Alayne Adams

Dados Biográficos

ID4325548
NOMEAlayne Adams
PRENOMESAlayne
SOBRENOMEAdams
ASSINATURAADAMS A
AFILIAÇÕESMcGill University
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES13
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1993
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Co‐Design for Equity, Inclusion and Engagement

    Open AccessIrene Sarasua, Lorelli Nowell et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2026

  • The political economy of tobacco of Zimbabwe

    Open AccessShashika Bandara, Artwell Kadungure et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Tobacco continues to be viewed as a path to economic development by some governments, including Zimbabwe, despite widespread knowledge of tobacco’s negative consequences for users, farmers and the environment. Zimbabwe is one of the top five tobacco producers in the world and the largest tobacco producer in the African region. Zimbabwe’s focus on tobacco production creates difficulties for the implementation of the World Health Organization Frame…

  • Contextual factors impacting WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control implementation in Africa—a scoping review

    Open AccessShashika Bandara, Masauso Moses Phiri et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2024

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco use causes over 8 million deaths annually including 1.3 million due to second-hand exposure. Furthermore, data from the Tobacco Atlas show that the tobacco industry continues to target new markets in the WHO African region, one of two regions where absolute numbers of smokers continue to increase. Understanding context contributes to policy formulation and implementation ensuring relevance…

  • “We have to look deeper into why”

    Open AccessAlua Kulenova, Kathleen Rice et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2024

    Eliminating gender inequality and promoting population health are stand-alone goals in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is crucial to understand goal setting and policy making processes aimed at promoting gender and health equality given the entrenched and structural natures of these inequalities. Our research examines the process of problem and solution representation, priority setting, and factors that shape the policymaking process…

  • Exploring social determinants of health in a Saudi Arabian primary health care setting

    Open AccessBasmah Almujadidi, Alayne M Adams et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    Enabling more socially accountable care requires a multipronged approach including leadership from the Ministry of Health, hospital administrations and medical schools. In particular, there is a need for: 1) training physicians to help patients in navigating social challenges; 2) improving clinical/administrative interprofessional teams, 3) mobilizing local communities in addressing social challenges; and 4) advocating for intersectoral action to…

  • Trends and determinants of inequities in childhood stunting in Bangladesh from 1996/7 to 2014

    Open AccessAli Rabbani, Akib Khan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2016

    Reflecting on recent success around socioeconomic and gender equity in child mortality, and the weak legacy of nutrition policy in Bangladesh, we suggest that nutrition programming energies be focused specifically on the most disadvantaged and applied at scale to close socioeconomic gaps in stunting prevalence

  • Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess maternal and newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessAlayne M Adams, Alayne Adams et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016Citada por: 3Referências: 22

    Realist evaluation furnishes valuable insight to public health practitioners and policy makers about how and why interventions work or don't work. Moving beyond binary measures of success or failure, it provides a systematic approach to understanding what goes on in the 'Black Box' and how implementation decisions in real life contexts can affect intervention effectiveness. This paper reflects on an experience in applying the tenets of realist ev…

  • Chronic Energy Deficiency in Women From Rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessSayed M Ahmed, Syed Masud Ahmed et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science1998

    This paper explores a number of socioeconomic factors thought to explain the wide prevalence of undernutrition among rural Bangladeshi women. The 1992 baseline survey data of the BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project at Matlab were used. Anthropometry was performed on a random sub-sample of 1462 currently married, non-pregnant women between 15 and 49 years of age. Women's nutritional status was defined in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI = wt in kg/ht…

  • Food Insecurity in Mali

    Open AccessAlayne M Adams, Alayne AdamsBOOKIDS Bulletin1993Citada por: 10Referências: 10

    This article examines the concept of the 'moral economy' and its relevance to understanding food insecurity in Mali. It argues that focusing solely on market-based explanations for food insecurity overlooks the complex social and cultural factors that shape access to food. The study explores how moral values, social norms, and reciprocal obligations influence food distribution and consumption patterns within Malian communities. It highlights the …