2020
Defining High‐risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data‐driven Triage for Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries
Rice B, Leanza J, Mowafi H, Kamara N, Mulogo EM, Bisanzo M, Nikam K, Kizza H, Newberry JA, Strehlow M, Group G, Kohn M. Defining High‐risk Emergency Chief Complaints: Data‐driven Triage for Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 1291-1301. PMID: 32416022, PMCID: PMC7818254, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk chief complaintsChief complaintMiddle-income countriesPatient outcomesLMIC settingsVital signsMortality odds ratioLevel of consciousnessLogistic regression modelsLocal disease patternsHIV statusMortality oddsOdds ratioDerivation data setsEmergency unitMortality riskEmergency careEmergency training programsDerivation dataDisease patternsTriage systemRisk categoriesComplaintsPatient dataTriage data
2019
Towards developing a consensus assessment framework for global emergency medicine fellowships
Jahn HK, Kwan J, O’Reilly G, Geduld H, Douglass K, Tenner A, Wallis L, Tupesis J, Mowafi HO. Towards developing a consensus assessment framework for global emergency medicine fellowships. BMC Emergency Medicine 2019, 19: 68. PMID: 31711428, PMCID: PMC6849247, DOI: 10.1186/s12873-019-0286-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClinical CompetenceCommunicationConsensusCooperative BehaviorDeveloping CountriesEducational MeasurementEmergency MedicineFellowships and ScholarshipsGlobal HealthGroup ProcessesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansProfessionalismQuality Assurance, Health CareReproducibility of ResultsResearch
2017
Obesity as a form of malnutrition: over-nutrition on the Uganda “malnutrition” agenda
Ngaruiya C, Hayward A, Post L, Mowafi H. Obesity as a form of malnutrition: over-nutrition on the Uganda “malnutrition” agenda. Pan African Medical Journal 2017, 28: 49. PMID: 29184601, PMCID: PMC5697987, DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.49.11176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCost of IllnessDeveloping CountriesDietFood SupplyHumansMalnutritionObesityOverweightUgandaConceptsNon-communicable diseasesForms of malnutritionRelated non-communicable diseasesBurden of overweightEvidence-based considerationsMiddle-income countriesMalnutritionObesityDouble burdenOverweightDietary diversityNutrition researchBurdenNutritionDemonstrated roleFood insecurityUgandaPredominant formDiseaseRecent literature
2013
Making Recording and Analysis of Chief Complaint a Priority for Global Emergency Care Research in Low‐income Countries
Mowafi H, Dworkis D, Bisanzo M, Hansoti B, Seidenberg P, Obermeyer Z, Hauswald M, Reynolds TA. Making Recording and Analysis of Chief Complaint a Priority for Global Emergency Care Research in Low‐income Countries. Academic Emergency Medicine 2013, 20: 1241-1245. PMID: 24283813, DOI: 10.1111/acem.12262.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChief complaintEmergency care researchEmergency care systemLimited resource settingsEmergency careLow-income countriesCare researchCare systemLimited-resource areasAcute care needsAcademic Emergency Medicine consensus conferenceGlobal emergency careHigh-income countriesClinical utilityConsensus conferenceCare needsMedical careComplaintsCareGlobal healthHigher proportionParticular benefitBreakout groupsSettingCrucial data gapEffectiveness of a Primary Health Care Program on Urban and Rural Community Disaster Preparedness, Islamic Republic of Iran: A Community Intervention Trial
Ardalan A, Mowafi H, Ardakani H, Abolhasanai F, Zanganeh AM, Safizadeh H, Salari S, Zonoobi V. Effectiveness of a Primary Health Care Program on Urban and Rural Community Disaster Preparedness, Islamic Republic of Iran: A Community Intervention Trial. Disaster Medicine And Public Health Preparedness 2013, 7: 481-490. PMID: 24274128, DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2013.93.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity intervention trialIntervention trialsControl groupPrimary health care programmePrimary health care systemEducational interventionCommunity health volunteersIntervention areaPublic health service deliveryHealth service deliveryReadiness scoresHealth care programsCommunity disaster preparednessHealth care systemPHC staffHealth volunteersIntervention communitiesOutcome measuresStudy groupCare programPHC systemCare systemCapacity building interventionsOutcome variablesProvinces of Iran
2009
Human Resources in Humanitarian Health Working Group Report
Janneck L, Cooper N, Frehywot S, Mowafi H, Hein K. Human Resources in Humanitarian Health Working Group Report. Prehospital And Disaster Medicine 2009, 24: s184-s193. PMID: 19806538, DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00021567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccreditationCommunity Health WorkersCongresses as TopicDeveloping CountriesDisaster PlanningGlobal HealthHumans