Vivien Davis Tsu
Biographic Data
| ID | 5992831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vivien Davis Tsu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vivien Davis |
| FAMILY NAME | Tsu |
| SIGNATURE | TSU V D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vivien Tsu is with the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Seattle, Wash. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Qualitative study of the feasibility of HPV vaccine delivery to young adolescent girls in Vietnam
The learning from Vietnam has identified critical elements for successful vaccine delivery that can provide a model for other countries to consider during their planning of national rollout of HPV vaccine
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Inaccuracies
Although Maine et al. provided a comprehensive overview of the state of cervical cancer prevention today,1 their article presented some inaccuracies and tended to downplay the benefits of vaccination and magnified its challenges. For example, the authors failed to acknowledge that immunization has much less socioeconomic variation than screening does and has very little evidence of gender bias in particular. More importantly, their calculations a…
Reconsidering the Feasibility of Papanicolaou and Alternative Screening Tests for Low-Resource Countries
Despite the commendable commitment of Suba et al.1 to cervical cancer prevention in developing countries, several key conclusions in their article are made on the basis of inaccurate and misleading use of references. For example, they cite an International Agency for Research on Cancer document2 as saying that Papanicolaou test–based programs have been “operational” in developing countries for more than 30 years. However, no operational programs …
Underutilization of Health Centers in Rural Mexico
A short field study of Durango, Mexico, is reported as a case study of a qualitative approach to evaluation. This approach uses a combination of methods, including in depth interviews, questionnaires, and participant/observation, to achieve a deeper understanding of program functioning and to provide a perspective unavailable from traditional quantitative measures. Recommendations for additional training for auxiliary nurses are offered
Underutilization of Health Centers in Rural Mexico
A short field study of Durango, Mexico, is reported as a case study of a qualitative approach to evaluation. This approach uses a combination of methods, including in depth interviews, questionnaires, and participant/observation, to achieve a deeper understanding of program functioning and to provide a perspective unavailable from traditional quantitative measures. Recommendations for additional training for auxiliary nurses are offered
Underutilization of Health Centers in Rural Mexico
A short field study of Durango, Mexico, is reported as a case study of a qualitative approach to evaluation. This approach uses a combination of methods, including in depth interviews, questionnaires, and participant/observation, to achieve a deeper understanding of program functioning and to provide a perspective unavailable from traditional quantitative measures. Recommendations for additional training for auxiliary nurses are offered
Reconsidering the Feasibility of Papanicolaou and Alternative Screening Tests for Low-Resource Countries
Despite the commendable commitment of Suba et al.1 to cervical cancer prevention in developing countries, several key conclusions in their article are made on the basis of inaccurate and misleading use of references. For example, they cite an International Agency for Research on Cancer document2 as saying that Papanicolaou test–based programs have been “operational” in developing countries for more than 30 years. However, no operational programs …
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Inaccuracies
Although Maine et al. provided a comprehensive overview of the state of cervical cancer prevention today,1 their article presented some inaccuracies and tended to downplay the benefits of vaccination and magnified its challenges. For example, the authors failed to acknowledge that immunization has much less socioeconomic variation than screening does and has very little evidence of gender bias in particular. More importantly, their calculations a…
Qualitative study of the feasibility of HPV vaccine delivery to young adolescent girls in Vietnam
The learning from Vietnam has identified critical elements for successful vaccine delivery that can provide a model for other countries to consider during their planning of national rollout of HPV vaccine
Medicine (4 works) · Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cancer (2 works) · Cervical cancer (2 works) · Hepatitis B Virus Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)