A5004470217- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Asian Studies and History
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Sex work and related issues
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Diabetes Management and Education
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Malaria Research and Control
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Global Health and Surgery
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
University of the Witwatersrand
2016-2025
Monash University
2015-2025
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
2024
London School of Economics and Political Science
2024
Millennium Engineering and Integration (United States)
2024
EarthTech International (United States)
2024
University of Cape Town
2023
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2019-2023
University of Gothenburg
2022
African Population and Health Research Center
2022
We, like others worldwide, have spent much of the last week tracking exponential spread and toll COVID-19, consequent retraction social engagement, shifting from joking “Are w...
To accelerate malaria elimination in areas where core interventions such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are already widely used, it is crucial to consider additional factors associated with persistent transmission. Qualitative data on human behaviours and perceptions regarding risk was triangulated quantitative Anopheles mosquito bites occurring indoors outdoors south-eastern Tanzania communities ITNS used but lower level transmission persists. Each night (18:00h-07:00h), trained...
Common discourse in public health and preventive medicine frames non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular metabolic as diseases of 'lifestyle'; the choice terminology implies that their prevention, control management are amenable to individual action. In drawing attention global increases incidence prevalence disease, however, we increasingly observe these poverty. this article, call for reframing emphasize underlying social commercial determinants health, poverty manipulation...
Somalis have been one of the largest groups to migrate Australia under its provisions for refugee and humanitarian resettlement. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Melbourne 2000-2001, we explore how loss social relationships as a result civil war displacement contribute women’s distress sadness. To erosion among Australia, this affects everyday life well-being, draw concepts capital networks. We suggest that networks are problematic, restricting capacity use create settle...
Theoretically and methodologically sound qualitative research demands an extended period of fieldwork the use multiple methods to achieve data saturation develop grounded theory. Little is known about experiences researchers who conduct such studies. The authors explore these matters by drawing on their conducting a 3-year study with women gynecological cancer journey. Their consisted participant observation in-depth interviews health professionals. They demonstrate that are involved in all...
Researchers have paid only limited attention to how social structural factors influence the course and content of interviews. Speech, comportment, values inherent gender other social, structural, contextual factors, such as age, socioeconomic positioning, ethnicity, all direction, flow, interviews, informing we might interpret information collected in process. Drawing on interviews conducted within an Australian study chronic illness disability, authors explore performative nature interview...
Chronic conditions and their resultant difficulties in daily living frequently occur with other health problems, sometimes due to interactions or complications at a biological level, as result of common pathogens risk factors. On occasions, they develop independently. Drawing on research conducted Australian women that began the mid-2000s is still ongoing, we highlight how chronic structural factors shape "chronic" conditions, influencing seeking, continuity care, outcomes. Institutional,...
Journal Article Focus groups in tropical diseases research Get access ME KHAN, KHAN 1Population Council, Baroda, India Correspondence: Dr Khan, The Population Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar LENORE MANDERSON 2Tropical Health Program, Brisbane, Australia Policy and Planning, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 1992, Pages 56–66, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/7.1.56 Published: 01 1992
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health was begun in June 1995 response to initiatives arising from the National Policy. Now renamed Australia, study involves six cohorts of women, selected basis age or ethnicity represent young, middle-aged, and older women (main cohorts), as well Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander migrants Australia (special cohorts). main themes are time use; health, weight, exercise; violence against women; life stages key events; use satisfaction with health...
In this widely-praised study, Carol Laderman provides a vivid picture of the daily life rural Malays as she focuses on their dietary practices and ritual medical aspects childbirth procedures. Apprenticed to village midwife local shaman, was able observe traditional culture adapting modern practices.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) exist and persist for social economic reasons that enable the vectors pathogens to take advantage of changes in behavioral physical environment. Persistent poverty at household, community, national levels, inequalities within between sectors, contribute perpetuation re-emergence NTDs. Changes production habitat affect environment, so agricultural development, mining forestry, rapid industrialization, urbanization all result human uses exposure vectors,...
Worldwide, approximately 1 in 11 women have breast cancer at some time their lifetime. The majority are successfully treated with surgery, then radiotherapy and/or chemo-therapy. Survival brings its own problems, however, including an underlying ontological problem: What is the part of body left after a mastectomy? Women talking about experiences mastectomy faced complex referential tasks regard to bodies different stages past and present, within discourses (medical, sexual, maternal), from...
Dengue fever continues to be a major public health problem in Cambodia, with significant impact on children. Health education is means for prevention and control of the National Control Program (NDCP), delivered communities schools. Drawing data collected 2003–2004 as part an ethnographic study conducted eastern we explore approaches used their effectiveness dengue. Community provided through centre outreach activities campaigns NDCP, but not systematically evaluated, under-funded...
Background: Globally, sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden of disease. Strengthened research capacity to understand social determinants health among different African populations is key addressing drivers poor and developing interventions improve outcomes systems in region. Yet, continent clearly lacks centers excellence that can generate a strong evidence base address region's socio-economic problems.Objective program overview: We describe recently launched Consortium for Advanced...
The rapidly growing medical travel industry has implications for the health systems of both sending and receiving countries. This article outlines political economy potential opportunities disadvantages it poses access, equity, right to health. Although trade carries economic benefits countries foreign patients, comes at a cost provision public health, through distortions in workforce development two-tiered systems. Inequalities failures largely drive need care.