Publications by authors named "A Gatebe Kironji"
Objectives: This study aimed to identify factors associated with urban youth and parent's perception of the preventability of medically attended youth assault injuries to guide future violence prevention strategies.
Methods: Assault-injured youth (n = 188; ages, 10-15 years; 60% male; 96% black) and their parents were recruited from 2 pediatric emergency departments in 2 cities. Mental health, injury severity, circumstances of injury, and family composition were some of the factors explored as cross-sectional predictors of the perception of the preventability of youth assault injury.
Article Synopsis
- Many medical and nursing schools offer global health training, but the effectiveness of pre-departure training in preparing students is not well studied.
- A survey of 517 students revealed that while most felt prepared for global experiences, merely attending pre-departure training wasn't enough; targeted training in areas like travel safety and cultural awareness was key.
- Students prefer interactive teaching methods and prioritized learning about travel safety, cultural skills, and personal health, suggesting these elements can enhance their readiness for global health experiences.*
Background: Medical student and resident participation in short-term international trips for trainees (STINTTs) has increased in the past few decades. However, there has been no systematic review of trainees' actual ethical experiences. The authors sought to identify what ethical issues medical trainees encounter during STINTTs, as elicited by and reported in peer-reviewed, quantitative and qualitative research papers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Out-of-hospital emergency care (OHEC), also known as prehospital care, has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality from serious illness. We sought to summarize literature for low and low-middle income countries to identify barriers to and key interventions for OHEC delivery.
Methods: We performed a systematic review of the peer reviewed literature from January 2005 to March 2015 in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science.
Background: Global health experiences undertaken in international settings (GHEs) are becoming an increasingly prevalent aspect of health professions education and, as such, merit comprehensive analysis of the impact they have on students and host communities.
Objective: To assess the associations between demographic/experiential factors and the interest of health professions students in careers involving global health.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered online to a convenience sample of medical and nursing students at Johns Hopkins University.