Publications by authors named "Sian FitzGerald"
Health services are capitalizing on the rise of telehealth and seeking to develop sustainable models incorporating telehealth into standard care. Further research is required to explore the service and clinical outcomes of telehealth in occupational therapy hand and upper limb practice. This research utilized a case-control study to explore the feasibility and clinical outcomes of case matched patients who received a telehealth hybrid model versus traditional in-person care.
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- Maternal and child health is really important, especially in countries that don't have a lot of resources. Helping mothers and children stay healthy is part of a big goal to lower death rates by 2030.
- Community-Based Interventions (CBIs) are programs that help improve health services for mothers and children, but there haven't been many studies on how well they work. This study looks at the impact of CBIs in Tanzania.
- The results showed that things like doctor visits for pregnant moms and family planning became much more popular. There was also better knowledge about health services, and women felt more empowered in their communities.
Introduction: Male involvement has been reported to improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes. However, most studies in low-income and middle-income countries have reported low participation of men in MCH-related programmes. While there is a growing interest in the involvement of men in MCH, little is known on how male involvement can be effectively promoted in settings where entrenched unequal gender roles, norms and relations constrain women from effectively inviting men to participate in MCH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: When started early in pregnancy and continued up till childbirth, antenatal care (ANC) can be effective in reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes. While the proportion of women who attend ANC at least once in low income countries is high, most pregnant women attend their first ANC late. In Tanzania, while over 51% of pregnant women complete ≥4 visits, only 24% start within the first trimester.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study sought to increase government, civil society and media attention to the tobacco-poverty connection in Bangladesh, particularly as it relates to bidi-dependent livelihoods.
Data Sources: This study consisted of a literature review that examined the socioeconomic impacts of tobacco farming, the working conditions of tobacco workers and the impact of tobacco on consumers, and a primary research study among bidi workers and users. The research included in-depth and semistructured interviews and focus group discussions among bidi workers and a closed-ended quantitative survey among bidi users.
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- The review investigated the connection between tobacco use and poverty in Vietnam, highlighting extensive evidence that tobacco consumption contributes to economic inequalities and financial waste.
- The research assessed the effects of tobacco control policies on employment, concluding that these policies would not negatively impact overall job availability.
- It emphasized the need for stronger tobacco control measures, suggesting that implementing these policies could enhance public health and help alleviate poverty.
Objectives: To review the impact of agriculture interventions on nutritional status in participating households, and to analyse the characteristics of interventions that improved nutrition outcomes.
Design: We identified and reviewed reports describing 30 agriculture interventions that measured impact on nutritional status. The interventions reviewed included home gardening, livestock, mixed garden and livestock, cash cropping, and irrigation.