2020
African Physician Migration to High-Income Nations: Diverse Motives to Emigrate (“We Are not Florence Nightingale”) or Stay in Africa (“There Is No Place Like Home”); Comment on “Doctor Retention: A Cross-sectional Study of How Ireland Has Been Losing the Battle”
Tankwanchi AS, Hagopian A, Vermund SH. African Physician Migration to High-Income Nations: Diverse Motives to Emigrate (“We Are not Florence Nightingale”) or Stay in Africa (“There Is No Place Like Home”); Comment on “Doctor Retention: A Cross-sectional Study of How Ireland Has Been Losing the Battle”. International Journal Of Health Policy And Management 2020, 0: 660-663. PMID: 33160297, PMCID: PMC9278531, DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.219.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Low awareness of influenza vaccination among pregnant women and their obstetricians: a population-based survey in Beijing, China
Wang J, Sun D, Abudusaimaiti X, Vermund SH, Li D, Hu Y. Low awareness of influenza vaccination among pregnant women and their obstetricians: a population-based survey in Beijing, China. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2019, 15: 2637-2643. PMID: 30932729, PMCID: PMC6930072, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1596713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntenatal influenza vaccinationInfluenza vaccinationPregnant womenNational Health CommissionMore high-quality trialsHigh-quality trialsBenefits of vaccinationPopulation-based surveyHistory of vaccinationChina National Health CommissionPregnant patientsAntenatal clinicInfluenza vaccineInfluenza knowledgeSame clinicVaccinationObstetriciansPregnancyHealth CommissionWomenClinicLow awarenessGovernment recommendationsRelevant evidenceQuestionnaire
2015
Monitoring Sub-Saharan African Physician Migration and Recruitment Post-Adoption of the WHO Code of Practice: Temporal and Geographic Patterns in the United States
Tankwanchi AB, Vermund SH, Perkins DD. Monitoring Sub-Saharan African Physician Migration and Recruitment Post-Adoption of the WHO Code of Practice: Temporal and Geographic Patterns in the United States. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0124734. PMID: 25875010, PMCID: PMC4395332, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124734.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Has the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel been effective?
Tankwanchi AB, Vermund SH, Perkins DD. Has the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel been effective? The Lancet Global Health 2014, 2: e390-e391. PMID: 25103389, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(14)70240-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecruiting Post-Doctoral Fellows into Global Health Research: Selecting NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows
Heimburger DC, Warner TL, Carothers CL, Blevins M, Thomas Y, Gardner P, Primack A, Vermund SH. Recruiting Post-Doctoral Fellows into Global Health Research: Selecting NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellows. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2014, 91: 219-224. PMID: 24865678, PMCID: PMC4125240, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease ProjectClinical researchCharacteristics of enrolleesInternational clinical researchHealth professionalsClinical fellowshipNIH institutesNational InstituteHealth researchGlobal health researchMedical degreeInternational fellowsApplicant competitivenessEnrolleesFellowsResearch trainingWomen
2013
Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile
Tankwanchi AB, Özden Ç, Vermund SH. Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile. PLOS Medicine 2013, 10: e1001513. PMID: 24068894, PMCID: PMC3775724, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician MasterfileAmerican Medical Association Physician MasterfileAMA Physician MasterfileYears of practicePhysician emigrationPhysician dataPhysiciansActive physiciansLength of timeEditors' SummarySSA countriesMasterfilePhysician workforceSaharan AfricaWorkforce statisticsUnited StatesImplementation yearResidency dataYearsHigh-income nationsSub-Saharan AfricaUS entryGreat need
2003
Mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention in Thailand: physician zidovudine use and willingness to provide care
Bhatta MP, Stringer JS, Phanuphak P, Vermund SH. Mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention in Thailand: physician zidovudine use and willingness to provide care. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2003, 14: 404-410. PMID: 12816669, DOI: 10.1258/095646203765371303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnti-HIV AgentsAttitude of Health PersonnelDrug UtilizationFamily PracticeFemaleGynecologyHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalLogistic ModelsMaleMultivariate AnalysisObstetricsPhysiciansPractice Patterns, Physicians'PregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousSurveys and QuestionnairesThailandZidovudineConceptsZidovudine useObstetric careChild HIV transmission preventionMultivariable logistic regression analysisPerinatal zidovudine prophylaxisCaesarean section deliveryChild HIV transmissionHIV-positive womenHIV transmission preventionPredictors of failureThai physiciansLogistic regression analysisAntiretroviral useAntiretroviral therapySection deliveryAntenatal careCaesarean sectionVaginal deliveryZidovudine prophylaxisHIV transmissionPregnant womenElective terminationPelvic examinationTransmission preventionHIV