2025
Identifying risk factors for loss to follow-up in adults living with HIV in a high-burden district in Ghana
Mensah B, Mensah-Brown H, Partey F, Addo C, Buah G, Afudego G, Okyere D, Tetteh M, Boateng E, Wilson M, Paintsil E. Identifying risk factors for loss to follow-up in adults living with HIV in a high-burden district in Ghana. BMC Public Health 2025, 25: 1042. PMID: 40102895, PMCID: PMC11917097, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22254-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFactors associated with LTFUHigh-burden districtsIdentified risk factorsRisk factorsAssociated with loss to follow-upPromote health literacyCare of personsBackgroundLoss to follow-upLoss to follow-upGlobal health initiativesAssociated with LTFULogistic regression modelsAntiretroviral therapyHealth literacyHIV careHealth initiativesFollow-upNo educationHIV clinicEffective interventionsEffectiveness of treatment strategiesLTFUHospital visitsCareMethodsA retrospective analysis
2023
Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research
Muhammad M, Abdulsalam A, Petit-Clair F, Acquaye A, Nobles A, Fleischer B, Konkwo C, Ransome Y, Paintsil E. Almajiri health; a scoping review on disease, health literacy and space for participatory research. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0001641. PMID: 37819921, PMCID: PMC10566680, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor oral hygieneUrinary tract infectionCase-control studyCross-sectional studyHigh rateOral healthTract infectionsIntestinal parasitosisOral hygieneUrinary schistosomiasisHealth literacyPsychiatric disordersRabies awarenessHealth determinantsHealth outcomesHealth problemsHealth statusMale childrenOccupational injuriesSocio-ecological modelDemographic featuresInfectious diseasesStudy designMental healthN. meningitidis
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