DGHI Research Roundup: November 2018

Thirty DGHI-affiliated authors—including faculty, staff and alumni—recently shared new discoveries on a variety of global health topics in peer-reviewed publications. Click on the article links below to learn more:

Joy Noel Baumgartner

• Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology – Identification of Patients with Recent Onset Psychosis in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: A Pilot Study with Traditional Health Practitioners and Diagnostic Instruments 

Janet Prvu Bettger

• JAMA Network – Facility and Geographic Variation in Rates of Successful Community Discharge after Inpatient Rehabilitation among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries

Cynthia Binanay, Nathan Thielman, Michael Relf

• International Journal of Health Policy and Management – Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda

Kelly Brownell

• Public Health Reports – Grappling with Complex Food Systems to Reduce Obesity: A US Public Health Challenge

Yujung Choi (MS alumna), Konyin Adewumi (MS alumna), Megan Huchko

• Journal of Cancer Education – A Qualitative Exploration of Women’s Experiences with a Community Health Volunteer-Led Cervical Cancer Educational Module in Migori County, Kenya

Lauren Franz, Konyin Adewumi (MS alumna), Joy Noel Baumgartner

• Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health – Providing Early Detection and Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Africa: Stakeholder Perspectives from the Western Cape Province

Anthony Fuller (MS alumnus), Tu Tran (MS alumnus), Michael Haglund, Emily Smith (adjunct faculty)

• PLOS One – Rural and Urban Differences in Treatment Status among Children with Surgical Conditions in Uganda

Brandon Knettel, Lilian Chumba (MS alumna), Melissa Watt

• Social Science & Medicine – Population Health – Serostatus Disclosure among A Cohort of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Enrolled in HIV Care in Moshi, Tanzania: A Mixed-Methods Study

Brandon Knettel, Melissa Watt

• AIDS and Behavior – Vulnerable at Each Step in the PMTCT Care Cascade: High Loss to Follow Up During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in Tanzania

Michel Landry, Anna Tupetz (MS student)

• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Disability and the Rohingya Displacement Crisis: A Humanitarian Priority

William Pan

• Vaccine – Oral Polio Vaccine Response in the MAL-ED Birth Cohort Study: Considerations for Polio Eradication Strategies

Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell

• Journal of Psychiatric Practice – Persistent Depressive Symptoms in a Population with High Levels of Occupational Stress: Trajectories Offer Insights into Both Chronicity and Resilience

Matthew Rubach

• American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene – Predicting Mortality for Adolescent and Adult Patients with Fever in Resource-Limited Settings

Shenglan Tang, Abu Abdullah

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health – Barriers and Facilitators of Engaging Community Health Workers in Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Control in China: A Systematic Review (2006–2016)

Brittney van de Water (doctoral certificate alumna), Janet Prvu Bettger, Coleen Cunningham

• PLOS One – Provision of Guideline-Based Care for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa: Level of Concordance between Prescribing Practices and Guidelines

Melissa Watt, Cody Cichowitz (former Doris Duke international clinical research fellow), Elizabeth Knippler (global health undergraduate alumna), Preeti Manavalan (MS student)

• AIDS Care – Predictors of Postpartum HIV Care Engagement for Women Enrolled in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programs in Tanzania

Yousuf Zafar

• JAMA Oncology – Engaging Patients in Value-Based Cancer Care: A Missed Opportunity

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.