Epidemiology and Household Economics (Fink)

Loss, Georg et al. (2024) ‘Usability and psychometric properties of a battery of tools to assess intelligence, executive functioning, and sustained attention in Tanzanian children’, PLOS ONE, 19(12), p. e0315058. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315058.

Osei Afriyie, D. et al. (2024) ‘The political economy of national health insurance schemes: evidence from Zambia’, Health Policy and Planning [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czae094.

Werdin, Sophia et al. (2024) ‘Mental health of individuals at increased suicide risk after hospital discharge and initial findings on the usefulness of a suicide prevention project in Central Switzerland’, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1432336.

Mitterer, Stefan et al. (2024) ‘Hospitalization- and death-related financial and employment effects in parents of children with life-limiting conditions: a fixed-effects analysis’, European Journal of Pediatrics [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-024-05680-7.

Zinsstag, Jakob et al. (2024) ‘One Health in human-environment systems: Linking health and the sustainable use of natural resources’, CABI One Health [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2024.0012.

Loss, G. et al. (2024) ‘Early life determinants of social disparities among young adults: A longitudinal study in vulnerable communities in South Africa’, World Development, 175. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106465.

Moolla, Aneesa et al. (2024) ‘Perceptions of roles of community healthcare workers in early childhood in Limpopo, South Africa’, African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 16, pp. e1–e10. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4412.

Afriyie Osei, D. et al. (2023) ‘Purchasing for high-quality care using national health insurance: evidence from Zambia’, Health policy and planning, 38(6), pp. 681–688. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad022.

Brunner, N. C. et al. (2023) ‘Starting at the community: treatment-seeking pathways of children with suspected severe malaria in Uganda’, PLOS Glob Public Health, 3(7), p. e0001949. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001949.

Cavalcanti, D. M. et al. (2023) ‘Evaluation and forecasting analysis of the association of conditional cash transfer with child mortality in Latin America, 2000-2030’, JAMA Netw Open, 6(7), p. e2323489. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.23489.

Clarke-Deelder, E. et al. (2023) ‘Quality of care for postpartum hemorrhage: a direct observation study in referral hospitals in Kenya’, PLOS Glob Public Health, 3(3), p. e0001670. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001670.

Evans-Lacko, S. et al. (2023) ‘Potential mechanisms by which cash transfer programmes could improve the mental health and life chances of young people: a conceptual framework and lines of enquiry for research and policy’, Glob Ment Health (Camb), 10, p. e13. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.4.

Farnham, A. et al. (2023) ‘A roadmap for using DHIS2 data to track progress in key health indicators in the Global South: experience from sub-Saharan Africa’, BMC public health, 23(1), p. 1030. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15979-z.

Fink, G., Förtsch, K. and Felder, S. (2023) ‘Subjective burden of government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions in Switzerland: evidence from the 2022 LINK Covid-19 survey’, PLoS One, 18(7), p. e0283524. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283524.

Hetzel, M. W. et al. (2023) ‘Pre-referral rectal artesunate: no cure for unhealthy systems’, The Lancet infectious diseases, 23(6), pp. e213–e217. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00762-9.

Hetzel, M. W. et al. (2023) ‘Pre-referral rectal artesunate is no ‘magic bullet’ in weak health systems’, BMC Med, 21(1), p. 119. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02777-y.

Karamagi, H. C. et al. (2023) ‘Mapping health service coverage inequalities in Africa: a scoping review protocol’, BMJ Open, 13(5), p. e068903. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068903.

Lewis, T. P. et al. (2023) ‘Health service quality in 2929 facilities in six low-income and middle-income countries: a positive deviance analysis’, Lancet Glob Health, 11(6), pp. e862–e870. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00163-8.

Mishra, Anu et al. (2023) ‘Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development’, Nature, 615, pp. 874–883. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05772-8.

Rokoff, L. B. et al. (2023) ‘Plasma concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in pregnancy and breastfeeding duration in Project Viva’, The science of the total environment, 891, p. 164724. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164724.

Tavakkoli, M. et al. (2023) ‘Assessing the design of road traffic death information systems in Iran: a participatory systems approach’, Int J Med Inform, 172, p. 105005. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105005.

Turcotte-Tremblay, A. M. et al. (2023) ‘Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium’, Health Res Policy Syst, 21(1), p. 14. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00956-6.

Zimmermann, K. et al. (2023) ‘Correction: Specialised Paediatric PAlliativE CaRe: assessing family, healthcare professionals and health system outcomes in a multi-site context of various care settings: SPhAERA study protocol’, BMC Palliat Care, 22(1), p. 13. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01136-1.

Ali, A. M. et al. (2022) ‘Population pharmacokinetics of antimalarial naphthoquine in combination with artemisinin in Tanzanian children and adults: dose optimization’, Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 66(5), p. e0169621. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.01696-21.

Awor, P. et al. (2022) ‘Acceptability of pre-referral rectal artesunate for severe malaria in children under 5 years by health workers and caregivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda’, Malar J, 21(1), p. 322. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04348-7.

Brunner, N. C. et al. (2022) ‘Prereferral rectal artesunate and referral completion among children with suspected severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Uganda’, BMJ Glob Health, 7(5), p. e008346. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008346.

Clarke-Deelder, E. et al. (2022) ‘Measuring user experience of care among caregivers of sick children: validation and descriptive analysis in a sample of 75 health facilities in rural Tanzania’, Tropical medicine and international health, 27(3), pp. 317–329. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13730.

Clarke-Deelder, E. et al. (2022) ‘Immediate postpartum care in low- and middle-income countries: a gap in health care quality research and practice’, Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM, p. in press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100764.

Clarke-Deelder, E. et al. (2022) ‘Levels of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress among Ugandan adults during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional evidence from a mobile phone-based population survey’, Glob Ment Health (Camb), p. in press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2022.28.

Corsack, C. et al. (2022) ‘Parental cohabitation and breastfeeding outcomes among united states adolescent mothers’, Breastfeed Med, 17(1), pp. 72–78. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2021.0090.

Díaz, Y. et al. (2022) ‘Multidimensional poverty and adolescent mental health: unpacking the relationship’, Social science & medicine, 311, p. 115324. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115324.

Fehr, D., Fink, G. and Jack, B. K. (2022) ‘Poor and rational: decision-making under scarcity’, Journal of Political Economy, 130(11), pp. 2862–2897. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/720466.

Feldhaus, I. et al. (2022) ‘Examining decentralization and managerial decision making for child immunization program performance in India’, Social science & medicine, 317, p. 115457. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115457.

Fink, G. et al. (2022) ‘Financially incentivized knowledge assessments to improve provider compliance with treatment guidelines: a cluster-randomized controlled trial’, Trials, 23(1), p. 227. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06129-8.

Fink, G., Kandpal, E. and Shapira, G. (2022) ‘Inequality in the quality of health services: wealth, content of care, and the price of antenatal consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo’, Economic development and cultural change, 70(3), pp. 1295–1336. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/713941.

Fink, Günther, Tediosi, Fabrizio and Felder, Stefan (2022) ‘Burden of Covid-19 restrictions: National, regional and global estimates’, EClinicalMedicine, 45, p. 101305. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101305.

Galli, A. et al. (2022) ‘Assessment of pesticide safety knowledge and practices in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study of smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta’, Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene, 19(9), pp. 509–523. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2022.2100403.

García, M. F., Hessel, P. and Rodríguez-Lesmes, P. (2022) ‘Wealth and inequality gradients for the detection and control of hypertension in older individuals in middle-income economies around 2007-2015’, PLoS One, 17(7), p. e0269118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269118.

Guzman, L. A. and Hessel, P. (2022) ‘The effects of public transport subsidies for lower-income users on public transport use: a quasi-experimental study’, Transp Policy (Oxf), 126, pp. 215–224. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.07.016.

Henry, J. et al. (2022) ‘Health care providers” knowledge of clinical protocols for postpartum hemorrhage care in Kenya: a cross-sectional study’, BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 22(1), p. 828. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05128-6.

Hetzel, M. W. et al. (2022) ‘Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for severe malaria in children under 5 years of age: a multi-country observational study’, BMC Med, 20(1), p. 343. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02541-8.

Jäggi, Lena et al. (2022) ‘Child welfare involvement and adjustment among care alumni and their children: a systematic review of risk and protective factors’, Child abuse, 131, p. 105776. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105776.

Kapoor, N. R. et al. (2022) ‘Effect of lifting COVID-19 restrictions on utilisation of primary care services in Nepal: a difference-in-differences analysis’, BMJ Open, 12(11), p. e061849. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061849.

Karim, A. et al. (2022) ‘The building blocks of community health systems: a systems framework for the design, implementation and evaluation of iCCM programs and community-based interventions’, BMJ Glob Health, 7(6), p. e008493. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008493.

Karim, A. et al. (2022) ‘Assessing determinants of programmatic performance of community management of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea in children in Africa: protocol and data collection for a mixed methods evaluation of integrated community case management’, JMIR Res Protoc, 11(3), p. e33076. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2196/33076.

Lucas, A. D. P. et al. (2022) ‘The intergenerational relationship between conditional cash transfers and newborn health’, BMC public health, 22(1), p. 201. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12565-7.

O’Donovan, G. et al. (2022) ‘The burden of mild cognitive impairment attributable to physical inactivity in Colombia’, Eur Rev Aging Phys Act, 19(1), p. 28. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s11556-022-00307-y.

O’Donovan, G. et al. (2022) ‘Associations of body mass index and sarcopenia with screen-detected mild cognitive impairment in older adults in Colombia’, Front Nutr, 9, p. 1011967. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1011967.

Reno, R. et al. (2022) ‘Housing insecurity, housing conditions, and breastfeeding behaviors for medicaid-eligible families in urban settings’, Journal of human lactation, 38(4), pp. 760–770. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/08903344221108073.

Sanchez, D. et al. (2022) ‘Validity and cardio-metabolic risk profiles of DNA methylation clocks among adults in south-central Côte d’Ivoire’, Epigenetics Commun, 2, p. 1. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43682-022-00008-8.

Wallenborn, J. T. and Vonaesch, P. (2022) ‘Intestinal microbiota research from a global perspective’, Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf), 10, p. goac010. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/gastro/goac010.

Egger, D. et al. (2021) ‘Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: quantitative evidence from nine developing countries’, Sci Adv, 7(6), p. eabe0997. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe0997.

Fink, Günther, McConnell, Margaret and Nguyen, Bich Diep (2021) ‘Learn or react? An experimental study of preventive health decision making’, Experimental Economics, 24, pp. 206–237. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09668-6.

Fink, G., Venkataramani, A. S. and Zanolini, A. (2021) ‘Early life adversity, biological adaptation, and human capital: evidence from an interrupted malaria control program in Zambia’, J Health Econ, 80, p. 102532. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102532.

Francetic, I., Fink, G. and Tediosi, F. (2021) ‘Impact of social accountability monitoring on health facility performance: evidence from Tanzania’, Health economics, 30(4), pp. 766–785. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4219.

Kouamé, P. K. et al. (2021) ‘Access to water and sanitation infrastructures for primary schoolchildren in the south-central part of Côte d’Ivoire’, Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(16), p. 8863. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168863.

Kuwawenaruwa, A. et al. (2021) ‘Acceptability of a prime vendor system in public healthcare facilities in Tanzania’, Int J Health Policy Manag, 10(10), pp. 625–637. Available at: https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2020.90.

Mitterer, Stefan et al. (2021) ‘Measuring Financial Burden in Families of Children Living With Life-Limiting Conditions: A Scoping Review of Cost Indicators and Outcome Measures’, Value in Health, 24(9), pp. 1377–1389. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2021.03.015.

Nguyen, T. Y. C. et al. (2021) ‘Vietnam’s success story against COVID-19’, Public Health Pract (Oxf), 2, p. 100132. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100132.

Sanchez-Samaniego, G. et al. (2021) ‘Cardiovascular disease in the Peruvian Andes: local perceptions, barriers, and paths to preventing chronic diseases in the Cajamarca region’, International journal of public health, 66, p. 1604117. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2021.1604117.

Sanchez-Samaniego, G., Tallman, P. S. and Valdes-Velasquez, A. (2021) ‘Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajun of the Peruvian Amazon’, Ann Hum Biol, 48(2), pp. 110–118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2021.1908424.

Titi-Ofei, R., Osei-Afriyie, D. and Karamagi, H. (2021) ‘Monitoring quality of care in the WHO Africa Region-a study design for measurement and tracking, towards UHC attainment’, Glob Health Action, 14(1), p. 1939493. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1939493.

Ahmed, Nima et al. (2020) ‘The impact of rehabilitation-oriented virtual reality device in patients with ischemic stroke in the early subacute recovery phase: Study protocol for a phase III, single-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial’, Journal of central nervous system disease, 12, p. 1179573519899471. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1179573519899471.

Buonfrate, Dora et al. (2020) ‘The global prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection’, Pathogens, 9(6), p. E468. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9060468.

Fink, G., Kelsey Jack, B. and Masiye, F. (2020) ‘Seasonal liquidity, rural labor markets, and agricultural production’, Am Econ Rev, 110(11), pp. 3351–3392. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180607.

Luta, Xhyljeta et al. (2020) ‘Patterns of benzodiazepine prescription among older adults in Switzerland: a cross-sectional analysis of claims data’, BMJ Open, 10(1), p. e031156. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031156.

Mikkelsen, Lene et al. (2020) ‘Assessing the quality of cause of death data in six high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Switzerland’, International journal of public health, 65(1), pp. 17–28. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01325-x.

Nuño Martínez, N. et al. (2020) ‘The meanings of water: Socio‐Cultural Perceptions of Solar Disinfected (SODIS) drinking water in Bolivia and implications for its uptake’, Water, 12, p. 442. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/w12020442.

Tan, Rainer et al. (2020) ‘Clinical outcome of febrile Tanzanian children with severe malnutrition using anthropometry in comparison to clinical signs’, American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 102(2), pp. 427–435. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0553.

Celhay, Olivier J. et al. (2019) ‘An interactive application for malaria elimination transmission and costing in the Asia-Pacific’, Wellcome Open Research, 4, p. 61. Available at: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14770.2.

Eze, Ikenna C. et al. (2019) ‘Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and glycemic control in adults: Results from a population-based survey in south-central Côte d’Ivoire’, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 156, p. 107845. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107845.

Khieu, Virak et al. (2019) ‘Is Opisthorchis viverrini emerging in Cambodia?’, Advances in parasitology, 103, pp. 31–73. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.apar.2019.02.002.

Kuchenbaecker, Karoline et al. (2019) ‘The transferability of lipid loci across African, Asian and European cohorts’, Nature Communications, 10(1), p. 4330. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12026-7.

Lavoie, P. M. et al. (2019) ‘Rethinking management of neonates at risk of sepsis’, Lancet, 394(10195), pp. 279–281. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31627-7.

Nsiah-Boateng, Eric et al. (2019) ‘Sociodemographic determinants of health insurance enrolment and dropout in urban district of Ghana : a cross-sectional study’, Health economics review, 9(1), p. 23. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-019-0241-y.

Shretta, Rima et al. (2019) ‘Malaria elimination transmission and costing in the Asia-Pacific: developing an investment case’, Wellcome Open Research, 4, p. 60. Available at: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14769.2.

Shretta, Rima et al. (2019) ‘Predicting the cost of malaria elimination in the Asia-Pacific’, Wellcome Open Research, 4(73), p. 73. Available at: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15166.1.

Missoni, E. and Tediosi, F. (2019) ‘Old and new powers in development assistance in health’, in Olivié, I.; Pérez, A. (ed.) Aid power and politics. London: Routledge (Aid power and politics), pp. 255–271. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429440236.

De Neve, Jan Walter and Fink, Günther (2018) ‘Children’s education and parental old age survival – Quasi-experimental evidence on the intergenerational effects of human capital investment’, Journal of Health Economics. 09.02.2018, 58, pp. 76–89. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.01.008.

Speich, Benjamin et al. (2018) ‘Retrospective assessment of resource use and costs in two investigator-initiated randomized trials exemplified a comprehensive cost item list’, Journal of clinical epidemiology, 96, pp. 73–83. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.12.022.

Hay, Simon I et al. (2017) ‘Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016’, Lancet, 390(10100), pp. 1260–1344. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)32130-x.

Prüss-Ustün, A. et al. (2017) ‘Diseases due to unhealthy environments: an updated estimate of the global burden of disease attributable to environmental determinants of health’, Journal of Public Health, 39(3), pp. 464–475. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw085.

Shretta, Rima et al. (2017) ‘An investment case to prevent the reintroduction of malaria in Sri Lanka’, American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 96(3), pp. 602–615. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0209.

Zelman, Brittany et al. (2016) ‘Global fund financing to the 34 malaria-eliminating countries under the new funding model 2014-2017 : an analysis of national allocations and regional grants’, Malaria Journal, 15, p. 118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1171-3.