2025
Community health workers identify children requiring health center admission in Northern Uganda: prehospital risk prediction using vital signs and advanced point-of-care tests
Ebbs D, Denish O, Bongomin F, Chandna A, Haseefa F, Canarie M, Cappello M. Community health workers identify children requiring health center admission in Northern Uganda: prehospital risk prediction using vital signs and advanced point-of-care tests. Global Health Action 2025, 18: 2519704. PMID: 40569209, PMCID: PMC12203686, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2519704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity health workersHealth workersDanger signsPrehospital settingHealth centersCommunity health worker teamArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveHealth worker teamPoint-of-care testingSocioeconomically deprived regionsPrehospital evaluationObservational pilot studyCommunity settingsWorker teamsSerious illnessSick childrenTreatable illnessPediatric mortalityDeprived regionsLogistic regressionPrimary outcomeSub-Saharan AfricaHealthCommunity levelRisk prediction
2011
Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children
Sorensen WC, Cappello M, Bell D, DiFedele LM, Brown MA. Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children. Journal Of Global Infectious Diseases 2011, 3: 25-31. PMID: 21572605, PMCID: PMC3068574, DOI: 10.4103/0974-777x.77292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGuatemalan school childrenBivariate analysisSchool childrenGlobal public health concernPrevalence of hookwormMultiple logistic regressionPublic health concernLow-intensity infectionsBaseline prevalenceSTH infectionsKato-KatzHelminth infectionsAnthropometric measuresAssociated epidemiologyInfectionLogistic regressionGuatemalan childrenHealth concernAnemiaChi-squareSignificant decreaseHemoglobinChildrenT-testInfection intensity
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