Research Areas and Recent Projects related to Global Health (2016~)

      *** Reports, book chapters, conference abstracts (posters/oral presentations), and journal articles published by members of the Global Health Policy Research Lab (2016~)***      

     [Health Status and Healthcare Access of Residents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries]

• Women’s health and healthcare access in least developed countries
• Factors influencing maternal health-seeking behaviors among women in Chad: A multilevel analysis using 2014-2015 Chad Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data
• Study on community influences on maternal health-seeking behaviors in Ghana and Kenya: A multilevel analysis using 2014 DHS data
• Analysis of the relationship between fulfilling desired number of children and non-use of modern contraception in Malawian women using 2015 Malawi DHS data
• Revisiting under-utilization of antenatal care services in Timor-Leste using results from Demographic and Health Survey 2016
• Factors affecting HIV/AIDS risk of women in Malawi: Evidence from the 2015-2016 Demographic and Health Survey
• Impact of women's status on the antenatal HIV testing in 28 sub-saharan countries: A cross-sectional multi-level analysis
• Socioeconomic disparities and effects analysis of Kenyan women's experiences with family planning programs through mobile health
• Effect of patriarchy on the utilization of antenatal care services by women in low- and middle-income countries
• Identification of key components of maternal health voucher programs in low- and middle-income countries
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of women and adolescents in least developed countries
• Factors influencing the use of modern contraceptive methods among female adolescents in the Dominican Republic: An analysis of UNICEF 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data
• Factors influencing adolescent pregnancy in the Dominican Republic: An analysis of 2013 DHS data
• Suggestions for the development of menstrual hygiene management models for women and adolescent girls in least developed countries
• Status of knowledge, attitude, and practices of Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: Results based on Field Survey Data
• Identifying factors associated with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) among adolescent girls in Bangladesh: Results based on a field study
• Exploring factors associated with school absence during menstruation among rural Bangladesh school rirls: A zero-inflated poisson regression analysis
• Qualitative study for exploring factors influencing menstrual hygiene management among female students in rural areas of Bangladesh: An analysis of focus group interview (FGI) data
• Exploration of factors for developing health education programs for adolescent pregnancy prevention: A qualitative case study of secondary schools in Honduras
• Factors influencing adolescent pregnancy in Nepal: A multilevel analysis
• Child Health
• Risk factors related to stunting and underweight among children under 5 years of age in India: An analysis of 2015-2016 Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) data
• Factors influencing childhood vaccination rates in the Philippines: A multilevel logistic regression analysis
• Barriers in the expansion and implementation of school health programs in the sub-Saharan Africa region: A systematic review
• Factor analysis of quality of life among children with disabilities and their parents in Vietnam
• Adult Health
• Association between socioeconomic status and obesity and/or overweight among adults in low- and middle-income countries in Africa: A systematic review

      [Health inequity]

• [Health Inequality]
• Distribution of disease burden and inequalities of major neglected tropical diseases during the Millennium Development Goals era
• Spatial disparities in household ownership of insecticide-treated mosquito nets its gap between different wealth levels: A spatial analysis
• A study on the relationship between tuberculosis incidence and government efforts to reduce inequality

      [Social Determinants of Health]

• [Gender/Women’s Empowerment]
• Impact of gender inequality on life expectancy and mortality rates of adult men and women in low- and middle-income countries: A national-level panel analysis
• Impact of gender inequality on morbidity rates of adult men and women in low- and middle-income countries: A national-level panel analysis focusing on HIV/AIDS and diabetes
• Impact of women's empowerment and gender equality on women’s death by household air pollution in developing countries
• Effects of cash transfer programs for empowering young women in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
• [Poverty]
• A systematic review on key poverty indicators and their relationship with health issues in low- and middle-income countries
• [Political Systems]
• Impact of democracy on health in Asia

      [Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries]

• Health Insurance Systems in Developing Countries
• Factors associated with health insurance coverage: A population-based cross-sectional study, Ghana, Demographic and Health Survey 2014
• Effect of the individual and regional factors on health insurance coverage in Ghana: A multilevel analysis
• Strengthening Health Systems in Fragile States
• Research status on health systems in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS): A scoping review
• Exploring strategies for strengthening health systems in fragile states: A focus on the case of Yemen
• Impact of health systems in fragile states on population health: A panel analysis of countries classified as fragile states
• Health Workforce
• Analysis of the status and identification of facilitators and barriers in the training programs for community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
• Outcomes of mHealth Interventions for Community Health Workers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
• [Access to Medicine in Least Developed Countries]
• Enhancement of systems and policy agendas for ensuring access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries
• Exploration of international development cooperation strategies for pharmaceuticals in Africa
• [Health Information System]
• Knowledge, attitude, and practice on maternal and child health data management among community health workers in Ghana: A baseline Survey Results
• Barriers and future challenges in the implementation of electronic medical records in underdeveloped countries: A systematic review
• Barriers and facilitators to implementing Health Information Technology in low- and middle- income countries: A systematic review
• [Approaches to Health System Strengthening]
• Status on health system strengthening research in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review [Ongoing]
• Application status of Systems Thinking approach for health system strengthening: A systematic review [Ongoing]
• Status of health system assessment systems: A systematic review [Ongoing]

      [Global Health Security]

• Strategies and agenda analysis for Northeast Asia's epidemic control and health cooperation in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era
• Survey of health security status in the Asia-Pacific region for infectious disease response and exploration of legislative measures for effective governance
• Collaborative efforts for the establishment of regional health security systems in the Asia-Pacific region for infectious disease response and governance

      [Health,Conflict,Development and Peace]

• Developing a conceptual framework for exploring the impact of health on peace
• Developing a conceptual framework for exploring the impact of health on peace
• Exploring the influence of health on development: A country-level panel analysis in fragile states
• Impact of conflict on the health systems of fragile states: A case study of four countries

      [Aid]

• ODA / Development Assistance for Health, DAH
• Trends in development assistance for health in fragile states: A perspective from the HDP Nexus
• Effect of development assistance for health on strengthening the health systems of fragile states: A country-level panel analysis using OECD CRS and UNOCHA FTS databases
• Effect of foreign aid on achieving SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights) in low- and middle-income countries: A country-level panel analysis
• Effect of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) coverage on the burden of diarrheal diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A country-level panel analysis using OECD CRS data
• Establishment and description of the current status of healthcare ODA project database for North Korea
• Establishment of an evaluation framework for healthcare support projects in North Korea

      [Global Health Program / Intervention]

• mHealth (mobile health)
• A systematic review on mHealth research and applied theories for health behavior change in low- and middle-income countries
• Comparison of mobile health policy support between high-income and low- and middle-income countries
• A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of mHealth-based disease management and treatment support in low-and middle-income countries
• A systematic review of qualitative studies on mHealth for HIV care in low- and middle-income countries from patients' perpectives
• Effectiveness of mHealth-based health education implemented in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review of RCT studies
• Perceptions and attitudes towards mHealth among patients in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review of qualitative studies
• Acceptability of mHealth among pregnant women in the Dar es Salaam region of Tanzania: Results based on field survey data
• Factors affecting pregnant women's perceptions on mHealth technology in the Dar es Salaam region of Tanzania: Results based on field survey data
• Outcomes reported in SMS-Based mHealth interventions for Tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
• WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
• Utilization status of mobile devices for WASH projects in least developed countries
• Educators/Practitioners – Capacity Building
• Survey of demand for global health-related education among practitioners in global health/development cooperation agencies

      [Performance Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Global Health Projects]

• Measurement of willingness-to-pay (WTP) for daycare centers for children with disabilities in Vietnam
• Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) related to the operation of daycare centers for children with disabilities in Vietnam
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of using tablet PCs for maternal health data management at health centers in Ghana: A pre-post analysis

      [Health Disasters]

• Climate Change
• Exploring climate change disaster risk management and related legislative measures through health systems strengthening
• Impact of climate change on the epidemiology of infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
• Natural Disasters
• Impact of natural disasters on the mental health of residents in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
• Complex Emergencies
• Impact and intervention status of multiple disasters on refugee health: A scoping review

      [Policy Response to Infectious Disease in Least Developed Countries]

• [Covid 19/Pandemic Related]
• Barriers to compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures among vulnerable housing communities: A systematic review
• Barriers to malaria control during COVID-19 pandemic in LMICs: A systematic review
• Health workforce policy for COVID-19 and pandemic response in the African Region: Exploring the expansion of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) [Ongoing]
• Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs
• A systematic review of cost-effectiveness evaluation of interventions for reducing major neglected tropical diseases
• Estimating non-negligible economic burden of neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
• A relationship between universal health coverage-related indicators and the burden of major neglected tropical diseases: A correlation analysis
• A relationship between the burden of neglected tropical diseases and poverty in low-and middle-income countries: A correlation analysis
• Analysis of the financial support status for R&D to enhance neglected tropical diseases research capacities in low- and middle-income countries
• Impact of essential healthcare service coverage on the distribution of preventive chemotherapy for neglected tropical diseases in low- and middle-income countries
• Application of mobile health technology (mHealth) to control Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Efficiency analysis of R&D activities for neglected tropical diseases: Using a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach
• Other Infectious Diseases
• Factors affecting sexual knowledge and attitude on intentions to receive human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination in male high school students
• Revisiting the Ebola response system through the voices of the local stakeholders: A qualitative systematic review

      [Research for Establishing Evidence for Infectious Diease Policy Development in Least Developed Countries]

• Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases
• Construction and simulation of a dynamic transmission model to assess the impact of maternal pertussis vaccination on under-five mortality in low- and middle-income countries
• A cost-effectiveness analysis of maternal pertussis vaccination in three Brazilian states with different socioeconomic conditionsusing a dynamic transmission model
• Comparison of static and dynamic transmission models in the evaluation of strategies for pertussis prevention in infants
• A systematic review of mathematical dynamic transmission models for assessing the impact of alternative pertussis vaccination strategies
• A systematic review on the mathematical modeling methods for the transmission mechanisms of major neglected tropical diseases
• Infectious Disease Surveillance System and Management
• A quantitative evaluation of the timeliness and sensitivity of web-based disease surveillance systems: a focus on zoonotic infections
• Update of the list of zoonotic infections
• A qualitative assessment of key websites providing information on the occurrence of zoonotic infections
• The importance of internet-based surveillance systems for detecting Disease X: development of predictive models for high-risk areas with limited surveillance capacity
• Development of global-level models for predicting inter-country transmission of infectious diseases
• Exploring changes in antibiotic usage based on the assessment of the burden of infectious disease and the extent of evaluation of international action plans
• Economic Evaluation/ Cost Analysis for Vaccines
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of pertussis maternal immunization for reducing infant mortality in low- and middle-income countries
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of GBS maternal immunization for reducing neonatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa
• Measuring willingness-to-pay (WTP) for pertussis maternal immunization among pregnant women and mothers of newborn in urban Tanzania
• Comparison of vaccine delivery costing methods for human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization in low- and middle-income countries

      [Utilization of Data Science Research]

• Big Data
• Development of a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) model and prediction of the number of dengue fever patients using big data analysis in South Korea
• Exploration of information provision and response measures related to foreign inflow infectious diseases using big data text mining techniques
• Assessment of the use of big data in the field of global health: A systematic review on low- and middle-income countries
• Database
• Review and classification of global health-related databases
• Spatial Analysis / Geographic Information System, GIS
• Exploration of regional disparities in the mHealth program in sub-Saharan Africa using spatial analysis
• Analysis of the relationship between household economic status and the ownership rate of insecticide-treated mosquito nets in Tanzania using spatial analysis
• Comparative analysis of urban-rural obesity rates in Cambodia using spatial analysis

• 2020 Global Health Methodology Seminar Series (Supported by SNU Graduate School of Public Health, Institute of Health and Environment), 2020
• Global Health Monthly Seminar "Rethinking International Development Cooperation from the Perspective of Global Health: Towards Broader and Deeper Problem-Solving II" (KOICA-KAIDEC, ODA Academic Activity Support Project), 2019
• Global Health Academy Practitioner Course "Economic Evaluation of Global Health Projects" (SNU, University Research Achievement and Social Contribution Program), 2019
• Global Health Monthly Seminar "Rethinking International Development Cooperation from the Perspective of Global Health: Towards Broader and Deeper Problem-Solving I" (KOICA-KAIDEC, ODA Academic Activity Support Project), 2018
• Global Health Academy NGO Practitioner Course "Theories, Project Planning, Design, and Evaluation of Global Health" (SNU, University Research Achievement and Social Contribution Program), 2018
• Global Health Academy General Course "Global Health in My Life and Everyone's Life Together" (SNU, University Research Achievement and Social Contribution Program), 2017