Global Health Section

2018

La importancia de colmar las lagunas del conocimiento: Un estudio sobre los nexos entre ciencia y politica en relación a la reducción del riesgo de desastres en Europa

Lauta, K. C., Albris, K. & Raju, E., 2018, Riesgoes Naturales y Derecho: Una perspectiva interdisciplinar. García, E. A. (ed.). Madrid: Dykinson, p. 17-42 16 p.

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Location, seasonal, and functional characteristics of water holding containers with juvenile and pupal Aedes aegypti in Southern Taiwan: A cross-sectional study using hurdle model analyses

Lin, C-H., Schioler, K. L., Ekstrom, C. T. & Konradsen, F., Oct 2018, In: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases . 12, 10, 19 p., e0006882.

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4 Citations (Scopus)

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Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Fullman, N., Yearwood, J., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abd-Allah, F., Abdela, J., Abdelalim, A., Abebe, Z., Abebo, T. A., Aboyans, V., Abraha, H. N., Abreu, D. M. X., Abu-Raddad, L. J., Adane, A. A., Adedoyin, R. A., Adetokunboh, O., Adhikari, T. B., Afarideh, M., Afshin, A., Agarwal, G., & 32 othersAgius, D., Agrawal, A., Agrawal, S., Ahmad Kiadaliri, A., Aichour, M. T. E., Akibu, M., Akinyemi, R. O., Akinyemiju, T. F., Akseer, N., Al Lami, F. H., Alahdab, F., Al-Aly, Z., Alam, K., Alam, T., Alasfoor, D., Albittar, M. I., Alene, K. A., Al-Eyadhy, A., Ali, S. D., Alijanzadeh, M., Aljunid, S. M., Alkerwi, A., Alla, F., Christensen, H., De Courten, B., Havmoeller, R., Iburg, K. M., Larsson, A., Narayan, K. M. V., Truelsen, T., GBD 2016 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators & Ofori-Asenso, R., 2018, In: Lancet. 391, 10136, p. 2236-2271 36 p.

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Physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions concerning antibiotic resistance: a survey in a Ghanaian tertiary care hospital

Labi, A-K., Obeng-Nkrumah, N., Bjerrum, S., Aryee, N. A. A., Ofori-Adjei, Y. A., Yawson, A. E. & Newman, M. J., 2018, In: BMC Health Services Research. 18, 12 p., 126.

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Post-conflict household structures and underweight: a multilevel analysis of a community-based study in northern Uganda

Schramm, S., Nielsen, J., Kaducu, F. O., Okumu, C. L., Ovuga, E. & Sodemann, M., 1 Oct 2018, In: Public Health Nutrition. 21, 15, p. 2725-2734 10 p.

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Potential Interventions for Preventing Pesticide Self-Poisoning by Restricting Access Through Vendors in Sri Lanka

Weerasinghe, M., Konradsen, F., Eddleston, M., Pearson, M., Jayamanne, S., Gunnell, D., Hawton, K. & Agampodi, S., 2018, In: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. 39, 6, p. 479-488 10 p.

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Prevalence and risk factors of preconception anemia: A community based cross sectional study of rural women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania

Msemo, O. A., Bygbjerg, I. C., Møller, S. L., Nielsen, B. B., Odum, L., Perslev, K., Lusingu, J. P. A., Kavishe, R. A., Minja, D. T. R. & Schmiegelow, C., Dec 2018, In: PLOS ONE. 13, 12, 18 p., e0208413.

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Prevention of Type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes directed at the family context: a narrative review from the Danish Diabetes Academy symposium

Nielsen, K. K., Grunnet, L. G. & Maindal, H. T., Jun 2018, In: Diabetic Medicine. 35, 6, p. 714-720 7 p.

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Quality Assessment of Economic Evaluations of Suicide and Self-Harm Interventions: A Systematic Review

Madsen, L. B., Eddleston, M., Hansen, K. S. & Konradsen, F., 1 Mar 2018, In: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. 39, 2, p. 82-95 14 p.

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Quantitative analysis of nucleic acid extraction methods for Vibrio cholerae using real-time PCR and conventional PCR

Hossain, Z. Z., Ferdous, J., Tulsiani, S., Jensen, P. K. M. & Begum, A., 2018, In: Mymensingh Medical Journal. 27, 2, p. 327-335 9 p.

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Re: Cervical dilatation over time is a poor predictor of severe adverse birth outcomes: a diagnostic accuracy study

Maaløe, N., Meguid, T., Kwast, B. & van Roosmalen, J., Sept 2018, In: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology. 125, 10, p. 1341-1342 2 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Reconsidering disaster resilience: a nonlinear systems paradigm in agricultural communities in Southern Africa

Coetzee, C., van Niekerk, D. & Raju, E., 1 Jan 2018, In: Natural Hazards. 90, 2, p. 777-801 25 p.

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Risk factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study

Msemo, O. A., Schmiegelow, C., Nielsen, B. B., Kousholt, H., Grunnet, L. G., Christensen, D. L., Lusingu, J. P. A., Møller, S. L., Kavishe, R. A., Minja, D. T. R. & Bygbjerg, I. C., 2018, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 23, 11, p. 1176-1187 12 p.

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Self-harm in Sri Lanka - Exploring the role of social norms, alcohol practices and media reporting

Sørensen, J. B., 2018

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Social lobbying: a call to arms for public health

Demaio, A. & Marshall, R., 21 Apr 2018, In: Lancet. 391, 10130, p. 1558-1559 2 p.

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Spousal cardiometabolic risk factors and incidence of type 2 diabetes: a prospective analysis from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Nielsen, J., Hulman, A. & Witte, D. R., 1 Jul 2018, In: Diabetologia. 61, 7, p. 1572-1580 9 p.

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Study of correlation between the NAT2 phenotype and genotype status among greenlandic inuit

Kristensen, E. B., Yakimov, V., Bjørn-Mortensen, K., Soborg, B., Koch, A., Andersson, M., Kristensen, K. B., Michelsen, S. W., Skotte, L., Bjerregaard, A. A., Blaszkewicz, M., Golka, K., Hengstler, J. G., Feenstra, B., Melbye, M. & Geller, F., 2018, In: EXCLI Journal. 17, p. 1043-1053 11 p.

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Telomere length is reduced in 9- to 16-year-old girls exposed to gestational diabetes in utero

Hjort, L., Vryer, R., Grunnet, L. G., Burgner, D., Olsen, S. F., Saffery, R. & Vaag, A., 1 Apr 2018, In: Diabetologia. 61, 4, p. 870-880 11 p.

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The RAPIDD Ebola forecasting challenge: Model description and synthetic data generation

Ajelli, M., Zhang, Q., Sun, K., Merler, S., Fumanelli, L., Chowell, G., Simonsen, L., Viboud, C. & Vespignani, A., Mar 2018, In: Epidemics. 22, p. 3-12 10 p.

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Traffic flow and microbial air contamination in operating rooms at a major teaching hospital in Ghana

Stauning, M. T., Bediako-Bowan, A., Andersen, L. P., Opintan, J. A., Labi, A. K., Kurtzhals, J. A. L. & Bjerrum, S., 1 Jul 2018, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 99, 3, p. 263-270 8 p.

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Transmission and Toxigenic Potential of Vibrio cholerae in Hilsha Fish (Tenualosa ilisha) for Human Consumption in Bangladesh

Hossain, Z. Z., Farhana, I., Tulsiani, S. M., Begum, A. & Jensen, P. K. M., 20 Feb 2018, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, 13 p., 222.

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Treatment practices of households and antibiotic dispensing in medicine outlets in developing countries: The case of Ghana

Ahiabu, M. A., Magnussen, P., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Tersbøl, B. P., Dec 2018, In: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 14, 12, p. 1180-1188 9 p.

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Trends of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in two communities of Muheza district North-eastern Tanzania: Correlation between parasite prevalence, malaria interventions and rainfall in the context of re-emergence of malaria after two decades of progressively declining transmission

Ishengoma, D. S., Mmbando, B. P., Mandara, C. I., Chiduo, M. G., Francis, F., Timiza, W., Msemo, H., Kijazi, A., Lemnge, M. M., Malecela, M. N., Snow, R. W., Alifrangis, M. & Bygbjerg, I. C., 6 Jul 2018, In: Malaria Journal. 17, 1, 10 p., 252.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

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Vendor-based restrictions on pesticide sales to prevent pesticide self-poisoning - a pilot study

Weerasinghe, M., Konradsen, F., Eddleston, M., Pearson, M., Jayamanne, S., Gunnell, D., Hawton, K. & Agampodi, S., 20 Feb 2018, In: BMC Public Health. 18, 10 p., 272.

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2017

Accessing diabetes care in rural Uganda: Economic and social resources

Nielsen, J., Bahendeka, S. K., Bygbjerg, I. C., Meyrowitsch, D. W. & Whyte, S. R., 3 Jul 2017, In: Global Public Health. 12, 7, p. 892-908 17 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

An analysis of the quality of suicide reporting in Sri Lankan newspapers

B. Sørensen, J., Pearson, M., Andersen, M. W., Weerasinghe, M., Rathnaweera, M., Rathnapala, C., Eddleston, M. & Konradsen, F., 2017. 1 p.

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Comparative Genomics of Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolated from Cholera Patients in Bangladesh

Hossain, Z. Z., Leekitcharoenphon, P., Dalsgaard, A., Sultana, R., Begum, A., Jensen, P. K. M. & Hendriksen, R. S., May 2017. 1 p.

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Comparative study of HbA_1c and fasting plasma glucose vs the oral glucose tolerance test for diagnosis of diabetes in people with tuberculosis

Aftab, H., Ambreen, A., Jamil, M., Garred, P., Petersen, J. H., Nielsen, S. D., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Christensen, D. L., Jun 2017, In: Diabetic Medicine. 34, 6, p. 800-803 4 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Dansk Selskab for Tropemedicin og International Sundhed: 50 år mod tropesygdomme og for international sundhed

Bygbjerg, I. C., 1 Mar 2017, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 179, 10, p. 865-865 1 p., V69236.

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Development and Validation of a Novel Real-time Assay for the Detection and Quantification of Vibrio cholerae

Rashid, R. B., Ferdous, J., Tulsiani, S., Jensen, P. K. M. & Begum, A., 19 May 2017, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 5, p. 1-12 12 p., 109.

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4 Citations (Scopus)

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DILEMMAS OF COMMUNITY-DIRECTED MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS CONTROL: A QUALITATIVE STUDY FROM URBAN AND RURAL TANZANIA

Kisoka, W., Mushi, D., Meyrowitsch, D. W., Malecela, M., Simonsen, P. E. & Tersbøl, B. P., Jul 2017, In: Journal of Biosocial Science. 49, 4, p. 447-462 16 p.

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Diversity of Antibiotic Resistant Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli of Phylogroup B1 Isolated from Communal Source Water and Household Drinking Water

Saima, S., Ferdous, J., Tulsiani, S., Jensen, P. K. M. & Begum, A., Jul 2017, p. 233. 1 p.

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Early childhood otitis media and later school performance: A prospective cohort study of associations

Fougner, V., Kørvel-Hanquist, A., Koch, A., Dammeyer, J., Niclasen, J., Lous, J. & Homøe, P., 1 Mar 2017, In: International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 94, p. 87-94

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Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial

Pearson, M., Metcalfe, C., Jayamanne, S., Gunnell, D., Weerasinghe, M., Pieris, R., Priyadarshana, C., Knipe, D. W., Hawton, K., Dawson, A. H., Bandara, P., DeSilva, D., Gawarammana, I., Eddleston, M. & Konradsen, F., 21 Oct 2017, In: Lancet Oncology. 390, 10105, p. 1863-1872 10 p.

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42 Citations (Scopus)

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Estimating the population-level impact of vaccines using synthetic controls

Bruhn, C. A. W., Hetterich, S., Schuck-Paim, C., Kürüm, E., Taylor, R. J., Lustig, R., Shapiro, E. D., Warren, J. L., Simonsen, L. & Weinberger, D. M., 14 Feb 2017, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 114, 7, p. 1524-1529 6 p.

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Ethnic differences in anthropometric measures and abdominal fat distribution: a cross-sectional pooled study in Inuit, Africans and Europeans

Rønn, P. F., Andersen, G. S., Lauritzen, T., Christensen, D. L., Aadahl, M., Carstensen, B. & Jørgensen, M. E., 1 Jun 2017, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 71, 6, p. 536-543 8 p.

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Factors influencing timely initiation and completion of gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis: a qualitative study from Tamil Nadu, India

Nielsen, K. K., Rheinländer, T., Kapur, A., Damm, P., Seshiah, V. & Bygbjerg, I. C., 1 Aug 2017, In: B M C Pregnancy and Childbirth. 17, p. 1-13 13 p., 255.

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Feeding behaviors during home-based treatment of moderate acute malnutrition using corn-soy blends or lipid-based nutrient supplements

Iuel-Brockdorff, A-S. J. D., Ouedraogo, A., Ritz, C., Dræbel, T., Ashorn, P., Filteau, S. & Michaelsen, K. F., Oct 2017, In: Maternal and Child Nutrition. 13, 4, 10 p., e12399.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

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Global differences in causes and diagnostics of cardio-metabolic diseases

Christensen, D. L., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Meyrowitsch, D. W., 15 May 2017, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 179, 20, p. 880-883 4 p.

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Globale forskelle i årsager til og diagnostik af kardiometaboliske sygdomme

Translated title of the contribution: Global differences in causes and diagnostics of cardio-metabolic diseasesChristensen, D. L., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Meyrowitsch, D. W., 1 Mar 2017, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 179, 10, p. 880-883 4 p., V11160815.

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Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

Van Den Berg, H., Manuweera, G. & Konradsen, F., 5 Oct 2017, In: Malaria Journal. 16, p. 1-8 8 p., 401.

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Health care professionals from developing countries report educational benefits after an online diabetes course

Wewer Albrechtsen, N. J., Poulsen, K. W., Svensson, L. Ø., Jensen, L., Holst, J. J. & Torekov, S. S., 31 May 2017, In: B M C Medical Education. 17, 8 p., 97.

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9 Citations (Scopus)

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High prevalence of diabetes and anthropometric heterogeneity among tuberculosis patients in Pakistan

Aftab, H., Ambreen, A., Jamil, M., Garred, P., Petersen, J. H., Nielsen, S. D., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Christensen, D. L., 1 Apr 2017, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 22, 4, p. 465–473 9 p.

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Household and familial resemblance in risk factors for type 2 diabetes and related cardiometabolic diseases in rural Uganda sample: a cross-sectional community

Nielsen, J., Bahendeka, S. K., Whyte, S. R., Meyrowitsch, D. W., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Witte, D. R., 1 Sept 2017, In: B M J Open. 7, 9, p. 1-9 9 p., e015214.

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Human mobility and the spatial transmission of influenza in the United States

Charu, V., Zeger, S., Gog, J., Bjornstad, O. N., Kissler, S., Simonsen, L., Grenfell, B. T. & Viboud, C., 10 Feb 2017, In: PLOS Computational Biology. 13, 2, p. 1-23 23 p., e1005382.

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Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Pneumonia Hospitalizations in High- and Low-Income Subpopulations in Brazil

Warren, J. L., Shioda, K., Kürüm, E., Schuck-Paim, C., Lustig, R., Taylor, R. J., Simonsen, L. & Weinberger, D. M., 1 Dec 2017, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 65, 11, p. 1813-1818 6 p.

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Improving the screening of blood donors with syphilis rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC)

Sarkodie, F., Hassall, O., Owusu-Dabo, E., Owusu-Ofori, S., Bates, I., Bygbjerg, I. C., Owusu-Ofori, A., Harritshøj, L. H. & Ullum, H., 1 Feb 2017, In: Transfusion Medicine. 27, 1, p. 52–59 8 p.

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Individual and environmental risk factors for dengue and chikungunya seropositivity in North-Eastern Tanzania

Kajeguka, D. C., Msonga, M., Schiøler, K. L., Meyrowitsch, D. W., Syrianou, P., Tenu, F., Alifrangis, M., Mosha, F. W. & Kavishe, R. A., Jun 2017, In: Infection, Disease and Health. 22, 2, p. 65-76 12 p.

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Intimate partner violence during pregnancy and its association with preterm birth and low birth weight in Tanzania: A prospective cohort study

Sigalla, G. N., Mushi, D., Meyrowitsch, D. W., Manongi, R., Rogathi, J. J., Gammeltoft, T. & Rasch, V., 24 Feb 2017, In: PLOS ONE. 12, 2, p. 1-14 14 p., e0172540.

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Is socioeconomic position associated with risk of attempted suicide in rural Sri Lanka? A cross-sectional study of 165 000 individuals

Knipe, D. W., Gunnell, D., Pieris, R., Priyadarshana, C., Weerasinghe, M., Pearson, M., Jayamanne, S., Dawson, A. H., Mohamed, F., Gawarammana, I., Hawton, K., Konradsen, F., Eddleston, M. & Metcalfe, C., 1 Mar 2017, In: B M J Open. 7, 3, p. 1-9 9 p., e014006.

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