Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

van Zyl-Hermann D, Hammel T, Burri C, Chenal J, Fink G, Konou A.A, Nebié 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. 2022(in press). DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2118343

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