Global Health Equity Scholar Publications

2023

Scoping review protocol of multicomponent interventions to address cardiometabolic disease risk among Pacific Islander children.Choy CC, Nyhan K, Savusa K, Soti-Ulberg C, Rosen RK, Naseri T, Hawley NL, Sharifi M. PLoS One. 2023; 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 36689458.
Prediction of fat mass from anthropometry at ages 7 to 9 years in Samoans: a cross-sectional study in the Ola Tuputupua'e cohort.Choy CC, Johnson W, Duckham RL, Naseri T, Soti-Ulberg C, Reupena MS, Braun JM, McGarvey ST, Hawley NL. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jan 9; 2023 Jan 9. PMID: 36624192.

2022

Responding to health policy recommendations on managing opioid use disorder during Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Divergent responses from the frontline to the west.Ivasiy R, Galvez de Leon SJ, Meteliuk A, Fomenko T, Pykalo I, Bromberg DJ, Madden LM, Farnum SO, Islam Z, Altice FL. Front Public Health. 2022; 2023 Jan 13. PMID: 36711398.
Racial/ethnic disparities in influenza risk perception and vaccination intention among Pima County residents in Arizona.Mantina NM, Block Ngaybe M, Johnson K, Velickovic S, Magrath P, Gerald LB, Krupp K, Krauss B, Perez-Velez CM, Madhivanan P. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Dec 30; 2022 Dec 7. PMID: 36476311.
Our Voice in a rural community: empowering Colombian adolescents to advocate for school community well-being through citizen science.Montes F, Guerra AM, Higuera-Mendieta D, De La Vega-Taboada E, King AC, Banchoff A, Maturana ACR, Sarmiento OL. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 22; 2022 Dec 22. PMID: 36550541.
Plasmodium infection is associated with cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein.Lapidus S, Liu F, Casanovas-Massana A, Dai Y, Huck JD, Lucas C, Klein J, Filler RB, Strine MS, Sy M, Deme AB, Badiane AS, Dieye B, Ndiaye IM, Diedhiou Y, Mbaye AM, Diagne CT, Vigan-Womas I, Mbengue A, Sadio BD, Diagne MM, Moore AJ, Mangou K, Diallo F, Sene SD, Pouye MN, Faye R, Diouf B, Nery N Jr, Costa F, Reis MG, Muenker MC, Hodson DZ, Mbarga Y, Katz BZ, Andrews JR, Campbell M, Srivathsan A, Kamath K, Baum-Jones E, Faye O, Sall AA, Vélez JCQ, Cappello M, Wilson M, Ben-Mamoun C, Tedder R, McClure M, Cherepanov P, Somé FA, Dabiré RK, Moukoko CEE, Ouédraogo JB, Boum Y 2nd, Shon J, Ndiaye D, Wisnewski A, Parikh S, Iwasaki A, Wilen CB, Ko AI, Ring AM, Bei AK. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 22; 2022 Dec 22. PMID: 36550362.
The protective effect of rs373863828 on type 2 diabetes does not operate through a body composition pathway in adult Samoans.Hawley NL, Duckham RL, Carlson JC, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Lameko V, Pomer A, Wetzel A, Selu M, Lupematisila V, Unasa F, Vesi L, Fatu T, Unasa S, Faasalele-Savusa K, Rivara AC, Russell E, Delany JP, Viali S, Kershaw EE, Minster RL, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Dec; 2022 Oct 25. PMID: 36284436.
The risk of hyperglycemia associated with use of dolutegravir among adults living with HIV in Kampala, Uganda: A case-control study.Namara D, Schwartz JI, Tusubira AK, McFarland W, Birungi C, Semitala FC, Muddu M. Int J STD AIDS. 2022 Dec; 2022 Oct 12. PMID: 36222490.
Evaluation of changes in the faecal resistome associated with children's exposure to domestic animals and food animal production.Cifuentes SG, Graham J, Loayza F, Saraiva C, Salinas L, Trueba G, Cárdenas PA. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2022 Dec; 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36202201.
Perioperative provider safety in the pandemic: Development, implementation and evaluation of an adjunct COVID-19 Surgical Patient Checklist.Starr NE, Moore JN, Shreckengost CSH, Fernandez K, Ambulkar RP, Capo-Chichi N, Varallo JE, Ademuyiwa AO, Krouch S, Rana PS, Ingabire JA, Weiser TG, Mammo TN, Evans FM. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2022 Nov; 2022 Jun 29. PMID: 35765829.
Interest without uptake: A mixed-methods analysis of methadone utilization in Kyrgyz prisons.Liberman AR, Bromberg DJ, Litz T, Kurmanalieva A, Galvez S, Rozanova J, Azbel L, Meyer JP, Altice FL. PLoS One. 2022; 2022 Oct 25. PMID: 36282864.
Rickettsial Infections Causing Acute Febrile Illness in Urban Slums, Brazil.Fournier JB, Blanton LS, Nery N Jr, Wunder EA Jr, Costa F, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Walker DH, Ko AI. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Oct. PMID: 36148970.
Pediatric surgery backlog at a Ugandan tertiary care facility: COVID-19 makes a chronic problem acutely worse.Klazura G, Kisa P, Wesonga A, Nabukenya M, Kakembo N, Nimanya S, Naluyimbazi R, Sekabira J, Ozgediz D, Langer M. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Oct; 2022 Jul 29. PMID: 35904621.
Linking rattiness, geography and environmental degradation to spillover Leptospira infections in marginalised urban settings: An eco-epidemiological community-based cohort study in Brazil.Eyre MT, Souza FN, Carvalho-Pereira TSA, Nery N, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Sacramento GA, Khalil H, Wunder EA, Hacker KP, Hagan JE, Childs JE, Reis MG, Begon M, Diggle PJ, Ko AI, Giorgi E, Costa F. Elife. 2022 Sep 16; 2022 Sep 16. PMID: 36111781.
Structural factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in an urban slum setting in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional survey.Fofana MO, Nery N Jr, Aguilar Ticona JP, de Andrade Belitardo EMM, Victoriano R, Anjos RO, Portilho MM, de Santana MC, Dos Santos LL, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Muenker MC, Khouri R, Wunder EA Jr, Hitchings MDT, Johnson O, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Cummings DAT, Costa F, Ko AI. PLoS Med. 2022 Sep; 2022 Sep 8. PMID: 36074784.
Seeking Healing for a Mental Illness: Understanding the Care Experiences of Service Users at a Prayer Camp in Ghana.Gyimah L, Ofori-Atta A, Asafo S, Curry L. J Relig Health. 2022 Sep 6; 2022 Sep 6. PMID: 36066726.
Multiple Mechanisms Confer Resistance to Azithromycin in Shigella in Bangladesh: a Comprehensive Whole Genome-Based Approach.Nusrin S, Asad A, Hayat S, Islam B, Begum R, Nabila FH, Islam Z. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Aug 31; 2022 Jul 25. PMID: 35876510.
A Mixed-Methods Participatory Intervention Design Process to Develop Intervention Options in Immediate Food and Built Environments to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living among Children and Adolescents in Cameroon and South Africa.Erzse A, Rwafa-Ponela T, Kruger P, Wayas FA, Lambert EV, Mapa-Tassou C, Ngwa E, Goldstein S, Foley L, Hofman KJ, Teguia S, Oni T, Assah F, Shung-King M, Abdool Karim S. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 18; 2022 Aug 18. PMID: 36011902.
Conceptual and methodological challenges in idioms of distress research: Common questions and a step-by-step guide.Weaver LJ, Krupp K, Madhivanan P. Transcult Psychiatry. 2022 Aug; 2022 Feb 15. PMID: 35167385.
Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil.Pertile AC, Lustosa R, Carvalho-Pereira T, Pedra GG, Panti-May JA, Oliveira U, Zeppelini CG, Souza FN, Oliveira DS, Khalil H, Reis MG, Childs J, Ko AI, Begon M, Costa F. PLoS One. 2022; 2022 Jul 20. PMID: 35857771.
Accuracy of Tongue Swab Testing Using Xpert MTB-RIF Ultra for Tuberculosis Diagnosis.Andama A, Whitman GR, Crowder R, Reza TF, Jaganath D, Mulondo J, Nalugwa TK, Semitala FC, Worodria W, Cook C, Wood RC, Weigel KM, Olson AM, Lohmiller Shaw J, Kato-Maeda M, Denkinger CM, Nahid P, Cangelosi GA, Cattamanchi A. J Clin Microbiol. 2022 Jul 20; 2022 Jun 27. PMID: 35758702.
Positive Deep Initial Incision Margin Affects Outcomes in TORS for HPV+ Oropharynx Cancer.Kejner A, Gentile C, Porterfield Z, Carroll WR, Buczek EP. Laryngoscope. 2022 Jul 9; 2022 Jul 9. PMID: 35809041.
Population dynamics of synanthropic rodents after a chemical and infrastructural intervention in an urban low-income community.Awoniyi AM, Venegas-Vargas C, Souza FN, Zeppelini CG, Hacker KP, Carvalho-Pereira T, Marins CL, de Santana MC, Pertile AC, Begon M, Ko AI, Diggle PJ, Reis MG, Childs JE, da Silva EM, Costa F, Khalil H. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 16; 2022 Jun 16. PMID: 35710879.
Health-related quality of life among women aging with and without HIV in Peru.Cabrera DM, Chen M, Cornejo MP, Pinedo Y, Garcia PJ, Hsieh E. PLoS One. 2022; 2022 Jun 9. PMID: 35679332.
A pilot implementation study to scale-up methadone in incarcerated persons with opioid use disorder and retain them on treatment after release in Moldova.Dorgay CE, Bromberg DJ, Doltu S, Litz T, Galvez S, Polonsky M, Dvoryak S, Altice FL. Int J Drug Policy. 2022 Jun; 2022 Apr 10. PMID: 35417790.
A longitudinal study of dominant E. coli lineages and antimicrobial resistance in the gut of children living in an upper middle-income country.Calderón D, Cárdenas PA, Prado-Vivar B, Graham JP, Trueba G. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2022 Jun; 2022 Mar 10. PMID: 35283334.
Serum Neutralizing Antibody Titers 12 months after COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination: Correlation to Clinical Variables in an Adult, US-Population.Zhao M, Slotkin R, Sheth AH, Pischel L, Kyriakides TC, Emu B, McNamara C, Shi Q, Delgobbo J, Xu J, Marhoffer E, Mercer-Falkoff A, Holleck J, Ardito D, Sutton RE, Gupta S. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 May 26; 2022 May 26. PMID: 35639598.
Acceptability of the Direct Health Facility Financing (DHFF) initiative in Tanzania: A mixed methods process evaluation of the moderating factors.Kalolo A, Kapologwe NA, Samky H, Kibusi SM. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2022 May; 2021 Dec 24. PMID: 34952982.
Multi-level implementation factors that influence scale-up of methadone maintenance treatment in Moldovan prisons: A qualitative study.O'Hara GL, Liberman AR, Polonsky M, Azbel L, Marcus R, Doltu S, Cugut S, Altice FL. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 May; 2021 Nov 14. PMID: 34801282.
Medication for opioid use disorder in the Arab World: A systematic review.Alawa J, Muhammad M, Kazemitabar M, Bromberg DJ, Garcia D, Khoshnood K, Ghandour L. Int J Drug Policy. 2022 Apr; 2022 Feb 16. PMID: 35182841.
Is overweight or obesity associated with anemia in children? Follow-up of Samoans in the Ola Tuputupua'e "Growing Up" study.Choy CC, Howe CJ, Soti-Ulberg C, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Duckham RL, Hawley NL. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Mar-Apr; 2022 Mar 4. PMID: 35256305.
Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder and Associated Factors Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Pilarinos A, Bromberg DJ, Karamouzian M. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Mar 1. PMID: 34870707.
C-reactive protein in adult Samoans: Population variation and physiological correlates.Rivara AC, Corley M, Choy CC, Duckham RL, Pomer A, Reupena MS, Viali S, Naseri T, Kershaw EE, Crouter SE, McGarvey ST, Bribiescas RG, Valeggia C, Hawley NL. Am J Hum Biol. 2022 Mar; 2021 Jul 14. PMID: 34260111.
Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis diagnostic tests in children and adolescents at a pediatric reference center.Rossoni AMO, Lovero KL, Tahan TT, Netto AR, Rossoni MD, Almeida IN, Lizzi EAS, Kritski A, Rodrigues CO. Pulmonology. 2022 Mar-Apr; 2020 Jan 31. PMID: 32014421.
Transactional sex work and HIV among women in conflict-affected Northeastern Uganda: a population-based study.Mootz JJ, Odejimi OA, Bhattacharya A, Kann B, Ettelbrick J, Mello M, Wainberg ML, Khoshnood K. Confl Health. 2022 Feb 25; 2022 Feb 25. PMID: 35216637.
Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa.Tamburini FB, Maghini D, Oduaran OH, Brewster R, Hulley MR, Sahibdeen V, Norris SA, Tollman S, Kahn K, Wagner RG, Wade AN, Wafawanaka F, Gómez-Olivé FX, Twine R, Lombard Z, Hazelhurst S, Bhatt AS. Nat Commun. 2022 Feb 22; 2022 Feb 22. PMID: 35194028.
Draft Genome Sequences of Four Strains of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Patients with Axonal Variant of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Bangladesh.Hayat S, Nabila FH, Asad A, Begum R, Jahan I, Endtz HP, Islam Z. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Feb 17; 2022 Feb 10. PMID: 35142550.
Structural factors contributing to SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in the urban slum setting.Fofana MO, Nery N Jr, Aguilar Ticona JP, Belitardo EMMA, Victoriano R, Anjos RO, Portilho MM, de Santana MC, Dos Santos LL, de Oliveira D, Cruz JS, Muencker MC, Khouri R, Wunder EA Jr, Hitchings MDT, Johnson O, Reis MG, Ribeiro GS, Cummings DAT, Costa F, Ko AI. medRxiv. 2022 Feb 15; 2022 Feb 15. PMID: 35194620.
Sociodemographic patterns of preterm birth and low birth weight among pregnant women in rural Mysore district, India: A latent class analysis.Kiplagat S, Ravi K, Sheehan DM, Srinivas V, Khan A, Trepka MJ, Bursac Z, Stephens D, Krupp K, Madhivanan P. J Biosoc Sci. 2022 Feb 7; 2022 Feb 7. PMID: 35129110.
Genetic Evidence for a Potential Environmental Pathway to Spillover Infection of Rat-Borne Leptospirosis.Casanovas-Massana A, de Oliveira D, Schneider AG, Begon M, Childs JE, Costa F, Reis MG, Ko AI, Wunder EA. J Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 5. PMID: 34139761.
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome Complicated by Pneumomediastinum: Implications for Pediatric Surgeons.Klazura G, Geraghty JR, Rojnica M, Sims T, Koo N, Lobe T. Clin Surg J. 2022; 2022 Jul 31. PMID: 36438163.
Managing drugs in the prisoner society: heroin and social order in Kyrgyzstan's prisons.Slade G, Azbel L. Punishm Soc. 2022 Jan 1; 2020 Sep 23. PMID: 35002533.

2021

Persistence of anaemia among Samoan preschool age children: a longitudinal study.Wu B, Choy CC, Rivara AC, Soti-Ulberg C, Naseri T, Reupena MS, Duckham RL, Hawley NL. Public Health Nutr. 2021 Dec; 2021 Sep 15. PMID: 34521497.
Feasibility of a community-based delivery model for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among bar patrons in rural South Africa.Grammatico MA, Moll AP, Choi K, Springer SA, Shenoi SV. J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Nov. PMID: 34826363.
A Network Analysis of Domestic Violence Beliefs Among Young Adults in India.Rodriguez AL, Stephens DP, Brewe E, Ramarao I, Madhivanan P. J Interpers Violence. 2021 Nov; 2019 Dec 2. PMID: 31789081.
Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use Disorders and Depression among Incarcerated Women in Lima, Perú.Cyrus E, Sanchez J, Madhivanan P, Lama JR, Bazo AC, Valencia J, Leon SR, Villaran M, Vagenas P, Sciaudone M, Vu D, Coudray MS, Atice FL. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 23; 2021 Oct 23. PMID: 34769653.
Draft Genome Sequences of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella Strains Isolated from Diarrheal Patients in Bangladesh.Asad A, Hayat S, Nabila FH, Begum R, Nusrin S, Islam Z. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Oct 21; 2021 Oct 21. PMID: 34672712.
Dengue and Zika virus infections in children elicit cross-reactive protective and enhancing antibodies that persist long term.Katzelnick LC, Zambrana JV, Elizondo D, Collado D, Garcia N, Arguello S, Mercado JC, Miranda T, Ampie O, Mercado BL, Narvaez C, Gresh L, Binder RA, Ojeda S, Sanchez N, Plazaola M, Latta K, Schiller A, Coloma J, Carrillo FB, Narvaez F, Halloran ME, Gordon A, Kuan G, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Sci Transl Med. 2021 Oct 6; 2021 Oct 6. PMID: 34613812.
Armed conflict, HIV, and syndemic risk markers of mental distress, alcohol misuse, and intimate partner violence among couples in Uganda.Mootz JJ, Basaraba CN, Corbeil T, Johnson K, Kubanga KP, Wainberg ML, Khoshnood K. J Trauma Stress. 2021 Oct; 2021 Oct 13. PMID: 34647647.
"Who are You and What are You Doing Here?": Social Capital and Barriers to Movement along the HIV Care Cascade among Tajikistani Migrants with HIV to Russia.Bromberg DJ, Tate MM, Alaei A, Rozanova J, Karimov S, Saidi D, Alaei K, Altice FL. AIDS Behav. 2021 Oct; 2021 Jun 30. PMID: 34195912.