- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Male Reproductive Health Studies
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Global Health and Surgery
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
Emory University
2021-2024
Bangladesh is historically a patriarchal society, but has made recent strides in increasing educational and economic opportunities for women. Yet men continue to perpetrate coercion other forms of intimate partner violence against women Bangladesh. This study examines how rural shape the activities their wives within context changing norms around women's involvement domains. Men's perspectives are not often explored literature can provide valuable insight into why persists. 25 in-depth...
Background The physical, paper-based Georgia TB Reference Guide has served as the clinical reference handbook on tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic and treatment guidelines for state of in United States. Supported by Department Public Health, production 112-page palm-sized booklet was previously led a team Georgia-based experts at Emory University printed every three-five years with updates to management consult contact information. However, costs associated editorial printing combined delays...
To estimate the risk of post-vasectomy infections in various settings and across surgical techniques sanitization practices.Retrospective review records 133,044 vasectomized patients from four large practices/network practices using no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) technique Canada (2011-2021), Colombia (2015-2020), New Zealand (2018-2021), United Kingdom (2006-2019). We defined infection as any mention medical antibiotics prescribed for a genital or urinary condition following...
The Dignity Pack Project is a small-scale, crisis-oriented supply chain in Atlanta, Georgia, designed to meet the acute personal hygiene,menstrual health, and sexual health needs of people experiencing homelessness (PEH). It was organized response conditions during COVID-19 pandemic that continue illuminate exacerbate distinct complex challenges PEH face when trying their basic maintain health. In addition being particularly vulnerable due underlying conditions, crowding, shared living...
Microfinance organizations in Bangladesh often direct microloans to women, due part women's high repayment rates. Questions remain about how microfinance institutions are addressing – or enabling economic coercion of women taking out loans. In-depth interviews with 25 men and 24 examined the structure microcredit programs, men's reactions such structures, enabled challenged agency. We found that loan access control was gendered, loans were socially disruptive engendered shame among this...
<ns4:p>Background Male sterilization, or vasectomy, is 99.9% effective at preventing pregnancy with less than a 2% risk of complications. Despite the high efficacy, low risk, cost, and gender equity benefits just women reported that they their partners relied on vasectomy as contraceptive method globally in 2019. Health care providers can be both facilitator barrier men’s health generally, may provision well. This study sought to describe decision-making rationales experienced when...
Women from sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, are underrepresented in biomedical research due part to limited access high-quality training and mentorship. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem with number of female Ethiopian scientists engaged TB-related research. To improve among junior women scientists, our NIH Fogarty International Center-funded D43 program released an all-women request for applications (RFA), which substantially increased the applying trained program....
<ns3:p>Background Male sterilization, or vasectomy, is 99.9% effective at preventing pregnancy with less than a 2% risk of complications. Despite the high efficacy, low risk, cost, and gender equity benefits just women reported that they their partners relied on vasectomy as contraceptive method globally in 2019. Health care providers can be both facilitator barrier men’s health generally, may provision well. This study sought to describe decision-making rationales experienced when...