Health system assessment for access to care after injury in low-or middle-income countries: A mixed methods study from Northern Malawi

J Whitaker, I Edem, E Togun, AS Amoah, A Dube… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Injuries represent a vast and relatively neglected burden of disease affecting
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). While many health systems underperform in …

Equitable access to quality trauma systems in low-income and middle-income countries: assessing gaps and developing priorities in Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa

ML Odland, AM Abdul-Latif, A Ignatowicz… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Injuries in low-income and middle-income countries are prevalent and their number is
expected to increase. Death and disability after injury can be reduced if people reach …

Access to quality care after injury in Northern Malawi: results of a household survey

J Whitaker, AS Amoah, A Dube, R Rickard… - BMC health services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Most injury care research in low-income contexts such as Malawi is facility
centric. Community-derived data is needed to better understand actual injury incidence …

Novel application of multi-facility process map analysis for rapid injury care health system assessment in Northern Malawi

J Whitaker, AS Amoah, A Dube, L Chirwa, B Munthali… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We used the process mapping method and Three Delays framework, to identify
and visually represent the relationship between critical actions, decisions and barriers to …

Barriers to equitable access to quality trauma care in Rwanda: a qualitative study

P Nzasabimana, A Ignatowicz, BT Alayande… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Using the 'Four Delay'framework, our study aimed to identify and explore barriers
to accessing quality injury care from the injured patients', caregivers' and community leaders' …

Assessing barriers to quality trauma care in low and middle-income countries: a Delphi study

J Whitaker, D Nepogodiev, A Leather, J Davies - Injury, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Most deaths from injury occur in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)
with one third potentially avoidable with better health system access. This study aimed to …

Barriers to accessing follow up care in post-hospitalized trauma patients in Moshi, Tanzania: A mixed methods study

AP Joiner, A Tupetz, TA Peter, J Raymond… - PLoS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Disproportionately high injury rates in Sub-Saharan Africa combined with limited access to
care in both the acute injury phase and for injury patients requiring continued care after …

Identifying, prioritizing and visually mapping barriers to injury care in Rwanda: a multi-disciplinary stakeholder exercise

ML Odland, J Whitaker, D Nepogodiev, CA Aling'… - World journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Whilst injuries are a major cause of disability and death worldwide, a large
proportion of people in low-and middle-income countries lack timely access to injury care …

Assessing trauma care health systems in low-and middle-income countries, a protocol for a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis

J Whitaker, M Denning, N O'Donohoe, D Poenaru… - Systematic reviews, 2019 - Springer
Background Trauma represents a major global health problem projected to increase in
importance over the next decade. The majority of deaths occur in low-and middle-income …

Assessing trauma care systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and evidence synthesis mapping the three delays framework to …

J Whitaker, N O'Donohoe, M Denning, D Poenaru… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background The large burden of injuries falls disproportionately on low/middle-income
countries (LMICs). Health system interventions improve outcomes in high-income countries …