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Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (2021)
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Mariwah, S., Machistey Abane, A., Asiedu Owusu, S., Kasim, A., Robson, E., Castelli, M., & Hampshire, K. (2022). Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Global Public Health, 17(5), 768-781. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1874467

While mobile phones promise to be an important tool for bridging the healthcare gaps in resource-poor areas in developing countries, scalability and sustainability of mobile phones for health (mhealth) interventions still remain a major challenge. Me... Read More about Formalising ‘informal’ mHealth in Ghana: Opportunities and challenges for Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Ordinary exemplars: cultivating the everyday in the birthplace of fascism (2021)
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Heywood, P. (2022). Ordinary exemplars: cultivating the everyday in the birthplace of fascism. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 64(1), 91-121. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417521000402

This paper examines the ways in which ‘ordinariness’ can come to be exemplified as a virtue. It does so by comparing the status of ordinariness in historical and present-day Predappio, the village in which Mussolini was born and is buried. It describ... Read More about Ordinary exemplars: cultivating the everyday in the birthplace of fascism.

Women's mobility and transport in the peripheries of three African cities: Reflecting on early impacts of COVID-19 (2021)
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Porter, G., Murphy, E., Adamu, F., Dayil, P., De Lannoy, A., Han, S., …Van der Weidje, K. (2021). Women's mobility and transport in the peripheries of three African cities: Reflecting on early impacts of COVID-19. Transport Policy, 110, 181-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.05.025

This paper reflects on the mobility experiences of women in African cities in COVID-19, based on research conducted both prior to and following entry into the COVID-19 ‘moment’. It draws on material collected during an ongoing action research study a... Read More about Women's mobility and transport in the peripheries of three African cities: Reflecting on early impacts of COVID-19.

A Survey of Psychological Distress among Bangladeshi People During the COVID-19 Pandemic   (2021)
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Marzo, R. R., Singh, A., & Mukti, R. F. (2021). A Survey of Psychological Distress among Bangladeshi People During the COVID-19 Pandemic  . Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 10, Article 100693. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2020.100693

Introduction Previous studies conducted on the psychological impact of infectious outbreaks have found heavy psychological burdens among general population with more severe affect in the current pandemic. The main aim of this study is to examine the... Read More about A Survey of Psychological Distress among Bangladeshi People During the COVID-19 Pandemic  .

Olfactory signals and fertility in olive baboons (2021)
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Vaglio, S., Minicozzi, P., Kessler, S. E., Walker, D., & Setchell, J. M. (2021). Olfactory signals and fertility in olive baboons. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 8506. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87893-6

Female primates signal impending ovulation with a suite of sexual signals. Studies of these signals have focussed on visual, and to a lesser extent, acoustic signals, neglecting olfactory signals. We aimed to investigate the information content of fe... Read More about Olfactory signals and fertility in olive baboons.

Decolonising Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco (2021)
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Waters, S., El Harrad, A., Bell, S., & Setchell, J. M. (2022). Decolonising Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco. International Journal of Primatology, 43(6), 1046-1066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00228-0

Understanding the historical context of an area enables an incoming conservationist to reflect on their role in communities and to better position themselves both politically and socially within them. Here, we explore how outside agencies and institu... Read More about Decolonising Primate Conservation Practice: A Case Study from North Morocco.

Connecting the dots between climate change, household water insecurity, and migration (2021)
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Stoler, J., Brewis, A., Kangmennang, J., Keough, S. B., Pearson, A. L., Rosinger, A. Y., …Stevenson, E. G. (2021). Connecting the dots between climate change, household water insecurity, and migration. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 51, 36-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.02.008

Climate change is now considered a primary global driver of migration, with water insecurity theorized to be a key determinant. Most studies have focused on large-scale climate migration events triggered by extreme weather events such as droughts, st... Read More about Connecting the dots between climate change, household water insecurity, and migration.

Psychosocialization in Nepal: Notes on translation from the frontlines of global mental health (2021)
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Chase, L. (2021). Psychosocialization in Nepal: Notes on translation from the frontlines of global mental health. Medicine Anthropology Theory, 8(1), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.8.1.5111

As ‘psychosocial interventions’ continue to gain traction in the field of global mental health, a growing critical literature problematises their vague definition and attendant susceptibility to appropriation. In this article, I recast this ill-defin... Read More about Psychosocialization in Nepal: Notes on translation from the frontlines of global mental health.

Psychological distress during pandemic Covid-19 among adult general population: Result across 13 countries (2021)
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Marzo, R. R., Ismail, Z., Nu Htay, M. N., Bahari, R., Ismail, R., Villanueva, E. Q., …Su, T. T. (2021). Psychological distress during pandemic Covid-19 among adult general population: Result across 13 countries. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 10, Article 100708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100708

The COVID-19 pandemics caused an unprecedented mortality, distress, and globally poses a challenge to mental resilience. To our knowledge, this is the first study that aimed to investigate the psychological distress among the adult general population... Read More about Psychological distress during pandemic Covid-19 among adult general population: Result across 13 countries.

Field guarding as a crop protection method: Preliminary implications for improving field guarding (2020)
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Findlay, L., & Hill, R. (2020). Field guarding as a crop protection method: Preliminary implications for improving field guarding. Human–Wildlife Interactions, 14(3), 519-530

Negative interactions between crop farmers and wild primates are an issue of significant concern. Despite many crop farmers using field guards as a method of crop protection against foraging primates, there are very few published accounts of how effe... Read More about Field guarding as a crop protection method: Preliminary implications for improving field guarding.

Habitat selection of an endangered primate, the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi): integrating scales to prioritise habitat for wildlife management (2021)
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Parker, E., Koyama, N., & Hill, R. (2021). Habitat selection of an endangered primate, the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi): integrating scales to prioritise habitat for wildlife management. Ecology and Evolution, 11(12), 8014-8026. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7631

Aim: As habitat loss continues to accelerate with global human population growth, identifying landscape characteristics that influence species occurrence is a key conservation priority in order to prevent global biodiversity loss. In South Africa, th... Read More about Habitat selection of an endangered primate, the samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis schwarzi): integrating scales to prioritise habitat for wildlife management.

Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain (2021)
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Donovan, S. K., Jones, S. J., King, A. R., & Harper, D. A. (2021). Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 132(3), 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2021.02.004

The Almería-Níjar Basin is a Neogene, intermontane depression marginal to the Mediterranean in southern Spain in the vicinity of El Argamasón, Andalucia. The Pliocene Cuevas Formation rests unconformably on the Upper Messinian rock succession in the... Read More about Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain.

Digital Psychedelia: Hidden Experience and the Challenge of Paranoia (2021)
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Noorani, T. (2021). Digital Psychedelia: Hidden Experience and the Challenge of Paranoia

Over the past 15 years, several groups of researchers have sought to use clinical trials to reintroduce psychedelics to mainstream society, reporting impressive efficacy from trials at university sites such as Johns Hopkins, New York University and I... Read More about Digital Psychedelia: Hidden Experience and the Challenge of Paranoia.

Is a Foundation Year Programme to an A-Level as a 7-UP is to a Sprite: Exploring an Attempt to Diversify an English University (2021)
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an English University. Teaching Anthropology, 10(1), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v10i1.585

What contribution might social anthropology make to our understanding of the consequences of successive British governments’ attempts over the last two decades to widen participation in England’s universities? In this article I answer this question b... Read More about Is a Foundation Year Programme to an A-Level as a 7-UP is to a Sprite: Exploring an Attempt to Diversify an English University.

Biologically normal sleep in the mother‐infant dyad (2021)
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Rudzik, A. E., & Ball, H. L. (2021). Biologically normal sleep in the mother‐infant dyad. American Journal of Human Biology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23589

Objectives We examine infant sleep from evolutionary, historico‐cultural, and statistical/epidemiological perspectives and explore the distinct conceptions of “normal” produced by each. We use data from the “Sleeping Like a Baby” study to illustrate... Read More about Biologically normal sleep in the mother‐infant dyad.

A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2021)
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Grahame, V., Dixon, L., Fletcher-Watson, S., Garland, D., Glod, M., Goodwin, J., …Rodgers, J. (2021). A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 22, Article 240. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05175-y

Background Restricted and repetitive behaviours vary greatly across the autism spectrum, and although not all are problematic some can cause distress and interfere with learning and social opportunities. We have, alongside parents, developed a parent... Read More about A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Micronutrient Adequacy in the Diet of Reproductive-Aged Adolescent Girls and Adult Women in Rural Bangladesh (2021)
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Akter, R., Sugino, H., Akhter, N., Brown, C. L., Thilsted, S. H., & Yagi, N. (2021). Micronutrient Adequacy in the Diet of Reproductive-Aged Adolescent Girls and Adult Women in Rural Bangladesh. Nutrients, 13(2), Article 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020337

Micronutrient deficiencies remain a serious nutritional concern in Bangladesh, especially among rural women of reproductive age (WRA). This study assesses the diet quality of reproductive-aged adolescent girls and adult women (referred to together as... Read More about Micronutrient Adequacy in the Diet of Reproductive-Aged Adolescent Girls and Adult Women in Rural Bangladesh.