Elena C Hemler

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ID7001738
NOMBREElena C Hemler
NOMBRESElena C
APELLIDOHemler
FIRMAHEMLER E C
AFILIACIONESHarvard University
ORCID0000-0001-6986-9474
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Perceptions and predictors of Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare providers across five countries in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessIsabel Madzorera, Livesy Abokyi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The African continent has some of the world’s lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates. While the limited availability of vaccines is a contributing factor, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare providers (HCP) is another factor that could adversely affect efforts to control infections on the continent. We sought to understand the extent of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among HCP, and its contributing factors in Africa. We evaluated COVID-19 vaccine …

  • Determinants of Covid-19 vaccine readiness and hesitancy among adults in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessSulemana Watara Abubakari, Firehiwot Workneh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    There is very limited data on the extent and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults living in sub-Saharan Africa since the global roll-out of vaccines began in 2021. This multi-country survey sought to investigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and other predictors of readiness to get vaccinated. We conducted surveys among adults residing in nine urban and rural areas in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania in late 20…

  • Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among sub-Saharan African adolescents

    Open AccessDongqing Wang, Angela Chukwu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents poses a challenge to the global effort to control the pandemic. This multi-country survey aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa between July and December 2021. The survey was conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviewing among adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger…

  • Continued disruptions in health care services and mental health among health care providers during the Covid-19 pandemic in five sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessNega Assefa, Yasir Y Abdullahi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    Background: Continuous monitoring of the pandemic's impact on health service provision and mental health, COVID-19 perceptions, and compliance with prevention measures among health care providers (HCPs) can help with mitigating the pandemic's negative effects. Methods: A computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) survey was conducted among 1499 HCPs in Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Nigeria (Lagos and Ibadan), Tanzania (…

  • Associations of percentage energy intake from total, animal and plant protein with overweight/obesity and underweight among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Open AccessElena C Hemler, Sabri Bromage et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2022

    Objective: This study investigated associations between types and food sources of protein with overweight/obesity and underweight in Ethiopia. Design: We conducted a cross-sectional dietary survey using a non-quantitative FFQ. Linear regression models were used to assess associations between percentage energy intake from total, animal and plant protein and BMI. Logistic regression models were used to examine the associations of percentage energy …

  • Prevalence and determinants of concurrent wasting and stunting and other indicators of malnutrition among children 6–59 months old in Kersa, Ethiopia

    Open AccessAklılu Abrham Roba, Nega Assefa et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Malnutrition is the leading cause of poor child health in Ethiopia, and progress to avert it is unacceptably slow. In addition, little is known about the magnitude and factors associated with concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt). Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with WaSt, wasting, stunting and underweight among children 6-59 months in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Ethiopia. Data fr…

  • Household-level double burden of malnutrition in Ethiopia

    Open AccessLilia Bliznashka, Mia M Blakstad et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To examine the prevalence of and factors associated with different forms of household-level double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in Ethiopia. Design: We defined DBM using anthropometric measures for adult overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m 2 ), child stunting (height-for-age Z -score sd ) and overweight (weight-for-height Z -score ≥2 sd ). We considered sixteen biological, environmental, behavioural and socio-demographic factors. Their associati…

  • Anemia prevalence and etiology among women, men, and children in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAmare Worku Tadesse, Elena C Hemler et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04002466 . Registered on 28 June 2019. Retrospectively registered