Justine Ina Davies

Dados Biográficos

ID1842589
NOMEJustine Ina Davies
PRENOMESJustine Ina
SOBRENOMEDavies
ASSINATURADAVIES J I
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0001-6834-1838
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS39
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES3
TOTAL COMO AUTOR39
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2015
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • A systems approach to understanding injury care in LMICs using causal loop diagrams

    Open AccessJustine Ina Davies, Kathryn Chu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Around 40% of mortality after injuries is avoidable with access to quality care. Investments in interventions which maximise the number of injured persons who access and receive quality care are paramount, especially in low-resourced settings. Selecting such interventions within complex adaptive health systems is challenging due to the multiple interactions within these systems. METHODS: We created a conceptual map, or causal loop dia…

  • We know what we need

    Open AccessSonia Sameen, Javeria Mansoor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    The rapid increase in the older adult population worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Pakistan, raises critical challenges for healthcare, social support, and policy planning. Older adults in LMICs, especially in culturally diverse regions like Sindh, Pakistan, often face limited access to healthcare, economic insecurity, and social isolation. These challenges highlight the need to understand ageing in this conte…

  • Reasons for not seeking formal healthcare after injuries

    Open AccessAgnieszka Ignatowicz, Grace Peaston et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

    Injuries are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries, but many individuals do not seek care within formal healthcare systems. Although previous studies have highlighted barriers to healthcare, limited attention has been given to the experiences of those who remain beyond the formal systems. This study explored why injured individuals in Ghana, Pakistan, Rwanda and South Africa did not seek hospital care. Ninet…

  • Wicked problems and the recovery of meaning

    Open AccessLucia D’ambruoso, Kathryn Chu et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2026

    Injuries cause 6 million deaths and 40 million disabilities annually. Over 90% of deaths occur in low-and-middle-income-countries (LMICs), and nearly half are preventable. This Commentary examines the possibilities and limitations of data to support injury care in LMIC settings. We frame injury care as a wicked problem with complex causality, contested goals, unintended consequences, and an incomplete evidence base. We use critical realism (CR) t…

  • Healthcare providers' perspectives on the organization of health services to manage people with multiple long-term conditions in primary care settings in Kerala, India

    Open AccessThoniparambil Ravindranathanpillai Lekha, Linju Joseph et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background Multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs) are a major public health challenge globally. Complexity in managing MLTCs and their adverse consequences confronts the public healthcare systems in India. However, data from India to understand how to improve capacity to manage multiple chronic conditions are limited. We aimed to explore the challenges healthcare providers (HCPs) face in managing people with MLTCs in a south Indian primary care se…

  • Accessibility and quality of care for adults with hypertension in rural Burkina Faso

    Open AccessStephanie Lacey, Maria Lisa Odland et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Providing quality healthcare is essential to reduce the future burden of cardiovascular disease. We assessed the quality of care for people with hypertension in Burkina Faso using the Institute of Medicine (IoM) Quality Domains of effectiveness, timeliness of access, patient-centredness and equitability of care. We performed an analysis of cross-sectional household survey data collected from a population-representative sample of 4000 adults ≥40 y…

  • Health and well-being of older adults in rural and urban Rwanda

    Open AccessMichael Boah, Callixte Cyuzuzo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Ageing often leads to multimorbidity, frailty, and disability; these interconnected conditions significantly impact quality of life (QoL) and strain healthcare systems through increased dependency and care needs. Despite their importance for health system planning, they remain understudied in Rwanda's older population. Here we describe the epidemiology of these outcomes in Rwanda's ageing population. Methods: We conducted a cross-sect…

  • A Cross-Sectional Study of Sexual Health and Well-Being in Married or Cohabitating Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Nouna, Burkina Faso

    Open AccessOluwadamilola A Omojola, Cristina A Osborne et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2025Referências: 42

    Sexual health and well-being is important for middle-aged and older adults, but knowledge is limited on prevalence and determinants in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. We analyzed cross-sectional data collected in 2021 from married or cohabitating adults age ≥ 40 in Nouna, Burkina Faso. Sexual health and well-being were measured using the Sexual Relationships and Activities Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic models w…

  • Multiple cardiovascular risk factor care in 55 low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessAlpha Oumar Diallo, Maja-Emilia Marcus et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The prevalence of multiple age-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors is high among individuals living in low- and middle-income countries. We described receipt of healthcare services for and management of hypertension and diabetes among individuals living with these conditions using individual-level data from 55 nationally representative population-based surveys (2009–2019) with measured blood pressure (BP) and diabetes biomarker. We …

  • Individual characteristics associated with road traffic collisions and healthcare seeking in low- and middle-income countries and territories

    Open AccessLeila Ghalichi, Dina Goodman Palmer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Incidence of road traffic collisions (RTCs), types of users involved, and healthcare requirement afterwards are essential information for efficient policy making. We analysed individual-level data from nationally representative surveys conducted in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs) between 2008–2019. We describe the weighted incidence of non-fatal RTC in the past 12 months, type of road user involved, and incidence of traffic injuries requi…

  • The prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults living in extreme poverty

    Open AccessPascal Geldsetzer, Rebecca L Tisdale et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2024Referências: 37

  • Health systems performance for hypertension control using a cascade of care approach in South Africa, 2011–2017

    Open AccessMariet Benade, Zandile June‐Rose Mchiza et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Hypertension is a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality. In South Africa, the government has employed a whole systems approach to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. We used a novel incident care cascade approach to measure changes in the South African health system’s ability to manage hypertension between 2011 and 2017. We used data from Waves 1–5 of the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) to estimate trends …

  • Health service readiness to provide care for HIV and cardiovascular disease risk factors in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessNeil Cockburn, David Flood et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRF), in particular diabetes and hypertension, are chronic conditions which carry a substantial disease burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Unlike HIV, they were neglected in the Millenium Development Goals along with the health services required to manage them. To inform the level of health service readiness that could be achieved with increased attention, we compared readiness for CVDRF with that f…

  • Equitable access to quality trauma systems in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessThe Equi-Trauma Collaborative, Maria Lisa Odland et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    Injuries in low-income and middle-income countries are prevalent and their number is expected to increase. Death and disability after injury can be reduced if people reach healthcare facilities in a timely manner. Knowledge of barriers to access to quality injury care is necessary to intervene to improve outcomes. We combined a four-delay framework with WHO Building Blocks and Institution of Medicine Quality Outcomes Frameworks to describe barrie…

  • Multimorbidity and associations with clinical outcomes in a middle-aged population in Iran

    Open AccessMaria Lisa Odland, Samiha Ismail et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    BACKGROUND: As the populations of lower-income and middle-income countries age, multimorbidity is increasing, but there is little information on its long-term consequences. We aimed to show associations between multimorbidity and outcomes of mortality and hospitalisation in Iran, a middle-income country undergoing rapid economic transition. METHODS: We conducted a secondary analysis of longitudinal data collected in the Golestan Cohort Study. Dat…

  • Changes in non-communicable diseases, diet and exercise in a rural Bangladesh setting before and after the first wave of Covid-19

    Open AccessCarina King, Sanjit Kumer Shaha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is high in rural Bangladesh. Given the complex multi-directional relationships between NCDs, COVID-19 infections and control measures, exploring pandemic impacts in this context is important. We conducted two cross-sectional surveys of adults ≥30-years in rural Faridpur district, Bangladesh, in February to March 2020 (survey 1, pre-COVID-19), and January to March 2021 (survey 2, post-lockdown). A new…

  • Older persons experiences of healthcare in rural Burkina Faso

    Open AccessEllen M Goldberg, Mamadou Bountogo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Ensuring responsive healthcare which meets patient expectations and generates trust is important to increase rates of access and retention. This need is important for aging populations where non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing cause of morbidity and mortality. We performed a cross-sectional household survey including socio-demographic; morbidities; and patient-reported health system utilization, responsiveness, and quality outcomes in …

  • Patterns of multimorbidity in India

    Open AccessJonas Prenissl, Jan-Walter De Neve et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    There is a dearth of evidence on the epidemiology of multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of multimorbidity in India and its variation among states and population groups. We analyzed data from a nationally representative household survey conducted in 2015–2016 among individuals aged 15 to 49 years. Multimorbidity was defined as having two or more conditions out of five common chronic mor…

  • Burden of mortality linked to community-nominated priorities in rural South Africa

    Open AccessPyry Mattila, Justine Ina Davies et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    BACKGROUND: Community knowledge is a critical input for relevant health programmes and strategies. How community perceptions of risk reflect the burden of mortality is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To determine the burden of mortality reflecting community-nominated health risk factors in rural South Africa, where a complex health transition is underway. METHODS: Three discussion groups (total 48 participants) representing a cross-section of the c…

  • HeAlth System StrEngThening in four sub-Saharan African countries (Asset) to achieve high-quality, evidence-informed surgical, maternal and newborn, and primary care

    Open AccessNadine Seward, C Hanlon et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    To achieve universal health coverage, health system strengthening (HSS) is required to support the of delivery of high-quality care. The aim of the National Institute for Health Research Global Research Unit on HeAlth System StrEngThening in Sub-Saharan Africa (ASSET) is to address this need in a four-year programme, with three healthcare platforms involving eight work-packages. Key to effective health system strengthening (HSS) is the pre-implem…

  • Prioritising and mapping barriers to achieve equitable surgical care in South Africa

    Open AccessTamlyn Mac Quene, Luné Smith et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2022

    Background Surgical healthcare in South Africa is inequitable with a considerable lack of resources in the public health sector. Identifying barriers to care and creating research priorities to mitigate these barriers can contribute to strategic interventions to improve equitable access to quality surgical care.Objective To use the Four Delays Framework to map barriers to surgical care and identify priorities to achieve equitable and timely acces…

  • Identifying knowledge needed to improve surgical care in Southern Africa using a theory of change approach

    Open AccessDanyca Shadé Breedt, Maria Lisa Odland et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    Surgical healthcare has been prioritised in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional intergovernmental entity promoting equitable and sustainable economic growth and socioeconomic development. However, challenges remain in translating political prioritisation into effective and equitable surgical healthcare. The AfroSurg Collaborative (AfroSurg) includes clinicians, public health professionals and social scientists from six S…

  • The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospital utilisation in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessStephen Sevalie, Daniel Youkee et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected health systems in many countries, but little is known about effects on health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. This study examines the effects of COVID-19 on hospital utilisation in a sub-Saharan country, Sierra Leone. METHODS: Mixed-methods study using longitudinal nationwide hospital data (admissions, operations, deliveries and referrals) and qualitative interviews with healthcare workers…

  • Assessing trauma care systems in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessJohn Whitaker, Nollaig O'Donohoe et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

  • Estimating the burden of cardiovascular risk in community dwellers over 40 years old in South Africa, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Ghana

    Open AccessRyan G Wagner, Nigel J Crowther et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. The impact of these risk factors on future CVD outcomes and burden is poorly understood. We examined the magnitude of modifiable risk factors, estimated future CVD risk and compared results between three commonly used 10-year CVD risk factor algorithms and their variants in four African countries. METHODS: In the Africa-Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genom…