scholarly journals Factors influencing whether or not male partners from low and middle income countries attend childbirth: a mixed methods systematic review

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry UHAWENIMANA
Keyword(s):  
Maternity Care ◽  
Emotional Experience ◽  
Respectful Maternity Care ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Male Partners ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Abstract Currently, there is a global drive to promote respectful maternity care including a woman’s right to have a companion of her choice during labour and birth. This may include but is not limited to doula, female relatives or friends, and male partners. Evidence suggests that male partners’ attendance at childbirth, when it is a woman’s choice, may be associated with a positive emotional experience for the woman. However, these potential benefits were reported from studies conducted in high income settings only. There is limited information about male partners’ attendance at labour and birth in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Although male partners’ attendance at childbirth is being implemented in a few health facilities in LMICs, there is a paucity of evidence on the acceptability and feasibility of this practice and the moderators of implementation in the context of LMICs.

scholarly journals Factors influencing the migration intention of health professionals in low and middle income countries: Critical review with a theoretical model

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Hajian ◽  
Shahram Yazdani ◽  
MohammadPooyan Jadidfard ◽  
MohammadHossein Khoshnevisan
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Decision To Stay ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Objective Migration of healthcare workers could result in shortage of human resources and rising inequalities in service provision in resource poor countries. The aim of this review was to determine the factors influencing the migration decisions of medical and dental graduates migrating from low- and middle-income countries as well as introducing a practical model for health professional’s migration. Methods Google Scholar and PubMed were searched together with relevant journals for English studies from January 2005 to January 2020. The original studies which evaluated the motivational factors of dental and medical graduates migrating from low or middle income countries were included. The migration model was developed by investigating the factors and frameworks of selected studies. Results Twenty-five articles were met the inclusion criteria. Push and pull theory was the most popular way to describe the driving factors of migration. These factors were classified into three macro-, meso- and micro-level with eight key domains.  Poor income, unfavorable socio-economic situation, political instability, lack of professional and educational opportunities together with family and personal concerns found as strong common reasons perpetuating migration. Conclusion Despite the fact that health workers migrate for different reasons, they follow a same route for decision to stay or leave their home countries. Un-fulfillment of expectations in mother land in addition to media reconstructed reality of life in foreign land can develop a positive attitude for better quality of life improvement after migration. Once individuals could overpass their national identity and barriers of migration, the final decision toward migration would be more feasible.

scholarly journals Factors influencing the efficacy of rilpivirine in HIV-1 subtype C in low- and middle-income countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ujjwal Neogi ◽  
Amanda Häggblom ◽  
Kamalendra Singh ◽  
Leonard C. Rogers ◽  
Shwetha D. Rao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subtype C ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Hiv 1 ◽  
Low And Middle Income

Factors influencing the adoption of SDG reporting by large African and Asian companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirreza Kazemikhasragh ◽  
Antonella Francesca Cicchiello ◽  
Maria Cristina Pietronudo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Sustainability Disclosure ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Low And Middle Income

This article aims to investigate the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by large companies in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa, and the company characteristics that influence them to undertake such new sustainability reporting practices. Logistic regression analyses were applied to combine the data extracted from the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database and the Orbis database from Bureau van Dijk. The empirical results indicate that characteristics like the type of company, its economic performance and its engagement in voluntary sustainability programmes and external assurance are positively related to the adoption of SDG reporting. The results also show that some corporate, organizational and performance characteristics increase companies’ likelihood to adopt SDG reporting. Drawing on agency theory and legitimacy theory perspectives, this article contributes to the academic and practical understanding of factors influencing the adoption of SDG reporting by large companies in Asia and Africa’s low- and middle-income countries.

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