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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kudakwashe Gracious Zinyemba, Khumbulani Hlongwana
Summary: Gender-based violence is a significant global public health challenge that deprives women and girls of their fundamental human rights and threatens their well-being. Studies have shown that women and girls are the most common victims of gender-based violence. This study in Alexandra Township, South Africa, revealed that socioeconomic conditions and gender stereotypes greatly influence how men perceive gender-based violence.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Djeneba Dabitao, Amadou Somboro, Ibrahim Sanogo, Bassirou Diarra, Chad J. Achenbach, Jane L. Holl, Bocar Baya, Moumine Sanogo, Mamadou Wague, Nadie Coulibaly, Mahamadou Kone, Hawa Baye Drame, Mohamed Tolofoudie, Bourahima Kone, Ayouba Diarra, Mamadou D. Coulibaly, Kathryn Saliba-Shaw, Yacouba Toloba, Mahamadou Diakite, Seydou Doumbia, Sabra L. Klein, William R. Bishai, Souleymane Diallo, Robert L. Murphy
Summary: Men and women respond differently to tuberculosis, with men having a higher incidence rate and showing greater effects before treatment initiation and during the intensive phase of treatment.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Laila Acharai, Mohamed Khalis, Oumnia Bouaddi, Ghida Krisht, Sanae Elomrani, Abdelhakim Yahyane, Bouchra Assarag
Summary: This study aimed to describe the sexual and reproductive health and the occurrence of sexual and gender-based violence among female migrants in Morocco. The findings showed low contraception coverage, moderate access to prenatal care, high prevalence of SGBV, and low utilization of preventive and supportive SGBV services among migrant women in Morocco.
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Psychology, Developmental
Kerry Joan Gordon, Catherine E. Martin, Alison Kutywayo, Laura Ashleigh Cox, Pelisa Nongena, Saiqa Mullick
Summary: This study examines the prevalence and severity of depression among adolescents and young people accessing sexual and reproductive health services in South Africa. The findings highlight the importance of integrating mental health screening into programs for youth, as depression is associated with various risk factors.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Majel McGranahan, Joselyn Nakyeyune, Christopher Baguma, Nakibuuka Noor Musisi, Derrick Nsibirwa, Sharifah Sekalala, Oyinlola Oyebode
Summary: This study provides evidence on rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health in low and middle-income countries. While rights-based interventions were effective for some outcomes, the evidence quality was poor with high risk of bias. Urgent need for high-quality controlled studies in this area.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michele Decker, Saba Rouhani, Ju Nyeong Park, Noya Galai, Katherine Footer, Rebecca White, Sean Allen, Susan Sherman
Summary: This study found that female sex workers face high levels of violence from paying clients, intimate partners, and police, with risk factors for incident violence varying across different perpetrators. Structural vulnerabilities such as homelessness and drug addiction are identified as priorities for improving safety and health outcomes.
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Janvier Egah, Sissou Zakari, Latifou Idrissou, Nehemic Kotobiodjo, Ibrahim El Ghazi, Mohamed Nasser Baco, Marie-Paule Kestemont
Summary: This study analyzed the influence of gender on household's food security in North-Benin and found that women-headed households were less exposed to food insecurity compared to men-headed households. Increasing women's income level reduced household's exposure to food insecurity, as it also stimulated men's income level. Women's income also contributed more to household food expenses. However, increasing men's income level increased household's exposure to food insecurity.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Prince Asare, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Isaac Darko Otchere, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu
Summary: Tuberculosis remains a global health problem, particularly in West Africa where unique epidemiology and geographical restrictions of M. africanum add complexity to the burden of TB. Challenges such as low case detection, poor treatment adherence, and drug resistance highlight the need for sensitive tools and genomic epidemiology research.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Women's Studies
Awino Okech
Summary: This article discusses the role of anger in African feminist digital communities, which have emerged in response to increasing rates of femicide. Anger has catalyzed the development of feminist knowledge, solidarity, and resistance, as well as the process of building alliances and challenging antifeminist movements.
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Economics
Alberto Alesina, Benedetta Brioschi, Eliana La Ferrara
Summary: Using a new dataset, this study investigates the factors behind violence against women in Africa. It finds that ancestral characteristics related to women's economic role and marriage patterns play a significant role in shaping social norms about gender-based violence, with certain ethnic groups showing higher levels of violence against women today.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kyle E. Jaynes, Edward A. Myers, Vaclav Gvozdik, David C. Blackburn, Daniel M. Portik, Eli Greenbaum, Gregory F. M. Jongsma, Mark-Oliver Rodel, Gabriel Badjedjea, Abraham Bamba-Kaya, Ninda L. Baptista, Jeannot B. Akuboy, Raffael Ernst, Marcel T. Kouete, Chifundera Kusamba, Franck M. Masudi, Patrick J. McLaughlin, Lotanna M. Nneji, Abiodun B. Onadeko, Johannes Penner, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Bryan L. Stuart, Elie Tobi, Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Adam D. Leache, Matthew K. Fujita, Rayna C. Bell
Summary: Secondary sympatry amongst sister lineages is closely associated with genetic and ecological divergence, suggesting that closely related species require differences in ecological and/or reproductive isolation traits to coexist in secondary sympatry. In this study, three giant tree frog species showed species-level divergence coinciding with a period of large-scale forest fragmentation during the late Pliocene. Environmental niche models revealed that the three species occupy distinct environmental niches and display modest morphological differentiation, particularly in tympanum diameter and male advertisement call. Additionally, climatic refugia, precipitation gradients, marine incursions, and potentially riverine barriers have generated phylogeographic structure at the intraspecific level throughout the Pleistocene and Holocene.
Editorial Material
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Saverio Bellizzi, Katherina Molek, Alessandra Nivoli
Summary: Drought-related health effects, including gender-based violence, have become a public-health emergency in the Horn of Africa. Enhancing mitigation initiatives is crucial to safeguard the well-being of women and girls.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
(2023)
Review
Food Science & Technology
Katharine Vincent
Summary: The scoping paper reviewed gender research in agricultural and pastoral livelihoods in select countries in Africa over the past 5 years, highlighting uneven geographical distribution and focus on gender differences in assets, health, agricultural and climate change perceptions, as well as women's empowerment and intra-household decision making.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2022)
Review
Criminology & Penology
Sarah Rockowitz, Heather Flowe, Caroline Bradbury-Jones
Summary: Sexual and gender-based violence is a prevalent issue in East Africa, with inadequate service provision to address survivors' medical and psychosocial needs. Insufficient funding and limited research in the region are also identified. The findings highlight the importance of improving service provision, aligning with international human rights treaties, and conducting further research.
TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Raiya Taha-Thomure, Aalaya S. Milne, Emma J. Kavanagh, Ashley E. Stirling
Summary: In the context of sport, violence against athletes, including sexual, physical, and psychological violence, is prevalent. Limited research has been done on violence experienced by transgender athletes in sport, as well as virtual violence against athletes. This study examines the discourses of virtual violence faced by transgender powerlifter, Mary Gregory, and highlights the presence of significant vitriol and negative gender-based violence again trans* (GBV-T*) discourse. Concerns for the safety and acceptance of trans* athletes in sporting spaces are raised.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
