Ben Bellows

Dados Biográficos

ID7225531
NOMEBen Bellows
PRENOMESBen
SOBRENOMEBellows
ASSINATURABEN BELLOWS
AFILIAÇÕESPopulation Council, Washington D.C. & New York, New York, USA
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2011
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2021
ÍNDICE H0

  • Development and validation of a multi-dimensional scale to assess community health worker motivation

    Open AccessAnn Gottert, Tracy L McClair et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Ensuring that Community Health Workers (CHWs) are motivated is critical to their performance, retention and well-being - and ultimately to the effectiveness of community health systems worldwide. While CHW motivation is as multi-dimensional construct, there is no multi-dimensional measure available to guide programming. In this study, we developed and validated a pragmatic, multi-dimensional measure of CHW motivation. METHODS: Scale v…

  • Measuring quality of care at the community level using the contraceptive method information index plus and client reported experience metrics in Bangladesh

    Open AccessSharif Hossain, Pooja Sripad et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: Low rates of contraceptive continuation in Bangladesh are a symptom of poor quality family planning (FP) counseling. Improving family planning counseling by the country's community health care workers (CHWs) could improve contraceptive continuation. This study explores client experiences of care from CHWs, as measured by the method information index plus (MII+) and communication quality metric. METHODS: Conducted in a peri-urban sub-d…

  • Advancing community health measurement, policy, and practice

    Open AccessBen Bellow, Ben Bellows et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    U niversal access to high quality care is at the core of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) movement and is foundational for achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals. Notions of universality in health require a focus on community health, which has received significant recognition and redoubled effort since the 40 th anniversary of the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (PHC) with the Declaration of Astana in 2018 [1-3]. Th…

  • Family Planning Vouchers in Low and Middle Income Countries

    Open AccessBen Bellows, Carol Bulaya et al.ARTICLEStudies in Family Planning2016

    Family planning (FP) vouchers have targeted subsidies to disadvantaged populations for quality reproductive health services since the 1960s. To summarize the effect of FP voucher programs in low‐ and middle‐income countries, a systematic review was conducted, screening studies from 33 databases through three phases: keyword search, title and abstract review, and full text review. Sixteen articles were selected including randomized control trials,…

  • Defining disrespect and abuse of women in childbirth

    Open AccessLynn P Freedman, Kate Ramsey et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the World Health…2014

    PerspectivesIn the field of maternal and newborn health, there have been calls to prioritize the intra-partum period and promote facility delivery to meet maternal and newborn mortality reduction goals. This aim is based on a decade of epide-miological work identifying causes of death, systematically reviewing effective interventions, and modelling the impact of intervention coverage on mortality.

  • Redeeming qualities

    Open AccessCarinne Brody, Carinne D Brody et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2013

    BACKGROUND: One approach to delivering healthcare in developing countries is through voucher programs, where vouchers are distributed to a specific population for free or subsidized health care. Recent evaluations suggest that vouchers have the potential to extend coverage of priority health services to the poor in developing countries. In Cambodia, a reproductive health voucher program was implemented in January 2011. This study aims to explore …

  • Self reported risk reduction behavior associated with HIV counseling and testing

    Edgar Mulogo, Edgar M Mulogo et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    Home-based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in Uganda is being promoted to increase coverage, in addition to main stay approach of service provision through health facilities. The aim of this study was to compare self reported risk reduction behavior among clients receiving facility and home-based HIV VCT within a rural context. Pre-post intervention client surveys were conducted in November 2007 (baseline…

  • Evaluation of the impact of the voucher and accreditation approach on improving reproductive health behaviors and status in Kenya

    Open AccessCharlotte Warren, Timothy Abuya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    A quasi-experimental study will investigate the impact of the voucher approach on improving reproductive health behaviors, reproductive health status and reducing inequities at the population level; and assessing the effect of vouchers on increasing access to, and quality of, and reducing inequities in the use of selected reproductive health services. The study comprises of four populations: facilities, providers, women of reproductive health age…