Gender equality and health equity: strategic lessons from country experiences of gender mainstreaming in healthIgualdade de g ênero e equidade em saúde: lições estratégicas de experiências de país na integração do gênero na saúde
CONCLUSIONS: Successful GM requires a more strategic and transformational agenda, developed and implemented in coordination with NWMs and civil society and with reference to external bodies (e.g. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) to go beyond process, with clearer distinction between gender sensitivity and gender transformation, and definition of expected results and indicators to measure advances. These then could be better documented and systematized, enabling GM to be more broadly understood and operationalized as a concrete instrument towards health equity.PMID:34703456 | PMC:PMC8529999 | DO...
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - October 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ana Cristina Gonz ález Vélez Anna Coates Victoria Diaz Garcia Denisse Wolfenzon Source Type: research
Assessing factors influencing communities ’ acceptability of mass drug administration for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Guyana
ConclusionAcceptability of MDA was good across all four regions under study. Results from this study set a baseline level for key indicators and acceptability, from which the acceptability of IDA can be measured. Regional variations across indicators suggest that localized approaches should be considered for social mobilization and MDA delivery to capture these contextual differences. (Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases)
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - September 20, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Reza A. Niles Source Type: research
Continuity of care: The ongoing use of "bush medicine" as a transnational therapeutic health practice in Guyanese immigrant communities
Health Place. 2021 Aug 9;71:102643. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102643. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUsing in-depth interviews with Guyanese immigrants in North America this paper argues their therapeutic landscapes are produced transnationally and these transnational therapeutic landscapes impact their ongoing health practices in the country of settlement. The results reveal that the historical use of traditional "bush medicine" provided a resilient response to inaccessible biomedical healthcare in Guyana. However, the continued use of bush medicine in the countries of settlement is not a result of barriers to health...
Source: Health and Place - August 13, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Michelle Deborah Majeed Source Type: research
Continuity of care: The ongoing use of "bush medicine" as a transnational therapeutic health practice in Guyanese immigrant communities
Health Place. 2021 Aug 9;71:102643. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102643. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUsing in-depth interviews with Guyanese immigrants in North America this paper argues their therapeutic landscapes are produced transnationally and these transnational therapeutic landscapes impact their ongoing health practices in the country of settlement. The results reveal that the historical use of traditional "bush medicine" provided a resilient response to inaccessible biomedical healthcare in Guyana. However, the continued use of bush medicine in the countries of settlement is not a result of barriers to health...
Source: Health and Place - August 13, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Michelle Deborah Majeed Source Type: research
Continuity of care: The ongoing use of "bush medicine" as a transnational therapeutic health practice in Guyanese immigrant communities
Health Place. 2021 Aug 9;71:102643. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102643. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTUsing in-depth interviews with Guyanese immigrants in North America this paper argues their therapeutic landscapes are produced transnationally and these transnational therapeutic landscapes impact their ongoing health practices in the country of settlement. The results reveal that the historical use of traditional "bush medicine" provided a resilient response to inaccessible biomedical healthcare in Guyana. However, the continued use of bush medicine in the countries of settlement is not a result of barriers to health...
Source: Health and Place - August 13, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Michelle Deborah Majeed Source Type: research
MRI of the axial skeleton for evaluation of prostate cancer extent in french Guyana
CONCLUSION: Our study shows that AS MRI assessement is especially usefull in patients who are most likely to have bone metastasis that is to say those with PSA>20ng/ml and/or predominant Gleason grade 4.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3.PMID:34247916 | DOI:10.1016/j.purol.2021.05.004 (Source: Progres en Urologie)
Source: Progres en Urologie - July 12, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: V Ravery K Adoumadji C Bras Da Silva P Vega Toro P Uk P Barre Source Type: research
Development and implementation of a trauma team education program in Georgetown, Guyana
Abstract:
Trauma teams without structured team training demonstrate impaired team dynamics, which can cause delays in patient care, leading to poor patient outcomes. Improving team dynamics leads to better communication, reduced errors, and enhanced patient care. Evidence-based trauma team training was implemented and delivered within a resource-restricted ED. (Source: The Nurse Practitioner)
Source: The Nurse Practitioner - July 1, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature: TRAUMA CARE Source Type: research
Is Curfew Effective in Limiting SARS-CoV-2 Progression? An Evaluation in France Based on Epidemiokinetic Analyses
ConclusionsCurfew allowed the temporary control of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, however variably in the French regions, without preventing lockdown necessity. To accelerate the epidemic regression such as observed in French Guyana, curfew should be implemented timely with additional restrictions. (Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine)
Source: Journal of General Internal Medicine - June 15, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research
Human Q Fever on the Guiana Shield and Brazil: Recent Findings and Remaining Questions
AbstractPurpose of ReviewIn this review, we report on the state of knowledge about human Q fever in Brazil and on the Guiana Shield, an Amazonian region located in northeastern South America. There is a contrast between French Guiana, where the incidence of this disease is the highest in the world, and other countries where this disease is practically non-existent.Recent FindingsRecent findings are essentially in French Guiana where a unique strain MST17 has been identified; it is probably more virulent than those usually found with a particularly marked pulmonary tropism, a mysterious animal reservoir, a geographical dist...
Source: Current Tropical Medicine Reports - June 1, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research
Barriers to Prostate Cancer Screening Among Indo-Guyanese
This study attempts to explore the barriers to prostate cancer screening among Indo-Guyanese men. We conducted in-depth, one on one interviews among 20 Indo-Guyanese men between the ages of 45 and 75 years old, residing in the New York City neighborhood of Queens. Qualitative analysis was performed using multiple coders. Detailed analysis of the data found four major themes to be the culprit associated with a decrease in prostate cancer screening in this population: (1) lack of knowledge about the disease, (2) fear of diagnosis, (3) embarrassment and, (4) personal reservations with the rectal exam. The findings of this r...
Source: Journal of Community Health - May 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Community-based participatory research: Suicide prevention for youth at highest risk in Guyana
CONCLUSION: Suicide prevention screening among at-risk youth should target severity of psychosis and depression reports and number of traumatic life experiences.PMID:33876491 | DOI:10.1111/sltb.12693 (Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior - April 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen-Ge D Denton Source Type: research
Community-based participatory research: Suicide prevention for youth at highest risk in Guyana
CONCLUSION: Suicide prevention screening among at-risk youth should target severity of psychosis and depression reports and number of traumatic life experiences.PMID:33876491 | DOI:10.1111/sltb.12693 (Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior - April 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen-Ge D Denton Source Type: research
Community-based participatory research: Suicide prevention for youth at highest risk in Guyana
CONCLUSION: Suicide prevention screening among at-risk youth should target severity of psychosis and depression reports and number of traumatic life experiences.PMID:33876491 | DOI:10.1111/sltb.12693 (Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior)
Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior - April 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen-Ge D Denton Source Type: research
