A5023491249- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Global Health Care Issues
- International Development and Aid
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2019-2025
CUNY School of Law
2019
City University of New York
2017
Yale University
2014-2015
University of California, Berkeley
2010-2014
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
2014
Policy Analysis (United States)
2013
To estimate the shortage of mental health professionals in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).We used data from World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Systems (WHO-AIMS) 58 LMICs, country-specific information on burden various disorders a hypothetical core service delivery package to how many psychiatrists, nurses psychosocial care providers would be needed provide total population studied. We focused following eight problems, which WHO has attached priority:...
Social constructivists have significantly advanced our understanding of how digital technologies give rise to different forms organizing between organizations but less is known about similar dynamics within the organizations. Therefore, we investigated implementation telehealth an academic health center during COVID-19 pandemic. We developed a grounded model integration work with technology based on 54 interviews 27 healthcare professionals. The comprises two moments. During moment...
Policies generate accountability in that they offer a standard against which government performance can be assessed. A central question of this study is whether ideological imprint left by policy realized the time following its adoption. National mental health expressly promotes notion deinstitutionalization, mandates individuals cared for community rather than institutional environments. We investigate adoption induced transformation structure systems, namely psychiatric beds, using panel...
Performance-based financing (PBF) has been implemented in a number of countries with the aim transforming health systems and improving maternal child health. This paper examines effect PBF on workers’ job satisfaction, motivation, attrition Zambia. It uses randomized intervention/control design to evaluate before–after changes for three groups: intervention group, control 1 (C1; enhanced financing) 2 (C2; pure control) group. Mixed methods are employed. The quantitative portion comprises...
Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator is the most effective treatment for acute ischemic stroke, and its use may therefore serve as an indicator of available level stroke care. The greatest burden in low- middle-income countries, but extent to which intravenous used these countries unreported.A systematic review was performed searching each country name AND 'stroke' OR 'tissue activator' 'thrombolysis' using PubMed, Embase, Global Health, African Index Medicus, abstracts published...
There is a growing recognition of China's role as global health donor, in particular Africa, but there have been few systematic studies the level, destination, trends, or composition these development finance flows comparison engagement donor with that more traditional donors.Using newly released data from AidData on activities developed to track under reported resource flows, we identified 255 health, population, water, and sanitation (HPWS) projects 2000-2012, which descriptively analyze...
Objectives Coronavirus stigmatization may be disproportionately impacting ethnoracial minority groups in the US. We test three hypotheses: [H1] Asians US are more likely to report experiencing coronavirus than non-Hispanic Whites; [H2] is associated with psychological distress; [H3] Magnitude of association between and distress pronounced among US-born Asians, compared Whites.
Abstract This article examines the policy change process that resulted in current sugar-sweetened beverages taxes Mexico and Chile, using Kaleidoscope Model for Policy Change, a framework developed nutrition food analysis. We used qualitative study design, including 24 key informant (KI) interviews (16 researchers, 5 civil society representatives 3 food/beverage industry representatives), encompassing global in-country perspectives. The analysis shows concurrence with Model, highlighting...
At the same time, emerging economies such as Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa – so-called BRICS are playing increasingly important roles in global health, including being donors of international health aid. In 2010, these five countries had estimated foreign -sistance budgets 400–1200, 427, 680, 3900 143 million United States dol -lars, respectively.
AbstractThere is a prevailing view of China as unitary actor in its relationships with African countries. This incomplete: on the contrary, collection provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities myriad strategic ties to countries, decentralization shaping current form Chinese government level efficiency. In this paper, factors have been explored for why provinces played role foreign cooperation health addition trade direct investment. Incentives disincentives engage internationally...
Abstract-Global consensus and national policies have emphasized deinstitutionalization, or a shift in providing mental health care from institutional to community settings. Yet, psychiatric hospitals asylums receive the majority of funding many countries, at odds with research evidence that suggests services should be delivered community. Our aim is investigate norms, actors, strategies influence uptake deinstitutionalization internationally. study informed by prior literature on management...
Background: Following the tenets of world polity and innovation diffusion theories, I focus on coercive mimetic forces that influence mental health policy across nations.International organizations' mandates government behavior.Dependency external resources, namely foreign aid, also affects governments' formulation national policy.And finally, mounting adoption in a region alters risk, benefits, information associated with given policy.Methods: use post-war, discrete time data spanning 1950...
Minority populations will continue to grow in the United States. Such pluralism necessitates iterative, geospatial measurements of cultural contexts. Our objective this study was create a measure social determinants health geographic areas with varying ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity We extracted information systems data based on community characteristics that have known associations population disparities from 2015 2019. used principal component analysis construct Cultural...
Addressing femoral neck fractures resulting from ground-level falls in older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves a personalized treatment plan. There is considerable ongoing debate concerning the relative advantages and disadvantages of surgical (internal fixation or arthroplasty) vs nonoperative for persons AD.
Many countries face cycles of repeated violence. Attacks on health workers and facilities exact a toll civilian access to care and, in aggregate, population status. A variety humanitar...
<title>Abstract</title> Objectives The Alzheimer’s Association has reported a 746% increase in dementia-related deaths Asian American populations between 2000 and 2018, the most significant rise compared to all other racial groups. Americans face unique myriad of obstacles factors contributing health disparities, including those dementia. Our aim is compare determinants outcomes dementia US-born foreign-born Americans. Methods Data from 2019–2022 National Health Interview Survey was analyzed...