A5022195744- Religion, Society, and Development
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Theological Perspectives and Practices
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Christian Theology and Mission
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- International Development and Aid
- Power System Reliability and Maintenance
- Community and Sustainable Development
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
Emory University
2010-2024
Emory Global Health Institute
2021-2023
Emory Healthcare
2021-2023
World Vision
2019
The social determinants of health framework has brought a recognition the primary importance forces in determining population health. Research using this to understand and mortality impact social, economic, political conditions, however, rarely included religious institutions ties. We investigate well-measured set economic along with several measures participation as predictors adult mortality. Respondents (N = 18,370) aged 50 older Health Retirement Study were interviewed 2004 followed for...
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network programme undertakes post-mortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), together with collection of ante-mortem clinical information, to investigate causes childhood deaths across multiple countries. We aimed evaluate the overall contribution pneumonia in causal pathway death causative pathogens fatal children aged 1-59 months enrolled CHAMPS Network.
We examined the relationship between religion and health by highlighting influences of on response to 2014 2016 Ebola outbreak global HIV epidemic. recounted burial practices developed as an infection control measure during in West Africa. also explored influence community outreach education. faith-based responses HIV/AIDS pandemic, noting that conflicted with public (e.g., justification for HIV-related stigma) or aligned a force improved providing services social capital cohesion support...
Asset mapping has emerged as a promising tool for mobilizing and sustaining positive changes related to community health wellbeing. In contrast approaches that focus on communities' needs or deficits, asset harnesses resources in order foster transformation growth. this article, the authors analyze workshops, which focused access food safe places be active, were conducted two North Carolina (USA) study communities. The highlight results of workshops show how they demonstrate underlying...
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) program is a 7-country network (as of December 2018) established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to identify causes death in children communities with high rates under-5 mortality. carries out both mortality pregnancy surveillance, surveillance employs minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) gather small samples body fluids from bodies who have died. While this method will lead greater knowledge specific childhood...
The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network aims to generate reliable data on the causes of death among children aged <5 years using all available information, including minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS). sensitive nature MITS inevitably evokes religious, cultural, ethical questions influencing feasibility sustainability CHAMPS.Due limited behavioral studies related child MITS, we developed an innovative qualitative methodology determine barriers,...
The purpose of this study is to explore Protestant religious leaders' attitudes towards abortion and their strategies for pastoral care in Georgia, USA. Religious leaders may play an important role providing sexual reproductive health given a long history supporting healing promotion.We conducted 20 in-depth interviews with Mainline Black on toward how they provide abortion. was county relatively higher rates abortion, lower access services, religiosity, greater denominational diversity...
Abstract Background Malnutrition among children under five years of age is a major public health issue in many low and middle-income constrained countries. According to WHO, 5.3 million under-five die every year about 45% these deaths are linked malnutrition. While it clear that poverty lack food important factors children’s malnutrition, less known the ways which local conceptions malnutrition affect parents’ treatment choices. In Ethiopia, child severe problem common cause death, this...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI +) relationships remains under-researched, particularly the Global South.We call on research-to-action partnerships higher education
This article examines the shifting interpretations of homosexuality in colonial and post-colonial contexts east Africa. In 1886, Mwanga II, king Baganda kingdom, executed forty-five male pages his court. All were recent converts to Christianity many accounts execution highlight pages' refusal submit king's sexual demands as cause their execution. Over last one hundred twenty-five years, story martyrs has been used support a broad spectrum political, cultural, religious claims. By examining...
The Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action project aims to implement a child mortality surveillance program through strengthening vital registration event reporting (pregnancy, birth, and death) investigating causes of death (CODs) based on verbal autopsies. In Quelimane (central Mozambique), Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) procedures were added fine-tune the COD approaches. Before implementation MITS, an evaluation acceptability ethical considerations was considered...
Background Minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), also named minimally autopsy is a post-mortem method shown to be an acceptable proxy of the complete diagnostic autopsy. MITS improves knowledge causes death (CoD) in resource-limited settings. Its implementation requires understanding components acceptability, including facilitators and barriers real-case scenarios. Methods We undertook mixed-methods analysis comparing anticipated (hypothetical scenario) experienced (real-case...
It is crucial to consider cultural, religious, and socio-behavioural factors that may influence the acceptability of Minimally Invasive Tissues Sampling (MITS). MITS being used understand causes child death conducted in nine countries within Africa South Asia with highest mortality. Progress has been made development laboratory infrastructures training for physicians do MITS, but many communities are concerned about religious taking samples from deceased children. This paper explores a...
Since the United States Supreme Court overturned state sodomy statutes in its 2003 decision, Lawrence and Garner v. Texas, religious political conservatives America have feared that decision could pave way for legalization of same-sex marriage. No longer able to rely on illegality relationships deny legal protections marriage those relationships, had broader discourses from which argue against One particularly powerful discourse claims must be confined heterosexual order protect children....
Although the percentage of health services provided by faith-based sector in sub-Saharan Africa is often cited along a range from 30% to 70%, depending on country, such citations tend be anecdotal and without reference actual analysis service data. This article reports secondary data Kenya determine HIV providers. It then discusses contributions providers light these data, identifying opportunities challenges involved efforts ensure that resources are maximised.
In low-and middle-income countries, determining the cause of death any given individual is impaired by poor access to healthcare systems, resource-poor diagnostic facilities, and limited acceptance complete autopsies. Minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), an innovative post-mortem procedure based on obtaining specimens using fine needle biopsies suitable for laboratory analysis, acceptable proxy autopsy, thus could reduce uncertainty death. This study describes rumor surveillance...
Abstract The process of abrasive jet perforating deployed on coiled tubing (CT), fracturing down the CT and casing annulus, isolation with proppant plugs has proven beneficial in reducing completion costs improving operational efficiencies multistage stimulation applications. Unlike conventional plug perforation techniques, this can be done a single trip, allowing well to put production immediately after treatment because no bridge have drilled. However horizontal applications, achieving...
Worldwide, nearly six million children under the age of five (<5s) die annually, a substantial proportion which are due to preventable and treatable diseases. Efforts reduce child mortality indicators in most affected regions often undermined by lack accurate cause death data. To generate timely more causes data for <5s, Child Health Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network established surveillance multiple countries using Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling (MITS) <5 deaths. Here...
This paper reiterates and expands on the ideas I presented in a workshop entitled, Hospitality is Queer Thing at Annual Meeting of The Society for Pastoral Theology Atlanta 2009. At that workshop, began by asking participants their reaction to word queer. Their responses ranged from discomfort violent history an appreciation ways which queer theory, relatively new field scholarly inquiry, offered critical perspective long-held notions regarding identity sexuality (though no criticism theory...
Abstract Introduction Sexuality-based stigma is prevalent in the USA and is, part, based on religious gender norms. In South—compared to other regions—religiosity more salient, norms are conservative, sexual reproductive health (SRH) inequities prevalent. Methods Guided by a stakeholder Advisory Committee, researchers conducted 20 in-depth interviews with Protestant leaders Georgia from 2018 2019 explore how faith describe sexuality-based stigma, including toward abortion minorities....