Elizabeth H Shayo

Datos Biográficos

ID3576568
NOMBREElizabeth H Shayo
NOMBRESElizabeth H
APELLIDOShayo
FIRMASHAYO E H
AFILIACIONESNational Institute for Medical Research
ORCID0000-0001-9131-1784
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS24
TOTAL DE CITAS13
TOTAL COMO AUTOR24
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2007
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Stakeholders’ perspectives on the management and prevention of non-communicable diseases in rural Tanzania

    Open AccessElizabeth H Shayo, Peter M Karoli et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension, diabetes, sickle cell disease, and rheumatic heart disease, pose significant health burdens in low-income countries, not the least rural Tanzania, exacerbated by limited healthcare infrastructure, human and financial resources. This paper reports the perspectives of key stakeholders on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges (SWOC) in managing and preventing non-communicable…

  • “People here live in denial”

    Open AccessRana Ahmed, Stephen Mulupi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Epidemiological studies show a global increase in asthma, straining healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries. There are multiple barriers to accessing diagnosis and treatment in Sub-Saharan African countries like Kenya and Sudan such as healthcare infrastructure, diagnostic tools, healthcare workers’ capacities, and cost. Asthma can be well controlled using safe and cost-effective treatments such as inhalers. Stigma related to asthm…

  • Experiences of teachers and students on school closures and its consequences during the Covid-19 pandemic in Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania

    Open AccessElizabeth H Shayo, Godfrey Mubyazi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Tanzania has experienced several waves of COVID-19 since it was first detected in the country. During the first wave, Tanzania took several measures to prevent wider virus transmission with school closures being one of them. All areas and institutions were targeted, including the refugee camps in Kigoma region. Despite the abundant evidence generated in relation to the effects of the pandemic and associated school closures globally, there has bee…

  • Understanding why EmpaTeach did not reduce teachers’ use of violence in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp

    Open AccessCristina Fabbri, Timothy Powell-Jackson et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    EmpaTeach was the first intervention to address teacher violence to be tested in a humanitarian setting and the first to focus on reducing impulsive use of violence, but a cluster randomised trial found no evidence that the intervention was effective in reducing physical and emotional violence from teachers. We aimed to understand why. We conducted a quantitative process evaluation to describe the intervention implementation process (what was imp…

  • The impacts of Covid-19 and its policy response on access and utilization of maternal and child health services in Tanzania

    Open AccessElizabeth H Shayo, Nahya Khamis Nassor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The SARS-Cov-2 virus (COVID-19) has had a global social and economic impact. Despite the growing evidence, its effects on access and delivery of maternal and child health services in low-income countries are still unclear. This cross-sectional case study was conducted in Mjini Magharibi, Chake Chake, and Ilala districts in Tanzania to help fill this gap. The study combined qualitative and quantitative data collection methods, providing an account…

  • Patient reported experience measures on HIV viral load testing at public health facilities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessPeter M Karoli, Grace Shayo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    While viral load (VL) testing is critical to effective treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), little is known about patients’ experiences with, and barriers to VL-testing in the context of HIV infection. We assessed patient reported experience measures (PREMs) on VL-testing in public HIV clinics in Tanzania. In a cross-sectional convergent mixed method study, we collected information on VL test related PREMs, clinical and sociodemograph…

  • Health care workers’ self-perceived infection risk and Covid-19 vaccine uptake

    Open AccessKasusu Nyamuryekung’e, Maryam Amour et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Vaccination is the most cost-effective way of preventing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) although there was a considerable delay in its institution in Tanzania. This study assessed health care workers’ (HCWs) self-perceived infection risk and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. A concurrent embedded, mixed methods design was utilized to collect data among HCWs in seven Tanzanian regions. Quantitative data was collected using a validated, pre-piloted…

  • Honestly, this problem has affected me a lot”

    Open AccessUzochukwu Egere, Elizabeth H Shayo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Chronic respiratory diseases have substantial social and economic impacts among people with CRD and their families in Sudan and Tanzania. Stigma is particularly strong and appears to be driven partly by association of chronic cough with infectiousness. Context-appropriate measures to address economic impacts and chronic cough stigma are urgently needed as part of interventions for chronic respiratory diseases in these sub-Saharan African contexts

  • Integrated healthcare services for HIV, diabetes mellitus and hypertension in selected health facilities in Kampala and Wakiso districts, Uganda

    Open AccessDominic Bukenya, Marie Claire Van Hout et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Health policies in Africa are shifting towards integrated care services for chronic conditions, but in parts of Africa robust evidence on effectiveness is limited. We assessed the integration of vertical health services for HIV, diabetes and hypertension provided in a feasibility study within five health facilities in Uganda. From November 2018 to January 2020, we conducted a series of three in-depth interviews with 31, 29 and 24 service users at…

  • School violence, depression symptoms, and school climate

    Open AccessCristina Fabbri, Timothy Powell-Jackson et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2022

    Forcibly displaced children are at increased risk of violence and mental health disorders. In refugee contexts, schools are generally perceived as protective environments where children can build a sense of belonging and recover from trauma. Evidence shows that positive school climates can support student skills development and socio-emotional wellbeing and protect them against a host of adverse outcomes. However, schools are also places where ch…

  • Climatic conditions and household food security

    Open AccessH Randell, Clark Gray et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2022Citada por: 5Referencias: 9

  • Ethical issues in intervention studies on the prevention and management of diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessElizabeth Shayo, Elizabeth H Shayo et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Conducting intervention studies in Africa, where medicines supply for chronic conditions is inequitable and patchy, raises major ethical issues. \n \nHere we discuss what should the ethical approach be for a research programme in terms of provision of a steady and sustainable supply of medicines for patients with diabetes and hypertension

  • Lockdown measures in response to Covid-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessNajmul Haider, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally accepted definition of the term ‘lockdown’. We propose a definition of ‘lockdown’ based on a two-by-two matrix that categorises different communicable disease measures based on whether they are compulsory…

  • Preventing violence against children in schools (PVACS)

    Open AccessKaren Devries, Karen M Devries et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    NCT03745573 , registered November 19, 2018 at clinicaltrials.gov, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03745573

  • A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today’s Sustainable Development Goals

    Open AccessJens Byskov, Stephen Maluka et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2019

  • A systems perspective on the importance of global health strategy developments for accomplishing today’s Sustainable Development Goals

    Open AccessJens Byskov, Stephen Maluka et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2019Referencias: 34

    Priority setting within health systems has not led to accountable, fair and sustainable solutions to improving population health. Providers, users and other stakeholders each have their own health and service priorities based on selected evidence, own values, expertise and preferences. Based on a historical account, this article analyses if contemporary health systems are appropriate to optimize population health within the framework of cross cut…

  • Access and utilisation of healthcare services in rural Tanzania

    Open AccessElizabeth H Shayo, Kesheni Senkoro et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2016

    This study compared the access and utilisation of health services in public and non-public health facilities in terms of quality, equity and trust in the Mbarali district, Tanzania. Interviews, focus group discussions, and informal discussions were used to generate data. Of the 1836 respondents, 1157 and 679 respondents sought healthcare services on their last visit at public or non-public health facilities, respectively. While 45.5% rated the qu…

  • Community Knowledge and Acceptance of Larviciding for Malaria Control in a Rural District of East-Central Tanzania

    Open AccessLeonard E G Mboera, Leonard Mboera et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2014

    The use of microbial larvicides, a form of larval source management, is a less commonly used malaria control intervention that nonetheless has significant potential as a component of an integrated vector management strategy. We evaluated community acceptability of larviciding in a rural district in east-central Tanzania using data from 962 household surveys, 12 focus group discussions, and 24 in-depth interviews. Most survey respondents trusted i…

  • Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services

    Open AccessElizabeth H Shayo, Ole F Norheim et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2012

    Existing challenges related to individuals' influence of decision making processes in health care need to be addressed if greater participation is desired. There is a need for increased advocacy and a strengthening of responsive practices with an emphasis on the right of all individuals to participate in decision-making processes. This simultaneously implies an emphasis on assuring the distribution of information, training and education so that i…

  • Condom availability in high risk places and condom use

    Open AccessIngvild Fossgard Sandøy, Astrid Blystad et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    As late as thirty years into the HIV epidemic there are still important gaps in the availability of condoms in places where people meet new sexual partners in these three African districts. Considering that previous studies have found that improved condom availability and accessibility in high risk places have a potential to increase condom use among people with multiple partners, the present study findings indicate that substantial further effor…

  • Socio-economic status and malaria-related outcomes in Mvomero District, Tanzania

    Open AccessKatherine L Dickinson, H Randell et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2011

    While policies often target malaria prevention and treatment - proximal causes of malaria and related health outcomes - too little attention has been given to the role of household- and individual-level socio-economic status (SES) as a fundamental cause of disease risk in developing countries. This paper presents a conceptual model outlining ways in which SES may influence malaria-related outcomes. Building on this conceptual model, we use househ…

  • Environmental Management for Malaria Control

    Open AccessH Randell, Heather Fawn Randell et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2010

  • Decentralized health care priority-setting in Tanzania

    Open AccessStephen Maluka, Peter Kamuzora et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2010Citada por: 6Referencias: 28

  • Local Primary Health Care Committees and Community-Based Health Workers in Mkuranga District, Tanzania

    Open AccessGodfrey M Mubyazi, Adiel K Mushi et al.ARTICLEStudies on Ethno-Medicine2007Citada por: 2Referencias: 1

    A study was conducted to explore the views of villagers on the existence and functioning of local primary health-care (PHC) committees, village health workers (VHWs), skilled staff at government health facilities and their responsiveness to community health needs in Mkuranga district, Tanzania. Information was collected through separate group discussions with some members of households, local PHC committees and district health managers and semist…