East African Health Research Journal

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
East African ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
African Health

scholarly journals Obituary for Dr Harriet Nabudere (1973– 2021), Former Managing Editor of the East African Health Research Journal

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Fabian Mashauri
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Associate Editor ◽  
East African ◽  
Editorial Manager ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
African Health ◽  
Journal Editorial

It is with great sadness we learned about the sudden demise of our colleague, and former Managing Editor of the East African Health Research Journal (EAHRJ) Dr Harriet Nabudere who passed away on 07th August 2021. Dr Nabudere is remembered as one of the founders of the EAHRJ. Dr Nabudere was instrumental for establishing the infrastructure of the EAHRJ notable the journal Editorial Manager (EM) system. Her range of contributions on publishing EAHRJ issues regularly was extraordinary. Dr Nabudere initially was an associate editor of the EAHRJ before she was promoted to the position of Managing Editor (ME).

Lessons learned from maternal deaths at an East African health center

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willibald Zeck ◽  
Ingrid Kelters ◽  
Uwe Lang ◽  
Edgar Petru
Keyword(s):  
Health Center ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
East African ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
African Health

scholarly journals The international partner universities of East African health professional programmes: why do they do it and what do they value?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron N. Yarmoshuk ◽  
Donald C. Cole ◽  
Anastasia Nkatha Guantai ◽  
Mughwira Mwangu ◽  
Christina Zarowsky
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
East African ◽  
African Health ◽  
International Partner

scholarly journals OC 8474 ASSESSMENT OF ETHICS REVIEW FRAMEWORKS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH IN EAST AFRICA FOR PURPOSES OF HARMONISATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A8.3-A9
Author(s):  
Gibson S Kibiki ◽  
Novat Twungubumwe ◽  
Francis Kombe ◽  
Carel IJsselmuiden ◽  
Prince N Bahati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
East African ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Ethics Review ◽  
Research Ethics Review ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Ethics Guidelines

BackgroundCapacity in health research ethics review is key in Africa, given the increase in research activities, complexity, and use of advanced technologies. Harmonising ethics review frameworks can address challenges attributable to these complexities. Establishing an effective harmonised framework that is optimum or protection of the research subjects requires assessment of review capacity.The East African Health Research Commission commissioned a study to assess the capacity of Review Ethics Committees (RECs) in the East African Community (EAC) countries, as a step towards strengthening and harmonising the regions’ capacity and review frameworks.MethodsA desktop review of documentation (national and institutional guidelines, policies and SOPs) was conducted in five EAC countries. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect data from key informants. Qualitative interviews were used to collect views on stakeholders’ perception of benefits, opportunities and challenges of harmonisation.ResultsSixty-nine (69) accredited RECs were mapped. All countries had national ethics guidelines and National Research Regulatory Authorities, whose mandates varied across countries. 57% of RECs reviewed local and international research, 43% reviewed local studies only. On average, 91 protocols were reviewed annually across all RECs (range 15 to 200). Membership ranged from 6 to 22 members per REC, with age range of 29 to 75 years.Annual budget allocation ranged from $3000 to $2.9 mil„lion financed through review fees (84%) or/and institutional budget (14%). 71% of RECs had education policy but 41%had members with training in ethics. Review turn-around time ranged from 14 to 90 days. All RECs supported harmonisation and attributed it to improved efficiency, quality and standardised costs.ConclusionSimilarities and dissimilarities were noted in the EAC countries’ ethics review frameworks. Harmonisation should consider 1) harmonisation of policy frameworks and tools; 2) institutionalisation of regional joint review mechanisms, 3) standardisation of training and capacity strengthening, 4) Review of the REC operational and financing models.

scholarly journals Pemodelan Pengetahuan Graph Database Untuk Jejaring Penelitian Kesehatan di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 604
Author(s):  
Yoga Yoga Sahria ◽  
Dhomas Hatta Fudholi
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Query Language ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Graph Database ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Medical Field ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
The Government

Health research is research approved in the medical field. Health research in Indonesia is increasingly being approved by researchers in Indonesia, therefore research is stored in repositories. Many health research journal repositories are available, but there is minimal research for analysis and modeling in the health research network in Indonesia. This research proposes a knowledge modeling with Neo4j graphic database to implement it. In this study, data obtained from the SINTA Journal with web scraping techniques. The purpose of this research is to produce network knowledge using CQL (Chyper Query Language) which is useful in the medical field. The results of this study are expected to be useful for the government, academics, researchers, or the public for health research network researchers in Indonesia. The results of research testing modeling of health research network knowledge using a graph database of 95.2% said very good

Ethical, legal and social issues in the use of mobile technologies and archived cellphone data in the East African region: A Scoping Review (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet Sekandi ◽  
Kenya Murray ◽  
Corinne Berryman ◽  
Paula Davis-Olwell ◽  
Caroline Hurst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Mobile Phone Data ◽  
East African ◽  
African Region ◽  
East African Region

BACKGROUND Mobile phone adoption and the implementation of mobile health (mHealth) interventions to overcome health system challenges is on the rise in Africa and elsewhere in the world. Data derived from mobile phones hold great promise for transforming healthcare delivery and public health research. To date, little is known about the ethical, legal and social concerns related to the use of these data in Africa. OBJECTIVE We conducted a scoping review to explore the existing literature in order to understand the current ethical issues that arise when using mobile technology interventions and call detail records for public health research in the context of East Africa. METHODS We searched PubMed database for published studies describing ethical challenges while using mobile technologies and data in public health research between 2000 and 2020. A predefined search strategy was used as inclusion criteria with search terms such as “East Africa”, “mHealth”, “mobile phone data”, “public health”, “ethics”, or “privacy”. We followed five stages of a published framework for scoping reviews by Arksey and O’Malley. These stages include: (1) identifying the research question; (2) identifying relevant studies; (3) study selection; (4) charting the data; and (5) collating, summarizing, and reporting the results. Studies were screened using pre-specified eligibility criteria through a two-stage process by two independent reviewers. Data extracted included title, publication year, target population, geographic region, setting, and relevance to mHealth and ethics. RESULTS Of the 94 studies identified from PubMed, 33 met the review inclusion criteria for the final scoping review. The included studies were conducted in three out of five countries in the East African Community. Five themes emerged as major concerns for using mHealth interventions and mobile phone data: privacy and confidentiality, data security and protection concerns, sociocultural issues, regulatory and legal and, adequate informed consent process. CONCLUSIONS This scoping review identified major crosscutting concerns related to use of mobile technologies and mobile phone data common to the East African region. A comprehensive framework that accounts for ethical, sociocultural, legal and regulatory concerns and, adequate consent process is needed to guide the safe use of mobile technology data for public health research purposes.

Retrieving vanished Web references in health science journals in East Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 118 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 385-392
Author(s):  
Alfred Said Sife ◽  
Edda Tandi Lwoga
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
East African ◽  
Error Message ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Journals ◽  
African Health

Purpose This study aims to examine the availability and persistence of universal resource locators (URLs) cited in scholarly articles published in selected health journals based in East Africa. Design/methodology/approach Four health sciences online journals in East Africa were selected for this study. In this study, all Web citations in the selected journal articles covering the 2001-2015 period were extracted. This study explored the number of URLs used as citations, determined the rate of URLs’ loss, identified error messages associated with inaccessible URLs, identified the top domain levels of decayed URLs, calculated the half-life of the Web citations and determined the proportion of recovered URL citations through the Internet Wayback Machine. Findings In total, 822 articles were published between 2001 and 2015. There were in total 17,609 citations of which, only 574 (3.3 per cent) were Web citations. The findings show that 253 (44.1 per cent) Web citations were inaccessible and the “404 File Not Found” error message was the most (88.9 per cent) encountered. Top-level domains with country endings had the most (23.7 per cent) missing URLs. The average half-life for the URLs cited in journal articles was 10.5 years. Only 36 (6.3 per cent) Web references were recovered through the Wayback Machine. Originality/value This is a comprehensive study of East African health sciences online journals that provides findings that raises questions as to whether URLs should continue to be included as part of bibliographic details in the lists of references. It also calls for concerted efforts from various actors in overcoming the problem of URL decay.

Mentorship in African health research training programs: an exploratory study of fogarty international center programs in Kenya and Uganda

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Bennett ◽  
Ligia Paina ◽  
Freddie Ssengooba ◽  
Douglas Waswa ◽  
JamesM M′Imunya
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Research Training ◽  
African Health ◽  
Fogarty International Center
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document