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Protection, health seeking, or a laissez-passer: Participants’ decision-making in an EVD vaccine trial in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

James M, Kasereka JG, Kasiwa B, Kavunga-Membo H, Kambale K,  et al.
2023-03-15 • Social Science and Medicine
2023-03-15 • Social Science and Medicine
During the 10th Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (2018-2020), two experimental EVD vaccines were deployed in North Kivu. This prov...
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Sexual behaviors relevant to HIV transmission in a rural African population. How much can a KAP survey tell us?

Schopper D, Doussantousse S, Orav J
1993-08-01 • Social Science and Medicine
1993-08-01 • Social Science and Medicine
KAP surveys have been proposed as a means to gather quantitative information on AIDS-related sexual behaviors, but the validity of survey results has not been tested. The validity of dat...
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Reaching out to Ebola victims: Coercion, persuasion or an appeal for self-sacrifice?

Calain P, Poncin M
2015-12-01 • Social Science and Medicine
2015-12-01 • Social Science and Medicine
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A life in waiting: Refugees' mental health and narratives of social suffering after European Union border closures in March 2016

Bjertrup PJ, Bouhenia M, Mayaud P, Perrin C, Ben Farhat J,  et al.
2019-10-18 • Social Science and Medicine
2019-10-18 • Social Science and Medicine
In 2015, an estimated 856,723 refugees, predominantly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq arrived in Greece as an entry point into the European Union. The border of the Former Yugoslav Rep...
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Mental and physical health of international humanitarian aid workers on short-term assignments: Findings from a prospective cohort study

de Jong K, Martinmäki SE, Te Brake H, Haagen JFG, Kleber RJ
2021-09-01 • Social Science and Medicine
2021-09-01 • Social Science and Medicine
Research findings show humanitarian work impacts one's health. We conducted a prospective observational study among 618 international humanitarian aid workers (iHAWs)’ recruited from 76 ...
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Ethics and images of suffering bodies in humanitarian medicine

Calain P
2012-07-27 • Social Science and Medicine
2012-07-27 • Social Science and Medicine
Media representations of suffering bodies from medical humanitarian organisations raise ethical questions, which deserve critical attention for at least three reasons. Firstly, there is ...
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"I feel like I am less than other people": Health-related vulnerabilities of male migrants travelling alone on their journey to Europe

Arsenijević J, Burtscher D, Ponthieu A, Severy N, Contenta A,  et al.
2018-07-01 • Social Science and Medicine
2018-07-01 • Social Science and Medicine
During 2015 and 2016, an unprecedented flow of approximately 800,000 migrants coming from Turkey towards Western Europe crossed the Balkans. Male migrants are perceived as being less vul...