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Stephen Hodgins

School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Verified email at ualberta.ca
Cited by 1811

The quality–coverage gap in antenatal care: toward better measurement of effective coverage

S Hodgins, A D'Agostino - Global Health: Science and Practice, 2014 - ghspjournal.org
Background: The proportion of pregnant women receiving 4 or more antenatal care visits (ANC
4+) is used prominently as a global benchmark indicator to track maternal health …

The female community health volunteer programme in Nepal: decision makers' perceptions of volunteerism, payment and other incentives

…, IB Scheel, S Pradhan, S Lewin, S Hodgins… - Social science & …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Female Community Health Volunteer (FCHV) Programme in Nepal has existed since
the late 1980s and includes almost 50,000 volunteers. Although volunteer programmes are …

Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 1. Introduction: tensions confronting large-scale CHW programmes

S Hodgins, M Kok, D Musoke, S Lewin, L Crigler… - Health Research Policy …, 2021 - Springer
Background Community health worker (CHW) programmes are again receiving more attention
in global health, as reflected in important recent WHO guidance. However, there is a risk …

What could explain the lower COVID-19 burden in Africa despite considerable circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

…, D Alnwick, RC Bailey, S Hodgins… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The differential spread and impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
causing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), across regions is a major focus …

Expanding uterotonic protection following childbirth through community-based distribution of misoprostol: operations research study in Nepal

S Rajbhandari, S Hodgins, H Sanghvi… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine feasibility of community-based distribution of misoprostol for
preventing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) to pregnant woman through community volunteers …

A new look at care in pregnancy: simple, effective interventions for neglected populations

S Hodgins, J Tielsch, K Rankin, A Robinson, A Kearns… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Although this is beginning to change, the content of antenatal care has been
relatively neglected in safe-motherhood program efforts. This appears in part to be due to an …

Community engagement to enhance child survival and early development in low-and middle-income countries: an evidence review

…, LL Davidson, M Griffiths, S Hodgins - Journal of health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
As part of a broader evidence summit, USAID and UNICEF convened a literature review of
effective means to empower communities to achieve behavioral and social changes to …

Revisiting COVID-19 policies: 10 evidence-based recommendations for where to go from here

DT Halperin, N Hearst, S Hodgins, RC Bailey… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Strategies to control coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) have often been
based on preliminary and limited data and have tended to be slow to evolve as new evidence …

Health for the people: past, current, and future contributions of national community health worker programs to achieving global health goals

HB Perry, S Hodgins - Global Health: Science and Practice, 2021 - ghspjournal.org
National community health worker programs are at the dawn of a new era, given the growing
recognition of their importance for achieving global health goals and for controlling the …

Attempted suicide among Inuit youth: Psychosocial correlates and implications for prevention

…, LJ Boothroyd, S Hodgins - The Canadian Journal of …, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To identify potential risk and protective factors associated with attempted suicide
among Inuit youth, a population known to have a high rate of both attempted and completed …