João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci

Datos Biográficos

ID1590774
NOMBREJoão Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci
NOMBRESJoão Ricardo Nickenig
APELLIDOVissoci
FIRMAVISSOCI J R N
AFILIACIONESDuke University
ORCID0000-0001-7276-0402
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS50
TOTAL DE CITAS5
TOTAL COMO AUTOR50
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2002
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Cultural adaptation, translation, and validation of the Measure of Indigenous Racism Experiences Scale for Indigenous gay and bisexual men in Guatemala

    Open AccessCatherine Purnell, José Yac et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Introduction Among Indigenous communities, racism is associated with negative health effects, including worsened physical and mental health outcomes and less engagement with health services. Despite nearly half of Guatemalans identifying as Indigenous, there have been no scales developed and validated to measure self-reported racism in Indigenous populations in Guatemala, nor elsewhere in Latin America. This study validates the Measure of Indigen…

  • From understanding disaster risk to risk reduction solutions

    Open AccessBrian G McAdoo, Aaliya Aaliya et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2026

    Anthropogenic global change is intensifying natural hazards, necessitating urgent, just, and sustainable solutions that mitigate risks without compromising the Earth systems crucial for human survival. Advances in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction have highlighted the pivotal role of social systems in generating risk, encompassing economic, political and cultural inequities, racial, gender-based and religious discrimination, and widespread lan…

  • Spatiotemporal trends in and challenges of addressing tuberculosis in Brazil before and after the Covid-19 pandemic, 2001–2023

    Open AccessDaiane Alves Da Silva, Rodrigo de Macedo Couto et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2026

    Objective. To identify spatiotemporal patterns and clusters of tuberculosis (TB) in Brazil between 2001 and 2023, assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB trends, and provide recommendations for targeted interventions. Methods. This ecological study analyzed secondary data from Brazil’s Notifiable Diseases Information System (known as SINAN), which covers all confirmed TB cases during the study period. Three main indicators were analyzed:…

  • Epidemiology, outcomes, and access to care for pediatric patients who underwent surgery in Northern Tanzania

    Open AccessPamela Espinoza, Theresia Mwakyembe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Lack of access to surgical care is common in low- and middle-income countries, where children and adolescents account for up to half of the population. However, the burden of surgical conditions and resources for children in Tanzania remains poorly defined. Our cross-sectional study aims to assess the epidemiology and outcomes of pediatric surgical procedures performed over one year at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), a tertiary c…

  • Emergency care knowledge, utilization, and barriers in Northern Tanzania

    Open AccessFrida Shayo, Gregory Goodluck Zaccheus et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Background Emergency care systems are critical to improving care for time-sensitive emergency conditions. The growth and development of these systems in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming a priority. Layperson knowledge and recognition of emergency symptoms and subsequent care-seeking behavior are key to achieving timely access to care and appropriate treatment. This study aimed to assess community knowledge of emergency conditions as well as barrier…

  • Exploring supportive roles for global north investigators in global health research

    Open AccessJade Pearce, Deepa Rao et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Many academics are increasingly pushing for solutions to address inequitable partnership dynamics in global health research and practice. Efforts to improve equity in collaborations have prompted academic institutions to grapple with promotion and tenure criteria (usually Global North institutions), as these criteria often require leadership on grants, publications, and conference presentations for advancement. From inequitable funding opportunit…

  • Using the Adapt guidance to culturally adapt a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use among injury patients in Tanzania

    Open AccessCatherine Staton, Armand Zimmerman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Harmful alcohol use is a leading risk factor for injury-related death and disability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Brief negotiational interventions (BNIs) in emergency departments (EDs) effectively reduce alcohol intake and re-injury rates. However, most BNIs are developed in high-income countries, with limited evidence of their effectiveness in LMICs. To address this gap, we culturally adapted a BNI for alcohol-related injury pat…

  • The older the injured, the worse the outcomes

    Open AccessEdwin Joseph Shewiyo, Rosalia Njau et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    The number of older adults (>60 years) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to double by 2050. This demographic shift has led to a rise in traumatic injuries among this population, with one in ten trauma patients in Tanzania being an older adult. Yet, geriatric specialization remains largely absent in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Tanzania. To inform strategies for optimizing care in this vulnerable group, we conduct…

  • Prevalence and Predictors of Long Covid in a Cohort of Brazilian Adults 12 Months After Acute Infection

    Open AccessEduardo Rocha Covre, Carlos Laranjeira et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2025

    INTRODUCTION: Since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, various reports have emerged regarding persistent symptoms associated with Covid-19. Nevertheless, there is insufficient data on the persistence of symptoms over time. This study sought to estimate the prevalence of persistent symptoms 12 months after Covid-19 infection and identify predictors of long Covid in adults living in the State of Paraná, southern Brazil, according to the level…

  • Inpakts

    Open AccessEniuce Menezes, Karla Horrana Tenorio Sacani et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    The aim is to present the INPAKTS platform, an innovative online simplified management tool that allows monitoring, visualization, and projection of the impact of external events, such as public policies or pandemics, on health indicators constructed with data from DATASUS. Ecological study where segmented linear models are constructed for interrupted time series that allow estimating temporal trends and their changes after interventions. From de…

  • Inpakts

    Open AccessEniuce Menezes, Karla Horrana Tenorio Sacani et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2025

    O objetivo é apresentar a plataforma INPAKTS, uma ferramenta inovadora de gestão simplificada online que permite o monitoramento, visualização e projeção do impacto de eventos externos, tais como políticas públicas ou pandemias, em indicadores de saúde construídos com dados do DATASUS. Estudo ecológico em que são construídos modelos lineares segmentados para séries temporais interrompidas que permitem estimar as tendências temporais e suas mudanç…

  • “It’s his cheerfulness that gives me hope”

    Open AccessMadeline Metcalf, Happiness D Kajoka et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Pediatric cancer is a significant and growing burden in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this project was to describe the factors influencing access to pediatric cancer care in Northern Tanzania using the Three Delays Model. This was a cross-sectional qualitative study conducted between June and August 2023 at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC). Using purposive sampling methods, caregivers of children obtaining pediatri…

  • Sex differences in alcohol use patterns and related harms

    Open AccessMadeline McNee, Niveditha Badrinarayanan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In northern Tanzania, alcohol use disorders (AUD) are under-diagnosed and under-treated, and current services are mostly limited to men in clinical settings despite significant alcohol-related harm in the community. The study objective was to identify sex differences in alcohol use and alcohol-related harms within and across community and clinical settings. This was a congruent triangulation mixed methods study consisting of focus group discussio…

  • Development of culturally-appropriate text message booster content to follow a brief intervention focused on reducing alcohol related harms for injury patients in Moshi, Tanzania

    Open AccessCatherine Staton, Deepti Agnihotri et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Alcohol use is a risk factor for death and disability and is attributed to almost one-third of injury deaths globally. This highlights the need for interventions aimed at alcohol reduction, especially in areas with high rates of injury with concurrent alcohol use, such as Tanzania. The aim of this study is to create a culturally appropriate text messages as a booster to a brief negotiational intervention (BNI), to in the Emergency Department of t…

  • Distribuição Espacial Dos Serviços De Reperfusão Coronariana E Seu Impacto Na Mortalidade Por Infarto Agudo Do Miocárdio No Estado Do Paraná, Brasil

    Open AccessCarlos Eduardo Arruda, Miyoko Massago et al.ARTICLEHygeia - Revista Brasileira de…2024

    Objective: To analyze the impact of geographic location of coronary reperfusion (CR) services on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality in Parana State, Brazil. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, ecologic study based on AMI mortality, between 2015 and 2019, among individuals aged 30–79 years. An spatial access index to CR services within 60 minutes of ground transportation was calculated using the enhanced two-step floating catchment area t…

  • Framework proposal for Role-Playing Games as mental health intervention

    Open AccessVictor Henrique Oyamada Otani, Rafael A C B Novaes et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    Gamified interventions are an emerging approach in mental health treatment and prevention. Their positive effects on managing various clinical conditions stem from enhancing social skills. However, cost-effective options like Table-top Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs), which offer similar benefits to other game-based interventions, lack standardized methods for ensuring replicability. In this regard, the method outlined in this study endeavors, in a s…

  • Machine learning models to predict traumatic brain injury outcomes in Tanzania

    Open AccessArmand Zimmerman, Cyrus Elahi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Constraints to emergency department resources may prevent the timely provision of care following a patient’s arrival to the hospital. In-hospital delays may adversely affect health outcomes, particularly among trauma patients who require prompt management. Prognostic models can help optimize resource allocation thereby reducing in-hospital delays and improving trauma outcomes. The objective of this study was to investigate the predictive value of…

  • Alcohol use among emergency medicine department patients in Tanzania

    Open AccessAlena Pauley, Emily C Thatcher et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Background Alcohol is a leading behavioral risk factor for death and disability worldwide. Tanzania has few trained personnel and resources for treating unhealthy alcohol use. In Emergency Medicine Departments (EMDs), alcohol is a well-known risk factor for injury patients. At Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania, 30% of EMD injury patients (IP) test positive for alcohol upon arrival to the ED. While the IP population is…

  • Prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia care in India over seven decades

    Open AccessRitika Shetty, Siddhesh Zadey et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Improving access to surgical care in India requires policy-level prioritization of surgical, obstetric, trauma, and anesthesia (SOTA) care. We quantified SOTA care prioritization in the last seven decades by analyzing India’s national policy and programmatic documents. Forty documents of national importance over seven decades (1946–2017) were screened for a set of 52 surgical and 6 non-surgical keywords. The number of mentions per keyword was use…

  • A mixed-methods comparison of gender differences in alcohol consumption and drinking characteristics among patients in Moshi, Tanzania

    Open AccessAlena Pauley, Mia Buono et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Excessive alcohol use stands as a serious threat to individual and community well-being, having been linked to a wide array of physical, social, mental, and economic harms. Alcohol consumption differs by gender, a trend seen both globally and in Moshi, Tanzania, a region with especially high rates of intake and few resources for alcohol-related care. To develop effective gender-appropriate treatment interventions, differences in drinking behavior…

  • Effectiveness of mobile applications as intervention tools in suicidal ideation

    Open AccessNicolas De Oliveira Cardoso, Eduarda Zorgi Salvador et al.ARTICLEEstudos de Psicologia (Campinas)2023

    Objective Evaluate the effectiveness of mobile applications developed for intervention in suicide risk in adults. Method Searches for articles were carried out in four databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and PsychINFO). For the meta-analyses, we used fixed effect modelling to assess the primary outcome. The PROSPERO register is CRD42020163876. Results After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, six studies remained in the systematic re…

  • Validation of a culturally sensitive, Swahili-translated instrument to assess suicide risk among adults living with HIV in Tanzania

    Open AccessLinda Minja, Brandon A Knettel et al.ARTICLECambridge Prisms Global Mental…2023

    In Tanzania, there are high rates of suicidal thoughts and behavior among people living with HIV (PLWH), yet few instruments exist for effective screening and referral. To address this gap, we developed and validated Swahili translations of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) Screen Version and two accompanying scales assessing self-efficacy to avoid suicidal action and reasons for living. We administered a structured survey to 80…

  • Roadblocks and solutions to planning surgical care for a billion Indians

    Open AccessSiddhesh Zadey, Swati Sonal et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

  • Feasibility of SMS booster for alcohol reduction in injury patients in Tanzania

    Open AccessCatherine Staton, Catherine A Staton et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Alcohol use is associated with 3 million annual deaths globally. Harmful alcohol use, which is associated with a high burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), often increases the probability of traumatic injury. Treatments for harmful alcohol use in LMICs, such as Tanzania, lack trained personnel and adequate infrastructure. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of using SMS boosters to augment a hospital based…

  • Barriers to accessing follow up care in post-hospitalized trauma patients in Moshi, Tanzania

    Open AccessAnjni Patel Joiner, D F Roy et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Disproportionately high injury rates in Sub-Saharan Africa combined with limited access to care in both the acute injury phase and for injury patients requiring continued care after hospital discharge remains a challenge. We aimed to characterize barriers to transportation and access to care in a cohort of post-hospitalized injury patients in Moshi, Tanzania. This was a mixed-methods study of a prospective cohort of trauma registry patients prese…