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Conditional cash transfers to improve use of health facilities by mothers and newborns in conflict affected countries, a prospective population based intervention study from Afghanistan

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpregnancychildbirth/content
(Accessed 8 Jun 2019)

 

Research article
Conditional cash transfers to improve use of health facilities by mothers and newborns in conflict affected countries, a prospective population based intervention study from Afghanistan
The effects of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs on maternal and child health (MCH) service use in conflicted affected countries such as Afghanistan are not known.
Authors: Karen M. Edmond, Abo Ishmael Foshanji, Malalai Naziri, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Jane Machlin Burke, Natalie Strobel and Farhad Farewar
Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2019 19:193
Published on: 3 June 2019

Monitoring progress towards the elimination of measles in Iran: supporting evidence from 2014 to 2016 by application of measles outbreaks data

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BMC Public Health
http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles
(Accessed 8 Jun 2019)

 

Research article
Monitoring progress towards the elimination of measles in Iran: supporting evidence from 2014 to 2016 by application of measles outbreaks data
To achieve the goal of measles eradication, all WHO member countries should continuously monitor the status of measles elimination. This work aims to characterize measles outbreaks in Iran from 2014 to 2016 an…
Authors: Naser Piri, Manoochehr Karami, Leili Tapak, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei and Younes Mohammadi
Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:687
Published on: 3 June 2019

Maternal Immunization and Antenatal Care Situation Analysis (MIACSA) study protocol: a multiregional, cross-sectional analysis of maternal immunization delivery strategies to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality

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BMJ Open
June 2019 – Volume 9 – 6
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/current

 

Article
Maternal Immunization and Antenatal Care Situation Analysis (MIACSA) study protocol: a multiregional, cross-sectional analysis of maternal immunization delivery strategies to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality (4 June, 2019)
Nathalie Roos, Philipp Lambach, Carsten Mantel, Elizabeth Mason, Flor M Muñoz, Michelle Giles, Allisyn Moran, Joachim Hombach, Theresa Diaz

“Just keep pushing”: Parents’ experiences of accessing child and adolescent mental health services for child anxiety problems

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Child Care, Health and Development
Volume 45, Issue 4 Pages: 473-612 July 2019
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652214/current

 

RESEARCH ARTICLES
“Just keep pushing”: Parents’ experiences of accessing child and adolescent mental health services for child anxiety problems
Lauren Crouch,Tessa Reardon, Alice Farrington, Frankie Glover, Cathy Creswell
Pages: 491-499
First Published: 16 April 2019

Predictors of posttraumatic growth among conflict-related sexual violence survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Conflict and Health
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/
[Accessed 8 Jun 2019]

 

Research
|   4 June 2019
Predictors of posttraumatic growth among conflict-related sexual violence survivors from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Kimberley Anderson, Amra Delić, Ivan Komproe, Esmina Avdibegović, Elisa van Ee and Heide Glaesmer

‘We just been forced to do it’: exploring victimization and agency among internally displaced young mothers in Bogotá

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Conflict and Health
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/
[Accessed 8 Jun 2019]

 

Research
|   3 June 2019
‘We just been forced to do it’: exploring victimization and agency among internally displaced young mothers in Bogotá
Authors: Yazmin Cadena-Camargo, Anja Krumeich, Maria Claudia Duque-Páramo and Klasien Horstman

How do Chinese universities address research integrity and misconduct? A review of university documents

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Developing World Bioethics
Volume 19, Issue 2 Pages: 61-122 June 2019
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14718847/current

 

COUNTRY REPORT
How do Chinese universities address research integrity and misconduct? A review of university documents
Nannan Yi, Benoit Nemery, Kris Dierickx
Pages: 64-75
First Published: 15 May 2019
ABSTRACT
Background
Scientific researchers are expected to follow the professional norms in their own domain. With a growing number of scientific publications retracted and research misconduct cases revealed in recent years, Chinese biomedical research integrity is questioned. As institutions educating and training future researchers, universities and the guidance they provide are important for the research quality and integrity of the country. Therefore, through a review of the guidance and policy documents on research integrity in Chinese universities, this work aims to investigate how the professional norms are specified in these documents.
Methods
After a stratified sampling, 53 universities were selected. Their guidance and policy documents on research integrity were collected via a web search of their official websites. The search was confirmed by these universities. Then the content of all the collected documents were analyzed using inductive content analysis.
Results
118 active university documents were collected and analyzed. Most of the Chinese universities we investigated had their own guidance or policy on research integrity. They listed principles or examples of desired and undesired academic practices, investigation procedures and punishments of academic misconduct, and put forward measures to promote research integrity. Differences on specific practices and principles were observed between university groups and with European university documents.
Conclusion
Despite the discrepancy they have, all these documents were designed to promote research integrity and cultivate a good research environment in Chinese biomedical domain. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement, for example, through more consultation of international guidance.

Considerations for community engagement when conducting clinical trials during infectious disease emergencies in West Africa

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Developing World Bioethics
Volume 19, Issue 2 Pages: 61-122 June 2019
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14718847/current

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Considerations for community engagement when conducting clinical trials during infectious disease emergencies in West Africa
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Dan Allman, Bridget Haire, Aminu Yakubu, Muhammed O. Afolabi, Joseph Cooper
Pages: 96-105
First Published: 15 November 2018
Abstract
Community engagement in research, including public health related research, is acknowledged as an ethical imperative. While medical care and public health action take priority over research during infectious disease outbreaks, research is still required in order to learn from epidemic responses. The World Health Organisation developed a guide for community engagement during infectious disease epidemics called the Good Participatory Practice for Trials of Emerging (and Re‐emerging) Pathogens that are Likely to Cause Severe Outbreaks in the Near Future and for which Few or No Medical Counter‐Measures Exist (GPP‐EP). This paper identified priorities for community engagement for research conducted during infectious disease outbreaks drawing on discussions held with a purposive sample of bioethicists, social scientists, researchers, policy makers and laypersons who work with ethics committees in West Africa. These perspectives were considered in the light of the GPP‐EP, which adds further depth and dimension to discussions on community engagement frameworks. It concludes that there is no presumptive justification for the exclusion of communities in the design, implementation and monitoring of clinical trials conducted during an infectious disease outbreak. Engagement that facilitates collaboration rather than partnership between researchers and the community during epidemics is acceptable.

The international partner universities of East African health professional programmes: why do they do it and what do they value?

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Globalization and Health
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/
[Accessed 24 Nov 2018]

 

Research
|   7 June 2019
The international partner universities of East African health professional programmes: why do they do it and what do they value?
Globalization and funding imperatives drive many universities to internationalize through global health programmes. University-based global health researchers, advocates and programmes often stress the importance of addressing health inequity through partnerships. However, empirical exploration of perspectives on why universities engage in these partnerships and the benefits of them is limited.
Authors: Aaron N. Yarmoshuk, Donald C. Cole, Anastasia Nkatha Guantai, Mughwira Mwangu and Christina Zarowsky

Special Feature: Making humanitarian action work for women and girls

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Humanitarian Exchange Magazine
Number 75, May 2019
https://odihpn.org/magazine/communication-community-engagement-humanitarian-response/

 

Special Feature: Making humanitarian action work for women and girls
by HPN May 2019
The theme of this edition of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited with Women Deliver, is making humanitarian action work for women and girls. Despite gains, including commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit, there is still much to be done to address the gendered impacts of humanitarian crises and improve gender-sensitive humanitarian action.

In the lead article, Jacqueline Paul advocates for feminist humanitarian action based on evidence that improvements in women’s socio-economic status can reduce excess mortality among women after shocks. Jean Kemitare, Juliet Were and Jennate Eoomkham look at the role of local women’s rights organisations in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, and Marcy Hersh and Diana Abou Abbas highlight opportunities for more concrete action on sexual and reproductive health in emergencies.

Citing experience from Vanuatu, Jane Newnham explains how women will choose to use contraceptives even during a humanitarian response, when services and counselling are delivered in an appropriate and responsive way. Drawing on experience in Bangladesh, Tamara Fetters and colleagues challenge the belief that abortion is a non-essential service, or too complicated for humanitarian actors to provide. Darcy Ataman, Shannon Johnson, Justin Cikuru and Jaime Cundy reflect on an innovative programme using music therapy to help survivors of trauma.

Emilie Rees Smith, Emma Symonds and Lauryn Oates highlight lessons from the STAGE education programme in Afghanistan, and Degan Ali and Deqa Saleh outline how African Development Solutions is helping women and girls take on leadership and decision-making roles in Somalia. Fiona Samuels and Taveeshi Gupta explore patterns of suicide among young people in Vietnam, with a particular focus on girls, and Subhashni Raj, Brigitte Laboukly and Shantony Moli illustrate the importance of a gendered approach to community-based disaster risk reduction in the South-West Pacific. Nicola Jones, Workneh Yadete and Kate Pincock draw on research in Ethiopia to explore the gender- and age-specific vulnerabilities of adolescents. The edition ends with an article by Julie Rialet-Cislaghi on how humanitarian responses can better address child marriage.

pecial Feature: Making humanitarian action work for women and girls

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Humanitarian Exchange Magazine
Number 75, May 2019
https://odihpn.org/magazine/communication-community-engagement-humanitarian-response/

 

Special Feature: Making humanitarian action work for women and girls
by HPN May 2019
The theme of this edition of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited with Women Deliver, is making humanitarian action work for women and girls. Despite gains, including commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit, there is still much to be done to address the gendered impacts of humanitarian crises and improve gender-sensitive humanitarian action.

In the lead article, Jacqueline Paul advocates for feminist humanitarian action based on evidence that improvements in women’s socio-economic status can reduce excess mortality among women after shocks. Jean Kemitare, Juliet Were and Jennate Eoomkham look at the role of local women’s rights organisations in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls, and Marcy Hersh and Diana Abou Abbas highlight opportunities for more concrete action on sexual and reproductive health in emergencies.

Citing experience from Vanuatu, Jane Newnham explains how women will choose to use contraceptives even during a humanitarian response, when services and counselling are delivered in an appropriate and responsive way. Drawing on experience in Bangladesh, Tamara Fetters and colleagues challenge the belief that abortion is a non-essential service, or too complicated for humanitarian actors to provide. Darcy Ataman, Shannon Johnson, Justin Cikuru and Jaime Cundy reflect on an innovative programme using music therapy to help survivors of trauma.

Emilie Rees Smith, Emma Symonds and Lauryn Oates highlight lessons from the STAGE education programme in Afghanistan, and Degan Ali and Deqa Saleh outline how African Development Solutions is helping women and girls take on leadership and decision-making roles in Somalia. Fiona Samuels and Taveeshi Gupta explore patterns of suicide among young people in Vietnam, with a particular focus on girls, and Subhashni Raj, Brigitte Laboukly and Shantony Moli illustrate the importance of a gendered approach to community-based disaster risk reduction in the South-West Pacific. Nicola Jones, Workneh Yadete and Kate Pincock draw on research in Ethiopia to explore the gender- and age-specific vulnerabilities of adolescents. The edition ends with an article by Julie Rialet-Cislaghi on how humanitarian responses can better address child marriage.

Use of adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine in older-age adults: a systematic review of economic evidence

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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (formerly Human Vaccines)
Volume 15, Issue 5, 2019
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/khvi20/current

 

Review
Use of adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine in older-age adults: a systematic review of economic evidence
Ilaria Loperto, Andrea Simonetti, Antonio Nardone & Maria Triassi
Pages: 1035-1047
Published online: 25 Mar 2019

Improving influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare workers by on-site influenza vaccination campaign in a tertiary children hospital

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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (formerly Human Vaccines)
Volume 15, Issue 5, 2019
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/khvi20/current

 

Article
Improving influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare workers by on-site influenza vaccination campaign in a tertiary children hospital
Melahat Melek Oguz
Pages: 1060-1065
Published online: 19 Mar 2019

Knowledge about influenza and adherence to the recommendations for influenza vaccination of pregnant women after an educational intervention in Greece

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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (formerly Human Vaccines)
Volume 15, Issue 5, 2019
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/khvi20/current

 

Article
Knowledge about influenza and adherence to the recommendations for influenza vaccination of pregnant women after an educational intervention in Greece
Helena C. Maltezou, Pelopidas Pelopidas Koutroumanis, Chrissa Kritikopoulou, Kalliopi Theodoridou, Panos Katerelos, Ioanna Tsiaousi, Alexandros Rodolakis & Dimitrios Loutradis
Pages: 1070-1074
Published online: 20 Feb 2019

Reliability and validity of a survey to identify vaccine hesitancy among parents in Changxing county, Zhejiang province

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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (formerly Human Vaccines)
Volume 15, Issue 5, 2019
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/khvi20/current

 

Article
Reliability and validity of a survey to identify vaccine hesitancy among parents in Changxing county, Zhejiang province
Yu Hu, Yaping Chen, Hui Liang & Ying Wang
Pages: 1092-1099
Published online: 19 Mar 2019

First report of a persistent oropharyngeal infection of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient (PID) patient after eradication of wild type 2 poliovirus

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International Journal of Infectious Diseases
June 2019 Volume 83, p1-170
https://www.ijidonline.com/issue/S1201-9712(19)X0008-9

 

Case Reports
First report of a persistent oropharyngeal infection of type 2 vaccine-derived poliovirus (iVDPV2) in a primary immune deficient (PID) patient after eradication of wild type 2 poliovirus
Merav Weil, Galia Rahav, Raz Somech, Tali Stauber, Jacqueline Alfandari, Leah Weiss, Ilana Silberstein, Victoria Indenbaum, Itay Bar Or, Ella Mendelson, Danit Sofer, Lester M. Shulman
p40–43

The Importance of Predefined Rules and Prespecified Statistical AnalysesDo Not Abandon Significance

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JAMA
June 4, 2019, Vol 321, No. 21, Pages 2045-2142
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

 

Viewpoint
The Importance of Predefined Rules and Prespecified Statistical AnalysesDo Not Abandon Significance
John P. A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc
JAMA. 2019;321(21):2067-2068. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.4582

In this Viewpoint, John Ioannidis argues against abandoning the notion and language of statistical significance, which has been proposed as a means to diminish oversimplistic interpretations of clinical research. A significance filter in some form is essential for distinguishing signal from noise, he writes, and emphasizes that predefined study design choices, prespecified statistical analyses, transparent and documented deviations from either, and improvement in researchers’ statistical numeracy can minimize overly subjective interpretations of whatever significance measure is used.

Global Health Spending and Development Assistance for Health

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JAMA
June 4, 2019, Vol 321, No. 21, Pages 2045-2142
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

 

Global Health Spending and Development Assistance for Health
Joseph L. Dieleman, PhD; Angela E. Micah, PhD; Christopher J. L. Murray, MD, DPhil
JAMA. 2019;321(21):2073-2074. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.3687
mmmThis Viewpoint reviews the global health role of development assistance for health (DAH) and financial or in-kind assistance provided by western countries via international development agencies and foundations to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and proposes best practices to ensure that DAH continues to be a reliable source of support for LMIC health systems and assists them to develop pandemic preparedness.

Duration of Immunity and Effectiveness of Diphtheria-Tetanus–Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in Children

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JAMA Pediatrics
June 2019, Vol 173, No. 6, Pages 509-610
http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

 

Original Investigation
Duration of Immunity and Effectiveness of Diphtheria-Tetanus–Acellular Pertussis Vaccines in Children
Matthieu Domenech de Cellès, PhD; Pejman Rohani, PhD; Aaron A. King, PhD
JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(6):588-594. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0711
This simulation study assesses the duration of immunity and the effectiveness of diphtheria-tetanus–acellular pertussis vaccines in US children.

Innovation in Genomic Data Sharing at the NIH

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New England Journal of Medicine
June 6, 2019 Vol. 380 No. 23
http://www.nejm.org/toc/nejm/medical-journal

 

Innovation in Genomic Data Sharing at the NIH
Bruce M. Psaty, M.D., Ph.D., Stephen S. Rich, Ph.D., and Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D.
Major advances leveraging large-scale genomic and phenotype data require not only contemporary analytics based on deep learning and artificial intelligence, but also administrative and regulatory innovation.

Treatment of latent infection to achieve tuberculosis elimination in low-incidence countries

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PLoS Medicine
http://www.plosmedicine.org/
(Accessed 8 Jun 2019)

 

Policy Forum
Treatment of latent infection to achieve tuberculosis elimination in low-incidence countries
Jonathon R. Campbell, David Dowdy, Kevin Schwartzman
| published 06 Jun 2019 PLOS Medicine
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002824
Summary points
:: Tuberculosis (TB) persists in the United States, Canada, and other high-income, low- incidence countries largely because of ongoing reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI).
:: TB elimination in low-incidence countries, defined as an annual incidence of ≤1 case per million, will require extensive screening and treatment of LTBI, including in people for whom the harms of LTBI treatment outweigh the likely benefits: for example, older foreign-born individuals with no recent travel/exposure. Ongoing migration from higher-incidence countries, as well as pockets of transmission in vulnerable subgroups such as prisoners, homeless persons, and drug users, will also continue to pose challenges for TB elimination.
:: Policymakers in low-incidence countries face a choice between a utilitarian approach that tolerates individual net harm to advance public health goals and a patient-centered approach that values shared decision-making but will predictably result in failure to achieve TB elimination.
:: While TB elimination is an important aspirational vision, the ethical implications of this goal—namely the implicit requirement to offer LTBI screening and treatment to individuals who are more likely to experience harm than good—merit careful reflection.

Science tikkun: A framework embracing the right of access to innovation and translational medicine on a global scale

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
http://www.plosntds.org/
(Accessed 8 Jun 2019)

 

Editorial
Science tikkun: A framework embracing the right of access to innovation and translational medicine on a global scale
Peter J. Hotez
| published 06 Jun 2019 PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007117
[See Milestones above for full text]

High prevalence of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus infection mostly covered by Gardasil-9 prophylactic vaccine in adult women living in N?Djamena, Chad

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PLoS One
http://www.plosone.org/
[Accessed 8 Jun 2019]

 

Research Article
High prevalence of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus infection mostly covered by Gardasil-9 prophylactic vaccine in adult women living in N?Djamena, Chad
We conducted in 2018 a descriptive, quantitative, population-based, cross-sectional survey estimating the prevalence of cervical high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection and associated risk factors among adult women living in N’Djamena, Chad… These observations highlight the unsuspected high burden of cervical HR-HPV infection in Chadian women, and point the potential risk of further development of HPV-associated cervical precancerous and neoplastic lesions in a large proportion of women in Chad. The high rate of preventable Gardasil-9 vaccine genotypes constitutes the rationale for introducing primary vaccine prevention against cervical cancer in young female adolescents living in Chad.
Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Zita Aleyo Nodjikouambaye, Damtheou Sadjoli, Chatté Adawaye, Hélène Péré, David Veyer, Mathieu Matta, Leman Robin, Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Ali Mahamat Moussa, Donato Koyalta, Laurent Belec
Research Article | published 03 Jun 2019 PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217486

Research on food-related chronic diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are we building the evidence for gender-equitable approaches?

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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
http://www.paho.org/journal/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=101

 
7 Jun 2019
Research on food-related chronic diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are we building the evidence for gender-equitable approaches?
Original research | English |

Strengthening institutional capacity for equitable health research: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública/Pan American Journal of Public Health (RPSP/PAJPH)
http://www.paho.org/journal/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=101

 

 

7 Jun 2019
Strengthening institutional capacity for equitable health research: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Opinion and analysis | Spanish | English | Portuguese |

Ethics of inclusion: Cultivate trust in precision medicine

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Science
07 June 2019 Vol 364, Issue 6444
http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl

 

Policy Forum
Ethics of inclusion: Cultivate trust in precision medicine
By Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Stephanie M. Fullerton, Aliya Saperstein, Janet K. Shim
Science07 Jun 2019 : 941-942 Restricted Access
We must explore how studies enhance diversity, inclusion
Summary
Precision medicine is at a crossroads. Progress toward its central goal, to address persistent health inequities, will depend on enrolling populations in research that have been historically underrepresented, thus eliminating longstanding exclusions from such research (1). Yet the history of ethical violations related to protocols for inclusion in biomedical research, as well as the continued misuse of research results (such as white nationalists looking to genetic ancestry to support claims of racial superiority), continue to engender mistrust among these populations (2). For precision medicine research (PMR) to achieve its goal, all people must believe that there is value in providing information about themselves and their families, and that their participation will translate into equitable distribution of benefits. This requires an ethics of inclusion that considers what constitutes inclusive practices in PMR, what goals and values are being furthered through efforts to enhance diversity, and who participates in adjudicating these questions. The early stages of PMR offer a critical window in which to intervene before research practices and their consequences become locked in (3).

Telemedicine infectious diseases consultations and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

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Systematic Reviews
https://systematicreviewsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles
[Accessed 8 Jun 2019]

 

Protocol
Telemedicine infectious diseases consultations and clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Telemedicine use is increasing in many specialties, but its impact on clinical outcomes in infectious diseases has not been systematically studied and reviewed. The proposed systematic review will evaluate the…
Authors: Jason P. Burnham, Stephanie A. Fritz, Lauren H. Yaeger and Graham A. Colditz
Citation: Systematic Reviews 2019 8:135
Published on: 7 June 2019

Post‐Ebola psychosocial experiences and coping mechanisms among Ebola survivors: a systematic review

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Tropical Medicine & International Health
Volume 24, Issue 6 Pages: i-iv, 657-786 June 2019
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13653156/current

 

Review Free Access
Post‐Ebola psychosocial experiences and coping mechanisms among Ebola survivors: a systematic review
A myriad of physical and psychosocial sequelae have been reported among Ebola survivors from previous Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, including the most recent in West Africa. This review examines the various forms of psychological distress experienced by EVD survivors, family and community reactions to EVD survivors and EVD survivors’ coping mechanisms.
P. B. James, J. Wardle, A. Steel, J. Adams
Pages: 671-691
First Published: 07 March 2019

Effectiveness of a multimodal intervention to increase vaccination in obstetrics/gynecology settings

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Vaccine
Volume 37, Issue 26 Pages 3379-3504 (6 June 2019)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/37/issue/26

 

Research article Abstract only
Effectiveness of a multimodal intervention to increase vaccination in obstetrics/gynecology settings
Sean T. O’Leary, Jennifer Pyrzanowski, Sarah E. Brewer, Carter Sevick, … Amanda F. Dempsey
Pages 3409-3418

Trust collapse caused by the Changsheng vaccine crisis in China

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Vaccine
Volume 37, Issue 26 Pages 3379-3504 (6 June 2019)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/vaccine/vol/37/issue/26

 

Research article Abstract only
Trust collapse caused by the Changsheng vaccine crisis in China
Min Zhou, Shujuan Qu, Lindu Zhao, Nan Kong, … Song Wang
Pages 3419-3425
Highlights
:: Public’s reactions toward Changsheng vaccine scandal on the Internet in China.
:: 215,184 unqualified DTP vaccines were reported to be used for child vaccination.
:: Over 80% of comments are negative and express weak confidence to China-made vaccines.
:: Vaccine anxiety influenced by low-satisfaction on vaccine makers and regulation.

Childhood Immunization in Ethiopia: Accuracy of Maternal Recall Compared to Vaccination Cards

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Vaccines — Open Access Journal
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines
(Accessed 8 Jun 2019)

 

Open Access Article
Childhood Immunization in Ethiopia: Accuracy of Maternal Recall Compared to Vaccination Cards
by Julia M. Porth, Abram L. Wagner, Yemesrach A. Tefera and Matthew L. Boulton
Vaccines 2019, 7(2), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines7020048 (registering DOI) – 7 June 2019
Abstract
Health surveys conducted in low- and middle-income countries typically estimate childhood vaccination status based on written vaccination cards, maternal recall (when cards are not available), or a combination of both. This analysis aimed to assess the accuracy of maternal recall of a child’s vaccination status in Ethiopia. Data came from a 2016 cross-sectional study conducted in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ (SNNP) Region of Ethiopia. Vaccine doses received by a given 12–23-month-old child were recorded from both a vaccination card and based on maternal recall and then compared. Concordance, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and Cohen’s Kappa were calculated. Estimates of full immunization coverage were similar when collected via vaccination card (75%) and maternal recall (74%). For fully vaccinated children, comparison of maternal recall versus vaccination card showed high concordance (96%), sensitivity (97%), specificity (93%), PPV (98%), NPV (92%), and Kappa (90%). Accuracy of maternal recall of a child’s vaccination status is high in the SNNP region of Ethiopia. Although determination of vaccination status via vaccination card is preferred since it constitutes a written record, maternal recall can also be used with confidence when vaccination cards are not available.

From Google Scholar & other sources: Selected Journal Articles, Newsletters, Dissertations, Theses, Commentary

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From Google Scholar & other sources: Selected Journal Articles, Newsletters, Dissertations, Theses, Commentary

Trends in Parasitology
Available online 29 May 2019
Transmission-Blocking Vaccines for Malaria: Time to Talk about Vaccine Introduction
CH Coelho, R Rappuoli, PJ Hotez, PE Duffy –
Malaria kills more than 600 000 people yearly, mainly children, and eradication is a global priority. Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines are advancing in clinical trials, and strategies for their introduction must be prioritized among stakeholders and the vulnerable populations exposed to the disease.

Media/Policy Watch

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Media/Policy Watch
This watch section is intended to alert readers to substantive news, analysis and opinion from the general media and selected think tanks and similar organizations on vaccines, immunization, global public health and related themes. Media Watch is not intended to be exhaustive, but indicative of themes and issues CVEP is actively tracking. This section will grow from an initial base of newspapers, magazines and blog sources, and is segregated from Journal Watch above which scans the peer-reviewed journal ecology.
We acknowledge the Western/Northern bias in this initial selection of titles and invite suggestions for expanded coverage. We are conservative in our outlook in adding news sources which largely report on primary content we are already covering above. Many electronic media sources have tiered, fee-based subscription models for access. We will provide full-text where content is published without restriction, but most publications require registration and some subscription level.

 

The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

The Economist
http://www.economist.com/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

Foreign Affairs
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

Foreign Policy
http://foreignpolicy.com/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

The Guardian
http://www.guardiannews.com/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/
Accessed 8 Jun 2019
[No new, unique, relevant content]

 

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
U.S.
U.S. Records 1,000th Case of Measles, Officials Blame Misinformation for Outbreak
The United States has recorded 1,001 measles cases so far this year in the worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in more than a quarter-century, federal health officials said on Wednesday as they issued a new plea for parents to vaccinate their children.
By Reuters
June 5

Africa
Alarm as Ebola Outbreak Reaches 2,000 Cases, Picks Up Speed
The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 2,000 cases and is picking up speed.
By The Associated Press
June 4

Opinion
When Defending Vaccines Gets Ugly
Dr. Peter Hotez has devoted his career to making vaccines more widely available. He routinely gets attacked for it.
By Jeneen Interlandi
June 2

 

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Jun 5, 2019
New York anti-vaccine event attracts pro-vaccine protests amid measles outbreak
Ben Guarino and Lena H. Sun ·