Dale A Barnhart

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ID7581147
NOMBREDale A Barnhart
NOMBRESDale A
APELLIDOBarnhart
FIRMABARNHART D A
AFILIACIONESHarvard University
ORCID0000-0003-0129-0313
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS12
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR12
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Measuring community engagement and trust in community health workers in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda

    Open AccessStephanie Armbruster, Stefanie A Joseph et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: Community health workers (CHWs) increase the accessibility of institutional health systems by building trust in communities. We assessed community members' trust in CHWs in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda. We explored whether potentially modifiable factors, including sex concordance between community members and CHWs and time spent by CHWs engaging with their community, are associated with increased trust in CHWs. Methods: test and explored…

  • Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in a South African major trauma cohort

    Open AccessAnne Ritter, Tahrir Rasool et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: South Africa has one of the highest trauma burdens globally, with unique contextual challenges around health system capacity. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant contributor to post-injury mortality and morbidity. We aimed to examine TBI prevalence and outcomes in adult major trauma patients. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of the Epidemiology and Outcomes of Prolonged Trauma Care (EpiC) study, a prospective obser…

  • Identifying context-specific community understanding of Covid-19 and mental health in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda

    Open AccessStefanie A Joseph, Vincent K Cubaka et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    Background Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital role in spreading health-related information in low-and middle-income countries. Assessing their knowledge is crucial to combat health misinformation.Objective To identify locally relevant COVID-19 and mental health-related information commonly held by CHWs and the misconceptions most prevalent in their communities in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda.Methods A card-sorting activity was conducted wi…

  • Impact of facilitating continued accessibility to cancer care during Covid-19 lockdown on perceived wellbeing of cancer patients at a rural cancer center in Rwanda

    Open AccessAnne Niyigena, Vincent K Cubaka et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    During the COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda, Partners In Health Inshuti Mu Buzima collaborated with the Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence (BCCOE) to mitigate disruptions to cancer care by providing patients with free transportation to treatment sites and medication delivery at patients’ local health facilities. We assessed the relationship between facilitated access to care and self-reported wellbeing outcomes. This cross-sectional telephone survey i…

  • Covid-19-Related Testing, Knowledge and Behaviors among Severe and Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Patients in Neno District, Malawi

    Open AccessHaules Robbins Zaniku, Moses Banda Aron et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    COVID-19-related knowledge and behaviors remain essential for controlling the spread of disease, especially among vulnerable patients with advanced, chronic diseases. We prospectively assessed changes over 11 months in COVID-19-related testing, knowledge, and behaviors among patients with non-communicable diseases in rural Malawi using four rounds of telephone interviews between November 2020 to October 2021. The most commonly reported COVID-19-r…

  • The impact of a community health worker intervention on uptake of antenatal care

    Open AccessMathilda Regan, Chao Cheng et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    The provision of high-quality antenatal care (ANC) is important for preventing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, but only around half of pregnant women in Tanzania attended four or more ANC visits in 2019. Although there is emerging evidence on the benefit of community health worker (CHW) interventions on ANC uptake, few large-scale pragmatic trials have been conducted. This pragmatic cluster-randomized trial, implemented directly thr…

  • Receipt of a combined economic and peer support intervention and clinical outcomes among HIV-positive youth in rural Rwanda

    Open AccessDale A Barnhart, Lorenzo Jesús Blanco Nieto et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Introduction To combat poor clinical outcomes among HIV-positive youth, Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima (PIH/IMB) implemented Adolescent Support Groups (ASGs), which combined peer support and group-based economic incentives to promote treatment adherence, economic empowerment, and viral suppression. This study assesses the association between ASG membership and clinical outcomes among HIV-positive youth living in rural Rwanda. Methods We con…

  • Knowledge among patients with Hepatitis C initiating on direct-acting antiviral treatment in rural Rwanda

    Open AccessDale A Barnhart, Innocent Kamali et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2021

    BACKGROUND: Curative direct-acting antiviral treatment (DAA) has made it plausible to implement hepatitis C elimination interventions. However, poor hepatitis C knowledge among patients could impede the effectiveness of screening and treatment programs. OBJECTIVE: We assessed knowledge on hepatitis C among rural Rwandans initiating DAA treatment for hepatitis C in a prospective cohort. METHODS: We administered 15 true-false statements before trea…

  • Evaluation of an mHealth tool to improve nutritional assessment among infants under 6 months in paediatric development clinics in rural Rwanda

    Open AccessMathieu Nemerimana, Angelique Charlie Karambizi et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Infants born preterm, low birthweight or with other perinatal complications require frequent and accurate growth monitoring for optimal nutrition and growth. We implemented an mHealth tool to improve growth monitoring and nutritional status assessment of high risk infants. We conducted a pre-post quasi-experimental study with a concurrent control group among infants enrolled in paediatric development clinics in two rural Rwandan districts. During…

  • Barriers and coping mechanisms to accessing healthcare during the Covid-19 lockdown

    Open AccessAlphonse Nshimyiryo, Dale A Barnhart et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    A large proportion of chronic care patients experienced barriers to accessing healthcare during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, many patients also independently identified positive coping mechanisms to ensure continuation of care - strategies that could be formally adopted by healthcare systems in Rwanda and similar settings to mitigate effects of future lockdowns on patients

  • Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting

    Open AccessTheresa Betancourt, Theresa S Betancourt et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT02510313

  • Structural, interpersonal, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors for HIV acquisition among female bar workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Dale A Barnhart, Guy Harling et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019

    In sub-Saharan Africa, female bar workers (FBWs) often serve as informal sex workers. Little is known about the prevalence of HIV and HIV-related risk factors among FBWs in Dar es Salaam (DSM), Tanzania. Using an adapted Structural HIV Determinants Framework, we identified structural, interpersonal, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors for HIV acquisition. We compared the prevalence of HIV and HIV-related risk factors among a random sample o…