Understanding the role of culture in shaping attitudes and beliefs on urinary incontinence: a scoping review protocol by Adrian Wagg, Megan Kennedy, Simran Panesar, Saima Rajabali

“…The MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cumulated Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature, EBSCOhost, Scopus databases and WHO Index Medicus databases will be searched, without any restriction on language and publication date, enhancing the comprehensiveness and inclusivity of the review. …”
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A Scientometric Analysis of Africa’s Health Science Journals Indexed in International and Regional Databases: A Comparative Analysis by Apatsa Selemani, Apatsa Selemani, Kondwani Wella, Yen-Fu Chen, Marta Vicente-Crespo, Marta Vicente-Crespo, Olalekan Uthman, Jude Igumbor

“…Objectives: This study aimed to compare the geographic coverage, citation impact, subject trends and authorship collaboration pattern of African health science journals indexed in international and regional databases.Methods: Data was collected from Ulrichs web serials directory, Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, PubMed, Google scholar, African Index Medicus (AIM) and African Journals Online (AJOL) between February 2023 and May 2023. …”
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The use of photovoice in research with adolescents living with HIV in Africa: A scoping review by Yolanda R. Mayman, Brian van Wyk

“…Method: Eight electronic databases (ERIC, Ebscohost, PubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHAL, PsycINFO, CABI Direct and Africa Index Medicus) were searched to identify articles that used photovoice methods with ALHIV in Africa to publish between 2000 and 2024. …”
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Social Media–Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review by Jessie Seiler, Tanya E Libby, Emahlea Jackson, JR Lingappa, WD Evans

“…We searched PubMed, Embase, Elsevier, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and Global Index Medicus, and the final search was conducted on April 6, 2021. …”
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Three Years of TIJFS: Observations, Current Practices and Future Perspective by Muhammad Shoaib Akhtar, Muhammad Aslamkhan

“…In last year, journal started its indexing process and just became a part of WHO’s Index Medicus. Also, editors started to generate digital object identifiers (DOIs) of all manuscripts published. …”
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Attributes of standard treatment guidelines in clinical settings and public health facilities in India by Chandrakant Lahariya, Sangeeta Sharma, Manohar Agnani, Hilde de Graeve, Jitnedra Nath Srivastava, Henk Bekedam

“…Methods: Publications from PubMed, World Health Organization, Global Health Regional Libraries, Index Medicus, Google, Google Scholar, and insurers, state/central government portals were searched. …”
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The diagnosis and management of dehydration in children with wasting or nutritional edema: A systematic review. by Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye, Patricia B Pavlinac, Judd L Walson, Kirkby D Tickell

“…We searched PubMed/Medline, Embase, and Global Index Medicus for studies enrolling children 0-60 months old with wasting and diarrhea. …”
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Iron stores in pregnant women with sickle cell disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tsi Njim, Desmond Aroke, Benjamin Momo Kadia

“…We propose to conduct the first systematic review and possibly a meta-analysis on the prevalence, associated factors and maternal/fetal outcomes of iron deficiency anaemia among pregnant women with SCD.Methods and analysis We will search the following electronic databases for studies on the iron status of pregnant women with SCD: PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar, African Journals Online, African Index Medicus, Popline and the Cochrane Library. After the selection of eligible studies from the search output, review of full text, data extraction and data synthesis will be performed. …”
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Gaps in maternal, newborn, and child health research: a scoping review of 72 years in Ethiopia by Grace J. Chan, Jenna Daniel, Misrak Getnet, Matthew Kennedy, Ronke Olowojesiku, Bezawit M. Hunegnaw, Sarah Unninayar, Lisanu Taddesse, Delayehu Bekele

“… # Methods We conducted a search strategy from 1946-2018 in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the WHO African Index Medicus. The study team of reviewers independently screened titles, abstracts, and full-texts; abstracted data; and reconciled differences in pairs. …”
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Scoping review protocol on maternal, newborn and child health research in Ethiopia by Grace J Chan, Ronke Olowojesiku, Misrak Getnet, Thein Min-Swe, Bezawit Hunegnaw, Delayehu Bekele

“…This study presents a scoping review protocol to describe the current knowledge of maternal and child health in Ethiopia to identify gaps for prioritisation of future maternal, newborn and child health research.Methods and analyses A search strategy will be conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE and the WHO African Index Medicus. Researchers will independently screen title and abstracts followed by full texts for inclusion. …”
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Types, design, implementation, and evaluation of nutrition interventions in older people in Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Anthony Manyara, Tadios Manyanga, Rudo Chingono, Shane Naidoo, Kate Mattick, Grace Pearson, Opeyemi Babatunde, Niri Naidoo, Kate A Ward, Celia L Gregson

“…Searches for Phases 1 and 2 will include bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, African Journals Online, African Index Medicus) and grey literature sources (i.e. relevant websites). …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and interventions to prevent violence against adolescents and youths in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review by Ifeyinwa L. Ezenwosu, Benjamin S. C. Uzochukwu

“…Method An eleven-year search from 2014 to 2024 was conducted for peer‐reviewed research articles, irrespective of their quality, on the prevalence of violence and risk factors as well as interventions on the types of violence against adolescents and youths in all SSA countries using PubMed, Google Scholar, Google search, African Index Medicus and direct searches of reference list of pertinent journal articles. …”
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Trends in maternal and neonatal mortality in South Africa: a systematic review protocol by Damian J. Damian, Bernard Njau, Ester Lisasi, Sia E. Msuya, Andrew Boulle

“…Methods For the purpose of this review, searches for eligible studies will be conducted in MEDLINE, Africa-Wide Information, African Index Medicus, African Journals Online, Scopus, Web of Science and CINAHL databases. …”
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Interventions for treating obstetric fistula: An evidence gap map. by Eugenie Evelynne Johnson, Nicole O'Connor, Paul Hilton, Fiona Pearson, Judith Goh, Luke Vale

“…Searches were run on MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Index Medicus and ScanMedicine on 16 February 2022 to identify potentially eligible systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, cohort studies and case-control studies. …”
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Quality of life among patients with cancer and their family caregivers in the Sub-Saharan region: A systematic review of quantitative studies by Yousef Qan’ir, Ting Guan, Eno Idiagbonya, Cloie Dobias, Jamie L. Conklin, Chifundo Colleta Zimba, Agatha Bula, Wongani Jumbo, Kondwani Wella, Patrick Mapulanga, Samuel Bingo, Evelyn Chilemba, Jennifer Haley, Nilda Peragallo Montano, Ashley Leak Bryant, Lixin Song

“…We identified eligible publications in English language from PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus with Full Text, Embase, APA PsycInfo, Scopus, and African Index Medicus databases. We included quantitative descriptive studies that measured overall and subdomains of QOL as the outcome in adult patients/survivors with cancer in SSA. …”
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The epidemiological and economic burden of diabetes in Ghana: A scoping review to inform health technology assessment. by Joseph Kazibwe, Mohamed Gad, Emmanuella Abassah-Konadu, Ivy Amankwah, Richmond Owusu, Godwin Gulbi, Sergio Torres-Rueda, Brian Asare, Anna Vassall, Francis Ruiz

“…We searched electronic databases including Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane and African Index Medicus following a systematic search strategy. …”
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Self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Ghana: a systematic review protocol by Kwaku Oppong Asante, Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie, Johnny Andoh-Arthur

“…Regional and global electronic databases (African Journals OnLine, African Index Medicus, APA PsycINFO, Global Health, MEDLINE and PubMed) will be searched systematically up to December 2021 for observational studies and qualitative studies that have reported prevalence estimates, correlates, risk and protective factors, methods and reasons for self-harm and suicidal behaviour in Ghana. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of neonatal near miss in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ababe Tamirat Deressa, Melese Siyoum Desta

“…International online databases such as PubMed, CINAHL, Google scholar, Global Health, Directory of open Access journal and African Index Medicus were used to search articles. Data extraction was undertaken with Microsoft Excel and STATA11 was used to conduct the Meta-Analysis. …”
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Methodologies to measure the coverage of vitamin A supplementation: a systematic review by Alessandro Miglietta, Annette Imohe, Andreas Hasman

“…We searched the PubMed®, Embase®, Scopus, Google Scholar and World Health Organization (WHO) Global Index Medicus databases for studies published from 1 January 2000 to 1 January 2021, reporting original data on VAS coverage and methodologies used for measurement. …”
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Two-eyed seeing as a philosophy to facilitate communication between indigenous counselors and psychiatry about mind and mental health by B. Mainguy, L. Mehl-Madrona

“…Methods We reviewed the existing literature on two-eyed seeing within mental health care using PubMed, IndexMedicus, OneSearch, and Google Scholar. We presented a course on two-eyed seeing for indigenous mental health services and two-eyed seeing for addressing trauma in indigenous communities and surveyed the participants about the two-eyed seeing concept. …”
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