Global health research

International implementation research targeting health
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Our current projects

Image: The 625. Midwives teaching Ugandan women
The Midwife Project in Uganda

A midwife-led education programme to reduce the harmful impact of biomass smoke.
Farmers in rural Kenya (1280x720)
DEM-SKY

Delivering dementia screening to older adults within Makueni County, Kenya over a 6-month period.
Health care practitioner working with an elderly patient with dementia
STRiDE: Strengthening responses to dementia in developing countries

Examining current practice, to help people living with dementia to live well, and to ensure that family and other carers do not face excessive costs that could impoverish them or compromise their own health.

Latest publications

Jacobs, R., Farina, N., & Schneider, M. (2023). Cross-cultural adaptation of the EAST and CASE screening tools for elder abuse in South Africa. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 0(0), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2023.2176393. 
Hurzuk, S., Farina, N., Pattabiraman, M., Ramasamy, N., Alladi, S., Rajagopalan, J., ... & Evans-Lacko, S. (2022). Understanding, experiences and attitudes of dementia in India: A qualitative study. Dementia, 21(7), 2288–2306. https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012221118774 
Fitri, F. I., Gultom, I. M., Mahendrayana, E., Mahendrayana, E., Irawan, E., Rambe, A. S., Sani, T. P., Turana, Y., Theresia, I., Farina, N., & Banerjee, S. (2022). Adaptation of the STRiDE dementia survey into the Indonesian context in North Sumatra. Neurology Asia. https://doi.org/10.54029/2022pti
Oliveira, D., Godoy, C., da Mata, F., Mateus, E., Franzon, A. C. A., Farina, N., Evans-Lacko, S., & Ferri, C. (2022). Reducing dementia-related stigma and discrimination amongst community health workers in Brazil: Protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial. BMJ Open.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060033 
Keir EJ Philip, Lucy L Cartwright, Debra Westlake, Grace Nyakoojo, Ivan Kimuli, Bruce Kirenga, Evelyn A Brakema, Mark W Orme, Daisy Fancourt, Nicholas S Hopkinson, Rupert Jones, Winceslaus Katagira. Music and dance in respiratory disease management in Uganda: a qualitative study of patient and healthcare professional perspectives doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053189 
Cartwright LL, Callaghan LE, Jones RC, Nantanda R, Fullam J.  Perceptions of long-term impact and change following a midwife-led biomass smoke education program for mothers in rural Uganda: a qualitative study. Rural and Remote Health 2022; 22: 6893. https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH6893
Jones R, Kirenga B, Buteme S, Williams S, van Gemert F. A novel lung health programme addressing awareness and behaviour change aiming to prevent chronic respiratory diseases in rural Uganda: a two-year train-the-trainer programme.African Journal of Respiratory Medicine: 2020;14(2):2-9.
Nantanda R, Buteme S, van Kampen S, Cartwright L, Pooler J, Barton A, Callaghan L, Mirembe J, Ndeezi G, Tumwine J, Kirenga B & Jones R. Feasibility and acceptability of a midwife-led education strategy to reduce exposure to biomass smoke among pregnant women in Uganda: A FRESH project. Global Public Health. 2019. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1642931

Media and resources

FRESH AIR pages media
Project media

Collection of global health project media.
Dembe and Bale learn about COPD
Teaching resources

Lung health education materials for use in schools in Uganda.

Our completed projects

Awards

Angus Ulyett, a BSc Illustration student from the University of Plymouth, was shortlisted for a World Illustration Award for his animated educational film for The Midwife Project .
The pulmonary rehabilitation programme implemented in Crete during FRESH AIR has been awarded in Greece for its innovation and impact, in the category ‘Research Work in Universities/Educational Institutes/Research Centres/Hospitals'.

University of Plymouth group members

Funding organisations