Our Publications

2021

Effect of a lay counselor delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Siaya County, Kenya: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study.
Citation: Kim ET, Opiyo T, Acayo PS, Lillie M, Gallis J, Zhou Y, Ochieng M, Okuro S, Hembling J, McEwan E, Baumgartner JN (2021). Effect of a lay counselor delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Siaya County, Kenya: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 292, 284-294.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.002
Effect of a lay counselor-delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Northern Ghana: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Citation: Baumgartner JN, Ali M, Gallis JA, Lillie M, Owusu R, Abubakr-Bibilazu S, Adam H, Aborigo R, McEwan E, Zhou Y, Kim ET, Mackness J, Williams JKA, Hembling J (2021). Effect of a lay counselor-delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Northern Ghana: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Global Mental Health (Cambridge, England), 8, e18.
DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2021.15
Effectiveness of a primary care-based integrated mobile health intervention for stroke management in rural China (SINEMA): A cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Citation: Yan LL, Gong E, Gu W, Turner EL, Gallis JA, Zhou Y, Li Z, McCormack KE, Xu L, Bettger JP, Tang S, Wang Y, Oldenburg B (2021). Effectiveness of a primary care-based integrated mobile health intervention for stroke management in rural China (SINEMA): A cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLOS Medicine, 18(4), e1003582.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003582
The syndemic effects of mental ill health, household hunger, and intimate partner violence on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women living with HIV in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Citation: Cordoba E, Parcesepe AM, Gallis JA, Headley J, Soffo C, Tchatchou B, Hembling J, Baumgartner JN (2021). The syndemic effects of mental ill health, household hunger, and intimate partner violence on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among pregnant women living with HIV in Yaoundé, Cameroon. PLOS One, 16(2), e0246467.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246467
Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria.
Citation: Woolsey AM, Simmons RA, Woldeghebriel M, Zhou Y, Ogunsola O, Laing S, Olaleye T, Kipkoech J, Rojas BM, Saran I, Odhiambo M, Malinga J, Ambani G, Kimachas E, Fashanu C, Wiwa O (2021). Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria. Implementation Science, 16(1), 14.
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-020-01077-w
Prevalence and correlates of maternal early stimulation behaviors during pregnancy in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.
Citation: Mackness J, Gallis JA, Owusu RK, Ali M, Abubakr-Bibilazu S, Adam H, Aborigo R, Awoonor-Williams JK, Lillie M, McEwan E, Hembling J, Vasudevan L, Baumgartner JN (2021). Prevalence and correlates of maternal early stimulation behaviors during pregnancy in northern Ghana: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21(1), 4.
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03476-9

2020

System-integrated technology-enabled model of care (SINEMA) to improve the health of stroke patients in rural China: Statistical analysis plan for a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Citation: Gong E, Yan LL, McCormack K, Gallis JA, Bettger JP, Turner EL (2020). System-integrated technology-enabled model of care (SINEMA) to improve the health of stroke patients in rural China: Statistical analysis plan for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Stroke : Official Journal of the International Stroke Society, 15(2), 226-230.
DOI: 10.1177/1747493019869707
Artemether-Lumefantrine and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Retain High Efficacy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Myanmar.
Citation: Han KT, Lin K, Myint MK, Thi A, Aye KH, Han ZY, Moe M, Bustos MD, Rahman MM, Ringwald P, Simmons R, Markwalter CF, Plowe CV, Nyunt MM (2020). Artemether-Lumefantrine and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Retain High Efficacy for Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Myanmar. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102(3), 598-604.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0692
Subsidise the test, the treatment or both? Results of an individually randomised controlled trial of the management of suspected malaria fevers in the retail sector in western Kenya.
Citation: Laktabai J, Saran I, Zhou Y, Simmons RA, Turner EL, Visser T, O'Meara W (2020). Subsidise the test, the treatment or both? Results of an individually randomised controlled trial of the management of suspected malaria fevers in the retail sector in western Kenya. BMJ Global Health, 5(11), e003378.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003378
Optimizing a self-directed mobile mindfulness intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors’ psychological distress (LIFT2): Design and rationale of a randomized factorial experimental clinical trial.
Citation: Cox CE, Olsen MK, Gallis JA, Porter LS, Greeson JM, Gremore T, Frear A, Ungar A, McKeehan J, McDowell B, McDaniel H, Moss M, Hough CL (2020). Optimizing a self-directed mobile mindfulness intervention for improving cardiorespiratory failure survivors’ psychological distress (LIFT2): Design and rationale of a randomized factorial experimental clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 96, 106119.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2020.106119
Prevalence and Correlates of Depression Among Pregnant Women Enrolled in a Maternal and Newborn Health Program in Rural Northern Ghana: a Cross-sectional Survey.
Citation: Lillie M, Gallis JA, Hembling J, Owusu RK, Ali M, Abubakr-Bibilazu S, Aborigo R, Adam H, McEwan E, Awoonor-Williams JK, Baumgartner JN (2020). Prevalence and Correlates of Depression Among Pregnant Women Enrolled in a Maternal and Newborn Health Program in Rural Northern Ghana: a Cross-sectional Survey. Global Social Welfare : Research, Policy & Practice, 7(2), 131-140.
DOI: 10.1007/s40609-020-00170-8
Properties and pitfalls of weighting as an alternative to multilevel multiple imputation in cluster randomized trials with missing binary outcomes under covariate-dependent missingness.
Citation: Turner EL, Yao L, Li F, Prague M (2020). Properties and pitfalls of weighting as an alternative to multilevel multiple imputation in cluster randomized trials with missing binary outcomes under covariate-dependent missingness. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 29(5), 1338-1353.
DOI: 10.1177/0962280219859915

2019

Respiratory viral infection: an underappreciated cause of acute febrile illness admissions in southern sri lanka.
Citation: Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Simmons R, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kodikara Arachchi W, Nicholson BP, Park LP, Vanderburg S, Kurukulasooriya R, De Silva AD, Østybe T, Reller ME, Woods CW (2019). Respiratory viral infection: an underappreciated cause of acute febrile illness admissions in southern sri lanka. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100(3), 672-680.
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0699

2018

In-Hospital and Three-Year Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients in South India: The Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry.
Citation: Sanjay G, Jeemon P, Agarwal A, Viswanathan S, Sreedharan M, Vijayaraghavan G, Bahuleyan CG, Biju R, Nair T, Prathapkumar N, Krishnakumar G, Rajalekshmi N, Suresh K, Park LP, Huffman MD, Harikrishnan S (2018). In-Hospital and Three-Year Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients in South India: The Trivandrum Heart Failure Registry. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 24(12), 842-848.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.05.007
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Kessler Scale of Psychological Distress to a traumatic brain injury population in Swahili and the Tanzanian Setting.
Citation: Vissoci JRN, Vaca SD, El-Gabri D, de Oliveira LP, Mvungi M, Mmbaga BT, Haglund M, Staton C (2018). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Kessler Scale of Psychological Distress to a traumatic brain injury population in Swahili and the Tanzanian Setting. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 16(1), 147.
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-018-0973-0
Protocol for a feasibility study of group-based focused psychosocial support to improve the psychosocial well-being and functioning of adults affected by humanitarian crises in Nepal: Group Problem Management Plus (PM+).
Citation: Sangraula M, Van't Hof E, Luitel NP, Turner EL, Marahatta K, Nakao JH, van Ommeren M, Jordans MJD, Kohrt BA (2018). Protocol for a feasibility study of group-based focused psychosocial support to improve the psychosocial well-being and functioning of adults affected by humanitarian crises in Nepal: Group Problem Management Plus (PM+). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 126.
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0315-3
Epic allies, a gamified mobile phone app to improve engagement in care, antiretroviral uptake, and adherence among young men who have sex with men and young transgender women who have sex with men: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Citation: LeGrand S, Muessig KE, Platt A, Soni K, Egger JR, Nwoko N, McNulty T, Hightow-Weidman LB (2018). Epic allies, a gamified mobile phone app to improve engagement in care, antiretroviral uptake, and adherence among young men who have sex with men and young transgender women who have sex with men: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(4), e94.
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.8811
Reducing stigma among healthcare providers to improve mental health services (RESHAPE): protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial of a stigma reduction intervention for training primary healthcare workers in Nepal.
Citation: Kohrt BA, Jordans MJD, Turner EL, Sikkema KJ, Luitel NP, Rai S, Singla DR, Lamichhane J, Lund C, Patel V (2018). Reducing stigma among healthcare providers to improve mental health services (RESHAPE): protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial of a stigma reduction intervention for training primary healthcare workers in Nepal. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 36.
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0234-3
Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the AUDIT and CAGE Questionnaires in Tanzanian Swahili for a Traumatic Brain Injury Population.
Citation: Vissoci JRN, Hertz J, El-Gabri D, Andrade Do Nascimento JR, Pestillo De Oliveira L, Mmbaga BT, Mvungi M, Staton CA (2018). Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the AUDIT and CAGE Questionnaires in Tanzanian Swahili for a Traumatic Brain Injury Population. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 53(1), 112-120.
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agx058

2017

Multicomponent intervention versus usual care for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Citation: Jafar TH, Jehan I, de Silva HA, Naheed A, Gandhi M, Assam P, Finkelstein EA, Quigley HL, Bilger M, Khan AH, Clemens JD, Ebrahim S, Turner EL, Kasturiratne A (2017). Multicomponent intervention versus usual care for management of hypertension in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1), 272.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-2018-0
Innovative public-private partnership to target subsidised antimalarials: a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a community intervention in Western Kenya.
Citation: Laktabai J, Lesser A, Platt A, Maffioli E, Mohanan M, Menya D, Prudhomme O'Meara W, Turner EL (2017). Innovative public-private partnership to target subsidised antimalarials: a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a community intervention in Western Kenya. BMJ Open, 7(3), e013972.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013972
Erratum to: The effectiveness of the peer delivered Thinking Healthy Plus (THPP+) Programme for maternal depression and child socio-emotional development in Pakistan: study protocol for A three-year cluster randomized controlled trial.
Citation: Turner EL, Sikander S, Bangash O, Zaidi A, Bates L, Gallis J, Ganga N, O'Donnell K, Rahman A, Maselko J (2017). Erratum to: The effectiveness of the peer delivered Thinking Healthy Plus (THPP+) Programme for maternal depression and child socio-emotional development in Pakistan: study protocol for A three-year cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1), 74.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1665-x

2016

The effectiveness of the peer delivered Thinking Healthy Plus (THPP+) Programme for maternal depression and child socio-emotional development in Pakistan: study protocol for a three-year cluster randomized controlled trial.
Citation: Turner EL, Sikander S, Bangash O, Zaidi A, Bates L, Gallis J, Ganga N, O'Donnell K, Rahman A, Maselko J (2016). The effectiveness of the peer delivered Thinking Healthy Plus (THPP+) Programme for maternal depression and child socio-emotional development in Pakistan: study protocol for a three-year cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), 442.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1530-y
Assessing the independent and combined effects of subsidies for antimalarials and rapid diagnostic testing on fever management decisions in the retail sector: results from a factorial randomised trial in western Kenya.
Citation: Prudhomme O'Meara W, Mohanan M, Laktabai J, Lesser A, Platt A, Maffioli E, Turner EL, Menya D (2016). Assessing the independent and combined effects of subsidies for antimalarials and rapid diagnostic testing on fever management decisions in the retail sector: results from a factorial randomised trial in western Kenya. BMJ Global Health, 1(2), e000101.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000101

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