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Value for Money of Donor-Funded Health Programs: The Case of HIV/AIDS Programming in Mozambique
(2021-06-10)Value for money represents a critical component of development assistance for health programming in low- and middle-income countries. The costs that local individuals pay to access and use these programs seldom figure into ... -
Violence Prevention and Sexual Health Promotion Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
(2018-04-27)American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons experience high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV) and adverse sexual health outcomes. Exacerbating victimization, AI/AN victims face unique barriers to post-victimization ... -
Vitamin D and Neurodegenerative Disease With Selected Topics Related to Correlated and Missing Outcome Data
(2015-09-15)The following dissertation addresses of two themes: the role of vitamin D and neurodegenerative diseases and methodologic concepts related to correlated missing outcome data. In the first chapter, the relation between ... -
War-Related Trauma and Psychosocial Health in South Sudan and Liberia
(2018-04-26)The study of psychological trauma in humanitarian settings has consistently revealed the negative mental health impact of exposure to war atrocities, especially high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder. However, there ... -
Why Don’t Providers Identify and Manage Maternal Sepsis? a Mixed-Methods Approach to Developing an Awareness Campaign to Accompany a WHO-Led Multi-Country Study
(2018-04-20)Maternal sepsis continues to be one of the greatest contributors to maternal deaths globally. I explored the factors affecting healthcare provider awareness on maternal sepsis in order to better inform a campaign that ... -
Women’s Sexual Functioning as a Health Outcome and a New Approach to Engaging the Public in Health Intervention Development
(2018-04-24)Sexual functioning is a critical aspect of quality of life and a health outcome in its own right. Difficulties with sexual functioning are common population-wide, but even more prevalent among women than men. Chapters 1 ...