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Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families.
We describe and apply four research frameworks—community-based participatory research, transdisciplinary team science, representational ethics, and cross-cultural psychology—that can be integrated to offer practical solutions to ethical challenges in digital research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families. Then, as an illustration, we provide a case example of this approach using the Food, Culture, and Health Study conducted with Black Jamaican American and Somali American youth and families, who experience tridimensional acculturation due to their race and have been disproportionately impacted by the dual...
Source: American Psychologist - January 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Prevalence and associated factors of sexual dysfunction in female hemodialysis patients: first report from Somalia
Sexual dysfunction is frequent in female hemodialysis patients and is related to poorer quality of life. It is often a neglected topic associated with marked distress and interpersonal difficulties. (Source: BMC Women's Health)
Source: BMC Women's Health - January 18, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Asir Eraslan, Abdikarim Hussein Mohamed, Ahmed Muhammad Bashir, Abdulkamil Abdullahi Adani and Sertac Cimen Tags: Research Source Type: research

A community based seroprevalence of SARS ‐CoV‐2 antibodies in Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia
ConclusionPrevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was the highest ever reported in Ethiopia, indicating that a large proportion of the population had been infected 14 months after the start of the outbreak in the country. Such studies are important to swiftly reassess and improve specific COVID-19 preventive and control measures to reduce transmissions within the community in a given setting. (Source: Immunity, Inflammation and Disease)
Source: Immunity, Inflammation and Disease - January 10, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Solomon Yared, Tsegalem Abera, Seid Mohammed Ali, Abdifatah Muktar Muhummed, Mohammed Ibrahim, Abdullahi Hassan, Jan Hattendorf, Jakob Zinsstag, Rea Tschopp Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Anemia Prevalence and Risk Factors in Two of Ethiopia's Most Anemic Regions among Women: A Cross-Sectional Study
CONCLUSIONS: Finally, the anemia burden was dangerously greater than the national average. The region, usage of contraceptives, being pregnant at the time, ANC follow-up, toilet facilities, parity, and marital status all had a substantial impact on anemia. Therefore, to lessen the prevalence of anemia in certain parts of Ethiopia, public health initiatives that improve maternal health service utilization are required, such as ANC follow-up to minimize parity.PMID:38178972 | PMC:PMC10766469 | DOI:10.1155/2023/2900483 (Source: Advances in Hematology)
Source: Advances in Hematology - January 5, 2024 Category: Hematology Authors: Gebru Gebremeskel Gebrerufael Bsrat Tesfay Hagos Source Type: research

Improving the uptake of contraception, Somalia
Bull World Health Organ. 2024 Jan 1;102(1):75-76. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290299. Epub 2023 Dec 8.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38164329 | PMC:PMC10753273 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.290299 (Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization)
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - January 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Md Nuruzzaman Khan Ibrahim Yasin Khalif Md Shohel Rana Md Mostaured Ali Khan Shimlin Jahan Khanam Md Badsha Alam Source Type: research