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Global Health Research
Project Research Map
The faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health conduct research in 120 countries, with new projects added to our database every day.
To learn more about Johns Hopkins' global health efforts across the world, click on a red dot on the map. Then, scroll down below the map for information about individual projects in that city.
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Building informed trust: Developing an educational tool for injection practices and health insurance in Cambodia
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Lack of knowledge about medicines and health insurance is a major barrier to accessing healthcare, especially in low-income countries. Many villagers in rural Cambodia ask for unnecessary intravenous (iv) injections from doctors regardless of illness, and prefer to seek care from private providers who are willing to provide these injections. Because private providers are not covered by insurance and many villagers do not understand the value of health insurance, people continue to become poorer by incurring unnecessary health expenditures. The proposed study will develop an educational tool to inform people about injection practices and health financing. Greater awareness is likely to build people’s trust in the health system. Our goal is to empower people to make informed decisions about medications and insurance, prevent them from seeking inappropriate and unnecessary care, and stop them from becoming poor due to illness. The specific objectives of the project are: (1) develop an educational tool for injection practices and health insurance; (2) assess changes in people’s trust, knowledge and injections/insurance seeking behaviors over time; and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of the educational tool comparing the intervention and control districts. This proposal combines the strengths of the International Health Department and the Center for Communication...
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Road Safety in 10 Countries
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The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit is currently working with a consortium of partners to improve road safety in 10 low and middle-income countries around the world. Dubbed the Road Safety in 10 Countries project, the five-year initiative draws on support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the World Health Organization to evaluate and implement road safety solutions where they are needed most. The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit is responsible for the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the road safety interventions in all 10 countries, as well as the development of training materials for health care workers. Interventions will address critical road safety risks such as helmet wearing, seatbelt use, drunk driving and speeding. The Unit is also assisting with subprojects such as trauma care in Kenya and India, and data system development in Kenya and Egypt.
For more information visit the project web page: http://www.jhsph.edu/iiru/rs10.html
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