Submissions from 2012
Effectiveness of mHealth behavior change communication interventions in developing countries: A systematic review of the literature, Tilly A. Gurman, Sara E. Rubin, and Amira A. Roess
Patterns of pediatric injury in South Africa: An analysis of hospital data between 1997 and 2006, Hadley K. Herbert, Arjan Bastiaan Van As, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, Patricia Mtambeka, Kent A. Stevens, Alastair John Ward Millar, and Adnan A. Hyder
Impact of the 2009/2010 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on trends in influenza hospitalization, diagnostic testing, and treatment., Jaime E. Hernandez, Joanne Grainger, Lone Simonsen, Phil Collis, William P. Sheridan, and Laurel Edelman
Impact of the 2009/2010 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic on trends in influenza hospitalization, diagnostic testing, and treatment, JE Hernandez, J Grainger, L Simonsen, P Collis, and L Edelman
Quantifying the Underestimated Burden of Road Traffic Mortality in Mexico: A Comparison of Three Approaches, Martha Híjar, Aruna Chandran, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, Jeffrey C. Lunnen, Jorge Martín Rodríguez-Hernández, and Adnan A. Hyder
Relationship between retinopathy severity, visual impairment and depression in persons with long-term type 1 diabetes, Flavio E. Hirai, James M. Tielsch, Barbara E.K. Klein, and Ronald Klein
Smoking susceptibility and its predictors among adolescents in China: Evidence from Ningbo City, Cheng Huang, Jeffrey Koplan, Jing Liu, Changwei Li, Jessica Silvaggio, Amanda K. MacGurn, Tao Zhang, Michael P. Erikson, and Pam Redmon
Addressing the implementation gap in global road safety: Exploring features of an effective response and introducing a 10-country program, Adnan A. Hyder, Katharine A. Allen, Gayle Di Pietro, Claudia A. Adriazola, Rochelle Sobel, Kelly Larson, and Margie Peden
Road Safety in 10 Countries: A Global Opportunity, Adnan A. Hyder and David Bishai
Exploring the ethics of long-term research engagement with communities in low- and middle-income countries, Adnan A. Hyder, Carleigh B. Krubiner, Gerald Bloom, and Abbas Bhuiya
Home care practices for newborns in rural Southern Nepal during the first 2 weeks of life, Dominique J. Karas, Luke C. Mullany, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Gary L. Darmstadt, and James M. Tielsch
Urban governance of disease, Rebecca Katz, Sangeeta Mookherji, Morgan Kaminski, Vibhuti Haté, and Julie E. Fischer
Author reply, Lisa Keay, Emily W. Gower, Sandra D. Cassard, James M. Tielsch, and Oliver D. Schein
Postcataract surgery endophthalmitis in the United States: Analysis of the complete 2003 to 2004 medicare database of cataract surgeries, Lisa Keay, Emily W. Gower, Sandra D. Cassard, James M. Tielsch, and Oliver D. Schein
Mortality Burden of the 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in France: Comparison to Seasonal Influenza and the A/H3N2 Pandemic, M Lemaitre, F Carrat, G Rey, M Miller, and L Simonsen
Mortality burden of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic in France: Comparison to seasonal influenza and the A/H3N2 pandemic, Magali Lematire, Fabrice Carrat, Gregoire Rey, Mark A. Miller, Lone Simonsen, and Cecile Viboud
Evolution, safety, and highly pathogenic influenza viruses., Marc Lipsitch, Joshua B. Plotkin, Lone Simonsen, and Barry Bloom
Evolution, safety, and highly pathogenic influenza viruses, M Lipsitch, JB Plotkin, L Simonsen, and B Bloom
Seat Belt and Child Seat Use in Lipetskaya Oblast, Russia: Frequencies, Attitudes, and Perceptions, Sai Ma, Nhan Tran, Vladimir E. Klyavin, Francesco Zambon, Kristin W. Hatcher, and Adnan A. Hyder
Alkhurma viral hemorrhagic fever virus: Proposed guidelines for detection, prevention, and control in saudi arabia, Ziad A. Memish, Shamsudeen F. Fagbo, Abdullah M. Assiri, Pierre Rollin, Ali M. Zaki, Remi Charrel, Chris Mores, and Adam MacNeil
Aberrant Sporogonic Development of Dmc1 (a Meiotic Recombinase) Deficient Plasmodium berghei Parasites, Godfree Mlambo, Isabelle Coppens, and Nirbhay Kumar
The Medical Education Partnership Initiative: PEPFAR'S effort to boost health worker education to strengthen health systems, Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, Francis Omaswa, Nelson Sewankambo, Zohray Talib, Candice Chen, James Kiarie, and Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde
Preschool micronutrient supplementation effects on intellectual and motor function in school-aged nepalese children, Laura E. Murray-Kolb, Subarna K. Khatry, Joanne Katz, Barbara A. Schaefer, Pamela M. Cole, Steven C. Le Clerq, Mary E. Morgan, James M. Tielsch, and Parul Christian
The validity of self-reported seatbelt use in a country where levels of use are low, Türker Özkan, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Timo Lajunen, Connie Hoe, and Adnan Hyder
Two years into the road safety in 10 countries project: How are countries doing?, Margie M. Peden, Gayle Dipietro, and Adnan A. Hyder
Modelling seasonal variations in the age and incidence of Kawasaki disease to explore possible infectious aetiologies, VE Pitzer, D Burgner, C Viboud, L Simonsen, and V Andreasen
Modelling seasonal variations in the age and incidence of Kawasaki disease to explore possible infectious aetiologies., Virginia E. Pitzer, David Burgner, Cecile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Viggo Andreasen, Claudia A. Steiner, and Marc Lipsitch
Road Traffic Injuries and Data Systems in Egypt: Addressing the Challenges, P. Puvanachandra, C. Hoe, H. F. El-Sayed, R. Saad, N. Al-Gasseer, M. Bakr, and A. A. Hyder
A game of Chinese whispers in Malaysia: Contextual analysis of child road safety education, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Subramaniam Kulanthayan, and Adnan A. Hyder
The prevalence of ocular structural disorders and nystagmus among preschool-aged children, Michael X. Repka, David S. Friedman, Joanne Katz, Josephine Ibironke, Lydia Giordano, and James M. Tielsch
The response of academic medical centers to the 2010 Haiti earthquake: The Mount Sinai School of Medicine experience, Jonathan A. Ripp, Jacqueline Bork, Holly Koncicki, and Ramin Asgary
National surveillance for human and pet contact with oral rabies vaccine baits, 2001-2009, AA Roess, N Rea, E Lederman, V Dato, and R Chipman
The use of mobile communication technologies to improve the health of individuals and populations has great potential. Introduction., AA Roess and NK Sikka
National surveillance for human and pet contact with oral rabies vaccine baits, 2001-2009, Amira A. Roess, Nancy Rea, Edith Lederman, Virginia Dato, Richard Chipman, Dennis Slate, Mary G. Reynolds, Inger K. Damon, and Charles E. Rupprecht
The use of mobile communication technologies to improve the health of individuals and populations has great potential., Amira A. Roess and Neal K. Sikka
Disconnect between discourse and behavior regarding concurrent sexual partnerships and condom use: findings from a qualitative study among youth in Malawi, Stacy L. Romero, Amy A. Ellis, and Tilly A. Gurman
Cataract surgery among medicare beneficiaries, Oliver D. Schein, Sandra D. Cassard, James M. Tielsch, and Emily W. Gower
Were equatorial regions less affected by the 2009 influenza pandemic? The Brazilian experience, C Schuck-Paim, C Viboud, L Simonsen, MA Miller, and FEA Moura
Were equatorial regions less affected by the 2009 influenza pandemic? The Brazilian experience, Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Cecile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Mark A. Miller, Fernanda E.A. Moura, Roberto M. Fernandes, Marcia L. Carvalho, and Wladimir J. Alonso
Measurement and evaluation outcomes for mhealth communication: Don't we have an app for that?, James M. Sherry and Scott C. Ratzan
The art of modeling the mortality impact of winter-seasonal pathogens., Lone Simonsen and Cecile G. Viboud
The art of modeling the mortality impact of winter-seasonal pathogens, L Simonsen and C Viboud
Global Health 101, 2nd ed., Richard Skolnik
Beneficial effects of zinc supplementation on head circumference of Nepalese infants and toddlers: A randomized controlled trial, P. J. Surkan, M. Shankar, J. Katz, E. H. Siegel, S. C. Leclerq, S. K. Khatry, R. J. Stoltzfus, and J. M. Tielsch
Drinking and Driving in Vietnam: Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices, Nhan T. Tran, Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, V. Cuong Pham, Jeffrey C. Lunnen, Youngji Jo, Jonathon Passmore, Phuong N. Nguyen, and Adnan A. Hyder
Global mortality of 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1, C Viboud and L Simonsen
Pregnancy-related mortality in southern Nepal between 2001 and 2006: Independent estimates from a prospective, population-based cohort and a direct sisterhood survey (American Journal of Epidemiology (2010) 172:7 (855-860)), David W. Wee, Luke C. Mullany, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, and James M. Tielsch
Impact of the 2009 influenza pandemic on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in the United States, Daniel M. Weinberger, Lone Simonsen, Richard Jordan, Claudia Steiner, Mark Miller, and Cecile Viboud
Impact of the 2009 influenza pandemic on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in the United States, DM Weinberger, L Simonsen, R Jordan, C Steiner, and M Miller
Environmental drivers of Ross River virus in south-east Tasmania, Australia: Towards strengthening public health interventions, Angela Werner, Sarah Goater, Scott Carver, Greg Robertson, and Philip Weinstein
The association of preterm birth and small birthweight for gestational age on childhood disability screening using the Ten Questions Plus tool in rural Sarlahi district, southern Nepal, L. A. Wu, J. Katz, L. C. Mullany, S. K. Khatry, G. L. Darmstadt, S. C. Leclerq, and J. M. Tielsch
Evaluation of three short dietary instruments to assess fruit and vegetable intake: the National Cancer Institute's food attitudes and behaviors survey, Amy L. Yaroch, Janet Tooze, Frances Thompson, Heidi M. Blanck, Olivia M. Thompson, Uriyoan Colón-Ramos, Abdul R. Shaikh, Susanne McNutt, and Linda C. Nebeling
Global prevalence and major risk factors of diabetic retinopathy, Joanne W.Y. Yau, Sophie L. Rogers, Rho Kawasaki, Ecosse L. Lamoureux, Jonathan W. Kowalski, Toke Bek, Shih Jen Chen, Jacqueline M. Dekker, Astrid Fletcher, Jakob Grauslund, Steven Haffner, Richard F. Hamman, M. Kamran Ikram, Takamasa Kayama, Barbara E.K. Klein, Ronald Klein, Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, and Korapat Mayurasakorn
Understanding unintentional childhood home injuries: Pilot surveillance data from Karachi, Pakistan, Nukhba Zia, Uzma R. Khan, Junaid A. Razzak, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, and Adnan A. Hyder
Submissions from 2011
What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? findings from the WHO Multi-country Study on women's Health and Domestic Violence, Tanya Abramsky, Charlotte H. Watts, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Karen Devries, Ligia Kiss, Mary Ellsberg, Henrica A.F.M. Jansen, and Lori Heise
The perils of using annual all-cause mortality data to estimate pandemic influenza burden, V Andreasen and L Simonsen
Communicable and non-communicable diseases among recent immigrants with implications for primary care; A comprehensive immigrant health approach, Ramin Asgary, Ramesh Naderi, Kristin A. Swedish, Clyde L. Smith, Blanca Sckell, and Sara Doorley
Barriers to health care access among refugee asylum seekers, Ramin Asgary and Nora Segar
Burden of fall injuries in Pakistan - analysis of the national injury survey of Pakistan, A. M. Bachani, A. Ghaffar, and A. A. Hyder
Aggregate income shocks and infant mortality in the developing world, Sarah Baird, Jed Friedman, and Norbert Schady
Cash or condition? Evidence from a cash transfer experiment, Sarah Baird, Craig McIntosh, and Berk Özler
Natality decline and miscarriages associated with the 1918 influenza pandemic: The scandinavian and United States experiences, K Bloom-Feshbach, L Simonsen, C Viboud, K Mølbak, and MA Miller
Risk factors for hyperopia and myopia in preschool children: The multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease and baltimore pediatric eye disease studies, Mark S. Borchert, Rohit Varma, Susan A. Cotter, Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch, Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Jesse H. Lin, Ge Wen, Stanley P. Azen, Mina Torres, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, Michael X. Repka, Joanne Katz, Josephine Ibironke, and Lydia Giordano
Childhood drowning and traditional rescue measures: Case study from Matlab, Bangladesh, Nagesh N. Borse, A. A. Hyder, P. K. Streatfield, S. E. Arifeen, and D. Bishai
Potential Risk Estimation Drowning Index for Children (PREDIC): A pilot study from Matlab, Bangladesh, N. N. Borse, A. A. Hyder, D. Bishai, T. Baker, and S. E. Arifeen
Best practice guidelines on surgical response in disasters and humanitarian emergencies: Report of the 2011 humanitarian action summit working group on surgical issues within the humanitarian space, Smita Chackungal, Jason W. Nickerson, Lisa M. Knowlton, Lynn Black, Frederick M. Burkle, Kathleen Casey, David Crandell, Didier Demey, Lillian Di Giacomo, Lena Dohlman, Joshua Goldstein, James E. Gosney, Keita Ikeda, Allison Linden, Catherine M. Mullaly, Colleen O'Connell, Anthony D. Redmond, and Adam Richards
A proteogenomic analysis of Anopheles gambiae using high-resolution Fourier transform mass spectrometry, Raghothama Chaerkady, Dhanashree S. Kelkar, Babylakshmi Muthusamy, Kumaran Kandasamy, Sutopa B. Dwivedi, Nandini A. Sahasrabuddhe, Min Sik Kim, Santosh Renuse, Sneha M. Pinto, Rakesh Sharma, Harsh Pawar, Nirujogi Raja Sekhar, Ajeet Kumar Mohanty, Derese Getnet, Yi Yang, Jun Zhong, Aditya P. Dash, and Robert M. MacCallum
Commentary: Prevention of violence against children: A framework for progress in low- and middle-income countries, Aruna Chandran, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, and Adnan A. Hyder
Influenza-related mortality trends in japanese and american seniors: Evidence for the indirect mortality benefits of vaccinating schoolchildren, V Charu, C Viboud, L Simonsen, K Sturm-Ramirez, and M Shinjoh
Supplementation with vitamin A early in life and subsequent risk of asthma, W. Checkley, K. P. West, R. A. Wise, L. Wu, S. C. LeClerq, S. Khatry, J. Katz, P. Christian, J. M. Tielsch, and A. Sommer
Characterizing the Epidemiology of the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 Pandemic in Mexico, G Chowell, S Echevarría-Zuno, C Viboud, L Simonsen, and J Tamerius
Spatial and temporal characteristics of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza Pandemic in Peru, G Chowell, C Viboud, CV Munayco, J Gómez, and L Simonsen
Measuring the benefits of school closure interventions to mitigate influenza, G Chowell, C Viboud, L Simonsen, and MA Miller
The 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Peru, G Chowell, C Viboud, L Simonsen, MA Miller, and J Hurtado
Preschool iron-folic acid and zinc supplementation in children exposed to iron-folic acid in utero confers no added cognitive benefit in early school-age, Parul Christian, Mary E. Morgan, Laura Murray-Kolb, Steven C. LeClerq, Subarna K. Khatry, Barbara Schaefer, Pamela M. Cole, Joanne Katz, and James M. Tielsch
Estimating the magnitude and direction of altered arbovirus transmission due to viral phenotype, Rebecca C. Christofferson and Christopher N. Mores
Risk factors associated with childhood strabismus: The multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease and baltimore pediatric eye disease studies, Susan A. Cotter, Rohit Varma, Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch, Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Jesse Lin, Ge Wen, Jolyn Wei, Mark Borchert, Stanley P. Azen, Mina Torres, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, Michael X. Repka, Joanne Katz, Josephine Ibironke, and Lydia Giordano
Violence against women is strongly associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women, Karen Devries, Charlotte Watts, Mieko Yoshihama, Ligia Kiss, Lilia Blima Schraiber, Negussie Deyessa, Lori Heise, Julia Durand, Jessie Mbwambo, Henrica Janssen, Yemane Berhane, Mary Ellsberg, and Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Disability among native-born and foreign-born blacks in the United States, Irma T. Elo, Neil K. Mehta, and Cheng Huang
Breast-feeding initiation time and neonatal mortality risk among newborns in South India, C. R. Garcia, L. C. Mullany, L. Rahmathullah, J. Katz, R. D. Thulasiraj, S. Sheeladevi, C. Coles, and J. M. Tielsch
Health inputs and cumulative health deficits among the older Chinese, Danan Gu, Jessica Sautter, Cheng Huang, and Yi Zeng
Computerized lung sound analysis as diagnostic aid for the detection of abnormal lung sounds: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Arati Gurung, Carolyn G. Scrafford, James M. Tielsch, Orin S. Levine, and William Checkley
Behind the silence of harmony: Risk factors for physical and sexual violence among women in rural Indonesia, Elli N. Hayati, Ulf Högberg, Mohammad Hakimi, Mary C. Ellsberg, and Maria Emmelin
Authors' response, Amy L. Hennessy, Joanne Katz, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, James M. Tielsch, and Alan L. Robin
The utility of relative afferent pupillary defect as a screening tool for glaucoma: Prospective examination of a large population-based study in a south Indian population, Amy L. Hennessy, Joanne Katz, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, James M. Tielsch, and Alan L. Robin
Global health: Injuries and violence, Hadley K. Herbert, Adnan A. Hyder, Alexander Butchart, and Robyn Norton
Ten-year change in vision-related quality of life in type 1 diabetes: Wisconsin Epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy, Flavio E. Hirai, James M. Tielsch, Barbara E.K. Klein, and Ronald Klein
Region of Birth and Disability Among Recent U.S. Immigrants: Evidence from the 2000 Census, Cheng Huang, Neil K. Mehta, Irma T. Elo, Solveig A. Cunningham, Rob Stephenson, David F. Williamson, and K. M.Venkat Narayan
Do early-life conditions predict functional health status in adulthood? The case of Mexico, Cheng Huang, Beth J. Soldo, and Irma T. Elo
National policy-makers speak out: Are researchers giving them what they need?, Adnan A. Hyder, Adrijana Corluka, Peter J. Winch, Azza El-Shinnawy, Harith Ghassany, Hossein Malekafzali, Meng Kin Lim, Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Elsa Segura, and Abdul Ghaffar
Reduction of childhood mortality through millennium development goal 4, Adnan A. Hyder and Jeffrey Lunnen
Child development and refractive errors in preschool children, Josephine O. Ibironke, David S. Friedman, Michael X. Repka, Joanne Katz, Lydia Giordano, Patricia Hawse, and James M. Tielsch
Patterns of injury and violence in Yaoundé Cameroon: An analysis of hospital data, Catherine Juillard, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Chancelline Bilounga Ndongo, Kent A. Stevens, and Adnan A. Hyder
Consensus statements regarding the multidisciplinary care of limb amputation patients in disasters or humanitarian emergencies: Report of the 2011 humanitarian action summit surgical working group on amputations following disasters or conflict, Lisa Marie Knowlton, James E. Gosney, Smita Chackungal, Eric Altschuler, Lynn Black, Frederick M. Burkle, Kathleen Casey, David Crandell, Didier Demey, Lillian Di Giacomo, Lena Dohlman, Joshua Goldstein, Richard Gosselin, Keita Ikeda, Andree Le Roy, Allison Linden, Catherine M. Mullaly, and Jason Nickerson
Medical schools in sub-saharan Africa, Abdel Karim Koumaré, Mohenou Isodore Diomande, Ekoe Tetanye, Charles Boelen, André Jacques Neusy, Francis Omaswa, Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, Joseph Kolars, and Éric Buch
Incidence of and risk factors for neonatal respiratory depression and encephalopathy in rural Sarlahi, Nepal, Anne C.C. Lee, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Ramesh K. Adhikari, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Community-based stillbirth rates and risk factors in rural Sarlahi, Nepal, Anne C. Lee, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Ramesh K. Adhikari, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Risk factors for astigmatism in preschool children: The multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease and baltimore pediatric eye disease studies, Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Rohit Varma, Susan A. Cotter, Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch, Mark S. Borchert, Jesse H. Lin, Ge Wen, Stanley P. Azen, Mina Torres, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, Michael X. Repka, Joanne Katz, Josephine Ibironke, and Lydia Giordano
Knowledge attitudes and practices of grade three primary schoolchildren in relation to schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in Zimbabwe, Nicholas Midzi, Sekesai Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Munyaradzi P. Mapingure, Noah H. Paul, Davison Sangweme, Gibson Hlerema, Masceline J. Mutsaka, Farisai Tongogara, Godfrey Makware, Vivian Chadukura, Kimberly C. Brouwer, Francisca Mutapi, Nirbhay Kumar, and Takafira Mduluza