A5043563781- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
- ECG Monitoring and Analysis
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Disaster Response and Management
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
<strong>Background:</strong> Poverty is a major barrier to healthcare access in low-income countries. The degree of equitable for noncommunicable disease (NCD) patients not known rural Haiti. <strong>Objectives:</strong> We evaluated the poverty distribution among receiving care an NCD clinic Haiti compared with community and assessed associations sex distance from health facility. <strong>Methods:</strong> performed cross-sectional study NCDs attending public-sector center 2013–2016,...
Community health systems (CHS) are integral in promoting well-being humanitarian settings, like Haiti, a country plagued by disruptive socio-political and environmental shocks over the past two decades. Haiti's community workers (CHWs) as critical intermediaries have persisted throughout these contextual shocks. This study explores how influence CHS functionality resilience Haiti.We applied an inductive deductive qualitative approach to understand lived experience of actors. A desk review...
Since the beginning of cholera epidemic in Haiti 5 years ago, prevalence this deadly water-borne disease has fallen far below initial rates registered during its explosive outset. However, continues to cause extensive suffering and needless deaths across country, particularly among poor. The urgent need eliminate transmission persists: compared same period 2014, first 4 months 2015 saw three times number cases. Drawing upon epidemiology, clinical work (and knowledge), policy, ecology,...
Abstract Background Adherence to regular outpatient visits is vital managing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), a growing burden in low and middle-income countries. We characterized visit adherence among patients with NCDs rural Haiti, hypothesizing higher poverty distance from the clinic were associated lower adherence. Methods analyzed electronic medical records cohort of adults an NCD Mirebalais, Haiti (April 2013 June 2016). Visit was: 1) constancy (≥1 every 3 months), 2) no gaps care...
The electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most relied upon tool for cardiovascular diagnosis, especially in low-resource settings because of its low cost and straightforward usability. It imperative that internal medicine (IM) emergency (EM) specialists are competent ECG interpretation. Our study was designed to improve proficiency interpretation through a competition among IM EM residents at teaching hospital rural central Haiti which over 40% all admissions due CVD.The 33 participants included 17...
Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalizations in rural Haiti. However, few patients hospitalized for HF return outpatient care. The factors that contribute to chronic care access are poorly understood. Objective: To investigate the facilitators and barriers accessing from patients’ perspectives. Methods: We conducted three group interviews one individual interview with thirteen HF. recruited after discharge non-governmental organization-supported academic hospital...
Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major and growing cause of death disability in low-income countries, contribute substantial portion outpatient clinic visits. Poverty can be barrier to accessing healthcare rural countries. The objective this study is describe the demographics socioeconomic status patients attending an NCD Haiti, where poverty highly prevalent. Methods: We analyzed routinely collected data from adult Haiti presenting at Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais....