African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume▲	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84905911793	Findings from the SASA! Study: A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a co...	Abramsky T., Devries K., Kiss L., Nakuti J., Kyegombe N., Starmann E., Cundill B., Francisco L., ...	2014	BMC Medicine	12	1	10.1186/s12916-014-0122-5	Gender Violence and Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistoc...	Abramsky, T., Gender Violence and Health Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ...	Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV are important and interconnected public healt...	Community mobilization; East Africa; Gender based violence; HIV; Impact evaluation; Intimate part...	adult; Article; community care; concurrent sexual partnership; controlled study; cross-sectional ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84899479136	A process evaluation of performance-based incentives for village health workers in Kisoro distric...	Miller J.S., Musominali S., Baganizi M., Paccione G.A.	2014	Human Resources for Health	12	1	10.1186/1478-4491-12-19	Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States; Doctors for Global ...	Miller, J.S., Harvard Medical School, 260 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, United States, Docto...	Background: Designing effective incentive systems for village health workers (VHWs) represents a ...	Developing countries; Incentives; Low-income countries; Primary health care; Uganda	adult; article; evaluation study; female; health auxiliary; health care survey; health personnel ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33846109799	Traditional birth attendants, HIV/AIDS and safe delivery in the Eastern Cape, South Africa - Eval...	Peltzer K., Henda N.	2006	South African Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology	12	3	None	Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; University of Limpopo, Turfloop, Limpopo...	Peltzer, K., Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, University of Limpopo, Turf...	Introduction. Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) are still frequently utilised in rural areas in...	None	nevirapine; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; adult; African medicine; aged; article; delivery...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33847103610	Impact of mosquito proofing of night shelters in refugee camps in Kitgum, northern Uganda	Medlock J.M., Aryemo M., Bean J.	2007	Tropical Medicine and International Health	12	3	10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01803.x	Humanitarian Department, Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowley, Oxford, Unit...	Medlock, J.M., Humanitarian Department, Oxfam Great Britain, Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Cowle...	Objective: To test the impact of long-lasting insecticide-treated netting, fitted to cover the ea...	Internally displaced people; Long-lasting insecticide-treated netting; Malaria; Mosquito proofing...	insecticide; entomology; insecticide; malaria; mosquito; multivariate analysis; refugee; article;...	None	View
None	None	Clinical performance of an automated reader in interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Tan...	Shekalaghe S., Cancino M., Mavere C., Juma O., Mohammed A., Abdulla S., Ferro S.	2013	Malaria Journal	12	1	10.1186/1475-2875-12-141	Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo Research and Training Centre, PO Box 74, Bagamoyo, Tanzania; F...	Shekalaghe, S., Ifakara Health Institute, Bagamoyo Research and Training Centre, PO Box 74, Bagam...	Background: Parasitological confirmation of malaria is now recommended in all febrile patients by...	Deki Reader; Malaria rapid diagnostic test; mHealth	adolescent; adult; aged; analyzer; article; blood sampling; blood smear; child; cohort analysis; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84882740823	Impact of HIV and mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infections on antioxidant status in Nigeria	Faustina Nkechi O., Charles Chinedu O., Martins Ositadinma I., Joseph Ebere A., Michael E., Ifeom...	2013	Pakistan Journal of Nutrition	12	5	None	Immaculate Heart Hospital, Nkpor, Anambra State, Nigeria; Department of Medical Laboratory Scienc...	Faustina Nkechi, O., Immaculate Heart Hospital, Nkpor, Anambra State, Nigeria; Charles Chinedu, O...	Severe Oxidative stress has been reported in Tuberculosis infected individuals as a result of tis...	Albumin; CD4+T cell; Glutathione reductase; Oxidative stress	albumin; antioxidant; glutathione peroxidase; glutathione reductase; albumin blood level; antioxi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952623023	Impact of the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus goodeyi and mulch on the East African Highland ba...	Gaidashova S.V., Van Asten P.J.A., Dochez C., Delvaux B., De Waele D.	2010	Nematology	12	3	10.1163/138855409X12525742436402	Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR), P.O. Box 5016, Kigali, Rwanda; Unité des Sci...	Gaidashova, S.V., Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR), P.O. Box 5016, Kigali, Rwa...	The effect of nematode root injuries on banana crop yield is very poorly known in higher parts of...	East Africa; Musa; Nematode control; Yield	cultivar; growth response; herb; host-pathogen interaction; mulch; nematode; pathogenicity; popul...	None	View
None	None	Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: The comparative performance of existing methods	Murray C.J.L., Lozano R., Flaxman A.D., Serina P., Phillips D., Stewart A., James S.L., Vahdatpou...	2014	BMC Medicine	12	1	10.1186/1741-7015-12-5	Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 5th Avenue Suite 600,...	Murray, C.J.L., Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 5th A...	Background: Monitoring progress with disease and injury reduction in many populations will requir...	Cause of death; InterVA; King-Lu; Random forests; Symptom pattern; Tariff; VA; Validation; Verbal...	article; autopsy; cause of death; controlled study; diagnostic procedure; groups by age; health s...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33846847934	Creating a framework to determine the socio-economic impact of national parks in South Africa: A ...	Saayman M., Saayman A.	2006	Tourism Economics	12	4	None	Institute for Tourism and Leisure Studies, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefst...	Saayman, M., Institute for Tourism and Leisure Studies, North-West University, Potchefstroom Camp...	National parks in South Africa are seen as major tourism assets, since wildlife is the biggest dr...	National parks; Socio-economic impact; South Africa	developing world; employment; income; national park; socioeconomic impact; tourism economics; tou...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-74349114285	Evaluation of the polyphenol composition and antioxidant activity of African variety of Dacryodes...	Atawodi S.E., Atawodi J.C., Idakwo P., Pfundstein B., Haubner R., Wurtele G., Spiegelhalder B., B...	2009	Journal of Medicinal Food	12	6	10.1089/jmf.2008.0215	Institute for Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germ...	Atawodi, S.E., Institute for Toxicology and Cancer Risk Factors, German Cancer Research Center, H...	Polyphenols are abundant micronutrients in our diet that have been credited with chemoprevention ...	Antioxidant activity; Dacryodes edulis; Disease chemoprevention; Polyphenol	antioxidant; catechol; deoxyguanosine; ellagic acid; gallic acid methyl ester; methanol; plant ex...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84903385228	Impact of health workshop on knowledge of malaria and anti-malaria drug prescription by patent me...	Nwaneri D.U., Mmeremikwu M.M., Nwaneri A.C., Ibadin M.O.	2013	Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Research	12	2	None	Institute of Child Health, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; Department of Paediatrics, U...	Nwaneri, D.U., Institute of Child Health, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria; Mmeremikwu, M...	Close-to-client operation of Patent Medicine Vendors can play a significant role in the fight aga...	Health education; Intermittent preventive treatment; Malaria control; Patent medicine vendors	antimalarial agent; pyrimethamine plus sulfadoxine; adult; age distribution; article; attitude to...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-29144485903	Evaluation and application of the ROMS 1-way embedding procedure to the central california upwell...	Penven P., Debreu L., Marchesiello P., McWilliams J.C.	2006	Ocean Modelling	12	42371	10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.05.002	Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-15...	Penven, P., Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles,...	What most clearly distinguishes near-shore and off-shore currents is their dominant spatial scale...	Boundary conditions; Coastal upwelling; Eddy kinetic energy; Embedding; Mesoscale eddies; Ocean m...	Algorithms; Approximation theory; Boundary conditions; Kinetic energy; Mathematical models; Numer...	None	View
None	None	Evaluation of the potential of the marine sponges of the Zanzibar Island to yield antimalarial an...	Said S.A., Moshi M.J., Nondo R.S.O., Masimba P.J., Innocent E., Guantai A.N.	2010	Tanzania Journal of Health Research	12	3	None	Institute of Marine Sciences, P.O.Box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania; Institute of Traditional Medicine,...	Said, S.A., Institute of Marine Sciences, P.O.Box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania; Moshi, M.J., Institute...	Emergence of new and re-emergence of old infections continue to elude prospects of reducing morbi...	Antimalarial; Antimicrobial activity; Marine sponges; Zanzibar	acetic acid ethyl ester; Agelas mauritania extract; antifungal agent; antiinfective agent; antima...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84870060620	Evaluating the performance of interpreting Verbal Autopsy 3.2 model for establishing pulmonary tu...	Tadesse S., Tadesse T.	2012	BMC Public Health	12	1	10.1186/1471-2458-12-1039	Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia	Tadesse, S., Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia; Tadesse, T., Ins...	Background: In resource- poor settings, verbal autopsy data are often reviewed by physicians in o...	Cause of death; Pulmonary tuberculosis; The InterVA model	adolescent; adult; aged; article; autopsy; cause of death; comparative study; cross-sectional stu...	None	View
None	None	Maternal and newborn healthcare providers in rural Tanzania: In-depth interviews exploring influe...	Prytherch H., Kakoko D.C.V., Leshabari M.T., Sauerborn R., Marx M.	2012	Rural and Remote Health	12	3	None	Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; School of Public Healt...	Prytherch, H., Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Kakoko,...	Introduction: Major improvements in maternal and neonatal health (MNH) remain elusive in Tanzania...	Developing countries; Health personnel; Job satisfaction; Maternal-child health services; Motivat...	adult; article; career mobility; clinical competence; education; female; health center; health pe...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84877978898	Effect of graded levels of toasted pigeon pea [Cajanus cajan (L.) millsp] seed meal diets on grow...	Yisa A.G., Yakubu B., Edache J.A., Danjuma M.N., Deme H.I.	2013	International Journal of Poultry Science	12	2	None	National Veterinary Research Institute, P.M.B. 01, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria; Department of Ani...	Yisa, A.G., National Veterinary Research Institute, P.M.B. 01, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria; Yakub...	A five week study was conducted to determine the effect of graded levels of toasted pigeon pea on...	Carcass characteristics; Growth performance; Japanese quails; Toasted pigeon pea	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84864375259	Evidence-based monitoring and evaluation of the faith-based approach to HIV prevention among Chri...	Kagimu M., Kaye S., Ainomugisha D., Lutalo I., Walakira Y., Guwatudde D., Rwabukwali C.	2012	African Health Sciences	12	2	10.4314/ahs.v12i2.7	Islamic Medical Association of Uganda, Uganda; Makerere University School of Public Health, Ugand...	Kagimu, M., Islamic Medical Association of Uganda, Uganda, Makerere University School of Public H...	Background: The Islamic Medical Association of Uganda, has been implementing the faith-based appr...	Christians; Evidence-based; Faith-based approach; HIV prevention; Monitoring and evaluation; Muslims	adolescent; adult; article; christian; circumcision; cross-sectional study; disease association; ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78349305507	Does plot size affect the performance of GIS-based species distribution models?	Pandit S.N., Hayward A., de Leeuw J., Kolasa J.	2010	Journal of Geographical Systems	12	4	10.1007/s10109-010-0106-8	ITC, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, P. O. Box 6, 7500...	Pandit, S.N., ITC, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, P. ...	Species distribution models are used extensively in predicting the distribution of vegetation acr...	Kappa; Logistic regression models; Map accuracy; Namibia; Species distribution; Species frequency...	environmental factor; GIS; mapping; numerical model; regression analysis; spatial distribution; s...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84891802809	In vivo antirabies activity evaluation of hydroethanolic extract of roots and leaves of Phytolacc...	Admasu P., Deressa A., Mengistu A., Gebrewold G., Feyera T.	2014	Global Veterinaria	12	1	10.5829/idosi.gv.2014.12.01.81150	Jigjiga University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ethiopia; Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Rese...	Admasu, P., Jigjiga University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ethiopia; Deressa, A., Ethiopian ...	The study was undertaken to evaluate antirabies activity of hydroethanolic extract of roots and l...	Antirabies; Hydroethanolic extract; In vivo; Phytolacca dodecandra	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84861847252	Impact on postpartum hemorrhage of prophylactic administration of oxytocin 10 IU via Uniject™ by ...	Stanton C.K., Newton S., Mullany L.C., Cofie P., Agyemang C.T., Adiibokah E., Darcy N., Khan S., ...	2012	BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth	12	None	10.1186/1471-2393-12-42	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Kintampo Health Re...	Stanton, C.K., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; New...	Background: Hemorrhage is the leading direct cause of maternal death globally. While oxytocin is ...	Oxytocin; Postpartum hemorrhage; Randomized trial; Uterotonics	oxytocin; article; clinical effectiveness; controlled study; female; fetus outcome; follow up; Gh...	None	View

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