Sixty-three DGHI-affiliated authors—including faculty, staff and alumni—shared new discoveries on a variety of global health topics in peer-reviewed publications in November and December. Click on the article links below to learn more:
Gary Bennett
- Journal of Medical Internet Research – Methods for Evaluating the Content, Usability, and Efficacy of Commercial Mobile Health Apps
Kelly Brownell
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better than Food Deserts in the United States
Andrew Case (CHPIR researcher), David Eagle (CHPIR researcher), Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
- Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities – Disentangling Race and Socioeconomic Status in Health Disparities Research: An Examination of Black and White Clergy
Coleen Cunningham
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society – Investigating Mediators of the Poor Pneumonia Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed but Uninfected Children
Dorothy Dow, John Bartlett, Elizabeth Turner, Coleen Cunningham
- AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses – HIV Resistance and Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission Regimen in HIV-infected Infants in Northern Tanzania
Lauren Franz
- Autism Research – Validation of Eye-Tracking Measures of Social Attention As a Potential Biomarker for Autism Clinical Trials
Anthony Fuller (MSc-GH alumnus), Tu Tran (MSc-GH alumnus), João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Michael Haglund, Emily Smith (adjunct faculty)
- World Neurosurgery – Prevalence of Surgically Untreated Face, Head, and Neck Conditions in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Nationwide Household Survey
Sophie Galson (MSc-GH student), Catherine Staton, Joseph Lunyera (MSc-GH alumnus), Julian Hertz (MSc-GH student), John Stanifer
Gregory Gray
- One Health – Checklist for One Health Epidemiological Reporting of Evidence (COHERE)
- Pathogens – Low Prevalence of Enzootic Equine Influenza Virus among Horses in Mongolia
Eric Green, Hawa Tuli (MSc-GH alumna), Christina Schmidt (global health undergraduate alumna)
- Journal of Affective Disorders – Developing and Validating a Perinatal Depression Screening Tool in Kenya Blending Western Criteria with Local Idioms: A Mixed Methods Study
Megan Huchko
- BMC Cancer – Study Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Trial to Compare Human Papillomavirus Based Cervical Cancer Screening in Community-Health Campaigns Versus Health Facilities in Western Kenya
- Journal of Biosocial Science – Women's Empowerment and Family Planning: A Review of the Literature
Tazeen Jafar
Bonnie Kaiser (post-doctoral fellow)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health – Elucidating Adolescent Aspirational Models for the Design of Public Mental Health Interventions: A Mixed-Method Study in Rural Nepal
Brandon Knettel (post-doctoral fellow)
- International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling – Incorporating Comprehensive Counselling and Guidance Models into School Curricula in Sub-Saharan Africa
Adriana Lein (MSc-GH alumna), João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci
- International Journal for Equity in Health – Spatially Balanced Provision of Health Equipment: A Cross-Sectional Study Oriented to the Identification of Challenges to Access Promotion
Andrew McCrary (MSc-GH student), Gerald Bloomfield
- Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS – Features of Cardiovascular Disease in Low-Income and Middle-income Countries in Adults and Children Living with HIV
Michael Merson
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology – The Future Role of the United States in Global Health: Emphasis on Cardiovascular Disease
Ernesto Ortiz, Axel Berky, Sarah Diringer (DGHI doctoral scholar alumna), William Pan
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
Truls Østbye
- Preventive Medicine Reports – The Association between Distance to Public Amenities and Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Lower income Singaporeans
Truls Østbye, Mary Story, Jim Zhang
- Science of the Total Environment – Levels and Risk Factors for Urinary Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Children Living in Chongqing, China
Sallie Permar
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology – Development of Envelope Protein Antigens to Serologically Differentiate Zika from Dengue Virus Infection
Brittany Ploss (MSc-GH alumna), Jihad Abdelgadir (MSc-GH alumna), Emily Smith (adjunct faculty), Anthony Fuller (MSc-GH alumnus), João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Michael Haglund
- World Neurosurgery – Pilot Use of a Novel Tool to Assess Neurosurgical Capacity in Uganda
Chris Plowe, Myaing Nyunt
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene – Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Plasmodium Falciparum and Plasmodium Vivax Malaria in Two Remote Rural Communities on the Myanmar-China Border
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
- Prevention Science – Longitudinal Predictors of Behavioral Intentions and HIV Service Use among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Eve Puffer
- Journal of Health Psychology – Suicide Clusters among Young Kenyan Men
Laura Pulscher (MSc-GH alumna), Gregory Gray
- Zoonoses and Public Health – Epidemiological Study of People Living in Rural North Carolina for Novel Respiratory Viruses
Drew Shindell
- Nature Climate Change – Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation and the Sustainable Development Goals
Kathleen Sikkema, Marta Mulawa, Melissa Watt, Emily Cherenack (DGHI doctoral scholar), Karmel Choi (former DGHI doctoral scholar)
- AIDS and Behavior – Improving AIDS Care after Trauma (Impact): Pilot Outcomes of a Coping Intervention among HIV-infected Women with Sexual Trauma in South Africa
Gita Suneja
- Gynecologic Oncology – Disparities in Care for Elderly Women with Endometrial Cancer Adversely Effects Survival
Donald Taylor
- Journal of Palliative Medicine – Tracking Patients in Community-Based Palliative Care through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare Innovation Project
Nicole Toomey (MSc-GH alumna), Catherine Staton, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci
- Public Health – Access to Emergency Care Services: A Transversal Ecological Study about Brazilian Emergency Health Care Network
Debara Tucci, Blake Wilson
- Otology & Neurotology – The Growing—and Now Alarming—Burden of Hearing Loss Worldwide
João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Catherine Staton
- BMC Health Services Research – Qualitative Evaluation of Trauma Delays in Road Traffic Injury Patients in Maringá, Brazil
Brittney van de Water, Janet Prvu Bettger, Coleen Cunningham
- Global Pediatric Health – Time to Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in a Prospective South African Cohort
João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Nicole Toomey (MSc-GH alumna), Catherine Staton, Charles Gerardo
- Annals of Emergency Medicine – 162 Access to a Health Care Facility Impacts Mortality in Brazilian Snake Envenomation: A Geospatial Information Systems Analysis
Melissa Watt, Kathleen Sikkema
- AIDS and Behavior – HIV-Risk Behaviors and Social Support among Men and Women Attending Alcohol-Serving Venues in South Africa: Implications for HIV Prevention
Gavin Yamey
- Disease Control Priorities (World Bank) – Intersectoral Policy Priorities for Health
Yousuf Zafar
- JAMA Oncology – Out-of-Pocket Costs, Financial Distress, and Underinsurance in Cancer Care
- Journal of Oncology Practice – Discussing Health Care Expenses in the Oncology Clinic: Analysis of Cost Conversations in Outpatient Encounters
Jim Zhang
DGHI faculty, affiliates, and scholars: Want your publications listed in the monthly Research Roundup? Email the communications team with the citation or a link to the article! The sooner you email us, the better—we encourage you to let us know when your publication has been accepted.