Featured Publications
Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets
Schwartz J, Ramaiya K, Warren M, Yadav P, Castillo G, George R, McGuire H. Carpe DM: The First Global Diabetes Targets. Global Health Science And Practice 2023, 11: e2200403. PMID: 37116924, PMCID: PMC10141427, DOI: 10.9745/ghsp-d-22-00403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of a COVID-19 National Lockdown on Integrated Care for Hypertension and HIV
Schwartz JI, Muddu M, Kimera I, Mbuliro M, Ssennyonjo R, Ssinabulya I, Semitala FC. Impact of a COVID-19 National Lockdown on Integrated Care for Hypertension and HIV. Global Heart 2021, 16: 9. PMID: 33598389, PMCID: PMC7863843, DOI: 10.5334/gh.928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth facilitiesPublic health facilitiesCOVID-19 national lockdownHTN controlHIV clinicUgandan patientsClinical outcomesChronic conditionsHypertensionIntegrated careHIVCOVID-19National lockdownMovement restrictionsMedicineNationwide lockdownOutcomesAntiretroviralsLockdownPatientsClinicCohortMotor vehicle transportationCareNoncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement
Siddharthan T, Ramaiya K, Yonga G, Mutungi GN, Rabin TL, List JM, Kishore SP, Schwartz JI. Noncommunicable Diseases In East Africa: Assessing The Gaps In Care And Identifying Opportunities For Improvement. Health Affairs 2015, 34: 1506-1513. PMID: 26355052, PMCID: PMC4568565, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoncommunicable diseasesCommunicable diseasesPrimary health care systemNoncommunicable disease managementDisease managementPublic health initiativesHealth service deliveryHealth care systemBasic science researchEssential medicationsCommunicable diseases managementHealth initiativesSocial determinantsHealth systemNutritional transitionDiseaseLow-income countriesCare systemMedical trainingService deliveryMedicationsPrevalenceCareTowards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases
Schwartz JI, Dunkle A, Akiteng AR, Birabwa-Male D, Kagimu R, Mondo CK, Mutungi G, Rabin TL, Skonieczny M, Sykes J, Mayanja-Kizza H. Towards reframing health service delivery in Uganda: the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases. Global Health Action 2015, 8: 26537. PMID: 25563451, PMCID: PMC4292588, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.26537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesHealth service deliveryIntegrated health services deliveryTraining of HCWsChronic disease preventionHealthcare worker trainingMiddle-income countriesService deliveryDisease preventionCommunicable diseasesHealth systemDouble burdenDiseaseWorker trainingMultidisciplinary research collaborationBurdenDeliveryMorbidityMajor roleManagementMortalityIntegrated ManagementCarePrevention
2023
Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action
Heller D, Hudspeth J, Kishore S, Mercer T, Schwartz J, Rabin T. Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 39: 1901-1904. PMID: 38135777, PMCID: PMC11282038, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08573-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India
Mohanan M, Giardili S, Das V, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Miller G, Vera-Hernández M. Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2017, 95: 343-352e. PMID: 28479635, PMCID: PMC5418816, DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.179556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood diarrheaHealth care providers' knowledgeTelemedicine programHypothetical patient vignettesStandardized patient methodHealth care providersHigh-quality careDifferences linear regression modelPatients MethodsProvider knowledgeAppropriate carePatient vignettesPneumoniaDiarrheaCareSocial franchisingProvider performanceLinear regression modelsSocial franchising programsRegression modelsRepresentative sampleProgram implementationProvidersRural areas