Submissions from 2012
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
Efficacy of integrated school based de-worming and prompt malaria treatment on helminths -Plasmodium falciparum co-infections: A 33 months follow up study, Nicholas Midzi, Sekesai Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Davison Sangweme, Noah H. Paul, Godfrey Makware, Munyaradzi P. Mapingure, Kimberly C. Brouwer, James Mudzori, Gibson Hlerema, Vivian Chadukura, Francisca Mutapi, Nirbhay Kumar, and Takafira Mduluza
Voluntary reduction of trans-fatty acids in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation, Rafael Monge-Rojas, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, Enrique Jacoby, and Dariush Mozaffarian
Erratum: Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa (Lancet (2011) 377 (1113-1121)), F. Mullan, S. Frehywot, and F. Omaswa
Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa, Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, Francis Omaswa, Eric Buch, Candice Chen, S. Ryan Greysen, Travis Wassermann, Diaa Eldin Elgaili Abubakr, Magda Awases, Charles Boelen, Mohenou Jean Marie Isidore Diomande, Delanyo Dovlo, Josefo Ferro, Abraham Haileamlak, Jehu Iputo, Marian Jacobs, Abdel Karim Koumaré, and Mwapatsa Mipando
Rebuilding and strengthening health systems and providing basic health services in fragile states, William Newbrander, Ronald Waldman, and Megan Shepherd-Banigan
Linking global hiv/aids treatments with national programs for the control and elimination of the neglected tropical diseases, J Noblick, R Skolnik, and PJ Hotez
Women's health disparities in honduras: Indicators and determinants, Joan Price and Ramin Asgary
Application of Healthy Life Year Measures to Environmental Health Issues, P. Puvanachandra, A. A. Hyder, and R. H. Morrow
Population-based prevalence of uveitis in Southern India, Sivakumar R. Rathinam, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Rengapa Ramakrishnan, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Alan L. Robin, and John H. Kempen
Gradual changes in the age distribution of excess deaths in the years following the 1918 influenza pandemic in copenhagen: Using epidemiological evidence to detect antigenic drift, N Saglanmak, V Andreasen, L Simonsen, K Mølbak, and MA Miller
Financial impact to providers using pediatric combination vaccines, AK Shen, E Sobczyk, L Simonsen, F Khan, and A Esber
Inconsistent effects of iron-folic acid and/or zinc supplementation on the cognitive development of infants, Emily H. Siegel, Katarzyna Kordas, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, and James M. Tielsch
The need for interdisciplinary studies of historic pandemics, L Simonsen, C Viboud, G Chowell, V Andreasen, and DR Olson
Cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Bolivia from the state perspective, Emily R. Smith, Emily E. Rowlinson, Volga Iniguez, Kizee A. Etienne, Rosario Rivera, Nataniel Mamani, Rick Rheingans, Maritza Patzi, Percy Halkyer, and Juan S. Leon
Health and human rights in Chin State, Western Burma: A population-based assessment using multistaged household cluster sampling, Richard Sollom, Adam K. Richards, Parveen Parmar, Luke C. Mullany, Salai Bawi Lian, Vincent Iacopino, and Chris Beyrer
Research translation to inform national health policies: Learning from multiple perspectives in Uganda, Freddie Ssengooba, Lynn Atuyambe, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, Nancy Glass, and Adnan A. Hyder
Risk factors for decreased visual acuity in preschool children: The multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease and baltimore pediatric eye disease studies, Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch, Rohit Varma, Susan A. Cotter, Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Jesse H. Lin, Mark S. Borchert, Mina Torres, Ge Wen, Stanley P. Azen, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, Michael X. Repka, Joanne Katz, Josephine Ibironke, and Lydia Giordano
Cognitive functioning and the probability of falls among seniors in Havana, Cuba, Antonio J. Trujillo, Adnan A. Hyder, and Laura C. Steinhardt
Individual income and falls among the elderly in Latin America, Antonio J. Trujillo, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, and Adnan A. Hyder
Does seasonal influenza vaccination increase the risk of illness with the 2009 A/H1N1 pandemic virus?, C Viboud and L Simonsen
Submissions from 2010
The short-term impacts of a schooling conditional cash transfer program on the sexual behavior of young women, S Baird, E Chirwa, C McIntosh, and B Özler
Child supervision practices for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh: A pilot study of supervision tools, J. A. Callaghan, A. A. Hyder, R. Khan, L. S. Blum, S. Arifeen, and A. H. Baqui
Can the deployment of community health workers for the delivery of HIV services represent an effective and sustainable response to health workforce shortages? Results of a multicountry study, Francesca Celletti, Anna Wright, John Palen, Seble Frehywot, Anne Markus, Alan Greenberg, Rafael Augusto Teixeira De Aguiar, Francisco Campos, Eric Buch, and Badara Samb
The global burden of unintentional injuries and an agenda for progress, Aruna Chandran, Adnan A. Hyder, and Corinne Peek-Asa
Maternal Vitamin A supplementation and lung function in offspring, William Checkley, Keith P. West, Robert A. Wise, Matthew R. Baldwin, Lee Wu, Steven C. Leclerq, Parul Christian, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Subarna Khatry, and Alfred Sommer
Mortality patterns associated with the 1918 influenza pandemic in Mexico: Evidence for a spring herald wave and lack of preexisting immunity in older populations, G Chowel, C Viboud, L Simonsen, MA Miller, and R Acuna-Soto
The reproduction number of seasonal influenza epidemics in Brazil, 1996-2006, G. Chowell, C. Viboud, L. Simonsen, M. Miller, and W. J. Alonso