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Mortality rates immediately after severe hurricanes in Cuba have decreased over the past three decades (2021)
Journal Article
Suárez-Medina, R., Venero-Fernández, S., Mesa Ridel, G., Fogarty, A., & Lewis, S. (2021). Mortality rates immediately after severe hurricanes in Cuba have decreased over the past three decades. Public Health, 191, 55-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.11.022

Objectives

The objective of this study is to understand how Cuba responds to extreme weather events, which can help identify and disseminate good public health practice.

Study design

The study design of this study is an observational study u... Read More about Mortality rates immediately after severe hurricanes in Cuba have decreased over the past three decades.

Development and evaluation of a brief educational cartoon on trainee clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure: a feasibility pre-post intervention study of a novel educational tool to promote patient safety (2020)
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Thurley, P., Bowker, R., Bhatti, I., Skelly, R., Law, R., Salaman, R., …Fogarty, A. (2020). Development and evaluation of a brief educational cartoon on trainee clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure: a feasibility pre-post intervention study of a novel educational tool to promote patient safety. BMJ Open Quality, 9(4), Article e000900. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000900

Background Over recent decades, CT scans have become routinely available and are used in both acute medical and outpatient environments. However, there is a small increase in the risk of adverse consequences, including an increase in the risk of both... Read More about Development and evaluation of a brief educational cartoon on trainee clinicians’ awareness of risks of ionising-radiation exposure: a feasibility pre-post intervention study of a novel educational tool to promote patient safety.

Two measures of systemic inflammation are positively associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: a cross-sectional study (2020)
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Ahankari, A., Kabra, P., Tata, L., Hayter, M., & Fogarty, A. (2021). Two measures of systemic inflammation are positively associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: a cross-sectional study. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 26(3), 327-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13524

Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that systemic inflammation is inversely associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls in India. Methods: The study population consisted of adolescent girls aged between 10 and 19years living in a r... Read More about Two measures of systemic inflammation are positively associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: a cross-sectional study.

Exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and the risk of ever smoking among children in southern India (2020)
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Kulkarni, M. M., Kamath, V. G., Kamath, A., Lewis, S., Bogdanovica, I., Bains, M., …Britton, J. (2021). Exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and the risk of ever smoking among children in southern India. Tobacco Control, 30(5), 560-566. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055353

Background Exposure to smoking in films is a recognised cause of smoking uptake among children. In India, in an attempt to protect children, films containing smoking are required to include tobacco control messaging including audiovisual disclaimers,... Read More about Exposure to tobacco imagery in popular films and the risk of ever smoking among children in southern India.

Patients' attitudes towards cost feedback to doctors to prevent unnecessary testing: a qualitative focus group study (2020)
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Young, B., Fogarty, A. W., Skelly, R., Shaw, D., Thurley, P., Sturrock, N., …Cranwell, J. (2020). Patients' attitudes towards cost feedback to doctors to prevent unnecessary testing: a qualitative focus group study. Public Health, 185, 338-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.06.023

© 2020 The Authors Objectives: There is a need to improve efficiency in healthcare delivery without compromising quality of care. One approach is the development and evaluation of behavioural strategies to reduce unnecessary use of common tests. Howe... Read More about Patients' attitudes towards cost feedback to doctors to prevent unnecessary testing: a qualitative focus group study.

The potential to quantify polypharmacy in older adult hospital inpatients using electronic prescribing software: A feasibility study (2020)
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Connor, N., Woodward, S., Norwood, M., Sturrock, N., Woodward, J., Skelly, R., …Fogarty, A. (2020). The potential to quantify polypharmacy in older adult hospital inpatients using electronic prescribing software: A feasibility study. Health and Technology, 10, 823–826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-020-00419-4

Polypharmacy in older adults is a growing problem, as some drugs may be either unnecessary or even harmful. Admission to hospital under a Medicine for the Elderly specialist physicians represents an opportunity to review patients’ medication. The rec... Read More about The potential to quantify polypharmacy in older adult hospital inpatients using electronic prescribing software: A feasibility study.

Weight, height and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross-sectional study (2019)
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Ahankari, A. S., Tata, L. J., & Fogarty, A. W. (2020). Weight, height and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross-sectional study. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 16(2), Article e12908. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12908

Objective:
We aimed to explore the association of physical parameters with haemoglobin (Hb) levels to test the hypothesis that impaired physical development is associated with anaemia.

Methods:
A cross-sectional survey study recruited adolescent... Read More about Weight, height and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross-sectional study.

Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial (2019)
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Ojha, S., Szatkowski, L., Sinha, R., Yaron, G., Fogarty, A., Allen, S., …Smyth, A. R. (2020). Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 105(3), 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-316471

Objective To determine whether Rojiroti microfinance, for poor Indian women, improves child nutrition.

Design Cluster randomised trial.

Setting Tolas (village communities) in Bihar State.

Participants Women and children under 5 years.

Int... Read More about Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial.

Global differences in geography, religion and other societal factors are associated with sex differences in mortality from suicide: An ecological study of 182 countries (2019)
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Alothman, D., & Fogarty, A. (2020). Global differences in geography, religion and other societal factors are associated with sex differences in mortality from suicide: An ecological study of 182 countries. Journal of Affective Disorders, 260, 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.093

© 2019 Background: Over 800,000 individuals die as a consequence of suicide annually, and almost two thirds of these deaths are in males. This analysis aimed to explore sex differences in global suicide rates with regards to geographic location, reli... Read More about Global differences in geography, religion and other societal factors are associated with sex differences in mortality from suicide: An ecological study of 182 countries.

The association between dengue immunoglobulin G titres with previous clinical dengue infection and white cell counts in Cuban children: a population-based study (2018)
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Suarez-Medina, R., Venero-Fernández, S. J., Batista-Gutierrez, L., de los Angeles Estrada-Rondon, Y., Alfonso-Hernandez, A., Casanave-Guarnaluce, D., …HINASIC (Historia Natural de la Sibilancia en Cuba/Natural History of Wheezing in Cuba) Study Group. (2018). The association between dengue immunoglobulin G titres with previous clinical dengue infection and white cell counts in Cuban children: a population-based study. PLoS ONE, 13(11), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207391

Background
The prevalence of dengue infection is increasing globally. There are few prospective population-based surveillance studies of the immunological and inflammatory consequences of exposure to dengue virus in young children.

Objective
To... Read More about The association between dengue immunoglobulin G titres with previous clinical dengue infection and white cell counts in Cuban children: a population-based study.

An evaluation of a price transparency intervention for two commonly prescribed medications on total institutional expenditure: a prospective study (2018)
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Langley, T., Lacey, J., Johnson, A., Newman, C., Khare, M., Skelly, R., …Fogarty, A. W. (2018). An evaluation of a price transparency intervention for two commonly prescribed medications on total institutional expenditure: a prospective study. Future Hospital Journal, 5(3), 198-202. https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-198

Importance: Providing cost feedback has been demonstrated to decrease demand from clinicians.
Objective: We tested the hypothesis that providing the cost of drugs to clinicians would modify total expenditure.
Design: A prospective study design with... Read More about An evaluation of a price transparency intervention for two commonly prescribed medications on total institutional expenditure: a prospective study.

Epilepsy mortality trends in Cuba compared with England and Wales: 1987–2010 (2018)
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Suárez-Medina, R., Morales-Chacón, L. M., Venero-Fernández, S. J., Liu, C., Fogarty, A. W., & Neligan, A. (2018). Epilepsy mortality trends in Cuba compared with England and Wales: 1987–2010. Epilepsy and Behavior, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.04.031

There are limited epilepsy mortality data from developing countries and Latin America in particular. We examined national epilepsy mortality data from Cuba and contrasted them with comparable data from England and Wales. National epilepsy mortality d... Read More about Epilepsy mortality trends in Cuba compared with England and Wales: 1987–2010.

Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study (2017)
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Lewis, S., Langley, T., Lacey, J., Skelly, R., Norwood, M., Sturrock, N., & Fogarty, A. W. (2017). Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study. Clinical Medicine, 17(6), https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-504

We hypothesised that delays in providing non-urgent medication step-downs at weekends to medical management may be associated with increased length of stay.In a novel use of electronic prescribing data, we analysed emergency admissions from a busy ac... Read More about Frequency of stepping down antibiotics and nebuliser treatment is lower at weekends compared to weekdays: an observational study.

Demand for CT scans increases during transition from paediatric to adult care: an observational study from 2009 to 2015 (2017)
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Thurley, P., Crookdake, J., Norwood, M., Sturrock, N., & Fogarty, A. W. (in press). Demand for CT scans increases during transition from paediatric to adult care: an observational study from 2009 to 2015. British Journal of Radiology, https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20170467

OBJECTIVE: Avoiding unnecessary radiation exposure is a clinical priority in children and young adults. We aimed to explore demand for CT scans in a busy general hospital with particular interest in the period of transition from paediatric to adult m... Read More about Demand for CT scans increases during transition from paediatric to adult care: an observational study from 2009 to 2015.

Early respiratory bacterial detection and anti-staphylococcal antibiotic prophylaxis in young children with cystic fibrosis (2017)
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Hurley, M., Fogarty, A. W., McKeever, T. M., Goss, C., Rosenfeld, M., & Smyth, A. R. (in press). Early respiratory bacterial detection and anti-staphylococcal antibiotic prophylaxis in young children with cystic fibrosis. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201705-376OC

Rationale: Consensus is lacking regarding anti-staphylococcal antibiotic prophylaxis use for young children with cystic fibrosis. Prophylaxis is recommended in the UK, but recommended against in the US.
Objectives: To test the hypothesis that anti-... Read More about Early respiratory bacterial detection and anti-staphylococcal antibiotic prophylaxis in young children with cystic fibrosis.

Association between infection with H. pylori and atopy in young Ethiopian children: a longitudinal study (2017)
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Taye, B., Enquselassie, F., Tsegaye, A., Amberbir, A., Medhin, G., Fogarty, A. W., …Davey, G. (in press). Association between infection with H. pylori and atopy in young Ethiopian children: a longitudinal study. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 47(10), https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12995

Background: Epidemiological evidence from developed countries indicates that Helicobacter pylori infection correlates with a reduced risk of atopy and allergic disorders, however limited data are available from low-income countries.

Objective: We... Read More about Association between infection with H. pylori and atopy in young Ethiopian children: a longitudinal study.

Risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in rural India: a prospective cohort study (2017)
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Ahankari, A. S., Myles, P. R., Dixit, J., Tata, L. J., & Fogarty, A. W. (2017). Risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in rural India: a prospective cohort study. Public Health, 151, 63-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.06.023

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in Maharashtra state, India.

Study design: Prospective study
Methods: Women between 3... Read More about Risk factors for maternal anaemia and low birth weight in pregnant women living in rural India: a prospective cohort study.

Prevalence and associated risk factors of malaria among adults in East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study (2017)
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Tadesse, F., Fogarty, A. W., & Deressa, W. (2018). Prevalence and associated risk factors of malaria among adults in East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 18(1), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4577-0

BACKGROUND: Malaria is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is prevalent in over 75% of the country's area making it the leading public health problems in the country. Information on the preva... Read More about Prevalence and associated risk factors of malaria among adults in East Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

Household air pollution and lung function in Indian adults: a cross-sectional study (2017)
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Dave, M., Ahankari, A. S., Myles, P. R., Arokiasamy, P., Uttamacharya, Khobragade, P., …Fogarty, A. W. (2017). Household air pollution and lung function in Indian adults: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 21(6), https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.16.0615

Exposure to air pollution produced by cooking is common in developing countries, and represents a potentially avoidable cause of lung disease. Cross-sectional data were collected by the World Health Organization's Study on Global AGEing and Adult Hea... Read More about Household air pollution and lung function in Indian adults: a cross-sectional study.

Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India (2017)
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Ahankari, A., Bapat, S., Myles, P., Fogarty, A., & Tata, L. (in press). Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India. F1000Research, 6(72), https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10659.1

Background: Although preterm delivery and low birth weight (LBW) have been studied in India, findings may not be generalisable to rural areas such as the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state. There is limited information available on maternal and c... Read More about Factors associated with preterm delivery and low birth weight: a study from rural Maharashtra, India.