2022
Development of the Anthropometric Grouping Index for the Eastern Caribbean Population Using the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study Data
Almodóvar-Rivera IA, Rosario-Rosado RV, Nazario CM, Hernández-Santiago J, Ramírez-Marrero FA, Nunez M, Maharaj R, Adams P, Martinez-Brockman JL, Tessier-Sherman B, Nunez-Smith M. Development of the Anthropometric Grouping Index for the Eastern Caribbean Population Using the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study Data. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2022, 19: 10415. PMID: 36012047, PMCID: PMC9408472, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191610415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood sugar levelsHigh blood sugar levelsElevated blood sugarSugar levelsBlood sugarCohort study dataPublic health initiativesAnthropometric indicesFamily historyAnthropometric measuresBMIHealth initiativesCaribbean populationLinear mixed modelsHigher likelihoodPopulation groupsStudy dataCurrent studyMixed modelsDiabetesLevelsGroupIndexPopulationIndividualsPatient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment
Moor SE, Tusubira AK, Wood D, Akiteng AR, Galusha D, Tessier-Sherman B, Donroe EH, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Hawley NL, Armstrong-Hough M, Nakirya BD, Nugent R, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e059949. PMID: 35863829, PMCID: PMC9310153, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeer support groupsAvailability of medicinesHealthcare providersPatient preferencesHealth facilitiesHealth educationRural UgandaFacility-based managementCost of treatmentLow-resource settingsDiabetes mellitusNakaseke districtDiscrete choice experimentHealthcare service deliveryAverage respondentIntervention designHTNMedicineUgandan shillingsDCE attributesProvidersGroupService delivery
2013
Effect of systematic ergonomic hazard identification and control implementation on musculoskeletal disorder and injury risk.
Cantley LF, Taiwo OA, Galusha D, Barbour R, Slade MD, Tessier-Sherman B, Cullen MR. Effect of systematic ergonomic hazard identification and control implementation on musculoskeletal disorder and injury risk. Scandinavian Journal Of Work, Environment & Health 2013, 40: 57-65. PMID: 24142048, PMCID: PMC4096997, DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMusculoskeletal disordersRelative riskInjury riskErgonomic hazardsHC groupRisk reductionInjury risk reductionInjury historyWorker injury riskInjury outcomesStudy periodRiskControl initiativesDisordersParticipatory ergonomicsGroupHazard identificationTemporal trendsErgonomic standardsInjuryPersons
2007
A randomized clinical trial to compare the use of safety net enclosures with standard restraints in agitated hospitalized patients
Nawaz H, Abbas A, Sarfraz A, Slade MD, Calvocoressi L, Wild DM, Tessier‐Sherman B. A randomized clinical trial to compare the use of safety net enclosures with standard restraints in agitated hospitalized patients. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2007, 2: 385-393. PMID: 18081185, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayHospitalized patientsStandard restraintRestraint groupTotal doseSecondary nurseRandomized clinical trialsUse of restraintsSuch patientsAgitation scoresClinical trialsCommunity hospitalPatientsLevel of agitationNursesPhysiciansMedicationsStayHospitalInjuryPerception scoresDoseTrialsScoresGroup