2020
Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending non-communicable disease crisis in low-burden populations
Njuguna B, Fletcher SL, Akwanalo C, Asante KP, Baumann A, Brown A, Davila-Roman VG, Dickhaus J, Fort M, Iwelunmor J, Irazola V, Mohan S, Mutabazi V, Newsome B, Ogedegbe O, Pastakia SD, Peprah EK, Plange-Rhule J, Roth G, Shrestha A, Watkins DA, Vedanthan R. Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending non-communicable disease crisis in low-burden populations. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0243004. PMID: 33259517, PMCID: PMC7707577, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost of IllnessHealth PrioritiesHumansNoncommunicable DiseasesPolicy MakingRisk FactorsConceptsPrevention effortsLow-risk populationHigh-burden populationsDisease prevention effortsLow-prevalence populationsPublic health expertsNon-communicable disease crisisLow feasibilityNCD crisisPrevention strategiesEpidemiological transitionPotential interventionsYoung individualsHealth expertsInterventionProactive prevention strategiesDisease crisisPopulationProactive preventionHigh feasibility
2019
Cardio-metabolic disease risk factors among South Asian labour migrants to the Middle East: a scoping review and policy analysis
Mishra SR, Ghimire S, Joshi C, Gyawali B, Shrestha A, Neupane D, Sharma SR, Pokharel Y, Virani SS. Cardio-metabolic disease risk factors among South Asian labour migrants to the Middle East: a scoping review and policy analysis. Globalization And Health 2019, 15: 33. PMID: 31046779, PMCID: PMC6498694, DOI: 10.1186/s12992-019-0468-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease risk factorsBetter cardiometabolic healthRisk factorsDiabetes mellitusHigh burdenCardio-metabolic disease risk factorsMetabolic disease risk factorsCardio-metabolic risk factorsRisk factor burdenMore risk factorsPubMed/MEDLINEGrey literature searchCardiometabolic healthChronic diseasesSouth Asian migrantsMigrant healthSimilar burdenOverweightLiterature searchObesityQualitative synthesisHypertensionScreening targetsBurdenDiabetes