Thomas Druetz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1724659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Druetz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Druetz |
| SIGNATURE | DRUETZ T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9234-4286 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A participatory research project on health issues at the dog–human interface in seven indigenous communities in Northern Canada
This study examines community participation in a research project on health issues at the human-dog interface conducted in seven Northern Canadian Indigenous communities. Using a realist evaluation, we analyzed the mechanisms underlying participatory successes and failures in eleven projects derived from an ecosystem approach to health. This qualitative evaluation revealed that the researchers' concerns about collaborators' participation were lar…
Operationalizing the One Health approach at the intersection of research and development
Small-scale livestock farming remains central to food security and income-generation in several low and middle countries (LMIC), but it can also be an important source of zoonoses in areas where access to water and sanitation is poor. The role played by women in this sector is often overlooked. ELUZO is an international, intersectoral, and multidisciplinary One Health project that aims to reduce the impact of zoonotic diseases and empower women i…
Navigating a polycrisis
Burkina Faso exemplifies a polycrisis, where overlapping sociopolitical, health, security and environmental disruptions collectively undermine public health progress. Despite decades of advancement in maternal and reproductive healthcare–through policies like fee abolition and expanded health facilities–recent crises have severely eroded these gains. Since 2014, Burkina Faso has faced escalating insecurity, becoming the world’s most terrorism-aff…
Impact of the free healthcare policies in Burkina Faso
The article recently published by Aye et al. (2024) in Health Policy and Planning is a major contribution to understanding the medium-term (5 years) effects of the free healthcare policy introduced in 2016 in Burkina Faso. The study makes rigorous use of interrupted time series with a nonequivalent control group and presents a wealth of information on the methodology used. Remarkably, numerous sensitivity analyses were conducted to strengthen the…
We were called guardian angels; Was that sincere? I do not think so’
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian province of Quebec has increased demand for labour in long-term care facilities, or ‘Centre d’hébergement de soins de longue durée (CHSLDs)’. This study explored the challenges experienced by Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs) in CHSLDs in Montreal, Quebec’s largest city, during the COVID-19 pandemic and how these challenges affected their job retention. We employed an analytical descriptive qualitative resear…
Change in childbearing intention, use of contraception, unwanted pregnancies, and related adverse events during the Covid-19 pandemic
Evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women’s reproductive health remains scarce, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. Deleterious indirect effects seem likely, particularly on access to contraception and risk of unwanted pregnancies, but rigorous evaluations using quasi-experimental designs are lacking. Taking a diachronic perspective, we aimed to investigate the effects of the pandemic on four indicators of women’s re…
Does abolishing user fees for family planning increase contraception use? An impact evaluation of the national policy in Burkina Faso
Background: Unmet needs for contraception constitute a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Several mechanisms have been tested to reduce the financial barrier and facilitate access to family planning services, with inconclusive results. Based on the positive impacts following the introduction of free health care for pregnant women, Burkina Faso decided to extend its national policy and abolished direct payment for family planning s…
The sociodemographic characteristics and social determinants of visual impairment in a homeless population in the Montreal area
Effects of terrorist attacks on access to maternal healthcare services
INTRODUCTION: Most of the literature on terrorist attacks' health impacts has focused on direct victims rather than on distal consequences in the overall population. There is limited knowledge on how terrorist attacks can be detrimental to access to healthcare services. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of terrorist attacks on the utilisation of maternal healthcare services by examining the case of Burkina Faso. METHODS: This lo…
National user fee abolition and health insurance scheme in Burkina Faso
Management of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years at public and private sector facilities in Mali
Multiple limitations in management of febrile children under five were identified, including inconsistent use of confirmatory testing and apparent use of severe malaria drugs for uncomplicated malaria. While we cannot confirm the reasons for these shortcomings, there is a need to address the high use of non-ACT antimalarials in this context; to minimize potential for drug resistance, reduce unnecessary expense, and preserve life-saving treatment …
Impact of contaminated household environment on stunting in children aged 12–59 months in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Stunting affects 165 million children worldwide, with repercussions on their survival and development. A contaminated environment is likely to contribute to stunting: frequent faecal-oral transmission possibly causes environmental enteropathy, a chronic inflammatory disorder that may contribute to faltering growth in children. This study's objective was to assess the effect of contaminated environment on stunting in Burkina Faso, wher…
Effect of interrupting free healthcare for children
The community case management of pneumonia in Africa
Pneumonia causes around 750 000 child deaths per year in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The lack of accessibility to prompt and effective treatment is an important contributor to this burden. Community case management of pneumonia (CCMp) uses trained community health workers (CHWs) to administer antibiotics to suspected child pneumonia cases in villages. This strategy has been gaining momentum in low- and middle-income countries, and the Wo…
Le retour de la conception biomédicale du paludisme dans les institutions internationales
La lutte antipaludique s'inscrit aujourd'hui dans une conception biomédicale de la maladie, qui s'écarte de la conception holistique de la santé mise en avant à Alma-Ata en 1978. Le recours aux agents de santé communautaires et l'utilisation des tests de diagnostic rapide illustrent ce phénomène. Les institutions internationales devraient considérer le paludisme comme l'expression d'une vulnérabilité sociale, économique et environnementale, plutô…
Do community health workers perceive mechanisms associated with the success of community case management of malaria? A qualitative study from Burkina Faso
The use of community health workers to administer prompt treatments is gaining popularity in most sub-Saharan African countries. Their performance is a key challenge because it varies considerably, depending on the context, while being closely associated with the effectiveness of case management strategies. What determines community health workers' performance is still under debate. Based on a realist perspective, a systematic review recently hyp…
The divergence between community case management of malaria and renewed calls for primary healthcare
Thirty years after Alma-Ata, there has been an upsurge of interest in community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries. This echoes several strategic policies recently endorsed by the World Health Organization and its global call to re-establish the primary healthcare (PHC) policy. However, we are witnessing a reframing of this approach rather than its renewal. In particular, the way CHWs are conceptualized has changed consider…
Why Do Poster Presentations Not Receive More Consideration? Some Thoughts Shared by Two PhD Candidates
Do community health workers perceive mechanisms associated with the success of community case management of malaria? A qualitative study from Burkina Faso
The use of community health workers to administer prompt treatments is gaining popularity in most sub-Saharan African countries. Their performance is a key challenge because it varies considerably, depending on the context, while being closely associated with the effectiveness of case management strategies. What determines community health workers' performance is still under debate. Based on a realist perspective, a systematic review recently hyp…
Effect of interrupting free healthcare for children
Why Do Poster Presentations Not Receive More Consideration? Some Thoughts Shared by Two PhD Candidates
The divergence between community case management of malaria and renewed calls for primary healthcare
Thirty years after Alma-Ata, there has been an upsurge of interest in community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries. This echoes several strategic policies recently endorsed by the World Health Organization and its global call to re-establish the primary healthcare (PHC) policy. However, we are witnessing a reframing of this approach rather than its renewal. In particular, the way CHWs are conceptualized has changed consider…
The community case management of pneumonia in Africa
Pneumonia causes around 750 000 child deaths per year in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The lack of accessibility to prompt and effective treatment is an important contributor to this burden. Community case management of pneumonia (CCMp) uses trained community health workers (CHWs) to administer antibiotics to suspected child pneumonia cases in villages. This strategy has been gaining momentum in low- and middle-income countries, and the Wo…
Le retour de la conception biomédicale du paludisme dans les institutions internationales
La lutte antipaludique s'inscrit aujourd'hui dans une conception biomédicale de la maladie, qui s'écarte de la conception holistique de la santé mise en avant à Alma-Ata en 1978. Le recours aux agents de santé communautaires et l'utilisation des tests de diagnostic rapide illustrent ce phénomène. Les institutions internationales devraient considérer le paludisme comme l'expression d'une vulnérabilité sociale, économique et environnementale, plutô…
Do community health workers perceive mechanisms associated with the success of community case management of malaria? A qualitative study from Burkina Faso
The use of community health workers to administer prompt treatments is gaining popularity in most sub-Saharan African countries. Their performance is a key challenge because it varies considerably, depending on the context, while being closely associated with the effectiveness of case management strategies. What determines community health workers' performance is still under debate. Based on a realist perspective, a systematic review recently hyp…
Impact of contaminated household environment on stunting in children aged 12–59 months in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Stunting affects 165 million children worldwide, with repercussions on their survival and development. A contaminated environment is likely to contribute to stunting: frequent faecal-oral transmission possibly causes environmental enteropathy, a chronic inflammatory disorder that may contribute to faltering growth in children. This study's objective was to assess the effect of contaminated environment on stunting in Burkina Faso, wher…
Effect of interrupting free healthcare for children
Effects of terrorist attacks on access to maternal healthcare services
INTRODUCTION: Most of the literature on terrorist attacks' health impacts has focused on direct victims rather than on distal consequences in the overall population. There is limited knowledge on how terrorist attacks can be detrimental to access to healthcare services. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of terrorist attacks on the utilisation of maternal healthcare services by examining the case of Burkina Faso. METHODS: This lo…
National user fee abolition and health insurance scheme in Burkina Faso
Management of uncomplicated malaria among children under five years at public and private sector facilities in Mali
Multiple limitations in management of febrile children under five were identified, including inconsistent use of confirmatory testing and apparent use of severe malaria drugs for uncomplicated malaria. While we cannot confirm the reasons for these shortcomings, there is a need to address the high use of non-ACT antimalarials in this context; to minimize potential for drug resistance, reduce unnecessary expense, and preserve life-saving treatment …
Change in childbearing intention, use of contraception, unwanted pregnancies, and related adverse events during the Covid-19 pandemic
Evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women’s reproductive health remains scarce, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. Deleterious indirect effects seem likely, particularly on access to contraception and risk of unwanted pregnancies, but rigorous evaluations using quasi-experimental designs are lacking. Taking a diachronic perspective, we aimed to investigate the effects of the pandemic on four indicators of women’s re…
Does abolishing user fees for family planning increase contraception use? An impact evaluation of the national policy in Burkina Faso
Background: Unmet needs for contraception constitute a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Several mechanisms have been tested to reduce the financial barrier and facilitate access to family planning services, with inconclusive results. Based on the positive impacts following the introduction of free health care for pregnant women, Burkina Faso decided to extend its national policy and abolished direct payment for family planning s…
The sociodemographic characteristics and social determinants of visual impairment in a homeless population in the Montreal area
We were called guardian angels; Was that sincere? I do not think so’
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian province of Quebec has increased demand for labour in long-term care facilities, or ‘Centre d’hébergement de soins de longue durée (CHSLDs)’. This study explored the challenges experienced by Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs) in CHSLDs in Montreal, Quebec’s largest city, during the COVID-19 pandemic and how these challenges affected their job retention. We employed an analytical descriptive qualitative resear…
Impact of the free healthcare policies in Burkina Faso
The article recently published by Aye et al. (2024) in Health Policy and Planning is a major contribution to understanding the medium-term (5 years) effects of the free healthcare policy introduced in 2016 in Burkina Faso. The study makes rigorous use of interrupted time series with a nonequivalent control group and presents a wealth of information on the methodology used. Remarkably, numerous sensitivity analyses were conducted to strengthen the…
A participatory research project on health issues at the dog–human interface in seven indigenous communities in Northern Canada
This study examines community participation in a research project on health issues at the human-dog interface conducted in seven Northern Canadian Indigenous communities. Using a realist evaluation, we analyzed the mechanisms underlying participatory successes and failures in eleven projects derived from an ecosystem approach to health. This qualitative evaluation revealed that the researchers' concerns about collaborators' participation were lar…
Operationalizing the One Health approach at the intersection of research and development
Small-scale livestock farming remains central to food security and income-generation in several low and middle countries (LMIC), but it can also be an important source of zoonoses in areas where access to water and sanitation is poor. The role played by women in this sector is often overlooked. ELUZO is an international, intersectoral, and multidisciplinary One Health project that aims to reduce the impact of zoonotic diseases and empower women i…
Navigating a polycrisis
Burkina Faso exemplifies a polycrisis, where overlapping sociopolitical, health, security and environmental disruptions collectively undermine public health progress. Despite decades of advancement in maternal and reproductive healthcare–through policies like fee abolition and expanded health facilities–recent crises have severely eroded these gains. Since 2014, Burkina Faso has faced escalating insecurity, becoming the world’s most terrorism-aff…
Medicine (12 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Population (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Public health (8 works) · Health care (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (6 works) · Nursing (6 works)