African health sciences
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African health sciences · Dec 2005
Competence of maternal and child health clinic workers in detecting malnutrition in Somalia.
The MCH clinic workers in Somalia receive formal and in-service training to perform their professional duties. Their competence in the field was never examined. This study assessed their competencies in detecting malnourished children 5 years and below in Beledweyne. ⋯ The MCH clinic workers showed deficiency in their competence to detect malnourished children. They misclassified 10% of the children, which was worse among the malnourished, due to incorrect plotting of the child's current weight on the growth chart.
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African health sciences · Dec 2005
Perceptions of health care providers in Mulago hospital on prevention and management of domestic violence.
To explore knowledge, attitudes and practices of health workers in Mulago hospital towards domestic violence prevention and management, especially violence during pregnancy. ⋯ Health workers of Mulago hospital lacked knowledge on management, had negative attitudes and provided sub-optimal care to domestic violence survivors.
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African health sciences · Sep 2005
Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder among school children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
To estimate the prevalence and determinants of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms among school children in Kinshasa, an African urban setting. ⋯ ADHD symptoms are as common among school children in Kinshasa as elsewhere. The socio-demographic factors described as risk factors for ADHD in high-income countries were not identified in this study.
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African health sciences · Sep 2005
ReviewSocio-behaviour challenges to phase III HIV vaccine trials in Sub-Saharan Africa.
A number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are preparing for HIV vaccine efficacy trials. Social and behavioural factors related to HIV transmission require examination in each setting where these trials are considered. As part of this, several countries have also recently begun preparatory research investigating relevant social and behavioural issues. There is a need for a review of the literature to help focus such research efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa. ⋯ Social and behavioural research forms an important part of preparations for HIV vaccine efficacy trials, and there is a clear need for more research of this type in Sub-Saharan Africa. Innovative approaches are required to address issues such as willingness to participate in vaccine research, participant retention during efficacy trials, and the accurate reporting by participants of sexual risk behaviours.
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African health sciences · Sep 2005
ReviewNatural history and epidemiology of post transplantation diabetes mellitus.
High patient mortality continues to be the major threat to the success of solid organ transplantation despite improvements in the control of immunologic phenomena post-transplantation with improvements in grafts survival. Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTD) occurring commonly in patients receiving immunosuppressives has been identified as a major culprit. ⋯ The most important risk factor predisposing to the development of PTD is the immunosuppressive drugs. The selection of immunosuppressive regimen should take into account individuals diabetes risk profile and the relative diabetogenicity and risk for diabetes of each immunosuppressant, balancing minimal risk of diabetes with effective immunosuppression.