Sarah Blackstone

TL;DR: A1 Introduction to the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Optimizing Personal and Population Health.

TL;DR: A conceptual framework is proposed that draws attention to sustainability as a core component of the overall life cycle of interventions implemented in the region given the double burden of diseases, health care worker shortage, weak health systems, and limited resources.

TL;DR: Increasing modern contraceptive use in Sub-Saharan Africa is a multi-faceted problem that will require community and systems wide interventions that aim to counteract negative perceptions and misinformation.

TL;DR: Assessment of nurses’ knowledge and practice of hypertension management and control pre- and post-training utilizing task-shifting strategies for hypertension control in Ghana suggests that if all nurses receive even brief training in the management of hypertension, major public health benefits are likely to be achieved in low-income countries like Ghana.

TL;DR: It is indicated that women’s empowerment and household status are influential for contraceptive indicators and future interventions aimed at improving contraceptive uptake and use should promote women”s empowerment, i.e. decision-making, self-worth and education.