Publications

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Phommalangsy S, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Health system utilization and perceived quality among adults in Lao PDR: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. BMC Public Health. 2024;24:565. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18039-2

Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Phommalangsy S, Kounnavong S, Fink G. Health system inequities in Lao People's Democratic Republic: evidence from a nationally representative phone survey. Trop Med Int Health. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13997

Drouard S.H.P, Brenner S, Antwisi D, Toure N.K, Madhavan S, Fink G, Shapira G. Effects of performance-based financing on availability, quality, and use of family planning services in the Democratic Republic of Congo: an impact evaluation. Stud Fam Plann. 2024(in press). DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12264

Ehteshami F, Cassidy R, Tediosi F, Fink G, Cobos Muñoz D. Combining theory-driven realist approach and systems thinking to unpack complexity of type 2 diabetes and hypertension management in low and middle-income countries: protocol for a realist review. Systems. 2024;12(1):16. DOI: 10.3390/systems12010016

Ekou F.K, Eze I.C, Aka J, Kwiatkowski M, Merten S, Acka F.K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Probst-Hensch N. Randomised controlled trial on the effect of social support on disease control, mental health and health-related quality of life in people with diabetes from Côte d'Ivoire: the SoDDiCo study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024;14(1):e069934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069934

Fink G, Chembe M, Henderson S, Rockers P.C, Parkerson D. Feasibility of caregiver-administered anthropometric measurements of children under age 5: evidence from Zambia. Popul Health Metr. 2024;22:2. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-024-00322-4

Jebiwott S, Gutapaka N, Sumari D, Loss G, Athuman T, Nyandele J.P, Cummins H, Chemba M, Benjamin-Chung J, Gangar P, Wu X, Smith J, Chen I, Dorsey G, Fink G, Olotu A, Hsiang M. Child health and infection with low density (CHILD) malaria: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the long-term health and socioeconomic impacts of testing and treating low-density malaria infection among children in Tanzania. BMJ Open. 2024;14(3):e082227. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082227

Kruk M.E, Kapoor N.R, Lewis T.P, Arsenault C, Boutsikari E.C, Breda J, Carai S, Croke K, Dayalu R, Fink G, Garcia P.J, Kassa M, Mohan S, Moshabela M, Nzinga J, Oh J, Okiro E.A, Prabhakaran D, SteelFisher G.K, Tarricone R, Garcia-Elorrio E. Population confidence in the health system in 15 countries: results from the first round of the People's Voice Survey. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12(1):e100-e111. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 1. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00499-0

Lewis T.P, Kassa M, Kapoor N.R, Arsenault C, Bazua-Lobato R, Dayalu R, Fink G, Getachew T, Jarhyan P, Lee H.Y, Mazzoni A, Medina-Ranilla J, Naidoo I, Tadele A, Kruk M.E. User-reported quality of care: findings from the first round of the People's Voice Survey in 14 countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12:e112-e122. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 2. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00495-3

Loss G, Naicker S, Richter L, Fink G. Early life determinants of social disparities among young adults: a longitudinal study in vulnerable communities in South Africa. World Dev. 2024;175:106465. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106465

McCoy D.C, Dormal M, Cuartas J, Carreira Dos Santos A, Fink G, Brentani A. The acute effects of community violence on young children's regulatory, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in a low-income urban sample in Brazil. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2024;65(5):620-630. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13799

Odipo E, Jarhyan P, Nzinga J, Prabhakaran D, Aryal A, Clarke-Deelder E, Mohan S, Mosa M, Eshetu M.K, Lewis T.P, Kapoor N.R, Kruk M.E, Fink G, Okiro E.A. The path to universal health coverage in five African and Asian countries: examining the association between insurance status and health-care use. Lancet Glob Health. 2024;12:e123-e133. Series: The People’s Voice Survey on Health System Performance 3. DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00510-7

Osei Afriyie D, Loo P.S, Kuwawenaruwa A, Kassimu T, Fink G, Tediosi F, Mtenga S. Understanding the role of the Tanzania national health insurance fund in improving service coverage and quality of care. Soc Sci Med. 2024;347:116714. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116714

Sanchez-Samaniego G, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger-Peña S.M, Hattendorf J, Verastegui H, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N. Pre-pregnancy body mass index and caesarean section in Andean women in Peru: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24:304. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06466-3

Sonephet S, Kounnavong S, Zinsstag L, Vonaesch P, Sayasone S, Siengsounthone L, Odermatt P, Fink G, Wallenborn J.T. Social Transfers for Exclusive Breastfeeding (STEB) Intervention in Lao People's Democratic Republic: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024;13:e54768. DOI: 10.2196/54768

Aebi N.J, Baenteli I, Fink G, Meinlschmidt G, Schaefert R, Schwenkglenks M, Studer A, Trost S, Tschudin S, Wyss K, SomPsyNet Consortium. Facilitators and barriers of routine psychosocial distress assessment within a stepped and collaborative care model in a Swiss hospital setting. PLoS One. 2023;18(6):e0285395. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285395

Agyepong I, Spicer N, Ooms G, Jahn A, Bärnighausen T, Beiersmann C, Brown Amoakoh H, Fink G, Guo Y, Hennig L, Kifle Habtemariam M, Kouyaté B.A, Loewenson R, Micah A, Moon S, Moshabela M, Myhre S.L, Ottersen T, Patcharanarumol W, Sarker M, Sen G, Siozaki Y, Songane F, Sridhar D, Ssengooba F, Vega J, Ventura D, Voss M, Heymann D. Lancet commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion. Lancet. 2023;401(10392):1964-2012. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01930-4

Bloom D.E, Fink G. The economic case for devoting public resources to health. In: Farrar J,Hotez P.J,Junghanss T,Kang G,Lalloo D,White N.J,Garcia P.J, eds. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 49-56. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-7959-7.00007-5

Bucher A, Dimov A, Fink G, Chitnis N, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J. Benefit-cost analysis of coordinated strategies for control of rabies in Africa. Nat Commun. 2023;14:5370. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41110-2

Cavallera V, Lancaster G, Gladstone M, Black M.M, McCray G, Nizar A, Ahmed S, Dutta A, Anago R.K.E, Brentani A, Jiang F, Schönbeck Y, McCoy D.C, Kariger P, Weber A.M, Raikes A, Waldman M, van Buuren S, Kaur R, Perez Maillard M, Nisar M.I, Khanam R, Sazawal S, Zongo A, Pacifico Mercadante M, Zhang Y, Roy A.D, Hepworth K, Fink G, Rubio-Codina M, Tofail F, Eekhout I, Seiden J, Norton R, Baqui A.H, Khalfan Ali J, Zhao J, Holzinger A, Detmar S, Kembou S.N, Begum F, Mohammed Ali S, Jehan F, Dua T, Janus M. Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries. BMJ Open. 2023;13:e062562. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062562

Fakih B.S, Holzschuh A, Ross A, Stuck L, Abdul R, Al-mafazy A.H, Irema I, Mbena A, Thawer S.G, Shija S.J, Aliy S.M, Ali A, Fink G, Yukich J, Hetzel M.W. Risk of imported malaria infections in Zanzibar: a cross-sectional study. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:80. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01129-5

Falgas-Bague I, Thembo T, Kaiser J.L, Hamer D.H, Scott N.A, Ngoma T, Paul R, Juntunen A, Rockers P.C, Fink G. Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-evidence from Zambia. PLoS One. 2023;18(2):e0281091. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281091

Fink G, Förtsch K, Felder S. Subjective burden of government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions in Switzerland: evidence from the 2022 LINK Covid-19 survey. PLoS One. 2023;18(7):e0283524. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283524

Hartinger Pena S.M, Mäusezahl D, Jäggi L, Aguilar L, Alvarado Llatance M, Castellanos A, Huaylinos Bustamante M.L, Hinckley K, Charles McCoy D, Zhang C, Fink G. Digital support systems to improve child health and development in Peru: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023;12:e50371. DOI: 10.2196/50371

Jäggi L, Aguilar L, Alvarado Llatance M, Castellanos A, Fink G, Hinckley K, Huaylinos Bustamante M.L, McCoy D.C, Verastegui H, Mäusezahl D, Hartinger Pena S.M. Digital tools to improve parenting behaviour in low-income settings: a mixed-methods feasibility study. Arch Dis Child. 2023;108(6):433-439. DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324964

Juntunen A, Kaiser JL, Ngoma T, Hamer DH, Fink G, Rockers PC, Biemba G, Scott NA. Lessons from a year of COVID-19 in Zambia: reported attendance and mask wearing at large gatherings in rural communities. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023;108(2):384-393. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0460

Kaiser J.L, Hamer D.H, Juntunen A, Ngoma T, Fink G, Schueler J, Rockers P.C, Biemba G, Scott N.A. COVID-19 knowledge and prevention behaviors in rural Zambia: a qualitative application of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023;109(1):76-89. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0604

Kaiser J.L, Ngoma T, Rockers P.C, Fink G, Juntunen A, Hamer D.H, Chirwa B, Scott N.A. A qualitative assessment of community acceptability and use of a locally developed children's book to increase shared reading and parent-child interactions in rural Zambia. Ann Glob Health. 2023;89(1):28. DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3920

Koné S, Probst-Hensch N, Dao D, Utzinger J, Fink G. Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2023;8(4):e010934. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010934

Lewis T.P, Kapoor N.R, Aryal A, Bazua-Lobato R, Carai S, Clarke-Deelder E, Croke K, Dayalu R, Espinoza-Pajuelo L, Fink G, Garcia P.J, Garcia-Elorrio E, Getachew T, Jarhyan P, Kassa M, Kim S.A, Mazzoni A, Medina-Ranilla J, Mohan S, Molla G, Moshabela M, Naidoo I, Nzinga J, Oh J, Okiro E.A, Prabhakaran D, Roberti J, SteelFisher G, Taddele T, Tadele A, Wang X, Xu R, Leslie H.H, Kruk M.E. Measuring people's views on health system performance: design and development of the people's voice survey. PLoS Med. 2023;20(10):e1004294. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004294

Meinlschmidt G, Frick A, Baenteli I, Karpf C, Studer A, Bachmann M, Dörner A, Tschudin S, Trost S, Wyss K, Fink G, Schwenkglenks M, Caviezel S, Rocco T, Schaefert R, SomPsyNet consortium. Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2023;13(11):e076814. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076814

Mitterer S, Zimmermann K, Fink G, Simon M, Gerber A.K, Bergsträsser E. The funding of specialised paediatric palliative care in Switzerland: a conceptualisation and modified Delphi study on obstacles and priorities. Swiss Med Wkly. 2023;153(12):3498. DOI: 10.57187/s.3498

Mrema S, Okumu F, Schellenberg J, Fink G. Associations between the use of insecticide-treated nets in early childhood and educational outcomes, marriage and child-bearing in early adulthood: evidence from a 22-year prospective cohort study in Tanzania. Malar J. 2023;22:134. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04560-z

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development. Nature. 2023;615(7954):874-883. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8

Nuvey F.S, Fink G, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J. Access to vaccination services for priority ruminant livestock diseases in Ghana: barriers and determinants of service utilization by farmers. Prev Vet Med. 2023;215:105919. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105919

Nuvey F.S, Hanley N, Simpson K, Haydon D.T, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Bonfoh B, Zinsstag J, Fink G. Farmers' valuation and willingness to pay for vaccines to protect livestock resources against priority infectious diseases in Ghana. Prev Vet Med. 2023;219:106028. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106028

Nuvey F.S, Haydon D.T, Hattendorf J, Addo K.K, Mensah G.I, Fink G, Zinsstag J, Bonfoh B. Relationship between animal health and livestock farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: beyond zoonoses. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:1353. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16287-2

Nuvey F.S, Mensah G.I, Zinsstag J, Hattendorf J, Fink G, Bonfoh B, Addo K.K. Management of diseases in a ruminant livestock production system: a participatory appraisal of the performance of veterinary services delivery, and utilization in Ghana. BMC Vet Res. 2023;19:237. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-023-03793-z

Onyango S, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Langat N, Okelo K, Murdock D.E, Utzinger J, Fink G. Maternal stimulation and early child development in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Kenya and Zambia. BMC Public Health. 2023;23:2418. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17235-w

Osei Afriyie D, Kwesiga B, Achungura G, Tediosi F, Fink G. Effects of health insurance on quality of care in low-income countries: a systematic review. Public Health Rev. 2023;44:1605749. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2023.1605749

Osei Afriyie D, Masiye F, Tediosi F, Fink G. Confidence in the health system and health insurance enrollment among the informal sector population in Lusaka, Zambia. Soc Sci Med. 2023;321:115750. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115750

Osei Afriyie D, Masiye F, Tediosi F, Fink G. Purchasing for high-quality care using national health insurance: evidence from Zambia. Health Policy Plan. 2023;38(6):681-688. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czad022

Osetinsky B, Fink G, Kuwawenaruwa A, Tediosi F. Investigating sustainability challenges for the National Health Insurance Fund in Tanzania: a modelling approach. BMJ Open. 2023;13(8):e070451. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070451

Rockers P.C, Leppänen J.M, Tarullo A, Coetzee L, Fink G, Hamer D.H, Yousafzai A.K, Evans D. Evaluation of a community health worker home visit intervention to improve child development in South Africa: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2023;20(4):e1004222. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004222

Rockers P.C, Zuilkowski S.S, Fink G. Childhood adversity and educational attainment: evidence from Zambia on the role of personality. Front Psychol. 2023;14:995343. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.995343

Sanchez-Samaniego G, Hartinger S.M, Mäusezahl D, Hattendorf J, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure in a cohort in Northern Andean Peru. Glob Health Action. 2023;16:2285100. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2285100

Shapira G, Clarke-Deelder E, Booto B.M, Samaha H, Fritsche G.B, Muvudi M, Baabo D, Antwisi D, Ramanana D, Benami S, Fink G. Impacts of performance-based financing on health system performance: evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Med. 2023;21:381. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-03062-8

Smith J.A, Chang S.M, Brentani A, Fink G, Lopez-Boo F, Torino B.M, Codina M.R, Walker S.P. A remote parenting program and parent and staff perspectives: a randomized trial. Pediatrics. 2023;151(Suppl 2):e2023060221F. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-060221F

Tamarelle J, Creze M.M, Savathdy V, Phonekeo S, Wallenborn J, Siengsounthone L, Fink G, Odermatt P, Kounnavong S, Sayasone S, Vonäsch P. Dynamics and consequences of nutrition-related microbial dysbiosis in early life: study protocol of the VITERBI GUT project. Front Nutr. 2023;10:1111478. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1111478

Tani K, Osetinsky B, Mhalu G, Mtenga S, Fink G, Tediosi F. Healthcare workers' experiences with COVID-19-related prevention and control measures in Tanzania. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(12):e0002678. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002678

Tavakkoli M, Takian A, Mohammadi M, Heidari H, Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati L, Yousefzade-Chabok S, de Savigny D, Fink G, Künzli N, Cobos Muñoz D. Assessing the design of road traffic death information systems in Iran: a participatory systems approach. Int J Med Inform. 2023;172:105005. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105005

van Zyl-Hermann D, Hammel T, Burri C, Chenal J, Fink G, Konou A.A, Nébié E.I, Osei Afriyie D, Pessoa Colombo V, Utzinger J, Tischler J. Examining African contributions to global health: reflections on knowledge circulation and innovation. Glob Public Health. 2023;18(1):2118343. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2118343

Zay Ya K, Win P.T.N, Bielicki J, Lambiris M, Fink G. Association between antimicrobial stewardship programs and antibiotic use globally: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(2):e2253806. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.53806

Zimmermann K, Simon M, Scheinemann K, Oehler E.M.T, Widler M, Keller S, Fink G, Mitterer S, Gerber A.K, von Felten S, Bergstraesser E. Correction: Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliat Care. 2023;22:13. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-023-01136-1

Aebi N.J, Fink G, Wyss K, Schwenkglenks M, Baenteli I, Caviezel S, Studer A, Trost S, Tschudin S, Schaefert R, Meinlschmidt G, SomPsyNet Consortium. Association of different restriction levels with COVID-19-related distress and mental health in somatic inpatients: a secondary analysis of Swiss general hospital data. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:872116. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.872116

Blakstad M.M, Perumal N, Bliznashka L, Lambiris M.J, Fink G, Danaei G, Sudfeld C.R. Large gains in schooling and income are possible from minimizing adverse birth outcomes in 121 low- and middle-income countries: a modelling study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(6):e0000218. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000218

Brenner S, Madhavan S, Nseya C.K, Sese C, Fink G, Shapira G. Competent and deficient provision of childbirth services: a descriptive observational study assessing the quality of intrapartum care in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:551. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07737-5

Clarke-Deelder E, Osei Afriyie D, Nseluke M, Masiye F, Fink G. Health care seeking in modern urban LMIC settings: evidence from Lusaka, Zambia. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:1205. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13549-3

Cossa H, Dietler D, Macete E, Munguambe K, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health. 2022;18:7. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00797-6

Cossa H, Dietler D, Macete E, Munguambe K, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Correction: Assessing the effects of mining projects on child health in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country analysis. Global Health. 2022;18:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-022-00816-6

Dietler D, Farnham A, Lyatuu I, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Industrial mining and HIV risk: evidence from 39 mine openings across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. AIDS. 2022;36(11):1573-1581. Video Abstract: http://links.lww.com/QAD/C557. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003294

Euclydes V, Gomes C, Gouveia G, Gastaldi V.D, Feltrin A.S, Camilo C, Vieira R.P, Felipe-Silva A, Grisi S, Fink G, Brentani A, Brentani H. Gestational age acceleration is associated with epigenetic biomarkers of prenatal physiologic stress exposure. Clin Epigenetics. 2022;14:152. DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01374-9

Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Zabré H.R, Divall M.J, Fink G, Knoblauch A.M. Spatial mobility and large-scale resource extraction: an analysis of community well-being and health in a copper mining area of Zambia. Extr Ind Soc. 2022;9:101016. DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.101016

Fehr D, Fink G, Jack B.K. Poor and rational: decision-making under scarcity. J Polit Ecol. 2022;130(11):720466. DOI: 10.1086/720466

Ferguson L, Boudreaux C, Cheyassin Phall M, Jallow B, Fofana M.N, Njie L, Ceesay A.A, Gibba C.K, Njie M, Bittaye M, Loum M.M, Sankareh A, Darboe M.L, Barjo Y, Dibba M, Safreed-Harmon K, Fink G, Hasan R. Facility and community results-based financing to improve maternal and child nutrition and health in The Gambia. Health Syst Reform. 2022;8(1):2117320. DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2022.2117320

Fink G, Fritsche G, Samaha H, Sese C, Shapira G. Financially incentivized knowledge assessments to improve provider compliance with treatment guidelines: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2022;23:227. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06129-8

Fink G, Jack K, Phillips Tim. Surviving the hungry season [Internet]: VoxDev Development Economics, 2022 © voxDev.org. Available from: https://audioboom.com/posts/8119855-surviving-the-hungry-season

Fink G, Kandpal E, Shapira G. Inequality in the quality of health services: wealth, content of care, and the price of antenatal consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Econ Dev Cult Change. 2022;70(3):1295–1336. DOI: 10.1086/713941

Fink G, Mrema S, Abdulla S, Kachur P, Khatib R, Lengeler C, Masanja H, Okumu F, Schellenberg D. Mosquito net use in early childhood and survival to adulthood in Tanzania. N Engl J Med. 2022;386:428-436. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2112524

Fink G, Tediosi F, Felder S. Burden of Covid-19 restrictions: national, regional and global estimates. EClinicalMedicine. 2022;45:101305. DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101305

Hooley B, Osei Afriyie D, Fink G, Tediosi F. Health insurance coverage in low-income and middle-income countries: progress made to date and related changes in private and public health expenditure. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(5):e008722. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008722

Jabbarian J, Werner L.K, Kagoné M, Lemp J.M, McMahon S, Horstick O, Kazianga H, Kobiané J.F, Fink G, De Neve J.W. "It's the poverty": stakeholder perspectives on barriers to secondary education in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2022;17(11):e0277822. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277822

Koné S, Bonfoh B, Probst-Hensch N, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Fink G. Impact of newly constructed primary healthcare centres on antenatal care attendance, facility delivery and all-cause mortality: quasi-experimental evidence from Taabo health and demographic surveillance system, Côte d'Ivoire. BMJ Open. 2022;12:e054355. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054355

Koné S, Fink G, Probst-Hensch N, Essé C, Utzinger J, N'Goran E.K, Tanner M, Jaeger F.N. Determinants of modern paediatric healthcare seeking in rural Côte d'Ivoire. Int J Public Health. 2022;66:1604451. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.1604451

Lambiris M.J, Blakstad M.M, Perumal N, Danaei G, Bliznashka L, Fink G, Sudfeld C.R. Birth weight and adult earnings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2022;13(3):284-291. DOI: 10.1017/S2040174421000404

Levine G, Bielicki J, Fink G. Cumulative antibiotic exposure in the first five years of life: estimates for 45 low- and middle-income countries from demographic and health survey data. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;75(9):1537-1547. DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac225

Loss G, Fink G, Bessa L, Brentani A. Impact of COVID-19 on maternal health and child care behavior: evidence from a quasi-experimental study of vulnerable communities in Boa Vista, Brazil. Child Abuse Negl. 2022;129:105667. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105667

Luminati O, Brentani A, Flückiger B, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Raess M, Röösli M, de Hoogh K, Fink G. Assessing the association between air pollution and child development in São Paulo, Brazil. PLoS One. 2022;17(5):e0268192. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268192

Nuvey F.S, Arkoazi J, Hattendorf J, Mensah G.I, Addo K.K, Fink G, Zinsstag J, Bonfoh B. Effectiveness and profitability of preventive veterinary interventions in controlling infectious diseases of ruminant livestock in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMC Vet Res. 2022;18:332. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-022-03428-9

Onyango S, Brentani A, Fink G. Kangaroo mother care for preterm infants and child development: evidence from São Paulo, Brazil. Early Child Dev Care. 2022;192(9):1413-1421. DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2021.1885393

Onyango S, Kimani-Murage E, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Langat N.K, Okelo K, Obong'o C, Utzinger J, Fink G. Associations between exclusive breastfeeding duration and children's developmental outcomes: evidence from Siaya county, Kenya. PLoS One. 2022;17(3):e0265366. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265366

Osei Afriyie D, Krasniq B, Hooley B, Tediosi F, Fink G. Equity in health insurance schemes enrollment in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Equity Health. 2022;21:21. DOI: 10.1186/s12939-021-01608-x

Raess M, Brentani A.V.M, Flückiger B, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Fink G, Röösli M. Association between community noise and children's cognitive and behavioral development: a prospective cohort study. Environ Int. 2022;158:106961. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106961

Sarki M, Ming C, Aceti M, Fink G, Aissaoui S, Bürki N, Graffeo R, Heinimann K, Caiata Zufferey M, Monnerat C, Rabaglio M, Zürrer-Härdi U, Chappuis P.O, Katapodi M.C, The Cascade Consortium. Relatives from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and lynch syndrome families forgoing genetic testing: findings from the Swiss CASCADE cohort. J Pers Med. 2022;12(10):1740. DOI: 10.3390/jpm12101740

Tavakkoli M, Torkashvand-Khah Z, Fink G, Takian A, Künzli N, de Savigny D, Cobos Muñoz D. Evidence from the decade of action for road safety: a systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions in low and middle-income countries. Public Health Rev. 2022;43:1604499. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604499

Verguet S, Bolongaita S, Morgan A, Perumal N, Sudfeld C.R, Yousafzai A.K, Fink G. Priority setting in early childhood development: an analytical framework for economic evaluation of interventions. BMJ Glob Health. 2022;7(6):008926. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008926

Werner L.K, Ludwig J.O, Sie A, Bagagnan C.H, Zabré P, Vandormael A, Harling G, De Neve J.W, Fink G. eHealth and economic benefits of secondary education in the context of poverty: evidence from Burkina Faso. PLoS One. 2022;17(7):e0270246. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270246

Win H, Shafique S, Mizan S, Wallenborn J, Probst-Hensch N, Fink G. Association between mother's work status and child stunting in urban slums: a cross-sectional assessment of 346 child-mother dyads in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2020). Arch Public Health. 2022;80:192. DOI: 10.1186/s13690-022-00948-6

Win H, Shafique S, Probst-Hensch N, Fink G. Change in nutritional status of urban slum children before and after the first COVID-19 wave in Bangladesh: a repeated cross-sectional assessment. PLoS Glob Public Health. 2022;2(7):e0000456. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000456

Zimmermann K, Simon M, Scheinemann K, Tinner Oehler E.M, Widler M, Keller S, Fink G, Mitterer S, Gerber A.K, von Felten S, Bergstraesser E. Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol. BMC Palliat Care. 2022;21:188. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-022-01089-x

Aebi N.J, Caviezel S, Schaefert R, Meinlschmidt G, Schwenkglenks M, Fink G, Riedo L, Leyhe T, Wyss K, SomPsyNet Consortium. A qualitative study to investigate Swiss hospital personnel's perceived importance of and experiences with patient's mental-somatic multimorbidities. BMC Psychiatry. 2021;21:349. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03353-5

Brentani A, Walker S, Chang-Lopez S, Grisi S, Powell C, Fink G. A home visit-based early childhood stimulation programme in Brazil-a randomized controlled trial. Health Policy Plan. 2021;36(3):288-297. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa195

Clark S.N, Bennett J.E, Arku R.E, Hill A.G, Fink G, Adanu R.M, Biritwum R.B, Darko R, Bawah A, Duda R.B, Ezzati M. Small area variations and factors associated with blood pressure and body-mass index in adult women in Accra, Ghana: Bayesian spatial analysis of a representative population survey and census data. PLoS Med. 2021;18(11):e1003850. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003850

Dietler D, Farnham A, Loss G, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in sub-Saharan Africa. Global Health. 2021;17:70. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-021-00723-2

Dietler D, Loss G, Farnham A, de Hoogh K, Fink G, Utzinger J, Winkler M.S. Housing conditions and respiratory health in children in mining communities: an analysis of data from 27 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 2021;89:106591. DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106591

Dos Santos A.C, Brentani A, Fink G. Associations between neighborhood violence during pregnancy and birth outcomes: evidence from Sao Paulo's Western Region Birth Cohort. BMC Public Health. 2021;21:865. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10900-y

Egger D, Miguel E, Warren S.S, Shenoy A, Collins E, Karlan D, Parkerson D, Mobarak A.M, Fink G, Udry C, Walker M, Haushofer J, Larreboure M, Athey S, Lopez-Pena P, Benhachmi S, Humphreys M, Lowe L, Meriggi N.F, Wabwire A, Davis C.A, Pape U.J, Graff T, Voors M, Nekesa C, Vernot C. Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: quantitative evidence from nine developing countries. Sci Adv. 2021;7(6):eabe0997. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0997

Fink G, McConnell M, Nguyen B.D. Learn or react? An experimental study of preventive health decision making. Exp Econ. 2021;24:206–237. DOI: s10683-020-09668-6

Fink G, Orlova-Fink N, Schindler T, Grisi S, Ferrer A.P.S, Daubenberger C, Brentani A. Inactivated trivalent influenza vaccination is associated with lower mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Brazil. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2021;26(4):192-193. DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111549

Fink G, Venkataramani A.S, Zanolini A. Early life adversity, biological adaptation, and human capital: evidence from an interrupted malaria control program in Zambia. J Health Econ. 2021;80:102532. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102532

Francetic I, Fink G, Tediosi F. Impact of social accountability monitoring on health facility performance: evidence from Tanzania. Health Econ. 2021;30(4):766-785. DOI: 10.1002/hec.4219

Gage A.D, Fink G, Ataguba J.E, Kruk M.E. Hospital delivery and neonatal mortality in 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: an ecological study. PLoS Med. 2021;18(12):e1003843. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003843

Hoxha I, Fink G. Caesarean sections and health financing: a global analysis. BMJ Open. 2021;11(5):e044383. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044383

Jeong J, Pitchik H.O, Fink G. Short-term, medium-term and long-term effects of early parenting interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6(3):e004067. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004067

Levine G, Salifu A, Mohammed I, Fink G. Mobile nudges and financial incentives to improve coverage of timely neonatal vaccination in rural areas (GEVaP trial): a 3-armed cluster randomized controlled trial in Northern Ghana. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0247485. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247485

Lyatuu I, Loss G, Farnham A, Lyatuu G.W, Fink G, Winkler M.S. Associations between natural resource extraction and incidence of acute and chronic health conditions: evidence from Tanzania. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(11):6052. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116052

Lyatuu I, Loss G, Farnham A, Winkler M.S, Fink G. Short-term effects of national-level natural resource rents on life expectancy: a cross-country panel data analysis. PLoS One. 2021;16(5):e0252336. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252336

Mapesi H, Gupta R, Wilson H.I, Lukau B, Amstutz A, Lyimo A, Muhairwe J, Senkoro E, Byakuzana T, Mphunyane M, Bresser M, Glass T.R, Lambiris M, Fink G, Gingo W, Battegay M, Paris D.H, Rohacek M, Vanobberghen F, Labhardt N.D, Burkard T, Weisser M. The coArtHA trial—identifying the most effective treatment strategies to control arterial hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2021;22:77. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05023-z

McCoy D.C, Cuartas J, Behrman J, Cappa C, Heymann J, López Bóo F, Lu C, Raikes A, Richter L, Stein A, Fink G. Global estimates of the implications of COVID-19-related preprimary school closures for children's instructional access, development, learning, and economic wellbeing. Child Dev. 2021;92(5):e883-e899. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13658

McCoy D.C, Seiden J, Waldman M, Fink G. Measuring early childhood development: considerations and evidence regarding the caregiver reported early development instruments. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021;1492:3-10. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14598

Mitterer S, Zimmermann K, Bergsträsser E, Simon M, Gerber A.K, Fink G. Measuring financial burden in families of children living with life-limiting conditions: a scoping review of cost indicators and outcome measures. Value Health. 2021;24(9):1377-1389. DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.03.015

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. eLife. 2021;10:e60060. (NCD-RisC). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.60060

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021;398(10304):957-980. (NCD-RisC). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1

Onyango S, Zuilkowski S.S, Kitsao-Wekulo P, Nkumbula N, Utzinger J, Fink G. Relative importance of early childhood development domains for schooling progression: longitudinal evidence from the Zambia early childhood development project. Int J Educ Dev. 2021;85:102445. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102445

Perumal N, Blakstad M.M, Fink G, Lambiris M, Bliznashka L, Danaei G, Sudfeld C.R. Impact of scaling up prenatal nutrition interventions on human capital outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a modeling analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021;114(5):1708-1718. DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab234

Raess M, Brentani A, Ledebur de Antas de Campos B, Flückiger B, de Hoogh K, Fink G, Röösli M. Land use regression modelling of community noise in São Paulo, Brazil. Environ Res. 2021;199:111231. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111231

Richter L.M, Behrman J.R, Britto P, Cappa C, Cohrssen C, Cuartas J, Daelmans B, Devercelli A.E, Fink G, Fredman S, Heymann J, Boo F.L, Lu C, Lule E, McCoy D.C, Naicker S.N, Rao N, Raikes A, Stein A, Vazquez C, Yoshikawa H. Measuring and forecasting progress in education: what about early childhood?. NPJ Sci Learn. 2021;6:27. DOI: 10.1038/s41539-021-00106-7

Salhi C, Beatriz E, McBain R, McCoy D, Sheridan M, Fink G. Physical discipline, deprivation, and differential risk of developmental delay across 17 countries. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021;60(2):296-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.02.016

Waldman M, McCoy D.C, Seiden J, Cuartas J, Fink G. Validation of motor, cognitive, language, and socio-emotional subscales using the caregiver reported early development instruments: an application of multidimensional item factor analysis. Int J Behav Dev. 2021;45(4):368-377. DOI: 10.1177/01650254211005560

Wallenborn J.T, Levine G.A, Carreira Dos Santos A, Grisi S, Brentani A, Fink G. Breastfeeding, physical growth, and cognitive development. Pediatrics. 2021;147(5):e2020008029. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-008029