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Design, cohort profile and comparison of the KTD-Innov study: a prospective multidimensional biomarker validation study in kidney allograft rejection Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Valentin Goutaudier, Marta Sablik, Maud Racapé, Olivia Rousseau, Benoit Audry, Nassim Kamar, Marc Raynaud, Olivier Aubert, Béatrice Charreau, Emmanuelle Papuchon, Richard Danger, Laurence Letertre, Lionel Couzi, Emmanuel Morelon, Moglie Le Quintrec, Jean-Luc Taupin, Eric Vicaut, Christophe Legendre, Hoa Le Mai, Vishnu Potluri, Thi-Van-Ha Nguyen, Marie-Eliane Azoury, Alice Pinheiro, Georges Nouadje
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Building a New Generation of Public Health Leaders Forged in a Public Health Crisis Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Susan C. Helm-Murtagh, Paul C. Erwin
The COVID-19 pandemic presented wide-ranging leadership challenges to public health leaders and public health organizations. In its wake, as the necessity of reconstructing public health and modernizing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considered, we reviewed reports from the Commonwealth Fund and the CDC and other leadership-focused literature to identify common themes for a
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Trajectories of Mental Distress Among US Women by Sexual Orientation and Racialized Group During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Ariel L. Beccia, Dougie Zubizarreta, S. Bryn Austin, Julia R. Raifman, Jorge E. Chavarro, Brittany M. Charlton
Objectives. To describe longitudinal trends in the prevalence of mental distress across the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020‒April 2021) among US women at the intersection of sexual orientation and racialized group. Methods. Participants included 49 805 cisgender women and female-identified people from the COVID-19 Sub-Study, a cohort of US adults embedded within the Nurses’ Health Studies
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Cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass and fetal growth outcomes: a multi-country randomised controlled trial Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 William Checkley MD, Lisa M Thompson PhD, Shakir Hossen MBBS, Laura Nicolaou PhD, Kendra N Williams PhD, Stella M Hartinger PhD, Marilu Chiang MD, Kalpana Balakrishnan PhD, Sarada S Garg DNB, Gurusamy Thangavel MSc, Vigneswari Aravindalochanan PhD, Ghislaine Rosa PhD, Alexie Mukeshimana Adv Dip, Florien Ndagijimana MPH, John P McCracken ScD, Anaité Diaz-Artiga MPH, Sheela S Sinharoy PhD, Lance Waller
Household air pollution might lead to fetal growth restriction during pregnancy. We aimed to investigate whether a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) intervention to reduce personal exposures to household air pollution during pregnancy would alter fetal growth. The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial was an open-label randomised controlled trial conducted in ten resource-limited settings
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A population-based cohort of drug exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes in China (DEEP): rationale, design, and baseline characteristics Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Jing Tan, Yiquan Xiong, Chunrong Liu, Peng Zhao, Pei Gao, Guowei Li, Jin Guo, Mingxi Li, Wanqiang Wei, Guanhua Yao, Yongyao Qian, Lishan Ye, Huanyang Qi, Hui Liu, Moliang Chen, Kang Zou, Lehana Thabane, Xin Sun
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Congenital anomalies during Covid-19: artifact of surveillance or a real TORCH? Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Nathalie Auger, Laura Arbour, Antoine Lewin, Émilie Brousseau, Jessica Healy-Profitós, Thuy Mai Luu
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The AccelerAge framework: a new statistical approach to predict biological age based on time-to-event data Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Marije Sluiskes, Jelle Goeman, Marian Beekman, Eline Slagboom, Erik van den Akker, Hein Putter, Mar Rodríguez-Girondo
Aging is a multifaceted and intricate physiological process characterized by a gradual decline in functional capacity, leading to increased susceptibility to diseases and mortality. While chronological age serves as a strong risk factor for age-related health conditions, considerable heterogeneity exists in the aging trajectories of individuals, suggesting that biological age may provide a more nuanced
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Causes of Death in the Presence of Law Enforcement in Johnson County, Iowa, 2011–2020 Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Anne M. L. Rempel, Jane E. Persons, Kate Bengtson, Marcus B. Nashelsky
Objectives. To examine sudden and unexpected or trauma-related deaths that occurred in the presence of law enforcement in Johnson County, Iowa, between 2011 and 2020. Methods. We identified deaths in the presence of law enforcement using definitions from the National Association of Medical Examiners. We obtained data, including demographics, cause and manner of death, toxicology results, and circumstances
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Building the Infrastructure to Integrate Social Care in a Safety Net Health System Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Christopher M. Callahan, Amy Carter, Hannah S. Carty, Daniel O. Clark, Tedd Grain, Seth L. Grant, Kimberly McElroy-Jones, Deanna Reinoso, Lisa E. Harris
A recent National Academies report recommended that health systems invest in new infrastructure to integrate social and medical care. Although many health systems routinely screen patients for social concerns, few health systems achieve the recommended model of integration. In this critical case study in an urban safety net health system, we describe the human capital, operational redesign, and financial
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Tuberculosis screening in adults with HIV: beyond symptoms Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Bianca Sossen, Gary Maartens
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Thinking beyond diagnostic accuracy to evaluate tuberculosis screening tests Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Emily L-H MacLean, H Manisha Yapa
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Point-of-care C-reactive protein and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculosis screening and diagnosis in unselected antiretroviral therapy initiators: a prospective, cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Byron W P Reeve PhD, Gcobisa Ndlangalavu PhD, Hridesh Mishra PhD, Zaida Palmer MSc, Happy Tshivhula PhD, Loren Rockman BSc (Hons), Selisha Naidoo MSc, Desiree L Mbu MSc, Charissa C Naidoo PhD, Brigitta Derendinger PhD, Prof Gerhard Walzl MD PhD, Stephanus T Malherbe MD PhD, Prof Paul D van Helden PhD, Fred C Semitala MD, Christina Yoon MD, Rishi K Gupta MRCP PhD, Prof Mahdad Noursadeghi FRCP PhD, Prof
Tuberculosis, a major cause of death in people living with HIV, remains challenging to diagnose. Diagnostic accuracy data are scarce for promising triage and confirmatory tests such as C-reactive protein (CRP), sputum and urine Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Xpert Ultra), and urine Determine TB LAM Ag (a lateral flow lipoarabinomannan [LF-LAM] test), without symptom selection. We evaluated novel triage and confirmatory
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Blood RNA biomarkers for tuberculosis screening in people living with HIV before antiretroviral therapy initiation: a diagnostic accuracy study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Tiffeney Mann MSc, Rishi K Gupta PhD, Byron W P Reeve PhD, Gcobisa Ndlangalavu PhD, Aneesh Chandran PhD, Amirtha P Krishna BSc, Claire J Calderwood MRCP, Happy Tshivhula PhD, Zaida Palmer MSc, Selisha Naidoo MSc, Desiree L Mbu MSc, Grant Theron PhD, Prof Mahdad Noursadeghi PhD
Undiagnosed tuberculosis remains a major threat for people living with HIV. Multiple blood transcriptomic biomarkers have shown promise for tuberculosis diagnosis. We sought to evaluate their diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility for systematic pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) tuberculosis screening. We enrolled consecutive adults (age ≥18 years) referred to start ART at a community health centre
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Metabolic profiling of smoking, associations with type 2 diabetes and interaction with genetic susceptibility Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Yuxia Wei, Sara Hägg, Jonathan K. L. Mak, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Yiqiang Zhan, Sofia Carlsson
Background Smokers are at increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. We investigated if the smoking-T2D association is mediated by alterations in the metabolome and assessed potential interaction with genetic susceptibility to diabetes or insulin resistance. Methods In UK Biobank (n = 93,722), cross-sectional analyses identified 208 metabolites associated with
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A prospective study of smoking-related white blood cell DNA methylation markers and risk of bladder cancer Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-30
Abstract Bladder cancer, a common neoplasm, is primarily caused by tobacco smoking. Epigenetic alterations including DNA methylation have the potential to be used as prospective markers of increased risk, particularly in at-risk populations such as smokers. We aimed to investigate the potential of smoking-related white blood cell (WBC) methylation markers to contribute to an increase in bladder cancer
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Prevalence of functional disorders across Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-29
Abstract Functional Disorders (FD) refer to persistent somatic symptoms caused by changes in the functioning of bodily processes. Previous findings suggest that FD are highly prevalent, but overall prevalence rates for FD in European countries are scarce. Therefore, the aim of the present work was to estimate the point prevalence of FD in adult general populations. PubMed and Web of Science were searched
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Qualitative Evaluation of RADx-UP Projects Addressing COVID-19 Testing Disparities Among Underserved Populations Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Shelly A. Maras, Abisola Osinuga, Iñigo Verduzco Gallo, Arturo Rodriguez, Erin Corriveau, Kelley Milligan, Allyson Kelley, Tara Carr, Gaurav Dave
In this article, we present findings from a May 2022 to March 2023 qualitative evaluation of Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics–Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) projects addressing COVID-19 testing disparities among underserved populations. Interviews with academic and community partners from 13 RADx-UP projects revealed that despite the pandemic, projects were able to build trust and relationships
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Experiences and Lessons Learned From the RADx-UP Consortium Community Engagement Projects Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Brandy Farrar, Ann Middleton, Lee Thompson, Ann-Marie Akiwumi, Inigo Verduzco Gallo, Perfecto Munoz, Miriam A. Nuno, Mariela Alaniz
In this study, we used emerging community engagement frameworks to describe the structure and outcomes of a large-scale, community-engaged, research-to-practice initiative, RADx-UP. Qualitative methods were used to analyze survey and meeting data from 2022 for RADx-UP projects. Most projects had diverse partners, achieved moderate levels of community engagement, and experienced positive outcomes. Challenges
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Engaging School Communities During COVID-19: The Role of School Nurses Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Rosanne Hoffman, Shelley Kay, Rumour Piepenbrink, Jennifer Goldman, Jennifer Schuster, Lauren Grimes, Dana Keener Mast
We explored the role of school nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting interviews and focus groups with them in 2022 and 2023 in an urban public school district. Findings indicated that school nurses played an essential public health role in engaging the school community, overseeing COVID-19 testing, and enforcing risk mitigation strategies during the pandemic. Our results contribute to understanding
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Excess Mortality Calculations to Assess the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Concepts and Methodological Issues Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Neil Pearce
We discuss some intriguing methodological aspects of excess mortality analyses, which have been widely used to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe the main ways of presenting excess mortality: as a mortality rate (incidence rate) or as a percentage increase (relative risk or rate ratio). We discuss what should be regarded as the null value of excess mortality (i.e., when countries
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Educational inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Japan: national census-linked mortality data for 2010–15 Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hirokazu Tanaka, Kota Katanoda, Kayo Togawa, Yasuki Kobayashi
Background Due to the lack of a national mortality inequality monitoring framework, the overall picture in Japan remains unclear. Here, we investigated educational inequalities in mortality and their cause-specific contribution in Japan. Method Data were obtained by linking the 2010 Japanese population census and death records between 1 October 2010 and 30 September 2015. We included 7 984 451 Japanese
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State Medicaid Initiatives Targeting Substance Use Disorder in Criminal Legal Settings, 2021 Am. J. Public Health (IF 12.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Cashell D. Lewis, Christina Andrews, Amanda J. Abraham, Melissa Westlake, Faye S. Taxman, Colleen M. Grogan
Objectives. To document state Medicaid pre- and postrelease initiatives for individuals in the criminal legal system with substance use disorder (SUD). Methods. An Internet-based survey was sent in 2021 to Medicaid directors in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia to determine whether they were pursuing initiatives for persons with SUD across 3 criminal legal settings: jails, prisons, and
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A Global Tuberculosis Dictionary: unified terms and definitions for the field of tuberculosis Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro, Joanna Ehrlich, Maryline Bonnet, Marianne Calnan, Stephen M Graham, Sabine Hermans, Adriana Jarrett, Rhoda Lewa, Anna Mandalakas, Leonardo Martinez, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Catherine W M Ong, Larissa Otero, Molebogeng Xheedha Rangaka, Mario C B Raviglione, Barbara Seaworth, Willy Ssengooba, Grant Theron, Anete Trajman, Marcel A Behr
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Short-term exposure to air pollution and hospital admission after COVID-19 in Catalonia: the COVAIR-CAT study Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Anna Alari, Otavio Ranzani, Sergio Olmos, Carles Milà, Alex Rico, Joan Ballester, Xavier Basagaña, Payam Dadvand, Talita Duarte-Salles, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Rosa Maria Vivanco-Hidalgo, Cathryn Tonne
Background A growing body of evidence has reported positive associations between long-term exposure to air pollution and poor COVID-19 outcomes. Inconsistent findings have been reported for short-term air pollution, mostly from ecological study designs. Using individual-level data, we studied the association between short-term variation in air pollutants [nitrogen dioxide (NO2), particulate matter
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Bubble continuous positive airway pressure for children with pneumonia and hypoxaemia in Ethiopia Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Eric D McCollum, Tisungane Mvalo
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Effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure for treatment of children aged 1–59 months with severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia in Ethiopia: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Meseret Gebre MD, Kassa Haile MPH, Prof Trevor Duke FRACP, Md Tanveer Faruk MPH, Mehnaz Kamal MPH, Md Farhad Kabir MSc, Md Fakhar Uddin MSS, Muluye Shimelis BSc, Tigist Beyene MSc, Bethelhem Solomon MD, Meles Solomon MSc, Abebe Genetu Bayih PhD, Alemseged Abdissa PhD, Taye Tolera Balcha PhD, Rahel Argaw MD, Asrat Demtse MD, Abate Yeshidinber Weldetsadik MD, Abayneh Girma MD, Bitseat W Haile MD, Abu
The safety and efficacy of bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) for treatment of childhood severe pneumonia outside tertiary care hospitals is uncertain. We did a cluster-randomised effectiveness trial of locally made bCPAP compared with WHO-recommended low-flow oxygen therapy in children with severe pneumonia and hypoxaemia in general hospitals in Ethiopia. This open, cluster-randomised
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Alcohol consumption and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality—a linear and nonlinear Mendelian randomization study Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Nigussie Assefa Kassaw, Ang Zhou, Anwar Mulugeta, Sang Hong Lee, Stephen Burgess, Elina Hyppönen
Background Many observational studies support light-to-moderate alcohol intake as potentially protective against premature death. We used a genetic approach to evaluate the linear and nonlinear relationships between alcohol consumption and mortality from different underlying causes. Methods We used data from 278 093 white-British UK Biobank participants, aged 37–73 years at recruitment and with data
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Life-course social participation and physical activity in midlife: longitudinal associations in the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16
Abstract A hypothesized benefit of social participation is that it encourages people to be more physically active. However, limited evidence exists on the association between social participation over the life-course and physical activity in midlife. We sought to apply a life-course framework to examine the association of social participation and device measured physical activity in midlife in the
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Diabetes and the risk of bladder cancer subtypes in men and women: results from the Netherlands Cohort Study Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Piet A. van den Brandt
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The health and care workforce in the Pandemic Agreement: championing equity and protecting collective capacity for future pandemics Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Veena Sriram, Leah Shipton, Julia Smith, Katrina Plamondon
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Global brain health—the time to act is now Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Andrea S Winkler, Saksham Gupta, Vikram Patel, Arnold Bhebhe, Agnès Fleury, Camilla G Aukrust, Tarun Dua, Tamara M Welte, Sarbani Chakraborty, Kee B Park
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Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Wendy G Lichtenthal PhD, Kailey E Roberts PhD, Leigh A Donovan PhD, Prof Lauren J Breen PhD, Prof Samar M Aoun PhD, Stephen R Connor PhD, William E Rosa PhD
Morbidity and mortality associated with bereavement is an important public health issue, yet economic and resource investments to effectively implement and sustain integrated bereavement services are sorely lacking at national and global levels. Although bereavement support is a component of palliative care provision, continuity of care for bereaved individuals is often not standard practice in palliative
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No health without brain health Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 The Lancet Global Health
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Aminoglycosides, deafness, and non-tuberculous mycobacteria Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Francis Drobniewski, Marcia Ashmi, Changchunzi He, Jamie Cheong, Anand Shah
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Progress towards cultural safety in Indigenous cardiovascular health care and research Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Luke Burchill, Angela Dos Santos
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High burden of typhoid disease in sub-Saharan Africa calls for urgent roll-out of typhoid conjugate vaccines Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Samuel Kariuki, Robert S Onsare
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Outcomes of heart failure: gaps in knowledge and needs for action Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yi Wu, Xi Li
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Gout is a neglected non-communicable disease in the Pacific Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Cyrille Goarant, Shrish Acharya
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Typhoid conjugate vaccines: a step towards typhoid control Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Mila Shakya, Andrew J Pollard
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Excess vaccine-preventable disease mortality due to COVID-19 Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Kimberly M Thompson
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Is intimate partner violence declining? It's still an open question – Authors' reply Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ning Ma, Yi Song, Zhihui Li
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Strengthening health policy modelling in Africa Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 S M Thumbi, Jacquie Oliwa, Sheetal P Silal
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The gout epidemic in French Polynesia: a modelling study of data from the Ma’i u’u epidemiological survey Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Prof Tristan Pascart MD, Kaja A Wasik PhD, Prof Cristian Preda PhD, Valérie Chune MD, Jérémie Torterat BSc, Nicolas Prud’homme BSc, Maryline Nassih BSN, Agathe Martin BSN, Julien Le Masson BSN, Vahinetua Rodière BSN, Sylvain Frogier BSN, Georges Canova BSN, Jean-Paul Pescheux BSN, Charles Shan Sei Fan MD, Charlotte Jauffret MD, Patrick Claeys BSN, Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer PhD, Stephane E Castel PhD
Gout is the most common cause of inflammatory arthritis worldwide, particularly in Pacific regions. We aimed to establish the prevalence of gout and hyperuricaemia in French Polynesia, their associations with dietary habits, their comorbidities, the prevalence of the allele, and current management of the disease. The Ma’i u’u survey was epidemiological, prospective, cross-sectional, and gout-focused
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Incidence of typhoid fever in Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, and Nigeria (the Severe Typhoid in Africa programme): a population-based study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Florian Marks PhD, Justin Im PhD, Se Eun Park PhD, Gi Deok Pak MSc, Hyon Jin Jeon MPH, Lady Rosny Wandji Nana PharmD, Marie-France Phoba Master, Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji Master, Ondari D Mogeni MPH, Biruk Yeshitela MSc, Ursula Panzner MPH, Ligia María Cruz Espinoza MD, Tigist Beyene MSc, Michael Owusu-Ansah MPH, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah PhD, Melese Yeshambaw MSc, Ashenafi Alemu MSc, Oluwafemi J Adewusi
Typhoid Fever remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income settings. The Severe Typhoid in Africa programme was designed to address regional gaps in typhoid burden data and identify populations eligible for interventions using novel typhoid conjugate vaccines. A hybrid design, hospital-based prospective surveillance with population-based health-care utilisation surveys, was implemented
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Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted and genital infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-resource settings (WANTAIM): a pragmatic cluster randomised crossover trial in Papua New Guinea Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Michaela A Riddell PhD, Lisa M Vallely PhD, Alice Mengi MMedSci, Steven G Badman PhD, Prof Nicola Low MD, Handan Wand PhD, Prof John W Bolnga PhD, Delly Babona MMed, Prof Glen D L Mola FRCOG, Prof Virginia Wiseman PhD, Angela Kelly-Hanku PhD, Prof Caroline S E Homer PhD, Christopher Morgan PhD, Prof Stanley Luchters PhD, David M Whiley PhD, Prof Leanne J Robinson PhD, Lucy Au MSc, Irene Pukai-Gani
, and bacterial vaginosis have been associated with adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes, but there is conflicting evidence on the benefits of antenatal screening and treatment for these conditions. We aimed to determine the effect of antenatal point-of-care testing and immediate treatment of , , , and bacterial vaginosis on preterm birth, low birthweight, and other adverse maternal and perinatal
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Does acute malnutrition in young children increase the risk of treatment failure following artemisinin-based combination therapy? A WWARN individual patient data meta-analysis Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 WWARN ACT Malaria and Malnutrition Study Group, Kasia Stepniewska, Richard Allan, Anupkumar R Anvikar, Thomas A Anyorigiya, Elizabeth A Ashley, Quique Bassat, Elisabeth Baudin, Anders Bjorkman, Maryline Bonnet, Caroline Boulton, Teun Bousema, Gwenaelle Carn, Verena I Carrara, Umberto D'Alessandro, Timothy ME Davis, Lise Denoeud-Ndam, Meghna Desai, Abdoulaye A Djimde, Grant Dorsey, Jean-François Etard
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Impact with equity: EDCTP and equitable research partnerships Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Michael Makanga, Pauline Beattie, Dominika Jajkowicz, Thomas Nyirenda, Marcel Tanner, Catherine Hankins
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Efficacy of typhoid vaccines against culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi in typhoid endemic countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Rabab Batool MS, Zoya Haq Qamar MBBS, Rehana Abdus Salam PhD, Mohammad Tahir Yousafzai PhD, Prof Per Ashorn MD, Prof Farah Naz Qamar FCPS
Typhoid is a serious public health threat in many low-income and middle-income countries. Several vaccines for typhoid have been recommended by WHO for typhoid prevention in endemic countries. This study aimed to review the efficacy of typhoid vaccines against culture-confirmed serovar Typhi. We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, and Embase for studies published in
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Mortality in patients admitted to hospital with heart failure in China: a nationwide Cardiovascular Association Database-Heart Failure Centre Registry cohort study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Hua Wang MD, Yingying Li MD, Ke Chai MD, Zheng Long MPH, Zhikai Yang MD, Minghui Du MD, Prof Shengfeng Wang PhD, Prof Siyan Zhan PhD, Yujia Liu MD, Yuhao Wan MD, Prof Fang Wang MD, Prof Peng Yin PhD, Prof Weimin Li MD, Prof Yuhua Liao MD, Prof Yugang Dong MD, Prof Xinli Li MD, Prof Jingmin Zhou MD, Prof Kai-Hang Yiu MD PhD, Prof Maigeng Zhou PhD, Prof Yong Huo MD, Prof Jiefu Yang MD
China has the largest burden of heart failure worldwide. However, large-scale studies on heart failure mortality are scarce. We aimed to investigate mortality and identify risk factors for mortality among patients with heart failure in China. This prospective cohort study used data from the China Cardiovascular Association (CCA) Database-Heart Failure Centre Registry, which were linked to the National
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Estimating the health effects of COVID-19-related immunisation disruptions in 112 countries during 2020–30: a modelling study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Anna-Maria Hartner MSc, Xiang Li PhD, Susy Echeverria-Londono PhD, Jeremy Roth PhD, Kaja Abbas PhD, Megan Auzenbergs PhD, Margaret J de Villiers PhD, Prof Matthew J Ferrari PhD, Keith Fraser PhD, Han Fu PhD, Prof Timothy Hallett PhD, Wes Hinsley PhD, Prof Mark Jit PhD, Andromachi Karachaliou PhD, Sean M Moore PhD, Shevanthi Nayagam MD, Timos Papadopoulos PhD, T Alex Perkins PhD, Allison Portnoy PhD
There have been declines in global immunisation coverage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recovery has begun but is geographically variable. This disruption has led to under-immunised cohorts and interrupted progress in reducing vaccine-preventable disease burden. There have, so far, been few studies of the effects of coverage disruption on vaccine effects. We aimed to quantify the effects of vaccine-coverage
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Effects of a culturally informed model of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with acute coronary syndrome in a tertiary hospital in Australia: a pre-post, quasi-experimental, interventional study Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Danielle L Harrop MBBS, Vivian Bryce MPH, Tanya Kitchener, Sean Grugan MPH, Sonia Renouf, Scott Mitchell BPharm, Gregory Hasking PhD, Debra Pauza GradCert, Gregory Richards BASc, Arnold C T Ng PhD, William Y S Wang PhD
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) peoples with cardiac disease in Australia have worse outcomes than non-Indigenous people with cardiac disease. We hypothesised that the implementation of a culturally informed model of care for Indigenous patients hospitalised with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) would improve their clinical outcomes. For this pre-post, quasi-experimental, interventional
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Is intimate partner violence declining? It's still an open question Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Kathryn M Yount, Lu Gram, Amber Peterman
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National plans and awareness campaigns as priorities for achieving global brain health Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sebastian F Winter MD, Donna Walsh BA, Coriene Catsman-Berrevoets MD, Prof Valery Feigin PhD, Frédéric Destrebecq MA, Prof Suzanne L Dickson PhD, Matilde Leonardi MD, Volker Hoemberg MD, Prof Cristina Tassorelli MD, Maria Teresa Ferretti PhD, Anna Dé MSc, Antonella Santuccione Chadha MD, Chris Lynch BA, Sophia Bakhtadze MD, Deanna Saylor MD, Soonmyung Hwang BS, Kevin Rostasy MD, Prof Benzi M Kluger
Neurological conditions are the leading cause of death and disability combined. This public health crisis has become a global priority with the introduction of WHO's (IGAP). 18 months after this plan was adopted, global neurology stakeholders, including representatives of the OneNeurology Partnership (a consortium uniting global neurology organisations), take stock and advocate for urgent acceleration
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Onchocerciasis elimination in sub-Saharan Africa requires alternative strategies Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Alfred K Njamnshi, Wepnyu Y Njamnshi, Joseph N Siewe Fodjo
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Elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) with long-term ivermectin mass drug administration with or without vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Nyamai Mutono PhD, Prof Maria-Gloria Basáñez PhD, Ananthu James PhD, Wilma A Stolk PhD, Anita Makori BSc, Teresia Njoki Kimani MSc, Prof T Déirdre Hollingsworth PhD, Andreia Vasconcelos PhD, Matthew A Dixon PhD, Prof Sake J de Vlas PhD, Prof S M Thumbi PhD
WHO has proposed elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) by 2030. More than 99% of cases of onchocerciasis are in sub-Saharan Africa. Vector control and mass drug administration of ivermectin have been the main interventions for many years, with varying success. We aimed to identify factors associated with elimination of onchocerciasis transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. For
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Access to abortion: a constitutional right Lancet Public Health (IF 50.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 The Lancet Public Health
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Delivering health for all: the critical role of gender-responsive health systems Lancet Global Health (IF 34.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Angeli Achrekar, Svetlana Akselrod, Helen Clark, Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Michael Charles, Katie Dain, Roopa Dhatt, Maliha Khan, Justin Koonin, Ilayda Orankoy, Swostika Thapaliya, Chantal Umuhoza
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Early developments of psychiatric epidemiology in Chile: a local history with global implications Int. J. Epidemiol. (IF 7.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Franco Mascayano, Gonzalo Cuadra-Malinarich, Naomar Almeida-Filho, Ezra Susser
This viewpoint discusses a conference paper titled: “Epidemiological research on mental morbidity in Chile”, which summarizes a handful of studies from 1950s in Chile covering conditions such as alcoholism, psychosis, epilepsy, and neurosis. These were the first psychiatric epidemiological population studies conducted in the Southern hemisphere, but they are largely unknown globally. We argue that
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On the study of fetal growth restriction: time to abandon SGA Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Allen J. Wilcox, Jonathan M. Snowden, Kelly Ferguson, Jennifer Hutcheon, Olga Basso
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Using the global randomization test as a Mendelian randomization falsification test for the exclusion restriction assumption Eur. J. Epidemiol. (IF 13.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-29
Abstract Mendelian randomization may give biased causal estimates if the instrument affects the outcome not solely via the exposure of interest (violating the exclusion restriction assumption). We demonstrate use of a global randomization test as a falsification test for the exclusion restriction assumption. Using simulations, we explored the statistical power of the randomization test to detect an