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
2019
Social determinants and causes of child mortality in Pakistan: Analysis of national demographic health surveys from 1990 to 2013
Afshan K, Narjis G, Qureshi IZ, Cappello M. Social determinants and causes of child mortality in Pakistan: Analysis of national demographic health surveys from 1990 to 2013. Journal Of Paediatrics And Child Health 2019, 56: 457-472. PMID: 31774227, DOI: 10.1111/jpc.14670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild mortalitySocial determinantsChild healthNational Demographic Health SurveyAverage birth sizeFirst birth orderCause of deathChild survival strategyDemographic Health Survey dataPrevious birth intervalCost-effective interventionLowest wealth quintileDemographic Health SurveyHealth Survey dataIntrapartum asphyxiaMaternal disordersMiddle-income countriesBirth sizeHealth SurveyMaternal educationChild survivalWealth quintileBivariate analysisGreater riskMortality
2011
Epidemiology of Hookworm Infection in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Patterns of Malaria Coinfection, Anemia, and Albendazole Treatment Failure
Humphries D, Mosites E, Otchere J, Twum WA, Woo L, Jones-Sanpei H, Harrison LM, Bungiro RD, Benham-Pyle B, Bimi L, Edoh D, Bosompem K, Wilson M, Cappello M. Epidemiology of Hookworm Infection in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana: Patterns of Malaria Coinfection, Anemia, and Albendazole Treatment Failure. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2011, 84: 792-800. PMID: 21540391, PMCID: PMC3083749, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor nutritional statusHookworm infectionRisk factorsNutritional statusOverall egg reduction rateSerum immunoglobulin G (IgG) reactivitiesCross-sectional pilot studyEgg reduction rateImmunoglobulin G reactivityKintampo North MunicipalityAlbendazole therapyKintampo NorthMalaria coinfectionTreatment failureOverall prevalenceHigh prevalenceRepeat examinationEgg excretionSecretory antigensInfectionPilot studyCoinfectionSignificant reductionTherapyHigh rate
2005
Epidemiology and Management of Infectious Diseases in International Adoptees
Murray TS, Groth ME, Weitzman C, Cappello M. Epidemiology and Management of Infectious Diseases in International Adoptees. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2005, 18: 510-520. PMID: 16020687, PMCID: PMC1195971, DOI: 10.1128/cmr.18.3.510-520.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
IMMUNIZATIONS FOR CHILDREN TRAVELING ABROAD
Cappello M. IMMUNIZATIONS FOR CHILDREN TRAVELING ABROAD. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1998, 17: 157-158. PMID: 9493814, DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199802000-00015.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
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