International Health: Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2023

09 Jan 2023

International Health is an open-access journal publishing original, peer-reviewed articles and reviews on all aspects of global health. Take a look at the article features in the most recent issue, Volume 15, Issue 1.

The latest issue includes a review article on the influence of childhood socioeconomic status on non-communicable disease risk factor clustering and multimorbidity among adults in Botswana, as well as a commentary discussing reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India. There are also original articles on factors associated with caesarean section in Bangladesh, and factors associated with tungiasis among school-age children in Kwale County, Kenya Short communications in this issue include an article on deep sequencing analysis of acute conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso, and an article on transportation of therapeutic and controlled drugs across international borders.

Please find all articles linked below.

Review Article

The influence of childhood socioeconomic status on non-communicable disease risk factor clustering and multimorbidity among adults in Botswana: a life course perspective 
Mpho Keetile, Gobopamang Letamo, Kannan Navaneetham

Original Articles

Time trends in socio-economic and geographic-based inequalities in childhood wasting in Guinea over 2 decades: a cross-sectional study 
Betregiorgis Zegeye, Nicholas Kofi Adjei, Comfort Z Olorunsaiye, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Eugene Budu, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Sanni Yaya

Hypomethylation of thymosin β4 promoter is associated with glucocorticoid therapy in patients with acute-on-chronic hepatitis B-induced liver failure 
He Wang, Yu Qian, Jing-Wen Wang, Yu Fang, Yu-Chen Fan, Hui-Hui Liu, Kai Wang

Multilevel analysis to identify the factors associated with caesarean section in Bangladesh: evidence from a nationally representative survey 
Md Sabbir Ahmed, Mansura Islam, Ishrat Jahan, Imran Faisal Shaon

Vaccines alone are no silver bullets: a modeling study on the impact of efficient contact tracing on COVID-19 infection and transmission in Malaysia 
Dhesi Baha Raja, Nur Asheila Abdul Taib, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Vivek Jason Jayaraj, Choo-Yee Ting

Using mobile health applications to enhance physical activity in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study on users’ perceptions 
Fatimah Salah Al Ansari, Asma Alfayez, Demah Alsalman, Fahad Alanezi, Hala Alhodaib, Saja Al-Rayes, Duaa Aljabri, Sumaiah Alrawiai, Zahraa Alakrawi, Amjad Saadah, Mona M Al-Juwair, Afnan Aljaffary, Bashair AlThani, Hayat Mushcab, Turki M Alanzi, Heba AlNujaidi, Atheer K Al-Saif, Razaz Attar, Arwa Alumran, Sama'a Al-Mubarak, Seham Alyousef

‘I'm usually being my own doctor’: women's experiences of managing polycystic ovary syndrome in Canada 
Miya Ismayilova, Sanni Yaya

Women's involvement in decision-making and receiving husbands’ support for their reproductive healthcare: a cross-sectional study in Lalitpur, Nepal 
Alpha Pokharel, Samidha Dhungel Pokharel

Uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in Malawi 
Corrina Moucheraud, Khumbo Phiri, Hannah S Whitehead, John Songo, Eric Lungu, Elijah Chikuse, Sam Phiri, Joep J van Oosterhout, Risa M Hoffman

Factors associated with tungiasis among school-age children in Kwale County, rural Kenya 
Judy Mwai, Diana Nyole, Mohamed H Abdi, Jarim Omogi

Commentary

Reimagining diaspora diplomacy during the COVID-19 crisis in India 
Rahul M Jindal, Lyndsay S Baines, Deena Mehjabeen

Short Communications

Deep sequencing analysis of acute conjunctivitis in Burkina Faso, Africa 
Mamadou Bountogo, Ali Sié, Boubacar Coulibaly, Kevin Ruder, Cindi Chen, Lina Zhong, Emily Colby, Elodie Lebas, Michael Deiner, Armin Hinterwirth, Thomas M Lietman, Gerami D Seitzman, Thuy Doan on behalf of the SCORPIO Study Group

Transportation of therapeutic and controlled drugs across international borders: a descriptive analysis of information available to travellers 
Jack R Kissane, Gerard T Flaherty

Erratum

Erratum to: A multimodal approach to improve asthmatic adolescents’ self-efficacy in Taiwan 
Tzu-Jung Tseng, Chiung-Jung (Jo) Wu