2021 Publications
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Asnani V, Black KM, Harris J, Knight-Madden J, Asnani M. Use of the daycare ward for the management of acute complications of sickle cell disease in Jamaica: A retrospective review. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Jan;75(1):e13755. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13755. PMID: 33058372.
Auguste A, Gathere S, Pinheiro PS, Adebamowo C, Akintola A, Alleyne-Mike K, Anderson SG, Ashing K, Awittor FK, Awuah B, Bhakkan B, Deloumeaux J, du Plessis M, Ekanem IA, Ekanem U, Ezeome E, Felix N, Gachii AK, Gaete S, Gibson T, Hage R, Harrison S, Igbinoba F, Iseh K, Kiptanui E, Korir A, Lawson-Myers HD, Llanos A, Luce D, McNaughton D, Odutola M, Omonisi A, Otu T, Peruvien J, Raheem N, Roach V, Sobers N, Uamburu N, Ragin C. “Heterogeneity in head and neck cancer incidence among black populations from Africa, the Caribbean and the USA: Analysis of cancer registry data by the AC3”. Cancer Epidemiology. 2021 Dec, 75 (102053). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2021.102053Bartlett R, Ramsay Z, Ali A, Grant J, Rankine-Mullings A, Gordon-Strachan G, Asnani M. Health-related quality of life and neuropathic pain in sickle cell disease in Jamaica. Disabil Health J. 2021 Oct;14(4):101107. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101107. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PMID: 33867318.4.
Bailey A, Harris MA, Bogle D, Jama A, Muir SA, Miller S, Walters CA, Govia I. Coping With COVID-19: Health Risk Communication and Vulnerable Groups. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 Jul 12:1-6. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.225. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34247692; PMCID: PMC8446589.
Bailey A, Govia I, McKenzie J, Richards S, Coleman S, Tulloch-Reid MK, Ragin C, Ashing K. Staff and participant perceptions of optimal recruitment and retention strategies for biomedical cohort studies in the Caribbean. Cancer Causes Control. 2021 Aug;32(8):849-857. doi: 10.1007/s10552-021-01438-w. Epub 2021 May 7. PMID: 33961148; PMCID: PMC8103112.
Baker-Henningham H, Bowers M, Francis T, Vera-Hernández M, Walker SP. The Irie Classroom Toolbox, a universal violence-prevention teacher-training programme, in Jamaican preschools: a single-blind, cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Apr;9(4):e456-e468. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00002-4. Epub 2021 Feb 22. PMID: 33631132; PMCID: PMC7966677.
Baker-Henningham H, Scott Y, Francis T, Walker SP. Effects of a Teacher-Training Violence Prevention Program in Jamaican Preschools on Child Behavior, Academic Achievement, and School Attendance in Grade One of Primary School: Follow up of a Cluster Randomized Trial. Front Psychol. 2021 Jun 3;12:652050. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.652050. PMID: 34149536; PMCID: PMC8210533.
Bamgbade OA, Onongaya V, Anomneze-Collins A, Omoniyi DA, Simmonds-Brooks P, Richards RN. Delayed surgical diagnosis and treatment of severe sickle cell arthropathy: The need to raise clinicians’ awareness. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences. 2021 May 31.
Bartlett R, Ramsay Z, Ali A, Grant J, Rankine-Mullings A, Gordon-Strachan G, Asnani M. Health-related quality of life and neuropathic pain in sickle cell disease in Jamaica. Disabil Health J. 2021 Oct;14(4):101107. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101107. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PMID: 33867318.
Brentani A, Walker S, Chang-Lopez S, Grisi S, Powell C, Fink G. A home visit-based early childhood stimulation programme in Brazil-a randomized controlled trial. Health Policy Plan. 2021 Apr 21;36(3):288-297. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czaa195. PMID: 33496330.
Breuer E, Comas-Herrera A, Freeman E, Albanese E, Alladi S, Amour R, Evans-Lacko S, Ferri CP, Govia I, Iveth Astudillo García C, Knapp M, Lefevre M, López-Ortega M, Lund C, Musyimi C, Ndetei D, Oliveira D, Palmer T, Pattabiraman M, Sani TP, Taylor D, Taylor E, Theresia I, Thomas PT, Turana Y, Weidner W, Schneider M. Beyond the project: Building a strategic theory of change to address dementia care, treatment and support gaps across seven middle-income countries. Dementia (London). 2021 Jul 1:14713012211029105. doi: 10.1177/14713012211029105. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34196585.
Breuer E, Freeman E, Alladi S, Breedt M, Govia I, López-Ortega M, Musyimi C, Oliveira D, Pattabiraman M, Sani TP, Schneider M, Swaffer K, Taylor D, Taylor E, Comas-Herrera A. Active inclusion of people living with dementia in planning for dementia care and services in low- and middle-income countries. Dementia (London). 2021:14713012211041426.
Brown R, Eisner M, Walker S, Tomlinson M, Fearon P, Dunne MP, Valdebenito S, Hughes C, Sikander S, Osafo J, Madrid B, Baban A, Thang VV, Fernando AD, Murray AL. (2021) “The impact of maternal adverse childhood experiences and prenatal depressive symptoms on foetal attachment: Preliminary evidence from expectant mothers across eight middle-income countries.” Journal of Affective Disorders 295 612–619.
Brown RH, Eisner M, Valdebenito S, Walker S, Tomlinson M, Hughes C, Ward CL, Osafo J, Sikander S, Fearon P, Dunne MP, Madrid B, Baban A, Van Thang V, Fernando AD, Murray AL. What Research Questions Should the Next Generation of Birth Cohort Studies Address? An International Delphi Study of Experts. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Jan-Feb;21(1):43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2020.03.011. Epub 2020 Apr 6. PMID: 32272232.
Bulgin D, Asnani M, Vorderstrasse A, Royal C, Pan W, Tanabe P. Stigma and quality of life in adults with sickle cell disease in Jamaica and the United States. Psychol Health Med. 2021 Dec 26:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.2019808. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34957879.
Campbell EH, Poudevigne M, McFarlane S, Dilworth L, Irving R. Evidence That Sleep Is an Indicator of Overtraining during the Competition Phase of Adolescent Sprinters. J Sports Med (Hindawi Publ Corp). 2021 Apr 3;2021:6694547. doi: 10.1155/2021/6694547. PMID: 33884272; PMCID: PMC8041504.
Creamer EG, Guetterman TC, Govia I, Fetters MD. Challenging procedures used in systematic reviews by promoting a case-based approach to the analysis of qualitative methods in nursing trials. Nurs Inq. 2021 Apr;28(2):e12393. doi: 10.1111/nin.12393. Epub 2020 Dec 17. PMID: 33332712.
Cunningham-Myrie C, Theall KP, Younger-Coleman N, Greene LG, Lyew-Ayee P, Wilks R. Associations of neighborhood physical and crime environments with obesity-related outcomes in Jamaica. PLoS One. 2021 Apr 5;16(4):e0249619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249619. PMID: 33819299; PMCID: PMC8021199.
Cunningham-Myrie CA, Younger NO, Theall KP, Greene LG, Lyew-Ayee P, Wilks R. Understanding neighbourhood retail food environmental mechanisms influencing BMI in the Caribbean: a multilevel analysis from the Jamaica Health and Lifestyle Survey: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2020 Aug 23;10(8):e033839. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033839. PMID: 32830113; PMCID: PMC7445353.
Daya M, Cox C, Acevedo N, Boorgula MP, Campbell M, Chavan S, Cho MH, David GL, Kachroo P, Lasky-Su J, Li X, McHugh CP, Qiao D, Rafaels N, Beck LA, Bleecker ER, Caraballo L, Cupples AL, Figueiredo CA, Gallo RL, Hanifin J, Hansel NN, Hata TR, Hersh CP, Knight-Madden J, Leung DYM, Guttman-Yassky E, Meyers DA, O'Connor G, Ober C, Ong PY, Ortega VE, Paller AS, Putcha N, Reed RM, Schneider LC, Silverman EK, Slifka MK, Spergel JM, Vasan RS, Viaud-Martinez KA, Watson H, Weiss ST; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Ruczinski I, Beaty TH, Mathias RA, Barnes KC.J Multiethnic genome-wide and HLA association study of total serum IgE level. Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Dec;148(6):1589-1595
Donovan A. McGrowder, Fabian G. Miller, Kurt Vaz, Melisa Anderson Cross, Lennox Anderson-Jackson , Sophia Bryan , Lyndon Latore, Rory Thompson, Dwight Lowe, Shelly R. McFarlane, Lowell Dilworth; The Utilization and Benefits of Telehealth Services by Health Care Professionals Managing Breast Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare, October 2021, 9, 1401. https://doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare9101401,
Douglas KO, Cayol C, Forbes KM, Samuels TA, Vapalahti O, Sironen T, Gittens-St Hilaire M. Serological Evidence of Multiple Zoonotic Viral Infections among Wild Rodents in Barbados. Pathogens. 2021 May 28;10(6):663. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10060663. PMID: 34071689; PMCID: PMC8229225.
Douglas KO, Samuels TA, Iheozor-Ejiofor R, Vapalahti O, Sironen T, Gittens-St Hilaire M. Serological Evidence of Human Orthohantavirus Infections in Barbados, 2008 to 2016. Pathogens. 2021 May 8;10(5):571. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10050571. PMID: 34066699; PMCID: PMC8151097.
Dubey B, Jackson M, Zeigler-Johnson C, Devarajan K, Flores-Obando RE, McFarlane-Anderson N, Tulloch-Reid M, Aiken W, Kimbro K, Reed D, Kidd LR, Gibbs D, Kumar S, Ragin C. Interactive effect of TLR SNPs and exposure to sexually transmitted infections on prostate cancer risk in Jamaican men. Prostate. 2020 Nov;80(15):1365-1372. doi: 10.1002/pros.24067. Epub 2020 Sep 7. PMID: 32894795; PMCID: PMC7710572.
Duncan-Baker T, Chisholm Ford S, Wilson L, Reid M, McFarlane S. Burdens on caregivers of children ages one to sixteen years living with sickle cell disease attending a specialised clinic in urban, Jamaica, Int J Child Adolesc Health 2021;14(1):101-108..
Eon H. Campbell, Rachael Irving, Shelly McFarlane, Lowell Dilworth, Melanie Poudevigne, Janel Bailey. Evidence that variations in pre-training hydration status are related to the frequency of endurance training in elite adolescent sprinters. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2021 December; 61(12):1620-8.
Farina N, Ibnidris A, Alladi S, Comas-Herrera A, Albanese E, Docrat S, Ferri CP, Freeman E, Govia I, Jacobs R, Astudillo-Garcia CI, Musyimi C, Sani TP, Schneider M, Theresia I, Turana Y, Knapp M, Banerjee S; STRiDE team. A systematic review and meta-analysis of dementia prevalence in seven developing countries: A STRiDE project. Glob Public Health. 2020 Dec;15(12):1878-1893. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1792527. Epub 2020 Jul 13. PMID: 32658604.
Ferguson TS, Younger-Coleman NOM, Mullings J, Francis D, Greene LG, Lyew-Ayee P, Wilks R. Neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and blood pressure among Jamaican youth: a pooled analysis of data from observational studies. PeerJ. 2020 Oct 6;8:e10058. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10058. PMID: 33083129; PMCID: PMC7546221.
Foley L, Brugulat-Panés A, Woodcock J, Govia I, Hambleton I, Turner-Moss E, Mogo ERI, Awinja AC, Dambisya PM, Matina SS, Micklesfield L, Abdool Karim S, Ware LJ, Tulloch-Reid M, Assah F, Pley C, Bennett N, Pujol-Busquets G, Okop K, Anand T, Mba CM, Kwan H, Mukoma G, Anil M, Tatah L, Randall L. Socioeconomic and gendered inequities in travel behaviour in Africa: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography. Soc Sci Med. 2022 Jan;292:114545. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114545. Epub 2021 Nov 6.
Foley S, Hughes C, Murray AL, Baban A, Fernando AV, Madrid B, Osafo J, Sikander S, Abbasi F, Walker S, Thang VV, Thanh Bảo YL, Tomlinson M, Fearon P, Ward CL, Valdebenito S, Eisner (2021) “Prenatal Attachment: Using Measurement Invariance to Test the Validity of Comparisons Across Eight Culturally Diverse Countries.” Archives of Women's Mental Health 24 (4): 619–625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01105-8
Francis T, Baker-Henningham H. Design and Implementation of the Irie Homes Toolbox: A Violence Prevention, Early Childhood, Parenting Program. Front Public Health. 2020 Nov 16;8:582961. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.582961. Erratum in: Front Public Health. 2021 Jan 13;8:630819. PMID: 33304875; PMCID: PMC7701241.
Francis T, Baker-Henningham H. The Irie Homes Toolbox: A cluster randomized controlled trial of an early childhood parenting program to prevent violence against children in Jamaica. Children and Youth Services Review. 2021 Jul 1;126:106060.
Francis, S., Frank, C., Buchanan, L., Green, S., Stennett-Brown, R., Gordon-Strachan, G., Rubio-Palis, Y., Grant, C., Alexander-Lindo, R. L., Nwokocha, C., Robinson, D., & Delgoda, R. (2021). Challenges in the control of neglected insect vector diseases of human importance in the Anglo-Caribbean. One Health, 13, 100316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100316
French S, Gordon-Strachan G, Kerr K, Bisasor-McKenzie J, Innis L, Tanabe P. Assessment of Interrater Reliability of the Emergency Severity Index After Implementation in Emergency Departments in Jamaica Using a Learning Collaborative Approach. J Emerg Nurs. 2021 Jan;47(1):58-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2020.07.003. Epub 2020 Oct 20. PMID: 33097242.
Govia I, Robinson JN, Amour R, Stubbs M, Lorenz-Dant K, Comas-Herrera A, Knapp M. Mapping long-term care in Jamaica: addressing an ageing population. Sustainability. 2021 Jan;13(14):8101.
Govia IO, Doubova SV, Younger-Coleman N, Atkinson U. Gender Differences in Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Substance Use in 50- to 65-Year-Old Jamaicans. J Addict Nurs. 2021.
Greenidge AR, Quimby KR, Rose AMC, Speede A, Hambleton IR, Anderson SG, Landis RC. “Direct healthcare services cost of non-healing diabetic foot wounds in an African origin population in Barbados”. Diabet Med. 2021 Dec 22:e14773. doi: 10.1111/dme.14773.
Grey K, Gonzales GB, Abera M, Lelijveld N, Thompson D, Berhane M, Abdissa A, Girma T, Kerac M. Severe malnutrition or famine exposure in childhood and cardiometabolic non-communicable disease later in life: a systematic review. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Mar;6(3):e003161. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003161. PMID: 33692144; PMCID: PMC7949429.
Guariguata L, Unwin N, Garcia L, Woodcock J, Samuels TA, Guell C. Systems science for developing policy to improve physical activity, the Caribbean. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 Oct 1;99(10):722-729. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.285297. Epub 2021 Aug 13. PMID: 34621090; PMCID: PMC8477427.
Harris RM, Rose AMC, Soares-Wynter S, Unwin N. Ultra-processed food consumption in Barbados: evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional study. J Nutr Sci. 2021 Apr 22;10:e29. doi: 10.1017/jns.2021.21. PMID: 34094510; PMCID: PMC8141678.
Harrison A, Gordon-Strachan G, James Bateman C, Trotman H, Olugbuyi O, Lambert M, Ashley D, Griffith A, Samms-Vaughan M. ECD - Pregnancy outcomes of a birth cohort. Are adolescent mothers really at more risk? Psychol Health Med. 2021 Apr 12:1-13. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1909740. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33840330.
Hauerslev M, Narang T, Gray N, Samuels TA, Bhutta ZA. “Childhood obesity on the rise during COVID-19: A request for global leaders to change the trajectory”. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Sep 27. doi: 10.1002/oby.23307
Heald AH, Chang K, Jia T, Sun H, Zheng Q, Wang X, Xia J, Stedman M, Fachim H, Gibson M, Zhou X, Anderson SG, Peng Y, Ollier W. “Longitudinal clinical trajectory analysis of individuals before and after diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) indicates that vascular problems start early”. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Aug 2:e14695. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14695.
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Krishnamurthy K, Sobers N, Kumar A, Ojeh N, Scott A, Cave C, Gupta S, Bradford-King J, Sa B, Adams OP, Campbell MH, Majumder MAA. “COVID-19 Vaccine Intent Among Health Care Professionals of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados”. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2021;14:3309-3319
Lecky FE, Reynolds T, Otesile O, Hollis S, Turner J, Fuller G, Sammy I, Williams-Johnson J, Geduld H, Tenner AG, French S, Govia I, Balen J, Goodacre S, Marahatta SB, DeVries S, Sawe HR, El-Shinawi M, Mfinanga J, Rubiano AM, Chebbi H, Do Shin S, Ferrer JME, Haddadi M, Firew T, Taubert K, Lee A, Convocar P, Jamaluddin S, Kotecha S, Yaqeen EA, Wells K, Wallis L. Harnessing inter-disciplinary collaboration to improve emergency care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): results of research prioritisation setting exercise. BMC Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 31;20(1):68. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00362-7. PMID: 32867675; PMCID: PMC7457362.
Lincoln KD, Ailshire J, Nguyen A, Taylor RJ, Govia I, Ifatunji MA. Profiles of sleep and depression risk among Caribbean Blacks. Ethnicity & health. 2021;26(7):981-99.
McCaw-Binns A, Asnani M. Reliability of self-reported data from the 2011 Ja-Kids birth cohort study: demographic, social, obstetric history, medical and outcome indicators. Psychology, Health & Medicine 2021 Sep 8;1-15. DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1975782.
McCaw-Binns A, Campbell L, Harris A, James, L, Asnani M. Maternal mortality among women with sickle cell disease in Jamaica over two decades (1998−2017). EClinicalMedicine 2022;43:101238. Published online xxx. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101238
McKenzie JA, Younger NO, Tulloch-Reid MK, Govia I, Bennett NR, McFarlane S, Walters R, Francis DK, Webster-Kerr K, Grant A, Davidson T, Wilks R, Williams DR, Ferguson TS. Ideal cardiovascular health in urban Jamaica: prevalence estimates and relationship to community property value, household assets and educational attainment: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 15;10(12):e040664. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040664. PMID: 33323436; PMCID: PMC7745314.
Minniti CP, Knight-Madden J, Tonda M, Gray S, Lehrer-Graiwer J, Biemond BJ. The impact of voxelotor treatment on leg ulcers in patients with sickle cell disease. Am J Hematol. 2021 Apr 1;96(4):E126-E128. doi: 10.1002/ajh.26101. Epub 2021 Feb 19. PMID: 33476432; PMCID: PMC7986764.
Morrison BF, Madden W, Asnani M, Sotimehin A, Anele U, Jing Y, Trock BJ, Burnett AL. External validation of the priapism impact profile in a Jamaican cohort of patients with sickle cell disease. Oct 15, 2021 PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258560. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258560
Motilal S, Paul-Charles J, Asnani M, Khan R, Ricketts-Roomes T, Pinder-Butler S, Herbert J, Farquharson C, Conliffe C, Standard-Goldson A, Smith K, Morris E, Maharaj RG. 2020 family medicine postgraduate examinations at The University of the West Indies: successes and challenges in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Postgrad Med J. 2021 Jul;97(1149):423-426. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-140242. Epub 2021 May 26. PMID: 34039692; PMCID: PMC8159667.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1511-1524. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6. PMID: 33160572; PMCID: PMC7658740. Ferguson TS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Younger-Coleman NO, McFarlane SR– members of NCD RisC Factor Collaboration
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060. PMID: 33685583; PMCID: PMC7943191. (Ferguson TS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Younger-Coleman NO part of NCD Risk Factor Collaboration)
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). National trends in total cholesterol obscure heterogeneous changes in HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio: a pooled analysis of 458 population-based studies in Asian and Western countries. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Feb 1;49(1):173-192. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz099. PMID: 31321439; PMCID: PMC7245049. (Ferguson TS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Younger-Coleman NO, McFarlane SR– members of NCD RisC Factor Collaboration).
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. Nature. 2020 Jun;582(7810):73-77. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1. Epub 2020 Jun 3. PMID: 32494083; PMCID: PMC7332422. (Ferguson TS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Younger-Coleman NO, McFarlane SR– members of NCD RisC Factor Collaboration).
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC)—Americas Working Group. Trends in cardiometabolic risk factors in the Americas between 1980 and 2014: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Jan;8(1):e123-e133. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30484-X. Erratum in: Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May;8(5):e648. Erratum in: Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jan;9(1):e23. PMID: 31839128; PMCID: PMC7025323. (Ferguson TS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Younger-Coleman NO, McFarlane SR– members of NCD RisC Factor Collaboration).
Nwankwo EM, Govia IO. Migration and the Health of Non-migrant Family: Findings from the Jamaica Return(ed) Migrants Study. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Jul 16. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01239-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34269990.
Nwokocha M, Beaney T, Holder C, Thaxter Nesbeth K, Whylie N, Leitch J, Ferguson T, Hosang M, Riley V, Soyibo A, Oshi D, Brown P, Paul T, Wilks R, Poulter NR, Nwokocha C. May Measurement Month 2019: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Jamaica. Eur Heart J Suppl. 2021 May 20;23(Suppl B):B82-B85. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/suab036. PMID: 34054366; PMCID: PMC8141955.
Odunitan-Wayas FA, Wadende P, Mogo ERI, Brugulat-Panés A, Micklesfield LK, Govia I, Mapa-Tassou C, Mukoma G, Smith JA, Motlhalhedi M, Wasnyo Y, Were V, Assah F, Okop KJ, Norris SA, Obonyo C, Mbanya JC, Tulloch-Reid MK, King AC, Lambert EV, Oni T. Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jul 13;10(7):e26739. doi: 10.2196/26739. PMID: 34255729; PMCID: PMC8317027.
Oni T, Assah F, Erzse A, Foley L, Govia I, Hofman KJ, Lambert EV, Micklesfield LK, Shung-King M, Smith J, Turner-Moss E, Unwin N, Wadende P, Woodcock J, Mbanya JC, Norris SA, Obonyo CO, Tulloch-Reid M, Wareham NJ; GDAR network. The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts. Global Health. 2020 Oct 19;16(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s12992-020-00630-y. PMID: 33076935; PMCID: PMC7570103.
Oni T, Micklesfield LK, Wadende P, Obonyo CO, Woodcock J, Mogo ERI, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Assah F, Tatah L, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Bhagtani D, Weimann A, Mba C, Unwin N, Brugulat-Panés A, Hofman KJ, Smith J, Tulloch-Reid M, Erzse A, Shung-King M, Lambert EV, Wareham NJ. Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries. Glob Health Action. 2020 Dec 31;13(1):1810415. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2020.1810415. PMID: 32867606; PMCID: PMC7480567.
Orrigio K, Pierre RB, Gordon-Harrison D, Lewis-O'connor K, Gordon-Strachan G, Christie CDC. Sexual Abuse and Sexually-Transmitted HIV/AIDS in Jamaican Children and Adolescents Aged 6-19 Years. J Infect Dev Ctries. 2021 Jul 31;15(7):989-996. doi: 10.3855/jidc.12156. PMID: 34343124.
Owolabi MO, Thrift AG, Mahal A, Ishida M, Martins S, Johnson WD, Pandian J, Abd-Allah F, Yaria J, Phan HT, Roth G, Gall SL, Beare R, Phan TG, Mikulik R, Akinyemi RO, Norrving B, Brainin M, Feigin VL; Stroke Experts Collaboration Group. Primary stroke prevention worldwide: translating evidence into action. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jan;7(1):e74-e85. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00230-9. Epub 2021 Oct 29. Erratum in: Lancet Public Health. 2022 Jan;7(1):e14.
Owolabi MO, Thrift AG, Martins S, Johnson W, Pandian J, Abd-Allah F, Varghese C, Mahal A, Yaria J, Phan HT, Roth G, Gall SL, Beare R, Phan TG, Mikulik R, Norrving B, Feigin VL; Stroke Experts Collaboration Group. The state of stroke services across the globe: Report of World Stroke Organization-World Health Organization surveys. Int J Stroke. 2021 May 27:17474930211019568. doi: 10.1177/17474930211019568. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33988062. (Tulloch-Reid MK-is a member of the Stroke Experts Collaboration Group)
Quimby KR, Sobers N, George C, Greaves N, Browman-Jones F, Samuels TA. “Implementation of a community-based low-calorie dietary intervention for the induction of type-2 diabetes and pre-diabetes remission: a feasibility study utilising a type 2 hybrid design”. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Aug 28;2(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00196-9
Ramsay Z, Bartlett R, Ali A, Grant J, Gordon-Strachan G, Asnani M. Sickle Cell Disease and Pain: Is it all Vaso-occlusive Crises? Clin J Pain. 2021 Aug 1;37(8):583-590. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000949. PMID: 34008506.
Ramsay Z, Gabbadon CH, Asnani M. Numb chin syndrome in sickle cell disease: a case series of Jamaican patients. Ann Hematol. 2021 Apr;100(4):913-919. doi: 10.1007/s00277-021-04423-0. Epub 2021 Jan 22. PMID: 33479847.
Ramsay ZJA, Bartlett RE, Clarke CA, Asnani MR, Knight-Madden JM, Gordon-Strachan GM. How Free Is Free Health Care? An Assessment of Universal Health Coverage Among Jamaicans with Sickle Cell Disease. Health Equity. 2021 Apr 21;5(1):210-217. doi: 10.1089/heq.2021.0002. PMID: 33937607; PMCID: PMC8080932.
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Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Dalia Stern, Ian R. Hambleton, Anselm Hennis, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Paulo Lotufo, et al. “Impact of common cardio-metabolic risk factors on fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease in Latin America and the Caribbean: an individual-level pooled analysis of 31 cohort studies”. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas 4 (2021 Sep 17) 100068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2021.100068
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Shung-King M, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Muzenda T, Govia I, Were V, Oni T. Protocol for a Multi-Level Policy Analysis of Non-Communicable Disease Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity: Implications for Low- and Middle-Income Countries in Africa and the Caribbean. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021;18(24).
Smith JA, Chang SM, Lopez Boo F, Ferro MP, Walker SP. Are Benefits From a Parenting Intervention Delivered Through the Health Services Sustainable? Follow-Up of a Randomized Evaluation in Jamaica. Acad Pediatr. 2021 May-Jun;21(4):638-645. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.01.003. Epub 2021 Jan 9. PMID: 33434700.
Sobers NP, Bishop L, Ng SW, Soares-Wynter S, Greaves NS, Murphy MM. Understanding the need for a whole-of-society approach in school nutrition policy implementation: a qualitative analysis. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Jul 17;2(1):79. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00184-z. PMID: 34274014; PMCID: PMC8285724.
Sobers NP, Hambleton IR, Hassan S, Anderson SG, Brathwaite-Graham L, Lewis K, Ferguson TS. Assessing the effectiveness and implementation of a chronic disease self-management programme in faith-based organisations in Barbados: protocol for a cluster randomised parallel trial. BMJ open. 2021;11(10):e050548.
Stewart KA, Parshad-Asnani M, Wonkam A, Bollinger J, Ngo Bitoungui V, Wonkam-Tingang E, Powell J, Desronvil K, Benson KRK, Clark A, Katz M, Martin B, Peterseim C, Williams C, Young N, Shah N, Tanabe P, Babyak M, Royal CDM. "Pain is Subjective": A Mixed-Methods Study of Provider Attitudes and Practices Regarding Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease Across Three Countries. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Mar;61(3):474-487. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.08.029. Epub 2020 Sep 1. PMID: 32889040.
Stubbs M, Govia I, Robinson JN, Amour R, Freeman E. The Experiences of Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia in Jamaica during COVID-19. Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2021;7:23337214211043384.
Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Shung-King M, Oni T, Woodcock J, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Muzenda T, Govia I, Mbanya JC, Assah F. Analysis of Cameroon's Sectoral Policies on Physical Activity for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021;18(23).
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Wade AN, Hambleton IR, Hennis AJM, Howitt C, Jeyaseelan SM, Ojeh NO, Rose AMC, Unwin N. “Anthropometric cut-offs to identify hyperglycemia in an Afro-Caribbean population: a cross-sectional population-based study from Barbados”. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2021 Aug;9(1):e002246. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002246
Walker SP, Chang SM, Wright AS, Pinto R, Heckman JJ, Grantham-McGregor SM. Cognitive, psychosocial, and behaviour gains at age 31 years from the Jamaica early childhood stimulation trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2021;n/a(n/a).
Weimann A, Shung-King M, McCreedy N, Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Muzenda T, Govia I, Were V, Oni T. Intersectoral Action for Addressing NCDs through the Food Environment: An Analysis of NCD Framing in Global Policies and Its Relevance for the African Context. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021;18(21).
Whyte N, Morrison-Blidgen B, Asnani M. Priapism in Sickle Cell Disease: An Evaluation of the Knowledge of an at Risk Population in Jamaica. Sex Med. 2021 Jun;9(3):100339. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2021.100339. Epub 2021 May 12. PMID: 33991817; PMCID: PMC8240165.
Williamson GA, Rodrigo S, Blackman E, Ragin CC, Beck JR, Tulloch-Reid MK. An Evaluation of Regional Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer Research Needs Using Conference Abstracts. Ann Glob Health. 2021 Aug 5;87(1):76. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2886.
Williamson GA, Rodrigo S, Guthrie-Dixon N, Blackman E, Beck JR, Hambleton I, Bailey A, Paul T, Ragin CC, Tulloch-Reid MK. A cross-sectional analysis of investigator needs for non-communicable disease research at the University of the West Indies, Mona. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021 Apr 6;45:e35. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2021.35. PMID: 33833787; PMCID: PMC8021206.
Wright AS, Tulloch-Reid MK, Chang SM, Walker SP (2021) “Maternal Characteristics Influence Infant Feeding Styles in Caribbean Women.” Public Health Nutrition 24 (18) 6034-6045 https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980021002391.
Technical Reports
1. Gertler, P., Heckman, J., Pinto, R., Chang-Lopez, S., Grantham-McGregor, S., Vermeersch, C., Walker, S., Wright, A. (2021).Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9787.
