Education: Distance

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Confronting Gender-based Violence Course

Post Date:

2012-01-01

Countries:

Confronting Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a CCGHE distance learning initiative developed to to improve the clinical and psychosocial care of individuals (female and male) who have survived and/or are at risk for GBV. Originally developed as a facilitated course with 39 participants,...

Evaluation of the Impact of Distance Learning For Expanding Capacity for Clinical Research in India

Post Date:

2009-02-13

Countries:

India

This study ended in March 2012. The Office of AIDS Research has initiated a comprehensive program to expand clinical research capacity in India. This program has utilized a number of platforms for providing research training, including intensive in-country workshops and conferences. These programs...

BJGMC-JHU Fogarty HIV-TB Training Program

Post Date:

2007-01-01

Countries:

India

Clinical Sites:

BJGMC

Funded by the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health, the JHU Fogarty program has nearly 20 years of success with providing training, professional development, and mentorship to clinicians and scientists in low and middle income countries. CCGHE's latest efforts in this...

Constituent variation in smokeless tobacco purchased in Mumbai, India

Post Date:

2017-07-01

Countries:

India

Publication:

Tobacco Regulatory Science

Objectives: Worldwide, smokeless tobacco products vary greatly in their formulations and chemical composition. Understanding of toxic and carcinogenic constituent variations in such products can provide valuable insights for the development of effective tobacco control policies. In this study...

Patterns of use and perceptions of harm of smokeless tobacco in Navi Mumbai, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh

Post Date:

2016-12-04

Countries:

India

Publication:

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Background: Globally, smokeless tobacco use is disproportionately concentrated in low-income and middle-income countries like India and Bangladesh. Objectives: The current study examined comparative patterns of use and perceptions of harm for different smokeless tobacco products among adults and...

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding breastfeeding in postpartum mothers at a tertiary care institute during a public health awareness campaign

Post Date:

2015-10-09

Countries:

India

Publication:

International Journal of Health Sciences

Background: Breast feeding has several benefits for both the infants and mothers. However, despite strong evidences in support of breast feeding its prevalence has remained low worldwide. The objective of the present study was to examine the knowledge and attitude towards breast feeding and infant...

Maternal Smokeless Tobacco Use in Pregnancy and Adverse Health Outcomes in Newborn babies

Post Date:

2015-09-17

Countries:

India

Publication:

The Asian Man

BACKGROUND: Perinatal morbidity and mortality are important indicators of maternal health and the future health of the child. Smokeless tobacco (ST) use during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight (LBW), preterm births, stillbirths, and small for gestation age (SGA). This study...

Development of global health education at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: a student-driven initiative

Post Date:

2015-07-27

Publication:

Medical Education Online

Global health is increasingly present in the formal educational curricula of medical schools across North America. In 2008, students at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) perceived a lack of structured global health education in the existing curriculum and began working with the...

GETHealth Summit Report—2014, Conference Proceedings

Post Date:

2015-07-08

The GETHealth Summit brought together healthcare professionals, representatives from the technology and education sectors, academic researchers, global health experts from backgrounds including non-governmental organisations to government. This diverse group of delegates were brought together to...

High levels of tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines and nicotine in Chaini Khaini, a product marketed as snus

Post Date:

2014-12-09

Countries:

India

Publication:

Tobacco Control

Introduction: Recently, a tobacco product, Chaini Khaini, identified as snus appeared in India. The product marketing emphasizes its discreet nature and explicitly claims safety by referring to the existing evidence on Swedish snus. We here analyzed tobacco-specific nitrosamines and nicotine...

Quit history, intentions to quit, and reasons for considering quitting among tobacco users in India: Findings from the Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation India Wave 1 Survey

Post Date:

2014-12-05

Countries:

India

Publication:

Indian Journal of Cancer

Background: GATS India 2009–10 revealed that more than one-third (35%) of adults in India use tobacco in some form: 21% use smokeless tobacco, 9% smoke, and 5% are mixed users (they smoke and use smokeless tobacco), and the quit rate is very low. In an effort to decrease prevalence of tobacco use,...

Assessment of Gutka ban in Maharashtra: findings from a focus group discussion

Post Date:

2013-06-11

Countries:

India

Publication:

International Journal of Head & Neck Surgery

According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) India 2009-2010, around 8.3% (13.4% among male and 2.5% amongfemale) of people in Maharashtra are gutka users. Gutkaconsumption not only causes oral cancer, but has also beenlinked with development of oral submucous fibrosis, aprecancerous lesion...

A novel educational strategy targeting health care workers in underserved communities in Central America to integrate HIV into primary medical care

Post Date:

2012-10-24

Countries:

Publication:

PLOS

Background: Current educational strategies to integrate HIV care into primary medical care in Central America have traditionally targeted managers or higher-level officials, rather than local health care workers (HCWs). We developed a complementary online and on-site interactive training...

Evaluation of a multimodal, distance learning HIV management course for clinical care providers in India

Post Date:

2012-10-01

Countries:

India

Publication:

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

Distance learning is an important tool for training HIV health workers. However, there is limited evidence on design and evaluation of distance learning HIV curricula and tools. We therefore designed, implemented, and evaluated a distance learning course on HIV management for clinical care...

Global health education for medical students: New learning opportunities and strategies

Post Date:

2012-01-17

Countries:

Publication:

Medical Teacher

Background: A new course was offered to introduce basic global health concepts to all first year Johns Hopkins medical students, that took advantage of new distance learning capacity to connect medical students in Baltimore with students and faculty in Uganda, Ethiopia, Pakistan and India. Aims:...

Building a global health education network for clinical care and research: the benefits and challenges of distance learning tools

Post Date:

2011-06-15

Publication:

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Expanding the capacity for clinical care and health research is a global priority and a global challenge. In disenfranchised communities facing the largest burden of disease, whether they be in rural Africa or in urban US, there is a great need for more well-trained, competent and dedicated health...

Global Teaching of Global Health Competencies for Medical Students in Uganda

Post Date:

2015-07-15

Countries:

Uganda

Bollinger, R. Global Teaching of Global Health Competencies for Medical Students in Uganda. Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Innovation Session. Harare, Zimbabwe.

eLearning Development in the Moodle Learning Management System

Post Date:

2015-05-31

Countries:

Ethiopia

McKenzie-White, J. eLearning Development in the Moodle Learning Management System. Addis Ababa College of Health Sciences. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Medical Education Costs Can Be Significantly Lowered Without Sacrificing Quality

Post Date:

2015-04-11

Bollinger, R. Medical Education Costs Can Be Significantly Lowered Without Sacrificing Quality. Extreme Affordability Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.

Quit History, Intentions to Quit, and Reasons for Considering Quitting Among Tobacco Users in India: Findings From the Wave 1 TCP India Survey

Post Date:

2014-12-05

Countries:

India

Gauri G Dhumal , Mangesh S Pednekar, Lalit J Raute, Prakash C Gupta, Genevieve Sansone, Anne CK Quah, Geoffrey T Fong. Quit History, Intentions to Quit, and Reasons for Considering Quitting Among Tobacco Users in India: Findings From the Wave 1 TCP India Survey. APACT 2013, University of Waterloo,...

GETHealth Summit to Bridge Health Workforce Gap in Developing Countries

Post Date:

2014-11-10

Bollinger, R. GETHealth Summit to Bridge Health Workforce Gap in Developing Countries. GETHealth Summit. Dublin, Ireland.

The Importance of Primary Care and Community Perspective in Advancing Basic Medical Education - Global Lessons for Making Progress Locally in Resource Constrained Times

Post Date:

2014-03-07

Bollinger, R. The Importance of Primary Care and Community Perspective in Advancing Basic Medical Education - Global Lessons for Making Progress Locally in Resource Constrained Times. Medical Meeting. Cork, Ireland.

Quit History, Intentions to Quit, and Reasons for Considering Quitting Among Tobacco Users in India

Post Date:

2013-09-01

Countries:

India

Gauri G Dhumal, Mangesh S Pednekar, Lalit J Raute, Prakash C Gupta, Genevieve Sansone, Anne CK Quah, Geoffrey T Fong. Quit History, Intentions to Quit, and Reasons for Considering Quitting Among Tobacco Users in India. International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st Century: The...

E-Learning Technologies and Social Networking Technologies to Support Healthcare Education and Delivery in Low Resource Settings

Post Date:

2013-04-09

Bollinger, R. E-Learning Technologies and Social Networking Technologies to Support Healthcare Education and Delivery in Low Resource Settings. HU MedBiquitous Conference 2013. Philip Dodds Memorial Lecture. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD. 2013.

Building HIV Expertise through Tele-learning

Post Date:

2012-10-20

Bollinger, R. Building HIV Expertise through Tele-learning. ID Week 2012. San Diego, CA. 2012.

Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities to Address the Global Health Workforce Gap

Post Date:

2012-06-12

Bollinger, R. Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities to Address the Global Health Workforce Gap. Liquid Hospital: A New Health Care Model? Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Barcelona, Spain.

Early Childhood Growth among Mahadev Koli tribes of Maharashtra

Post Date:

2011-06-06

Countries:

India

Dhumal, G. Early Childhood Growth among Mahadev Koli tribes of Maharashtra. Paradigm in New Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi. Delhi, India.

Alternative Careers in Medicine

Post Date:

2010-11-06

Bollinger, R. Alternative Careers in Medicine. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.

Successful Grant and Paper Writing are Always the Greatest Challenges for Mentor and Mentee

Post Date:

2010-09-10

Bollinger, R. Successful Grant and Paper Writing are Always the Greatest Challenges for Mentor and Mentee. Mentorship Workshop. Makerere University. Kampala, Uganda.

South Asia Health Issues

Post Date:

2010-06-24

Gupta, A. South Asia Health Issues. Foreign Service Institute. US State Department. Arlington, VA.

Technology in Other Countries

Post Date:

2010-05-07

Bollinger, R. Technology in Other Countries. Innovation and Africa Program. University of Maryland. Baltimore, MD.

Symposium on International Distance Learning and Infectious Diseases

Post Date:

2010-04-27

Bollinger, R., Chang, LW. Symposium on International Distance Learning and Infectious Diseases. Department of Medicine Research Retreat. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

New Strategies to Expand Clinical Care Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings

Post Date:

2010-04-17

Bollinger, R. New Strategies to Expand Clinical Care Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings. Global Health and Innovation Conference. Yale University. New Haven, CT.

The use of Distance Learning Techniques to Support Clinical Care and Laboratory Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings

Post Date:

2010-03-23

Bollinger, R. The use of Distance Learning Techniques to Support Clinical Care and Laboratory Capacity in Resource-Limited Settings. 2010 Leadership Conference. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Baltimore, MD. 2010.

Conduct of international clinical trials

Post Date:

2009-12-02

Gupta, A. Conduct of international clinical trials. Seminars in Clinical Investigations Course. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD.

WHO stop mother to child transmission of TB: What we do and do not know

Post Date:

2009-07-19

Gupta, A. WHO stop mother to child transmission of TB: What we do and do not know. 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Cape Town, South Africa.

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