Prevention of psychosocial distress consequences in somatic hospital inpatients via a stepped and collaborative care model: protocol of SomPsyNet, a... (Publications)
implementation and impact of the SCCM on distressed patients' health-related quality of life. Secondary objectives include assessing efficacy of the screening procedures, influence of SCCM on other health outcomes [...] through early identification of distress and provision of appropriate care, providing problem-focused pathways and strengthening collaborative care. We report the protocol of the 'SomPsyNet' study, aiming [...] The time-of-transition between phases I and II was randomised. Sample...
Spatial variation of PM elemental compositon between and within 20 European study areas - results of the ESCAPE project (Publications)
distinctly different spatial distributions of most of the elements. Variability of PM10_Cu and Fe was mostly due to within-study area differences (67% and 64% of overall variance, respectively) versus b [...] An increasing number of epidemiological studies suggest that adverse health effects of air pollution may be related to particulate matter (PM) composition, particularly trace metals. However, we lack [...] energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis of all PM2.5 and PM10 filters. We...
Impact socio-économique du déversement de déchets toxiques à Abidjan en 2006 à l'échelle des ménages = Socio-economic impact at the household level of... (Publications)
waste, 30.54% of the "affected" households engaged expenses. Those were on average of 92 450 FCFA ( 141), with a minimum of 1 000 FCFA ( 1.5) and a maximum of 1500000 FCFA( 2.287), in spite of the advertisement [...] advertisement of the exemption from payment treatment fees made by the government. The decision of destroying cultures and farms near the points of discharge of the toxic products in a radius of 200 meters, [...] taken by the authorities, touched 2.22% of the households. For these...
Electronic clinical decision algorithms for the integrated primary care management of febrile children in low-resource settings: review of existing... (Publications)
factors that influence compliance and scale-up. IMPLICATIONS: eCDAs are valuable tools that have the potential to improve management of febrile children in primary care and increase the rational use of diagnostics [...] BACKGROUND: The lack of effective, integrated diagnostic tools poses a major challenge to the primary care management of febrile childhood illnesses. These limitations are especially evident in low-resource [...] serious disease. AIMS: This narrative review summarizes existing...
Comparison of model predictions of typhoid conjugate vaccine public health impact and cost-effectiveness (Publications)
endemic settings. However, methodological choices can influence model-predicted outcomes. To provide robust estimates for the potential public health impact of TCVs that account for structural model differences [...] compared four dynamic and one static mathematical model of typhoid transmission and vaccine impact. All models were fitted to a common dataset of age-specific typhoid fever cases in Kolkata, India. We evaluated [...] mean duration of protection), and by 2-16 % under a pessimistic...
Association of sociocultural stressors with bipolar disorder onset in Puerto Rican youth growing up as members of a minoritized ethnic group: results... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The development of bipolar disorder is currently explained by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Less is known regarding the influence of sociocultural factors. This [...] This study aims to evaluate the incidence and impact of sociocultural factors on bipolar disorder onset in two comparable samples of youth growing up in different social settings. METHODS: We leveraged data [...] Bronx children, who grew up as a minoritized group, had twice the risk of...
Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter? (Publications)
Tanzania, to ascertain patient characteristics and facility-specific factors that influence correct dosing of AL for management of uncomplicated malaria. METHODS: Exit interviews were conducted with patients [...] facilities were inventoried for capacity and availability of medical products related to care of malaria patients. The outcome was correct dosing of AL based on age and weight. Logistic regression was used [...] BACKGROUND: Use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), such as...
Children's inhalation exposure to methamidophos from sprayed potato fields in Washington State: exploring the use of probabilistic modeling of... (Publications)
Protection Agency's (EPA) level of concern based on a target margin of exposure of 300. As meteorological conditions during and after spraying influence the amount of material moving into areas where [...] create a 2-D simulation of estimated air concentrations in the community near the fields. This work provides a methodological framework for the assessment of air concentrations of pesticides from agricultural [...] We examined the significance of meteorology and postspray volatilization of...
A systematic review of qualitative findings on factors enabling and deterring uptake of HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
RESULTS: The predominant factors enabling uptake of HIV testing are deterioration of physical health and/or death of sexual partner or child. The roll-out of various HIV testing initiatives such as 'opt-out' [...] uptake of HIV testing by being conveniently available and attenuating fear of HIV-related stigma and financial costs. Other enabling factors are availability of treatment and social network influence and [...] (SSA) being the epicenter of the HIV epidemic, uptake of HIV testing is not...
Association of sociocultural stressors with bipolar disorder onset in Puerto Rican youth growing up as members of a minoritized ethnic group: results... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The development of bipolar disorder is currently explained by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Less is known regarding the influence of sociocultural factors. This [...] This study aims to evaluate the incidence and impact of sociocultural factors on bipolar disorder onset in two comparable samples of youth growing up in different social settings. METHODS: We leveraged data [...] Bronx children, who grew up as a minoritized group, had twice the risk of...