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  1. Household Water Insecurity, Missed Schooling, and the Mediating role of Caregiver Depression in Rural Uganda

    Background: School attendance rates in sub-Saharan Africa are among the lowest worldwide, placing children at heightened risk for poor educational and economic outcomes. One understudied risk factor for missed...

  2. The Associations Between Environmental Quality and Preterm Birth in the United States, 2000–2005: A Cross-Sectional...

    Background: Many environmental factors have been independently associated with preterm birth (PTB). However, exposure is not isolated to a single environmental factor, but rather to many positive and negative...

  3. Associations Between Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution, Small for Gestational Age, and Term Low Birthweight in a State-Wide...

    A range of health effects, including adverse pregnancy outcomes, have been associated with exposure to ambient concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and ozone (O3). The objective of this study was to...

  4. Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25: Population-Based Study of Persons Living...

    Depression and anxiety are highly comorbid among people living with HIV ( PLHIV ), but few instruments for screening or measurement have been validated for use in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study...

  5. Psychosocial Challenges Facing Women Living with HIV During the Perinatal Period in Rural Uganda

    The complexities of navigating pregnancy while living with HIV predispose women to additional stress. Finding ways to minimize psychosocial challenges during the perinatal period may maximize the well-being of...

  6. Measuring Personal Beliefs and Perceived Norms About Intimate Partner Violence: Population-Based Survey Experiment in Rural...

    Background: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted throughout sub-Saharan Africa indicate there is widespread acceptance of intimate partner violence, contributing to an adverse health risk environment...

  7. Short Message Service (SMS) Reminders and Real-time Adherence Monitoring Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in Rural...

    Objective: To explore the effects of four types of short message service (SMS) plus realtime adherence monitoring on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence: daily reminders, weekly reminders, reminders...

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