2017
Nonacademic Attributes Predict Medical and Nursing Student Intentions to Emigrate or to Work Rurally: An Eight-Country Survey in Asia and Africa.
Silvestri DM, Blevins M, Wallston KA, Afzal AR, Alam N, Andrews B, Derbew M, Kaur S, Mipando M, Mkony CA, Mwachaka PM, Ranjit N, Vermund SH. Nonacademic Attributes Predict Medical and Nursing Student Intentions to Emigrate or to Work Rurally: An Eight-Country Survey in Asia and Africa. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2017, 96: 1512-1520. PMID: 28719284, PMCID: PMC5462594, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0756.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013
Haley CA, Vermund SH, Moyo P, Kipp AM, Madzima B, Kanyowa T, Desta T, Mwinga K, Brault MA. Impact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013. Health Policy And Planning 2017, 32: 613-624. PMID: 28064212, PMCID: PMC5406757, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth workersMortality rateHealth servicesPost-natal care visitsHigh neonatal mortality rateChild health servicesLife-saving health servicesCommunity health workersNeonatal mortality rateLife-saving interventionsCommunity-based treatmentMillennium Development Goals fourLower-level cadresHealth workforce shortagesCritical shortageHigh child mortalityNational health policyCare visitsPregnant womenSenior providersHealth staffChild healthChild survivalHealth workforceChild mortality
2014
In Response
Heimburger DC, Carothers CL, Vermund SH. In Response. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2014, 91: 1282-1282. PMID: 25473066, PMCID: PMC4257660, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedical and nursing students' intentions to work abroad or in rural areas: a cross-sectional survey in Asia and Africa
Silvestri DM, Blevins M, Afzal AR, Andrews B, Derbew M, Kaur S, Mipando M, Mkony CA, Mwachaka PM, Ranjit N, Vermund S. Medical and nursing students' intentions to work abroad or in rural areas: a cross-sectional survey in Asia and Africa. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2014, 92: 750-759. PMID: 25378729, PMCID: PMC4208487, DOI: 10.2471/blt.14.136051.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