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  1. Article: Demographic trends and population health: tackling inequality in a world of eight billion people.

    Ngo, Thoai D

    BMJ global health

    2023  Volume 8, Issue 4

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Demography ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Population Health
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial
    ISSN 2059-7908
    ISSN 2059-7908
    DOI 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012137
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  2. Book ; Online: We need a pro-poor and pro-Black response to COVID-19

    Ngo, Thoai

    Poverty, Gender, and Youth

    2020  

    Abstract: In this commentary in Think Global Health, Council Program Director Thoai Ngo underscores the importance of a United States national response to the COVID-19 pandemic that addresses persistent health and economic inequalities faced by Black and Latinx ... ...

    Abstract In this commentary in Think Global Health, Council Program Director Thoai Ngo underscores the importance of a United States national response to the COVID-19 pandemic that addresses persistent health and economic inequalities faced by Black and Latinx communities. In the piece, Ngo encourages the United States to apply an equity lens to its response and work towards dismantling the racial disparities and inequities magnified by the pandemic with two considerations. First, he encourages concentrated testing in poor Black and Latinx communities and the provision of prevention resources—such as masks and hand sanitizers—free of charge. Second, when an effective vaccine is made available, Ngo urges the U.S. to prioritize vaccine distribution and delivery in these communities, highlighting the importance of an equitable distribution of future resources.
    Keywords Poverty Gender and Youth ; United States ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-10T07:00:00Z
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    Document type Book ; Online
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  3. Article ; Online: A scoping review of survey research with gender minority adolescents and youth in low and middle-income countries.

    Pike, Isabel / Kraus-Perrotta, Cara / Ngo, Thoai D

    PloS one

    2023  Volume 18, Issue 1, Page(s) e0279359

    Abstract: Background: Survey data that categorizes gender identity in binary terms and conflates sex and gender limits knowledge around the experience of gender minority populations, whose gender identity or expression does not align with the sex they were ... ...

    Abstract Background: Survey data that categorizes gender identity in binary terms and conflates sex and gender limits knowledge around the experience of gender minority populations, whose gender identity or expression does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth. In this review, we outline the existing survey research on the experience of a gender minority demographic for whom there is particularly limited data: adolescents and youth in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
    Methods: This paper is a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles, published in English, that use survey data to examine the experience of gender minority adolescents and youth in LMICs. We conducted a search on two major databases using key terms related to gender identity, adolescence and youth, and country and region. This search yielded 385 articles. Following a team-conducted review, we retained 33 articles for the final analysis.
    Results: Our review shows that surveys with adolescents and youth in LMICs are increasingly including questions and taking sampling approaches that allow gender minority populations to be visible in survey data. Surveys that do so are largely focused in upper middle-income countries (n = 24), rather than lower middle-income or low-income countries, with South East Asia a notable sub-region of focus (n = 15). Sexual health, mental health, and violence are key topics of interest. Most of the surveys rely on some form of network-driven sampling focused on sexual and/or gender minorities (n = 22). The studies vary in how they ask about gender identity, both in terms of question formulation and the answer categories that are offered, as well as the extent to which they describe the questions in the article text.
    Conclusions: This review reveals a growing body of work that provides important insights into the experiences of gender minority adolescents and youth in LMICs. More studies could integrate these approaches, but it must be done in a way that is thoughtful about cultural and political context. Given the relatively nascent nature of such research, we encourage scholars to continue providing details on methodology, including around participant recruitment and the development of gender identity questions. This information would be valuable for researchers seeking to better include gender minorities and their experiences in survey research, but who might be daunted methodologically.
    MeSH term(s) Infant, Newborn ; Humans ; Male ; Adolescent ; Female ; Developing Countries ; Gender Identity ; Sexual and Gender Minorities ; Sexual Behavior ; Income
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Review ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2267670-3
    ISSN 1932-6203 ; 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0279359
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  4. Article ; Online: Forecasting COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases for Proactive Policy: Artificial Intelligence Can Help.

    Karimzadeh, Morteza / Ngo, Thoai / Lucas, Benjamin / Zoraghein, Hamidreza

    Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

    2023  Volume 100, Issue 1, Page(s) 7–10

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Artificial Intelligence ; COVID-19 ; Communicable Diseases ; Policy ; Forecasting
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1435288-6
    ISSN 1468-2869 ; 1099-3460
    ISSN (online) 1468-2869
    ISSN 1099-3460
    DOI 10.1007/s11524-022-00714-7
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  5. Article: The gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent literacy and schooling outcomes in India.

    Nandi, Arindam / Haberland, Nicole / Kozak, Meredith / Ngô, Thoại D

    NPJ science of learning

    2023  Volume 8, Issue 1, Page(s) 42

    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education delivery around the world, with school closures affecting over 1.6 billion students worldwide. In India, schools were closed for over 18 months, affecting 248 million students. This study estimates the effect of ... ...

    Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education delivery around the world, with school closures affecting over 1.6 billion students worldwide. In India, schools were closed for over 18 months, affecting 248 million students. This study estimates the effect of the pandemic on adolescent literacy and schooling outcomes in India. We used data from the National Family Health Survey. (NFHS-5) which covered 636,699 households across all districts of India from June 2019 to April 2021. We considered 15-17 year old adolescents who were surveyed after March 2020 as the post-COVID group while those surveyed earlier were included in the pre-COVID group. We used propensity score matching and inverse propensity score weighted regression methods to account for differences in socioeconomic characteristics between the two groups. Rates of literacy (ability to read a complete sentence) were 1.5-1.6% lower among post-COVID girls as compared with similar pre-COVID girls. Among post-COVID girls in the lowest wealth quintile, rates of literacy were 3.1-3.8% lower than similar pre-COVID girls. There was no loss in literacy among post-COVID girls in the highest wealth quintile. COVID-induced loss in literacy among girls was twice in rural areas as compared to urban areas, and substantially higher among socioeconomically disadvantaged caste groups as compared with privileged caste groups. Post-COVID girls also had 0.08-0.1 lower years of schooling completed than similar pre-COVID girls but there was no difference in out-of-school rates. In a smaller subsample of 15-17 year old boys, the post-COVID group had 2% lower out-of-school rates and there was no difference in literacy or years of schooling completed as compared with matched pre-COVID boys. While markers of vulnerability such as residence, caste, and poverty further amplified the risk of learning. loss for girls, they did not have the same effect on boys.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2056-7936
    ISSN 2056-7936
    DOI 10.1038/s41539-023-00193-8
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  6. Article ; Online: The Urban Environment and Disparities in Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes in the Global South: a Scoping Review.

    Akwara, Elsie / Pinchoff, Jessie / Abularrage, Tara / White, Corinne / Ngo, Thoai D

    Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine

    2023  Volume 100, Issue 3, Page(s) 525–561

    Abstract: By 2050, the Global South will contain three-quarters of the world's urban inhabitants, yet no standardized categorizations of urban areas exist. This makes it challenging to compare sub-groups within cities. Sexual and reproductive health and rights ( ... ...

    Abstract By 2050, the Global South will contain three-quarters of the world's urban inhabitants, yet no standardized categorizations of urban areas exist. This makes it challenging to compare sub-groups within cities. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are a critical component of ensuring that populations are healthy and productive, yet SRHR outcomes within and across urban settings vary significantly. A scoping review of the literature (2010-2022) was conducted to describe the current body of evidence on SRHR in urban settings in the Global South, understand disparities, and highlight promising approaches to improving urban SRHR outcomes. A total of 115 studies were identified, most from Kenya (30 articles; 26%), Nigeria (15; 13%), and India (16; 14%), focusing on family planning (56; 49%) and HIV/STIs (43; 37%). Findings suggest significant variation in access to services, and challenges such as gender inequality, safety, and precarious circumstances in employment and housing. Many of the studies (n = 84; 80%) focus on individual-level risks and do not consider how neighborhood environments, concentrated poverty, and social exclusion shape behaviors and norms related to SRHR. Research gaps in uniformly categorizing urban areas and key aspects of the urban environment make it challenging to understand the heterogeneity of urban environments, populations, and SRHR outcomes and compare across studies. Findings from this review may inform the development of holistic programs and policies targeting structural barriers to SRHR in urban environments to ensure services are inclusive, equitably available and accessible, and direct future research to fill identified gaps.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Reproductive Health ; Sexual Behavior ; Reproductive Health Services ; Right to Health ; Reproductive Rights
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1435288-6
    ISSN 1468-2869 ; 1099-3460
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  7. Article ; Online: Growth failure among children of adolescent mothers at ages 0-5 and 6-12 years in India.

    Nandi, Arindam / Zahra, Fatima / Austrian, Karen / Haberland, Nicole / Ngô, Thoại D

    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

    2023  Volume 1522, Issue 1, Page(s) 139–148

    Abstract: Adolescent motherhood has been linked with poor health outcomes at birth for children, including high neonatal mortality, low birthweight, and small-for-gestational-age rates. However, longer-term growth outcomes in the children of adolescent mothers in ... ...

    Abstract Adolescent motherhood has been linked with poor health outcomes at birth for children, including high neonatal mortality, low birthweight, and small-for-gestational-age rates. However, longer-term growth outcomes in the children of adolescent mothers in low-resource settings remain inadequately studied. We used longitudinal data from the India Human Development Surveys, 2004-2005 and 2011-2012 (n = 12,182) and employed regression and propensity score matching analysis to compare the following growth indicators of children born to adolescent mothers (ages 19 years or below) with those born to older mothers. Growth indicators included height and weight during ages 0-5 years and 6-12 years and change in height and weight between the two periods. In regression-based estimates, children born to adolescent mothers were 0.01 m shorter and weighed 0.2 kg less than children of older mothers at ages 0-5 years. At ages 6-12 years, those born to adolescent mothers were 0.02 m shorter and weighed 0.97 kg less. The height difference between the two groups increased by 0.01 m and the weight difference grew by 0.77 kg over time. Height and weight difference between the two groups worsened among boys over time, while for girls, only the weight gap worsened. The results were similar when using propensity score matching methods. Public policies for reducing child marriage, combined with targeted health, nutrition, and well-being programs for adolescent mothers, are essential for both preventing adolescent childbearing and reducing its impact on growth failure among children in India.
    MeSH term(s) Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Female ; Adolescent ; Child ; Humans ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Infant ; Child, Preschool ; Adolescent Mothers ; Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Infant, Small for Gestational Age ; Mothers ; Nutritional Status
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 211003-9
    ISSN 1749-6632 ; 0077-8923
    ISSN (online) 1749-6632
    ISSN 0077-8923
    DOI 10.1111/nyas.14984
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  8. Article ; Online: Data Papers.

    Blanc, Ann K / Ngo, Thoai D

    Studies in family planning

    2019  

    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-04-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 862445-8
    ISSN 1728-4465 ; 0039-3665
    ISSN (online) 1728-4465
    ISSN 0039-3665
    DOI 10.1111/sifp.12091
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  9. Book ; Online: Dataset

    Blake, Sarah / Ngo, Thoai

    Poverty, Gender, and Youth

    Rapid review of community engagement and social mobilization strategies for COVID-19 response

    2020  

    Abstract: This project is a rapid review of evidence on interventions intended to mobilize community-level action to control infectious disease outbreaks in low resource and humanitarian contexts. The primary aims are to provide a critical analysis of current ... ...

    Abstract This project is a rapid review of evidence on interventions intended to mobilize community-level action to control infectious disease outbreaks in low resource and humanitarian contexts. The primary aims are to provide a critical analysis of current evidence on community engagement in preparing for or responding to infectious disease outbreaks and other emergencies; and to identify approaches and practices that can inform efforts to address COVID-19-related risks in low resource settings. In addition to documenting lessons and potential good practices from past crises, we will identify critical gaps in current evidence.
    Keywords Poverty Gender and Youth ; Community Mobilization ; Humanitarian Settings ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-29T07:00:00Z
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  10. Book ; Online: Opinion

    Blanchard, Kelly / Ngo, Thoai

    Poverty, Gender, and Youth

    Ensure access to high-quality abortion care during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

    2020  

    Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reshape our lives and health systems, Council Program Director Thoai Ngo and President of Ibis Reproductive Health Kelly Blanchard share their views on abortion care during these unprecedented times in an opinion ... ...

    Abstract As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reshape our lives and health systems, Council Program Director Thoai Ngo and President of Ibis Reproductive Health Kelly Blanchard share their views on abortion care during these unprecedented times in an opinion piece for Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Citing two new evidence reviews on women’s ability to manage abortions with safe and effective medicines during early pregnancy, the authors support self-managed abortion during—and after—this pandemic as a method that puts less strain on health systems and allows women access who might be hampered by isolation and distancing mandated in response to COVID-19.
    Keywords Poverty Gender and Youth ; Abortion ; Quality of Care ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-02T07:00:00Z
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