Introduction: The global burden of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is estimated to be over 230 million people but few studies have measured the prevalence of …
Title 1: Background: Burnout is a condition characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, alienation, and decreased sense of personal accomplishment leading to reduced work performance. Employees …
Background: During adolescence, childhood and adult forms of tuberculosis (TB) overlap, resulting in diverse disease manifestations. Knowing which patient characteristics are associated with which manifestations …
Aim: To analyze rate of pregnancy losses and pregnancy terminations in Cameroon as it relates to household income. Methods: An analysis of combined individual and …
Background: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a tertiary referral hospital in northern Tanzania, covers a catchment population of 12.5 million people. Femur fractures, the most …
Background: More people are surviving with chronic HIV because of excellent HIV antiretroviral therapy. Older adults with HIV tend to have an increased risk of …
This dissertation focuses on community context using metrics related to health. It aims to make contributions to the neighborhood effects literature. This literature has found …
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 65% of its population living under the national poverty line. They have the highest rates …
Neonatal mortality rates in Haiti are among the highest in the Western hemisphere. Few mothers deliver with a skilled birth attendant present, and there is …
Introduction: An estimated five billion people lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical services. The scope of global otolaryngologic disease is broad and is …
Background: Sepsis is the leading cause of child death globally, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing a disproportionate burden of deaths. LMICs often have …
This is a cross-sectional analysis of anemia in 354 Ugandan children aged 12 to 48 months infected with egg patent Schistosoma mansoni. Children were recruited …
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of human milk banking at Hospital Agostinho Neto in Praia, Cabo Verde. In 2011, Cabo Verde inaugurated its first …
Abstract of Musculoskeletal Injuries and Outcomes Pre- and Post- Emergency Medicine Training Program by Peter Mattson, Degree ScM., Brown University, May 2020. Introduction: Musculoskeletal injuries …