Selected global health publications from our members

Withers, M., Press, D., Wipfli, H., Mccool, J., Chan, C., Jimba, M., Samet, J. (2016). Training the next generation of global health experts: Experiences and recommendations from Pacific Rim universities.Globalization and Health Global Health, 12(1). doi:10.1186/s12992-016-0162-z

Samet, J., & Withers, M. (2016). The APRU Global Health Program: Past and Future. Journal of Epidemiology, 26(4), 166-170. doi:10.2188/jea.je20160049

Danovitch GM, Chapman J, Capron AM, Levin A, Abbud-Filho M, Al Mousawi M, Bennett W, Budiani-Saberi D, Couser W, Dittmer I, Jha V, Lavee J, Martin D, Masri M, Naicker S, Takahara S, Tibell A, Shaheen F, Anantharaman V, Delmonico FL. Organ trafficking and transplant tourism: the role of global professional ethical standards-the 2008 Declaration of Istanbul. Transplantation. 2013 Jun 15;95(11):1306-12. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318295ee7d. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23644753

Wang HH, Wong SY, Wong MC, Wei XL, Wang JJ, Li DK, Tang JL, Gao GY, Griffiths SMPatients' experiences in different models of community health centers in southern china. Ann Fam Med. 2013 Nov-Dec;11(6):517-26. doi: 10.1370/afm.1545.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24274660

Wei X, Zou G, Gong W, Yin J, Yu Y, Walley J, Zhang Z, King R, Chen K, Chong MK, Zee BC, Liu S, Tang J, Griffiths S, Yu M. Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in rural China: a clustered randomized controlled trial in Zhejiang. Trials. 2013 Oct 25;14(1):354. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24160442

Keller JJ, Kim JH, Lau JC, Wong AH, Griffiths SM.Intention to Engage in Preventive Behaviors in Response to the A/H1N1 Pandemic Among University Entrants in Four Chinese Cities. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2013 Oct 4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24097917

Wong MC, Ching JY, Hirai HH, Lam TY, Griffiths SM, Chan FK, Sung JJ.

Perceived obstacles of colorectal cancer screening and their associated factors among 10,078 Chinese participants. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 23;8(7):e70209. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070209. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23894619

Lao XQ, Xu YJ, Wong MC, Zhang YH, Ma WJ, Xu XJ, Cai QM, Xu HF, Wei XL, Tang JL, Griffiths SM. Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control and Associated Factors in a Developing Southern Chinese Population: Analysis of Serial Cross-Sectional Health Survey Data 2002-2010. Am J Hypertens. 2013 Jul 11.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23846723

Chung VC, Yip BH, Griffiths SM, Yu EL, Kim JH, Tam WW, Wong AH, Chan IW, Lau JT. The impact of cutting alcohol duties on drinking patterns in Hong Kong. Alcohol Alcohol. 2013 Nov-Dec;48(6):720-8. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agt065. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825091

Wong MC, Ching JY, Lam TY, Luk AK, Hirai HW, Griffiths SM, Chan FK, Sung JJ. Prospective cohort study of compliance with faecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer screening in Hong Kong. Prev Med. 2013 Sep;57(3):227-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.017. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23732241

Mou J, Griffiths SM, Fong H, Dawes MG. Health of China's rural-urban migrants and their families: a review of literature from 2000 to 2012. Br Med Bull. 2013;106:19-43. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23690451

Kim JH, Wong AH, Goggins WB, Lau J, Griffiths SM. Drink driving in Hong Kong: the competing effects of random breath testing and alcohol tax reductions. Addiction. 2013 Jul;108(7):1217-28. doi: 10.1111/add.12116. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23316754

Liu S, Yam CH, Huang OH, Griffiths SM. Willingness to pay for private primary care services in Hong Kong: are elderly ready to move from the public sector? Health Policy Plan. 2013 Oct;28(7):717-29. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czs112.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23161587

Wong MC, Hirai HW, Luk AK, Lam TY, Ching JY, Griffiths SM, Chan FK, Sung JJ. The knowledge of colorectal cancer symptoms and risk factors among 10,078 screening participants: are high risk individuals more knowledgeable? PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e60366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060366.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23573248

Cowie N, Glover M, Scragg R, Bullen C, Nosa V, McCool J, Gentles D. (2013) Awareness and perceived effectiveness of smoking cessation treatments and services among New Zealand parents resident in highly deprived suburbs. N Z Med J, 12;126(1378):48-59.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24045315

McCool J, McKenzie J, Lyman A, Allen M. (2013) Supporting Pacific Island countries to strengthen their resistance to tobacco industry interference in tobacco control: a case study of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 10(8):3424-34. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10083424. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23924884

Greenwell JMcCool J, Kool J, Salusalu M. (2013) Typhoid fever: hurdles to adequate hand washing for disease prevention among the population of a peri-urban informal settlement in Fiji.

Western Pac Surveill Response J, 10;4(1):41-5. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2012.3.4.006. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23908955

Maubach N, Hoek J, Edwards R, Crane JMcCool J. (2013) Smoking in children's films--covert tobacco advertising causing smoking uptake or much ado about nothing? N Z Med J, 31;126(1375):106-10.

Glover M, Hadwen G, Chelimo C, Scragg R, Bullen C, Gentles D, Nosa V, McCool J. (2013) Parent versus child reporting of tobacco smoke exposure at home and in the car. N Z Med J, 126(1375):37-47. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23824023

Bai L, Cirendunzhu D, Pengcuociren D, Dawa D, Woodward A, Liu X, Baimaciwang D, Dazhen D, Sang S, Wan F, Zhou L, Xu J, Li X, Wu H, Yu B, Xiraoruodeng D, Liu Q. (2013) Rapid warming in Tibet, China: public perception, response and coping resources in urban Lhasa. Environ Health, 27;12(1):71. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24103412

Liu Q, Liu X, Cirendunzhu C, Woodward A, Pengcuociren P, Bai L, Baimaciwang B, Sang S, Dazhen D, Wan F, Zhou L, Guo Y, Wu H, Li G, Lu L, Wang J, Dawa D, Chu C, Xiraoruodeng X. (2013) Mosquitoes established in Lhasa city, Tibet, China. Parasit Vectors, 6;6(1):224. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24060238

Samet JM. (2013) Commentary: Secondhand smoke causes disease everywhere, including mental health care settings. Int J Epidemiol, 42(3):894-5. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt073. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23918856

Jones MR, Apelberg BJ, Samet JM, Navas-Acien A. (2013) Smoking, menthol cigarettes, and peripheral artery disease in U.S. adults. Nicotine Tob Res, 5(7):1183-9. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nts253. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23212436

Apelberg BJ, Hepp LM, Avila-Tang E, Gundel L, Hammond SK, Hovell MF, Hyland A, Klepeis NE, Madsen CC, Navas-Acien A, Repace J, Samet JM, Breysse PN. (2013) Environmental monitoring of secondhand smoke exposure. Tobacco Control, 22(3):147-55. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050301. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22949497

Peng RD, Samoli E, Pham L, Dominici F, Touloumi G, Ramsay T, Burnett RT, Krewski D, Le Tertre A, Cohen A, Atkinson RW, Anderson HR, Katsouyanni K, Samet JM. (2013) Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North America: results from the APHENA study. Air Qual Atmos Health, 1;6(2):445-453. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23734168

Samet JM. (2013) Tobacco smoking: the leading cause of preventable disease worldwide. Thorac Surg Clin, 23(2):103-12. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2013.01.009.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23566962

Chang HY, Shin YJ, Batty GD, Son DK, Yun YD, Jee SH, Mok Y, Samet JM. (2013) Measuring depression in South Korea: validity and reliability of a brief questionnaire in the Korean Cancer Prevention Study. J Affect Disord, 150(3):760-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.02.035.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23541487

Park C, Guallar E, Linton JA, Lee DC, Jang Y, Son DK, Han EJ, Baek SJ, Yun YD, Jee SH, Samet JM. (2013) Fasting glucose level and the risk of incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Diabetes Care, 36(7):1988-93. doi: 10.2337/dc12-1577. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23404299

Avila-Tang E, Elf JL, Cummings KM, Fong GT, Hovell MF, Klein JD, McMillen R, Winickoff JP, Samet JM. (2013) Assessing secondhand smoke exposure with reported measures. Tobacco Control, 22(3):156-63. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050296. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22949496

Avila-Tang E, Al-Delaimy WK, Ashley DL, Benowitz N, Bernert JT, Kim S, Samet JM, Hecht SS. (2013) Assessing secondhand smoke using biological markers. Tobacco Control, 22(3):164-71. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050298. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22940677

Abdullah AS, Qiming F, Pun V, Stillman FA, Samet JM. (2013) A review of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation practices among physicians in China: 1987-2010. Tobacco Control, 22(1):9-14. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050135. Epub 2011 Dec 15. Review. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174007

Glass TA, Goodman SN, Hernán MA, Samet JM. (2013) Causal inference in public health. Annu Rev Public Health, 34:61-75. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124606. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23297653

Samet JM. Air pollution and life expectancy: does cleaner air lengthen life? (2013) Epidemiology, 24(1):32-4. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e318277f0da.

Jones MR, Apelberg BJ, Tellez-Plaza M, Samet JM, Navas-Acien A.(2013) Menthol cigarettes, race/ethnicity, and biomarkers of tobacco use in U.S. adults: the 1999-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 22(2):224-32. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0912. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23250935

Samet JM. (2013) Smoking Cessation: Benefits versus Risks of Using Pharmacotherapy to Quit. Circulation, [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24323794

Gold DR, Samet JM. (2013) Air pollution, climate, and heart disease. Circulation, 19;128(21):e411-4. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003988. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24249623

Wan X, Stillman F, Liu H, Spires M, Dai Z, Tamplin S, Hu D, Samet JM, Yang G. (2013) Development of policy performance indicators to assess the implementation of protection from exposure to secondhand smoke in China. Tobacco Control, 22 Suppl 2:ii9-15. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050890.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23760608

Jee SH, Batty GD, Jang Y, Oh DJ, Oh BH, Lee SH, Park SW, Seung KB, Kimm H, Kim SY, Mok Y, Kim HS, Lee DC, Choi SH, Kim MJ, Lee GJ, Sung J, Cho B, Kim ES, Yu BY, Lee TY, Kim JS, Lee YJ, Oh JK, Kim SH, Park JK, Koh SB, Park SB, Lee SY, Yoo CI, Kim MC, Kim HK, Park JS, Yun YD, Baek SJ,Samet JM, Woodward M. (2013) The Korean Heart Study: rationale, objectives, protocol, and preliminary results for a new prospective cohort study of 430,920 men and women. Eur J Prev Cardiol, [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864362

Cheng WY, Larson JM, Samet JM. (2013) Monitoring intracellular oxidative events using dynamic spectral unmixing microscopy. Methods, [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23816786

Trunnelle KJ, Bennett DH, Tancredi DJ, Gee SJ, Stoecklin-Marois MT, Hennessy-Burt TE, Hammock BD, Schenker MB. (2013) Pyrethroids in house dust from the homes of farm worker families in the MICASA study. Environ Int, 61:57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.007. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24096042

Rodriquez EJ, Stoecklin-Marois MT, Hennessy-Burt TE, Tancredi DJ, Schenker MB. (2013) Acculturation-Related Predictors of Very Light Smoking Among Latinos in California and Nationwide. J Immigr Minor Health, Epub ahead of print. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23942990

Matias SL, Stoecklin-Marois MT, Tancredi DJ, Schenker MB. (2013) Adherence to dietary recommendations is associated with acculturation among Latino farm workers. J Nutr, 143(9):1451-8. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.177667. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864507

Reynolds SJ, Nonnenmann MW, Basinas I, Davidson M, Elfman L, Gordon J, Kirychuck S, Reed S, Schaeffer JW, Schenker MB, Schlünssen V, Sigsgaard T. (2013) Systematic review of respiratory health among dairy workers. J Agromedicine, 18(3):219-43. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2013.797374. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844790

Schenker M, Gunderson P. (2013) Occupational health in the dairy industry needs to focus on immigrant workers, the new normal. J Agromedicine, 18(3):184-6. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2013.797375.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844786

Moran RE, Bennett DH, Garcia J, Schenker MB. (2013) Occupational exposure to particulate matter from three agricultural crops in California. Int J Hyg Environ Health, Epub ahead of print. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23831254

O'Connor K, Stoecklin-Marois M, Schenker MB. (2013) Examining Nervios Among Immigrant Male Farmworkers in the MICASA Study: Sociodemographics, Housing Conditions and Psychosocial Factors. J Immigr Minor Health. Epub ahead of print http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23784145

Stoecklin-Marois M, Hennessy-Burt T, Mitchell D, Schenker M. (2013) Heat-related illness knowledge and practices among California hired farm workers in The MICASA Study. Ind Health, 51(1):47-55. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23411756

McCurdy SA, Xiao H, Hennessy-Burt TE, Stoecklin-Marois MT, Tancredi DJ, Bennett DH, Schenker MB. (2013) Agricultural injury in California Hispanic farm workers: MICASA follow-up survey. J Agromedicine, 18(1):39-49. doi: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.743380. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23301889

Xiao H, McCurdy SA, Stoecklin-Marois MT, Li CS, Schenker MB. (2013) Agricultural work and chronic musculoskeletal pain among Latino farm workers: the MICASA study. Am J Ind Med, 56(2):216-25. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22118.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23023585

Guo B, Page A, Wang H, Taylor R, McIntyre P. (2013) Systematic review of reporting rates of adverse events following immunization: An international comparison of post-marketing surveillance programs with reference to China. Vaccine, 31:603-617. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23200940

Morrell S, Phillips B, Taylor R, Daniels J, Burgess K, Mayers N. Mortality in an Aboriginal Medical Service (Redfern) cohort. Population Health Metrics,  11:2-8. DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-11-2.

URL: http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/11/1/2

Page A, Lane A, Taylor R, Dobson A. (2013) Trends in socio-economic inequalities in mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke in Australia, 1979-2006. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 19(6):1281-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=22007040

Tsai FJ, Tseng E, Chan CC, Tamashiro H, Motamed S, Rougemont AC. (2013) Is the reporting timeliness gap for avian flu and H1N1 outbreaks in global health surveillance systems associated with country transparency? Global Health, 9:14. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23531369

Tsai FJMotamed SRougemont A. (2013) The protective effect of taking care of grandchildren on elders' mental health? Associations between changing patterns of intergenerational exchanges and the reduction of elders' loneliness and depression between 1993 and 2007 in Taiwan. BMC Public Health, 13:567. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-567. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23758624

Tsai FJ, Liu ST, Lee CM, Lee WT, Fan PC, Lin WS, Chiu YN, Gau SS. (2013) ADHD-related symptoms, emotional/behavioral problems, and physical conditions in Taiwanese children with epilepsy. J Formos Med Assoc, 112(7):396-405. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.08.022. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23927979

Chen HJWang Y. (2013) Influence of school beverage environment on the association of beverage consumption with physical education participation among US adolescents.  Am J Public Health, 103(11):e63-70. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301555.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24028221

Liu Y, Chen HJ, Liang L, Wang Y. (2013) Parent-child resemblance in weight status and its correlates in the United States. PLoS One, 8(6):e65361. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065361. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762352

Wipfli H, Press DJ, Kuhn V. (2013) Global health education: a pilot in trans-disciplinary, digital instruction. Global Health Action, 2;6:1-7. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20747. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23643297

Jones MR, Wipfli H, Shahrir S, Avila-Tang E, Samet JM, Breysse PN, Navas-Acien A; FAMRI Bar Study Investigators. (2013) Secondhand tobacco smoke: an occupational hazard for smoking and non-smoking bar and nightclub employees.  Tobacco Control, 22(5):308-14. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050203. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22273689

Withers M, Dworkin S, Harrington E, Kwena Z, Onono M, Bukusi E, Cohen CR, Grossman D, Newmann SJ. (2013) Fertility intentions among HIV-infected, sero-concordant couples in Nyanza province, Kenya. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 15(10):1175-90. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2013.811289. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23885924

Tavrow PWithers M, Obbuyi A, Omollo V, Wu E. (2013) Rape myth attitudes in rural Kenya: toward the development of a culturally relevant attitude scale and "blame index". Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 28(10):2156-78. doi: 10.1177/0886260512471086. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300194

Withers M, Browner CH, Aghaloo T. (2013) Promoting volunteerism in global health: lessons from a medical mission in northern Mexico. Journal of Community Health, 8(2):374-84. doi: 10.1007/s10900-012-9627-z. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23139029

Woodward A, Hosking JAmeratunga S. (2013) Pay attention [to the road] or pay the price. N Z Med J, 126(1374):7-9.

Zhang J, Zhu T, Kipen H, Wang G, Huang W, Rich D, Zhu P, Wang Y, Lu SE, Ohman-Strickland P, Diehl S, Hu M, Tong J, Gong J, Thomas D; HEI Health Review Committee. (2013) Cardiorespiratory biomarker responses in healthy young adults to drastic air quality changes surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Res Rep Health Eff Inst, (174):5-174. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23646463

He W, Zhang S, Song A, Yang M, Jiao J, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB, Zhu S. Greater abdominal fat accumulation is associated with higher metabolic risk in Chinese than in white people: an ethnicity study. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058688. Epub 2013 Mar 14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516538

Ye S, Song A, Yang M, Ma X, Fu X, Zhu S. Duration of television viewing and bone mineral density in Chinese women. J Bone Miner Metab. 2013 Sep 20. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24052205