Jean-Christophe Fotso
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 330466 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jean-Christophe Fotso |
| NOMBRES | Jean-Christophe |
| APELLIDO | Fotso |
| FIRMA | FOTSO J |
| AFILIACIONES | African Population and Health Research Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7875-7001 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 123 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Family planning self-care
Family planning (FP) self-care is a strategic pillar for advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and mitigating health workforce shortages. However, a significant disconnect persists between global normative frameworks and local implementation realities. This study examines the local meanings, perceptions, and experiences of FP self-care in Niger to inform contextualized scale-up of self-care interventions. We employed a sequential mixed-method…
Reforming competitive global public health funding
Intention to Use Contraception
The “intention to use” (ITU) contraception indicator has gained recent prominence as a proposed high‐level success metric for family planning (FP) programs and as a step toward identifying measures that better capture what women want. Although ITU offers advantages over traditional indicators like contraceptive prevalence and unmet need, its elevation as a key programmatic measure requires critical examination. In this commentary, we outline adva…
The Emerge framework to measure empowerment for health and development
The EMERGE Framework can guide development and analysis of survey measures on empowerment and is needed as the current state of the field shows limited coverage of empowerment constructs even in areas which have received more study, such as family planning
Cameroon's slow fertility transition
We interrogate the proposition that men's attitudes have constrained the fertility transition in Cameroon, where fertility remains high and contraceptive use low despite much socio-economic progress. We use five Demographic and Health Surveys to compare trends in desired family size among young women and men and analyse matched monogamous couple data from the two most recent surveys to examine wives' and husbands' desires to stop childbearing and…
“Africans, we know how to adapt indeed”
On March 30, 2020, the Government of Nigeria implemented its first COVID-19 related lockdown. We worked with two humanitarian projects in Nigeria, the Integrated Humanitarian Assistance to Northeast Nigeria (IHANN II) in Borno State and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees South-South Health and Nutrition Intervention (UNHCR-SS-HNIR) for Cameroon Refugees and vulnerable populations in Cross River State, to document the programmatic a…
Relationship Characteristics and Contraceptive Use Among Couples in Urban Kenya
CONTEXT: Few studies have used couple data to identify associations between individual- and relationship-level characteristics and contraceptive use in urban areas. METHODS: Population-based survey data collected in 2010 in three Kenyan cities-Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu-were used to identify 883 couples. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to examine associations between relationship-level characteristics (i.e., desire for another…
Birth Spacing and Child Mortality
The majority of studies of the birth spacing–child survival relationship rely on retrospective data, which are vulnerable to errors that might bias results. The relationship is re-assessed using prospective data on 13,502 children born in two Nairobi slums between 2003 and 2009. Nearly 48% were first births. Among the remainder, short preceding intervals are common: 20% of second and higher order births were delivered within 24 months of an elder…
Influence of integrated services on postpartum family planning use
This study's findings lend strong support for the need to improve integration of FP services into maternal, newborn, and child health services with the goal of increasing postpartum women's use of FP methods in urban Senegal
The Role of Gender Empowerment on Reproductive Health Outcomes in Urban Nigeria
Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya
The study indicates poor adherence to WHO recommendations for breastfeeding and infant feeding practices. Interventions and further research should pay attention to factors such as cultural practices, access to and utilization of health care facilities, child feeding education, and family planning
Child growth in urban deprived settings
This paper uses longitudinal data from two informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to examine patterns of child growth and how these are affected by four different dimensions of poverty at the household level namely, expenditures poverty, assets poverty, food poverty, and subjective poverty. The descriptive results show a grim picture, with the prevalence of overall stunting reaching nearly 60% in the age group 15-17 months and remaining almost co…
Social Conditions and Urban Health Inequities
Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes among Urban Poor Orphans in Nairobi, Kenya
The study examines the relationship between orphanhood status and nutritional status and food security among children living in the rapidly growing and uniquely vulnerable slum settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. The study was conducted between January and June 2007 among children aged 6-14 years, living in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Anthropometric measurements were taken using standard procedures and z scores generated using the NCHS/WHO…
Barriers to Formal Emergency Obstetric Care Services’ Utilization
Access to appropriate health care including skilled birth attendance at delivery and timely referrals to emergency obstetric care services can greatly reduce maternal deaths and disabilities, yet women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to face limited access to skilled delivery services. This study relies on qualitative data collected from residents of two slums in Nairobi, Kenya in 2006 to investigate views surrounding barriers to the uptake of for…
Menstrual Pattern, Sexual Behaviors, and Contraceptive Use among Postpartum Women in Nairobi Urban Slums
Postpartum months provide a challenging period for poor women. This study examined patterns of menstrual resumption, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among urban poor postpartum women. Women were eligible for this study if they had a birth after the period September 2006 and were residents of two Nairobi slums of Korogocho and Viwandani. The two communities are under continuous demographic surveillance. A monthly calendar type questionnaire…
Overweight and obesity in urban Africa
Overweight and obesity are on the rise in Africa and might take epidemic proportions in the near future. Like several other public health challenges, overweight and obesity should be tackled and prevented early as envisioned in the WHO Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health
What does Access to Maternal Care Mean Among the Urban Poor? Factors Associated with Use of Appropriate Maternal Health Services in the Slum Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services among Urban Poor Women in Kenya
Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa
Failing to appropriately target the growing sub-group of the urban poor and improve their living conditions and health status - which is an MDG target itself - may result in lack of improvement on national indicators of health. Sustained expansion of potable water supplies and vaccination coverage among the disadvantaged urban dwellers should be given priority in the efforts to achieve the child mortality MDG in SSA
Household and Community Socioeconomic Influences on Early Childhood Malnutrition in Africa
This paper uses multilevel modelling and Demographic and Health Survey data from five African countries to investigate the relative contributions of compositional and contextual effects of socioeconomic status and place of residence in perpetuating differences in the prevalence of malnutrition among children in Africa. It finds that community clustering of childhood malnutrition is accounted for by contextual effects over and above likely composi…
Child health inequities in developing countries
The urban advantage in health masks enormous disparities between the poor and the non-poor in urban areas of SSA. Specific policies geared at preferentially improving the health and nutrition of the urban poor should be implemented, so that while targeting the best attainable average level of health, reducing gaps between population groups is also on target. To successfully monitor the gaps between urban poor and non-poor, existing data collectio…
Urban–rural differentials in child malnutrition
Measuring socioeconomic status in health research in developing countries
Socioeconomic inequalities in early childhood malnutrition and morbidity
Urban–rural differentials in child malnutrition
Measuring socioeconomic status in health research in developing countries
Socioeconomic inequalities in early childhood malnutrition and morbidity
Barriers to Formal Emergency Obstetric Care Services’ Utilization
Access to appropriate health care including skilled birth attendance at delivery and timely referrals to emergency obstetric care services can greatly reduce maternal deaths and disabilities, yet women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to face limited access to skilled delivery services. This study relies on qualitative data collected from residents of two slums in Nairobi, Kenya in 2006 to investigate views surrounding barriers to the uptake of for…
Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services among Urban Poor Women in Kenya
The Emerge framework to measure empowerment for health and development
The EMERGE Framework can guide development and analysis of survey measures on empowerment and is needed as the current state of the field shows limited coverage of empowerment constructs even in areas which have received more study, such as family planning
Child growth in urban deprived settings
This paper uses longitudinal data from two informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to examine patterns of child growth and how these are affected by four different dimensions of poverty at the household level namely, expenditures poverty, assets poverty, food poverty, and subjective poverty. The descriptive results show a grim picture, with the prevalence of overall stunting reaching nearly 60% in the age group 15-17 months and remaining almost co…
Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes among Urban Poor Orphans in Nairobi, Kenya
The study examines the relationship between orphanhood status and nutritional status and food security among children living in the rapidly growing and uniquely vulnerable slum settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. The study was conducted between January and June 2007 among children aged 6-14 years, living in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Anthropometric measurements were taken using standard procedures and z scores generated using the NCHS/WHO…
Menstrual Pattern, Sexual Behaviors, and Contraceptive Use among Postpartum Women in Nairobi Urban Slums
Postpartum months provide a challenging period for poor women. This study examined patterns of menstrual resumption, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among urban poor postpartum women. Women were eligible for this study if they had a birth after the period September 2006 and were residents of two Nairobi slums of Korogocho and Viwandani. The two communities are under continuous demographic surveillance. A monthly calendar type questionnaire…
Social Conditions and Urban Health Inequities
Socioeconomic inequalities in early childhood malnutrition and morbidity
Measuring socioeconomic status in health research in developing countries
Household and Community Socioeconomic Influences on Early Childhood Malnutrition in Africa
This paper uses multilevel modelling and Demographic and Health Survey data from five African countries to investigate the relative contributions of compositional and contextual effects of socioeconomic status and place of residence in perpetuating differences in the prevalence of malnutrition among children in Africa. It finds that community clustering of childhood malnutrition is accounted for by contextual effects over and above likely composi…
Child health inequities in developing countries
The urban advantage in health masks enormous disparities between the poor and the non-poor in urban areas of SSA. Specific policies geared at preferentially improving the health and nutrition of the urban poor should be implemented, so that while targeting the best attainable average level of health, reducing gaps between population groups is also on target. To successfully monitor the gaps between urban poor and non-poor, existing data collectio…
Urban–rural differentials in child malnutrition
Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa
Failing to appropriately target the growing sub-group of the urban poor and improve their living conditions and health status - which is an MDG target itself - may result in lack of improvement on national indicators of health. Sustained expansion of potable water supplies and vaccination coverage among the disadvantaged urban dwellers should be given priority in the efforts to achieve the child mortality MDG in SSA
What does Access to Maternal Care Mean Among the Urban Poor? Factors Associated with Use of Appropriate Maternal Health Services in the Slum Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
Provision and Use of Maternal Health Services among Urban Poor Women in Kenya
Overweight and obesity in urban Africa
Overweight and obesity are on the rise in Africa and might take epidemic proportions in the near future. Like several other public health challenges, overweight and obesity should be tackled and prevented early as envisioned in the WHO Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health
Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes among Urban Poor Orphans in Nairobi, Kenya
The study examines the relationship between orphanhood status and nutritional status and food security among children living in the rapidly growing and uniquely vulnerable slum settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. The study was conducted between January and June 2007 among children aged 6-14 years, living in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Anthropometric measurements were taken using standard procedures and z scores generated using the NCHS/WHO…
Barriers to Formal Emergency Obstetric Care Services’ Utilization
Access to appropriate health care including skilled birth attendance at delivery and timely referrals to emergency obstetric care services can greatly reduce maternal deaths and disabilities, yet women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to face limited access to skilled delivery services. This study relies on qualitative data collected from residents of two slums in Nairobi, Kenya in 2006 to investigate views surrounding barriers to the uptake of for…
Menstrual Pattern, Sexual Behaviors, and Contraceptive Use among Postpartum Women in Nairobi Urban Slums
Postpartum months provide a challenging period for poor women. This study examined patterns of menstrual resumption, sexual behaviors and contraceptive use among urban poor postpartum women. Women were eligible for this study if they had a birth after the period September 2006 and were residents of two Nairobi slums of Korogocho and Viwandani. The two communities are under continuous demographic surveillance. A monthly calendar type questionnaire…
Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya
The study indicates poor adherence to WHO recommendations for breastfeeding and infant feeding practices. Interventions and further research should pay attention to factors such as cultural practices, access to and utilization of health care facilities, child feeding education, and family planning
Child growth in urban deprived settings
This paper uses longitudinal data from two informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya to examine patterns of child growth and how these are affected by four different dimensions of poverty at the household level namely, expenditures poverty, assets poverty, food poverty, and subjective poverty. The descriptive results show a grim picture, with the prevalence of overall stunting reaching nearly 60% in the age group 15-17 months and remaining almost co…
Social Conditions and Urban Health Inequities
Birth Spacing and Child Mortality
The majority of studies of the birth spacing–child survival relationship rely on retrospective data, which are vulnerable to errors that might bias results. The relationship is re-assessed using prospective data on 13,502 children born in two Nairobi slums between 2003 and 2009. Nearly 48% were first births. Among the remainder, short preceding intervals are common: 20% of second and higher order births were delivered within 24 months of an elder…
Influence of integrated services on postpartum family planning use
This study's findings lend strong support for the need to improve integration of FP services into maternal, newborn, and child health services with the goal of increasing postpartum women's use of FP methods in urban Senegal
The Role of Gender Empowerment on Reproductive Health Outcomes in Urban Nigeria
Relationship Characteristics and Contraceptive Use Among Couples in Urban Kenya
CONTEXT: Few studies have used couple data to identify associations between individual- and relationship-level characteristics and contraceptive use in urban areas. METHODS: Population-based survey data collected in 2010 in three Kenyan cities-Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu-were used to identify 883 couples. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to examine associations between relationship-level characteristics (i.e., desire for another…
“Africans, we know how to adapt indeed”
On March 30, 2020, the Government of Nigeria implemented its first COVID-19 related lockdown. We worked with two humanitarian projects in Nigeria, the Integrated Humanitarian Assistance to Northeast Nigeria (IHANN II) in Borno State and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees South-South Health and Nutrition Intervention (UNHCR-SS-HNIR) for Cameroon Refugees and vulnerable populations in Cross River State, to document the programmatic a…
The Emerge framework to measure empowerment for health and development
The EMERGE Framework can guide development and analysis of survey measures on empowerment and is needed as the current state of the field shows limited coverage of empowerment constructs even in areas which have received more study, such as family planning
Cameroon's slow fertility transition
We interrogate the proposition that men's attitudes have constrained the fertility transition in Cameroon, where fertility remains high and contraceptive use low despite much socio-economic progress. We use five Demographic and Health Surveys to compare trends in desired family size among young women and men and analyse matched monogamous couple data from the two most recent surveys to examine wives' and husbands' desires to stop childbearing and…
Intention to Use Contraception
The “intention to use” (ITU) contraception indicator has gained recent prominence as a proposed high‐level success metric for family planning (FP) programs and as a step toward identifying measures that better capture what women want. Although ITU offers advantages over traditional indicators like contraceptive prevalence and unmet need, its elevation as a key programmatic measure requires critical examination. In this commentary, we outline adva…
Family planning self-care
Family planning (FP) self-care is a strategic pillar for advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and mitigating health workforce shortages. However, a significant disconnect persists between global normative frameworks and local implementation realities. This study examines the local meanings, perceptions, and experiences of FP self-care in Niger to inform contextualized scale-up of self-care interventions. We employed a sequential mixed-method…
Reforming competitive global public health funding
Medicine (21 obras) · Environmental health (20 obras) · Population (18 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (16 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (16 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (12 obras) · Economic growth (11 obras) · Public health (11 obras) · Socioeconomics (11 obras) · Sociology (11 obras)