Abbas Ismail

Dados Biográficos

ID8937845
NOMEAbbas Ismail
PRENOMESAbbas
SOBRENOMEIsmail
ASSINATURAISMAIL A
AFILIAÇÕESThe University of Dodoma
ORCID0000-0002-6720-7212
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Correlates of Alcohol Use and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Adults Living with HIV in Tanzania

    Open AccessDamian J Damian, Abbas Ismail et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

  • Determinants of substance use among adolescents aged 10–19 years in Tanga Region, Eastern Tanzania

    Open AccessSanun Ally Kessy, Innocent B Mboya et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Background Despite adolescents making up a significant part of the global population, they have high rates of substance use, linked to various health problems and risky behaviours and increased risk of negative social, cognitive, and physical consequences. Studies on substance use and related risk behaviours among adolescents in Tanzania are crucial for informing targeted interventions and policies to safeguard the health and development of this …

  • 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 …

  • Social network strategy (SNS) for HIV testing

    Open AccessOscar Ernest Rwabiyago, Allen Katale et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Social network strategy (SNS) testing uses network connections to refer individuals at high risk to HIV testing services (HTS). In Tanzania, SNS testing is offered in communities and health facilities. In communities, SNS testing targets key and vulnerable populations (KVP), while in health facilities it complements index testing by reaching unelicited index contacts. Routine data were used to assess performance and trends over time in PEPFAR-sup…

  • Routine Medical Checkups among the Elderly in Africa

    Abbas Isma’il, Abbas Ismail et al.ARTICLEThe Nigerian Journal of Sociology…2024

    Comorbid conditions are common among the elderly, and they are in danger of passing away soon. Therefore, there is a need for frequent routine medical checkups (RMCs) to maintain their health status. This scoping review aims to assess the extent of available empirical evidence on RMCs among the elderly in Africa. Seven research databases, namely PubMed, CINAHL Ultimate, CINAHL Complete, AMED (The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database), Socio…

  • 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 (…