This has in turn brought a wide gap between the key players and members of the public as far as health policy is concerned. This paper therefore seeks to examine the dimensions and challenges of corruption among these actors as a major cause of public exclusion in health programmes in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.057364","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-10-23DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058852
S. Bethge, A. Mühlbacher
There is urgent need for effective treatment and coordinated care programmes for the obesity epidemic. Treatment success can only be achieved by a long-term change of behaviour and consideration of patient priorities. This study analysed, treatment needs and expectations of overweight and obese patients in rehabilitation facilities to identify patient-relevant characteristics with regard to long-term weight loss programmes. This was done using a combination of qualitative-procedures [literature analysis, expert-interviews (N = 5), focus-groups (N = 44)] and quantitative-assessment (survey N = 201, explorative factor analyses). The factor analysis (Cronbach’s alpha 0.87–0.55; variance 55.41%) revealed eight patient-relevant factors: ‘knowledge’, ‘varied range of therapy options’, ‘interpersonal care’, ‘individualised therapy planning’, ‘infrastructure quality’, ‘coordinated care’, ‘social interaction’ and ‘technical competence’. Only if the needs and preferences of patients are known, the creation of patie...
{"title":"Identification of needs and attitudes of overweight and obese patients for weight loss therapy: a mix-method analysis in German rehabilitation facilities","authors":"S. Bethge, A. Mühlbacher","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058852","url":null,"abstract":"There is urgent need for effective treatment and coordinated care programmes for the obesity epidemic. Treatment success can only be achieved by a long-term change of behaviour and consideration of patient priorities. This study analysed, treatment needs and expectations of overweight and obese patients in rehabilitation facilities to identify patient-relevant characteristics with regard to long-term weight loss programmes. This was done using a combination of qualitative-procedures [literature analysis, expert-interviews (N = 5), focus-groups (N = 44)] and quantitative-assessment (survey N = 201, explorative factor analyses). The factor analysis (Cronbach’s alpha 0.87–0.55; variance 55.41%) revealed eight patient-relevant factors: ‘knowledge’, ‘varied range of therapy options’, ‘interpersonal care’, ‘individualised therapy planning’, ‘infrastructure quality’, ‘coordinated care’, ‘social interaction’ and ‘technical competence’. Only if the needs and preferences of patients are known, the creation of patie...","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"325"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058852","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-06-19DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054519
Qeethara Al-Shayea, G. A. El-Refae, S. Yaseen
Artificial neural networks are a promising field in medical diagnostic applications. The goal of this study is to propose a neural network for medical diagnosis. A feed-forward back propagation neural network with tan-sigmoid transfer functions is used in this paper. The dataset is obtained from UCI machine learning repository. The results of applying the proposed neural network to distinguish between healthy patients and patients with disease based upon biomedical data in all cases show the ability of the network to learn the patterns corresponding to symptoms of the person. Three cases are studied. In the diagnosis of acute nephritis disease; the percent correctly classified in the simulation sample by the feed-forward back propagation network is 100% while in the diagnosis of heart disease; the percent correctly classified in the simulation sample by the feed-forward back propagation network is approximately 88%. On the other hand, in the diagnosis of disk hernia or spondylolisthesis; the percent correctly classified in the simulation sample is approximately 82%. Receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) curve are used to evaluate diagnosis for decision support.
{"title":"Artificial neural networks for medical diagnosis using biomedical dataset","authors":"Qeethara Al-Shayea, G. A. El-Refae, S. Yaseen","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054519","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial neural networks are a promising field in medical diagnostic applications. The goal of this study is to propose a neural network for medical diagnosis. A feed-forward back propagation neural network with tan-sigmoid transfer functions is used in this paper. The dataset is obtained from UCI machine learning repository. The results of applying the proposed neural network to distinguish between healthy patients and patients with disease based upon biomedical data in all cases show the ability of the network to learn the patterns corresponding to symptoms of the person. Three cases are studied. In the diagnosis of acute nephritis disease; the percent correctly classified in the simulation sample by the feed-forward back propagation network is 100% while in the diagnosis of heart disease; the percent correctly classified in the simulation sample by the feed-forward back propagation network is approximately 88%. On the other hand, in the diagnosis of disk hernia or spondylolisthesis; the percent correctly classified in the simulation sample is approximately 82%. Receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) curve are used to evaluate diagnosis for decision support.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"84 1","pages":"45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054519","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-06-19DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054516
S. Yap, N. Othman, Y. Wee
Most research on exercise is dominated in the West. Drawing on a socio-cognitive theory, this research aims at addressing methodological issues in an Eastern culture where recent developments of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) applications have been limited. To answer the call for reinterpretation of the TPB measurement, we propose and test a more complex factor structure of TPB predictors. Cross-sectional data was collected from a quota sample of 512 adults in Malaysia. This study provides an empirical validation that the multidimensional, first-order model has achieved measurement validity and possesses better fit compared to the global, second-order TPB structure. Our investigation of the specific effects of social cognitive components on exercise intention and behaviour also improves the understanding of this theoretical relationship.
{"title":"The fallacy of one-dimensional theory of planned behaviour structure in predicting health behaviour","authors":"S. Yap, N. Othman, Y. Wee","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054516","url":null,"abstract":"Most research on exercise is dominated in the West. Drawing on a socio-cognitive theory, this research aims at addressing methodological issues in an Eastern culture where recent developments of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) applications have been limited. To answer the call for reinterpretation of the TPB measurement, we propose and test a more complex factor structure of TPB predictors. Cross-sectional data was collected from a quota sample of 512 adults in Malaysia. This study provides an empirical validation that the multidimensional, first-order model has achieved measurement validity and possesses better fit compared to the global, second-order TPB structure. Our investigation of the specific effects of social cognitive components on exercise intention and behaviour also improves the understanding of this theoretical relationship.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-06-19DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054520
Z. Tkachuk, M. Shved, O. Prokopovych, P. Babych
The obtained results have confirmed the efficacy of Nuclex in terms of normalisation of parameters of coronary reserve, and in terms of elimination of the main signs and symptoms of influenza and acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), in particular, Normalisation of body temperature, disappearance of headache, catarrhal phenomena, and general fatigue. The decrease in intensity of these signs and symptoms in the study group appeared one to three days earlier than in the control group, and this difference remained significant until the end of treatment. On the 14th day of Nuclex intake influenza A virus H1N1 could not be found by means of PCR in 58.33% of the study group patients, meanwhile in the control group patients the virus was still detectable. The results have clearly demonstrated the significant difference in the treatment efficacy between the control and study groups thus favouring the latter. Nuclex has been proven effective to completely remove the influenza virus from the body.
{"title":"Studies of Nuclex effect under cardiovascular disorders, influenza and acute upper respiratory tract infection","authors":"Z. Tkachuk, M. Shved, O. Prokopovych, P. Babych","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054520","url":null,"abstract":"The obtained results have confirmed the efficacy of Nuclex in terms of normalisation of parameters of coronary reserve, and in terms of elimination of the main signs and symptoms of influenza and acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), in particular, Normalisation of body temperature, disappearance of headache, catarrhal phenomena, and general fatigue. The decrease in intensity of these signs and symptoms in the study group appeared one to three days earlier than in the control group, and this difference remained significant until the end of treatment. On the 14th day of Nuclex intake influenza A virus H1N1 could not be found by means of PCR in 58.33% of the study group patients, meanwhile in the control group patients the virus was still detectable. The results have clearly demonstrated the significant difference in the treatment efficacy between the control and study groups thus favouring the latter. Nuclex has been proven effective to completely remove the influenza virus from the body.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054520","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-06-19DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054523
K. Jain, Satish Kumar, A. Solanki
In today’s competitive environment, skilled human resource can play an important role in the success of any organisation. The developmental climate in an organisation helps the employees to utilise their skills and competencies for success and achieving organisational objectives. For this purpose, an affable human resource development (HRD) climate is extremely important. The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent of HRD climate prevailing in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at Rajasthan in India and also a comparative analysis of permanent and contractual employees working in the NRHM in India. After reviewing the earlier work and instruments available for assessing the HRD climate, an improvised, self-developed and well tested for content validity questionnaire is used. This questionnaire was administered to 300 respondents (150 permanent and 150 contractual) from the organisations taking into consideration the availability of employees and their interest to give responses to the questionnaires. Mean score and percentage of each dimension was analysed. The study revealed that human resource development climate is better for permanent employees compared to contractual employees. The findings indicate significant difference in the perceptions of developmental climate prevailing between permanent and contractual employees in NRHM Rajasthan.
{"title":"HRD climate in National Rural Health Mission in India – an empirical study","authors":"K. Jain, Satish Kumar, A. Solanki","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054523","url":null,"abstract":"In today’s competitive environment, skilled human resource can play an important role in the success of any organisation. The developmental climate in an organisation helps the employees to utilise their skills and competencies for success and achieving organisational objectives. For this purpose, an affable human resource development (HRD) climate is extremely important. The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent of HRD climate prevailing in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) at Rajasthan in India and also a comparative analysis of permanent and contractual employees working in the NRHM in India. After reviewing the earlier work and instruments available for assessing the HRD climate, an improvised, self-developed and well tested for content validity questionnaire is used. This questionnaire was administered to 300 respondents (150 permanent and 150 contractual) from the organisations taking into consideration the availability of employees and their interest to give responses to the questionnaires. Mean score and percentage of each dimension was analysed. The study revealed that human resource development climate is better for permanent employees compared to contractual employees. The findings indicate significant difference in the perceptions of developmental climate prevailing between permanent and contractual employees in NRHM Rajasthan.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.054523","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058859
A. Sharif, I. Blair, Nabila Taha, L. Tom
An optimal functioning health system delivers quality, timely and efficient services to all individuals in a convenient and accessible location. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a rapidly developing country composed of a multinational population with emerging public health issues and needs that are influencing the growth and direction of the health system. The seven emirates that form the UAE vary in population size and structure, land mass, financial strength and have both federal and local agencies responsible for the regulation of their health systems. As such, the provision and distribution of healthcare services vary between each emirate depending on the strategy and financing mechanism of the local authority. This paper will discuss the evolution, challenges and future directions of health systems in the UAE.
{"title":"Health systems in the United Arab Emirates: progression, challenges and future directions","authors":"A. Sharif, I. Blair, Nabila Taha, L. Tom","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058859","url":null,"abstract":"An optimal functioning health system delivers quality, timely and efficient services to all individuals in a convenient and accessible location. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a rapidly developing country composed of a multinational population with emerging public health issues and needs that are influencing the growth and direction of the health system. The seven emirates that form the UAE vary in population size and structure, land mass, financial strength and have both federal and local agencies responsible for the regulation of their health systems. As such, the provision and distribution of healthcare services vary between each emirate depending on the strategy and financing mechanism of the local authority. This paper will discuss the evolution, challenges and future directions of health systems in the UAE.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058859","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058855
L. Gautier, P. C. Faye, K. Senouci, M. Y. A. Mongbo, Johanna Austin Benjamin, I. Wachsmuth, B. Gessner
The need for evidence-informed decision making in immunisation programmes has become crucial, especially in West Africa where countries face limited human and financial resources. Establishing national immunisation technical advisory groups (NITAGs) may help strengthen the national decision-making. A survey and literature review helped define the role of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) in piloting a regional approach for supporting countries in creating NITAGs. In 2011, a collaborative structure was set up to conduct the initiative, including WAHO as the leader, the supporting immunisation and vaccine advisory committees (SIVAC) initiative, and the evidence-informed policy network (EVIPNet) programme of the World Health Organization (WHO). During 2013, this process achieved its first successes with the official creation of NITAGs in Senegal and Benin. Eight other countries of the Economic Community of West African States have formally expressed their commitment at the highest political level of their respective governments to the process of establishing NITAGs.
{"title":"Scaling-up the development of national immunisation technical advisory groups in the Economic Community of West African States: role of a regional organisation, the West African Health Organisation","authors":"L. Gautier, P. C. Faye, K. Senouci, M. Y. A. Mongbo, Johanna Austin Benjamin, I. Wachsmuth, B. Gessner","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058855","url":null,"abstract":"The need for evidence-informed decision making in immunisation programmes has become crucial, especially in West Africa where countries face limited human and financial resources. Establishing national immunisation technical advisory groups (NITAGs) may help strengthen the national decision-making. A survey and literature review helped define the role of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) in piloting a regional approach for supporting countries in creating NITAGs. In 2011, a collaborative structure was set up to conduct the initiative, including WAHO as the leader, the supporting immunisation and vaccine advisory committees (SIVAC) initiative, and the evidence-informed policy network (EVIPNet) programme of the World Health Organization (WHO). During 2013, this process achieved its first successes with the official creation of NITAGs in Senegal and Benin. Eight other countries of the Economic Community of West African States have formally expressed their commitment at the highest political level of their respective governments to the process of establishing NITAGs.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058855","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2013-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058850
I. Okwechime, Hamidat D. Segunmaru, S. Egarievwe, F. Mzayek, E. Kabagambe, M. Aliyu
The purpose of this paper is to provide a logical rationale on the need to increase country-specific research on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in West Africa. Using health data from the World Health Organization’s Health Statistics and Health Information Systems, the burden of cardiovascular diseases among West African countries was described. PubMed’s database and search tools were used with specific key words, to retrieve articles referencing cardiovascular disease for the study period 1992 to 2011. The total number of publications from each West African country was obtained and the percentage of each country’s contribution was estimated. An annual trend of research productivity was then plotted for each country and also for the region. The major contributors to CVD research in West Africa were Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. An overall trend of increasing CVD research output was evident during the study period, driven mainly by research from Nigeria. This cross-sectional study revealed the need to increase country-specific research on CVD in West Africa. Conducting CVD research provides evidence of the epidemiology, mechanisms, and determinants of CVDs. This study is important as it may serve as a basis for developing regionally tailored policies and interventions for West Africa.
{"title":"Quantification of cardiovascular disease research in West Africa","authors":"I. Okwechime, Hamidat D. Segunmaru, S. Egarievwe, F. Mzayek, E. Kabagambe, M. Aliyu","doi":"10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058850","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to provide a logical rationale on the need to increase country-specific research on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in West Africa. Using health data from the World Health Organization’s Health Statistics and Health Information Systems, the burden of cardiovascular diseases among West African countries was described. PubMed’s database and search tools were used with specific key words, to retrieve articles referencing cardiovascular disease for the study period 1992 to 2011. The total number of publications from each West African country was obtained and the percentage of each country’s contribution was estimated. An annual trend of research productivity was then plotted for each country and also for the region. The major contributors to CVD research in West Africa were Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal. An overall trend of increasing CVD research output was evident during the study period, driven mainly by research from Nigeria. This cross-sectional study revealed the need to increase country-specific research on CVD in West Africa. Conducting CVD research provides evidence of the epidemiology, mechanisms, and determinants of CVDs. This study is important as it may serve as a basis for developing regionally tailored policies and interventions for West Africa.","PeriodicalId":90540,"journal":{"name":"International journal of behavioural & healthcare research","volume":"4 1","pages":"242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1504/IJBHR.2013.058850","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66661411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
扫码关注我们
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：