Publications by authors named "R Jina"
Article Synopsis
- The review examines maternal near miss (MNM) in Ethiopia, aiming to estimate its prevalence and identify causes and determinants based on varied past studies.
- A total of 43 observational studies with 77,240 MNM cases were analyzed, revealing a pooled MNM prevalence of 54.33 per 1,000 live births, with significant heterogeneity across regions and highest rates in the Amhara region.
- Key causes of MNM were found to be obstetric hemorrhage and hypertensive disorders, with socio-demographic factors and access to quality care also influencing the incidence among women in Ethiopia.
Background And Importance: Healthcare worker strikes are a global phenomenon. Mortality and morbidity seem to be unaffected by doctor strikes, but there is little evidence on the impact on emergency department (ED) flow and patient characteristics. In March and April 2023, two consecutive UK junior doctor strikes occurred.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new tool for evaluating health equity in academic journals; the Diversity Factor.
PLOS Glob Public Health
August 2023
Current methods to evaluate a journal's impact rely on the downstream citation mapping used to generate the Impact Factor. This approach is a fragile metric prone to being skewed by outlier values and does not speak to a researcher's contribution to furthering health outcomes for all populations. Therefore, we propose the implementation of a Diversity Factor to fulfill this need and supplement the current metrics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrently little is known about the clients and conditions final-year physiotherapy students are exposed to in private practice settings. The aim of this study is to describe the clients and conditions encountered by final-year physiotherapy students during a six-week full-time private practice clinical placement. Client data of conditions were collected over 11 years (2008-2018) from final year physiotherapy students' client reports in a university clinic, Christchurch, New Zealand.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparison of presentations to the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic (COPED-C).
J Public Health (Oxf)
December 2021
Background: Concerns have been raised that patients requiring emergency care may not have accessed healthcare services during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown.
Methods: This case control study aimed to understand changes in characteristics and diagnosis of patients attending a large UK Emergency Department (ED) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-May 2020) compared with equivalent weeks in 2019.
Results: We found a 50.