New articles in PLoS Medicine

New articles in PLoS Medicine

View new articles, published in advance of their scheduled issue.

Published October 23, 2007

Thirty Ways to Improve the Health of the World's Poorest People
The PLoS Medicine Editors
The editors discuss a special collection of articles inPLoS Medicine that aims to highlight the profound influence of poverty upon health.
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Which Single Intervention Would Do the Most to Improve the Health of Those Living on Less Than $1 Per Day?
Gavin Yamey and on Behalf of the Interviewees
PLoS Medicine put this question to a wide variety of commentators worldwide, including medical researchers, policy makers, health reporters, and members of poor rural communities in Peru.
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Slum Health: From Understanding to Action
Alon Unger and Lee W. Riley
The defining physical and legal characteristics of slums profoundly affect the health of these communities and may also serve as potential targets for immediate intervention.
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Child Rights and Child Poverty: Can the International Framework of Children's Rights Be Used to Improve Child Survival Rates?
Simon Pemberton, David Gordon, Shailen Nandy, Christina Pantazis, and Peter Townsend
The authors explain how the international framework of human rights can be better used to help reduce child poverty and improve child survival rates.
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Squaring the Circle: AIDS, Poverty, and Human Development
Peter Piot, Robert Greener, and Sarah Russell
The authors discuss the "downstream" effects of AIDS on poverty, and the "upstream" effects of poverty upon acquiring HIV.
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Food Insecurity—A Risk Factor for HIV Infection
Nigel Rollins
Nigel Rollins discusses a new study showing that food insufficiency is a risk factor for increased sexual risk-taking in women in Botswana and Swaziland.
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Research Article: Food Insufficiency Is Associated with High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Women in Botswana and Swaziland



Integration of Information Technologies in Clinical Studies in Nicaragua
William Avilés, Oscar Ortega, Guillermina Kuan, Josefina Coloma, and Eva Harris
The authors report their experience of integrating information technologies in clinical and epidemiological studies of dengue infection in Nicaragua.
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Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity: A Framework for Analysis and Action
Brigit Obrist, Nelly Iteba, Christian Lengeler, Ahmed Makemba, Christopher Mshana, Rose Nathan, Sandra Alba, Angel Dillip, Manuel W. Hetzel, Iddy Mayumana, Alexander Schulze, and Hassan Mshinda
The authors present a framework for analysis and action to explore and improve access to health care in resource-poor countries, especially in Africa.
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Food Insufficiency Is Associated with High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Women in Botswana and Swaziland
Sheri D. Weiser, Karen Leiter, David R. Bangsberg, Lisa M. Butler, Fiona Percy-de Korte, Zakhe Hlanze, Nthabiseng Phaladze, Vincent Iacopino, and Michele Heisler
In a cross-sectional study, Sheri Weiser and colleagues found that food insufficiency was an important risk factor for increased sexual risk-taking in women in Botswana and Swaziland.
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Safe To Walk? Neighborhood Safety and Physical Activity Among Public Housing Residents
Gary G. Bennett, Lorna H. McNeill, Kathleen Y. Wolin, Dustin T. Duncan, Elaine Puleo, and Karen M. Emmons
Garry Bennett and colleagues measured exercise levels and obtained opinions on neighborhood safety. They concluded that residing in a neighborhood perceived to be unsafe at night is a barrier to regular physical activity.