Publications by authors named "P Johm"
Perspectives of TB survivors and policymakers on post-TB disability.
Public Health Action
March 2023
Background: An international multistakeholder participatory workshop was hosted in the Gambia, West Africa, in November 2021.
Objectives: To explore the experiences, challenges and recommendations of workshop participants on health and wellbeing after TB treatment.
Methods: An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative approach was used for data collection through facilitator-guided group discussions.
Background: Vaccination during pregnancy can protect pregnant women and their babies from infectious diseases. Tetanus vaccine, also known as tetanus toxoid, is the only vaccine given to pregnant women in The Gambia and Senegal, where it is given by antenatal care providers as part of the Expanded Programme on Immunization. A qualitative study was undertaken to explore factors influencing acceptance of vaccination during pregnancy in The Gambia and Senegal.
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- - The study aimed to evaluate how effective a Speaking Book (SB) was in improving caregivers' knowledge and understanding of vaccines in The Gambia while also examining its acceptability among caregivers and healthcare workers.
- - Participants included 200 caregivers and 15 healthcare workers, and results showed significant improvements in knowledge scores about vaccines at both the 1-month and 3-month follow-up visits after using the SB.
- - Feedback indicated that the SB was highly accepted and valued, leading to increased community sharing and better communication between caregivers and healthcare providers.
Family support is essential for kangaroo mother care (KMC), but there is limited research regarding perceptions of female relatives, and none published from West African contexts. In-depth interviews were conducted from July to August 2017 with a purposive sample of 11 female relatives of preterm neonates admitted to The Gambia's referral hospital. Data were coded in NVivo 11, and thematic analysis was conducted applying an inductive framework.
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