2021
What Does Social Support Sound Like? Challenges and Opportunities for Using Passive Episodic Audio Collection to Assess the Social Environment
Poudyal A, van Heerden A, Hagaman A, Islam C, Thapa A, Maharjan SM, Byanjankar P, Kohrt BA. What Does Social Support Sound Like? Challenges and Opportunities for Using Passive Episodic Audio Collection to Assess the Social Environment. Frontiers In Public Health 2021, 9: 633606. PMID: 33855008, PMCID: PMC8039317, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.633606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative social interactionsSocial environmentSocial interactionSocial supportMental healthNegative stimuliSpeech exposureQuality of interactionPositive soundsAdult speechInfant babblingQualitative interviewsAccuracy scoresSpeechPre-trained modelCommon soundsSocial isolationYoung mothersAudio clipsAudio dataSoundAudio collectionsAudioLaughterHealth outcomes
2020
The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions
Hagaman AK, Singh K, Abate M, Alemu H, Kefale AB, Bitewulign B, Estifanos AS, Kiflie A, Mulissa Z, Tiyo H, Seman Y, Tadesse MZ, Magge H. The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions. BMC Health Services Research 2020, 20: 522. PMID: 32513236, PMCID: PMC7282234, DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05391-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth system interventionsSyphilis testingLow birth weight infantsHealth worker adherenceBirth weight infantsAntenatal care visitsEarly postnatal careMaternal health servicesNeonatal health outcomesProportion of mothersSystem interventionsWeight infantsCare visitsPostnatal careSkilled deliveryWorkers' adherenceNewborn healthInterrupted time series approachChildbirth servicesQI approachSimilar settingsHealth outcomesHealth system workersImprovement interventionsHealth services