Associations between adverse childhood experiences and adverse health outcomes among adolescents in Bangkok, Thailand by Bang-on Thepthien, Min Htike

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Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global... by Neal Russell, Hannah Tappis, Jean Paul Mwanga, Benjamin Black, Kusum Thapa, Endang Handzel, Elaine Scudder, Ribka Amsalu, Jyoti Reddi, Francesca Palestra, Allisyn C. Moran

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Stressors, Supports, and the Social Ecology of Displacement: Psychosocial Dimensions of an Emergency Education Program for Chechen Adolescents Displaced in Ingushetia, Russia by Betancourt, Theresa Stichick

“…The study set out to describe key stressors and sources of social support available to youth being served by the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) emergency education program. …”
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“I wasn’t sure it would work. I was just trying”: an ethnographic study on the choice of abortion methods among young women in Kilifi County, Kenya, and Atlantique Department, Beni... by Gladys Akinyi Omondi, Jonna Both, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Grace Kimemia, Kenneth Juma

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“What’s happening in Syria even affects the rocks”: a qualitative study of the Syrian refugee experience accessing noncommunicable disease services in Jordan by Zahirah Zahrah McNatt, Patricia Elaine Freels, Hannah Chandler, Muhammad Fawad, Sandy Qarmout, Amani Saleh Al-Oraibi, Neil Boothby

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School violence, depression symptoms, and school climate: a cross-sectional study of Congolese and Burundian refugee children by Camilla Fabbri, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Baptiste Leurent, Katherine Rodrigues, Elizabeth Shayo, Vivien Barongo, Karen M. Devries

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Use of facility assessment data to improve reproductive health service delivery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Aveledi Blandine, Haliza Martin, Amisi Immaculée, Mitchell Kathleen T, Casey Sara E, Kalenga Prince, Austin Judy

“…In 2007, with support from the RAISE Initiative, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and CARE conducted baseline assessments of public hospitals to evaluate their capacities to meet the RH needs of the local populations and to determine availability, utilization and quality of RH services including emergency obstetric care (EmOC) and family planning (FP).…”
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Response to Malnutrition Treatment in Low Weight-for-Age Children: Secondary Analyses of Children 6–59 Months in the ComPAS Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial by Jeanette Bailey, Natasha Lelijveld, Tanya Khara, Carmel Dolan, Heather Stobaugh, Kate Sadler, Richard Lino Lako, André Briend, Charles Opondo, Marko Kerac, Mark Myatt

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Open drug discovery for the Zika virus [version 1; referees: 3 approved] by Sean Ekins, Daniel Mietchen, Megan Coffee, Thomas P Stratton, Joel S Freundlich, Lucio Freitas-Junior, Eugene Muratov, Jair Siqueira-Neto, Antony J Williams, Carolina Andrade

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A cross-sectional assessment of the effects of select training modalities on vaccine cold chain management by Aguma Daniel, Joseph Oloro, Innocent Hahirwa, Theogene Rizinde, Marie Francoise Mukanyangezi

“…ABBREVIATIONS CCE, Cold Chain Equipment; DHIS2, District Health Information Systems 2; DHO, District Health Officer; DPT, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus; DVS, District Vaccine Stores; EPI, Expanded Program for Immunisation; EVM, Effective Vaccine Management; FEFO, First Expiry First Out; GAVI, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation; HMIS, Health Information Management Systems; IRC, International Rescue Committee; KII, Key Informant Interview; LIAT, logistics indicator assessment tool; PATH, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health; PHC, Primary Health Care; QPPU, Quantification and Planning and Procurement Unit; SOPs, Standard Operating Procedures; SPSS, Statistical Package for Social Sciences; UNEPI, Uganda National Expanded Program for Immunisation; UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund; VPD, Vaccine Preventable Diseases; VVM, Vaccine Vial Monitors; WHO, World Health Organisation…”
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Reducing PTSD symptoms through a gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence: a randomized controlled pilot study in Côte D'Ivoire by J. Annan, K. Falb, D. Kpebo, M. Hossain, J. Gupta

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Qualitative process evaluation of the EmpaTeach intervention to reduce teacher violence in schools in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania by Karen Devries, Ellen Turner, Camilla Fabbri, Mtumwa Bakari, Elizabeth H Shayo, Vivien Barongo, Zenais Kiwale, Emily Eldred, Godfrey M Mubyazi, Katherine Rodrigues

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Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) shows strong geographical variations in children with edema: results from 2277 surveys in 55 countries by Jose Luis Alvarez, Nicky Dent, L. Browne, Mark Myatt, André Briend

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Ea$ing into the USA: study protocol for adapting the Economic and Social Empowerment (EA$E) intervention for US-based, forcibly based populations by Jhumka Gupta, Jessica Dalpe, Samantha Kanselaar, Shoba Ramanadhan, Patrice Comoe Boa, Michelle S Williams, Karin Wachter

“…Additionally, there is growing interest in integrating gender equity programmes among US-based refugee resettlement organisations, including the International Rescue Committee (IRC). We describe our study protocol for examining the feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness of EA$E for use with US-based FDPs, and recommendations for adaptation.Methods and analysis This is a convergent parallel study to guide the adaptation of EA$E for use with US-based FDPs. …”
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Preventing violence against conflict-affected adolescent girls: findings from Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Pakistan by Lindsay Stark, Khudejha Asghar, Ilana Seff, Gary Yu, Asham Assazenew Baysa, Kathryn Falb

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The effect of gender norms on the association between violence and hope among girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by L. Stark, K. Asghar, S. Meyer, G. Yu, T. Bakemore, C. Poulton, K. Falb

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“Provide care for everyone please”: engaging community leaders as sexual and reproductive health advocates in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Victoria J. Steven, Julianne Deitch, Erin Files Dumas, Meghan C. Gallagher, Jimmy Nzau, Augustin Paluku, Sara E. Casey

“…In order to expand contraceptive and post-abortion care (PAC) access in North and South Kivu, CARE, the International Rescue Committee and Save the Children provided technical support to the Ministry of Health and health facilities in these regions. …”
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Researching violence against women and girls in South Sudan: ethical and safety considerations and strategies by Manuel Contreras-Urbina, Alexandra Blackwell, Maureen Murphy, Mary Ellsberg

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Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh by Margaret L. Schmitt, Olivia R. Wood, David Clatworthy, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Marni Sommer

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Vitamin B12 Status before and after Outpatient Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6–59 Months: A Sub-Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Burkina Faso by Victor Nikièma, Suvi T. Kangas, Cécile Salpeteur, André Briend, Leisel Talley, Henrik Friis, Christian Ritz, Ebba Nexo, Adrian McCann

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