Charles P Larson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1735837 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Charles P Larson |
| NOMBRES | Charles P |
| APELLIDO | Larson |
| FIRMA | LARSON C P |
| AFILIACIONES | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4253-5594 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Sustainability of zinc coverage for acute childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh and other low- and middle-income countries
Oral zinc is a proven effective treatment for diarrheal illness, and long-term monitoring is key to evaluating the success of efforts to scale up zinc treatment. We examine zinc coverage for diarrheal illness in Bangladesh since the conclusion of the Scaling Up Zinc for Young Children (SUZY) project in 2008 and provide an overview of other countries’ zinc scale-up programs to compare the long-term effectiveness of SUZY. We used data from the Bang…
Prediction models for post-discharge mortality among under-five children with suspected sepsis in Uganda
In many low-income countries, over five percent of hospitalized children die following hospital discharge. The lack of available tools to identify those at risk of post-discharge mortality has limited the ability to make progress towards improving outcomes. We aimed to develop algorithms designed to predict post-discharge mortality among children admitted with suspected sepsis. Four prospective cohort studies of children in two age groups (0–6 an…
Measurement of self-reported, facility-based labour and birth experiences
Background: Women and their families make decisions on accessing perinatal care based on their experiences in the health care system and on the experience of others around them. Receiving supportive maternity care which demonstrates respect is an essential part of quality care. Globally, and in low- and middle-income countries in particular, women report receiving mistreatment and a lack of respect during labour, childbirth and the early postnata…
Assessing how global health partnerships function
Effects of therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea and two preventive zinc supplementation regimens on the incidence and duration of diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infections in rural Laot…
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea and respiratory tract infections are leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. This individually randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial was designed to evaluate the effects of different zinc supplementation regimens on the incidence and duration of diarrhea and acute lower (ALRI) and upper (AURI) respiratory tract infections among rural Laotian children. The study included 3407 children, 6-23 months at e…
Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh
Health Policy and Planning 2012;27:102–114 doi: 10.1093/heapol/czr015 In the print and online versions of this manuscript, an error was present in the spelling of the name of a member of the SUZY Project Team: Nazratun Nayeem Monalisa. This error has now been corrected.
Corporate sponsorship of global health research
Health inequities
Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh
In 2003, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and the private sector embarked on a national exercise to scale up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea as an adjunct to oral rehydration solution (ORS). Private sector participation included national associations representing licensed and unlicensed health care providers, a loc…
Grand Challenges Canada
Child immunization coverage in urban slums of Bangladesh
The study assessed the impact of an EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunization) intervention package, implemented within the existing service-delivery system, to improve the child immunization coverage in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. This intervention trial used a pre- and post-test design. An intervention package was tested from September 2006 to August 2007 in two urban slums. The intervention package included: (a) an extended EPI service sch…
Willingness to pay for zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in a rural population of Bangladesh
INTRODUCTION: Young children in the developing world continue to experience a median of between two and four episodes of diarrhoea each year. To better understand adherence to the WHO/UNICEF-recommended diarrhoea management guidelines, which now include zinc, this study aimed to determine how much caregivers were willing to pay for zinc treatment and to explore the characteristics of actual users of zinc in a rural community of Bangladesh. METHOD…
An assessment of community readiness for HIV/Aids preventive interventions in rural Bangladesh
Risk factors for neonatal mortality in rural areas of Bangladesh served by a large NGO programme
Neonatal deaths account for about half of all deaths among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh, making prevention a major priority. This paper reports on a study of neonatal deaths in 12 areas of Bangladesh served by a large NGO programme, which had high coverage of reproductive health outreach services and relatively low neonatal mortality in recent years. The study aimed to identify the main factors associated with neonatal mortality in…
Validating Neonatal Mortality and Use of NGO Reproductive Health Outreach Services in Rural Bangladesh
Although the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Bangladesh remained steady between 1995‐99 and 1999‐2003 (41‐42 deaths per 1,000 live births), evidence from the management information system (MIS) of a large nongovernmental organization (NGO) program indicates that the NMR declined by about 50 percent between 1996 and 2002 in the area served. This study aims to validate the recording of neonatal deaths among the cohort of children registered as bor…
The functional status of community health agents
The functional status of community health workers in many instances rapidly drops following their completion of training. The objective of this field trial was to determine the effect of a refresher course and monthly supervision on the health service activities of community health agents (CHAs). A total of 102 CHAs located in two districts of the southwestern Ethiopian region of Illubabor who were performing at least one activity as specified in…
Modern contraception use in Ethiopia
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to determine the relative efficacy of home visitation with and without husband participation on the use of modern contraception in Ethiopia. METHODS. A randomized field trial of a family planning education intervention using home visitation with and without husband participation was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from August 1990 to December 1991 and included a 12-month postintervention follow-up. A tota…
Determinants of mental illness in a rural Ethiopian adult population
Modern contraception use in Ethiopia
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to determine the relative efficacy of home visitation with and without husband participation on the use of modern contraception in Ethiopia. METHODS. A randomized field trial of a family planning education intervention using home visitation with and without husband participation was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from August 1990 to December 1991 and included a 12-month postintervention follow-up. A tota…
Determinants of mental illness in a rural Ethiopian adult population
Corporate sponsorship of global health research
Grand Challenges Canada
Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh
In 2003, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and the private sector embarked on a national exercise to scale up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea as an adjunct to oral rehydration solution (ORS). Private sector participation included national associations representing licensed and unlicensed health care providers, a loc…
An assessment of community readiness for HIV/Aids preventive interventions in rural Bangladesh
Validating Neonatal Mortality and Use of NGO Reproductive Health Outreach Services in Rural Bangladesh
Although the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Bangladesh remained steady between 1995‐99 and 1999‐2003 (41‐42 deaths per 1,000 live births), evidence from the management information system (MIS) of a large nongovernmental organization (NGO) program indicates that the NMR declined by about 50 percent between 1996 and 2002 in the area served. This study aims to validate the recording of neonatal deaths among the cohort of children registered as bor…
The functional status of community health agents
The functional status of community health workers in many instances rapidly drops following their completion of training. The objective of this field trial was to determine the effect of a refresher course and monthly supervision on the health service activities of community health agents (CHAs). A total of 102 CHAs located in two districts of the southwestern Ethiopian region of Illubabor who were performing at least one activity as specified in…
Risk factors for neonatal mortality in rural areas of Bangladesh served by a large NGO programme
Neonatal deaths account for about half of all deaths among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh, making prevention a major priority. This paper reports on a study of neonatal deaths in 12 areas of Bangladesh served by a large NGO programme, which had high coverage of reproductive health outreach services and relatively low neonatal mortality in recent years. The study aimed to identify the main factors associated with neonatal mortality in…
Determinants of mental illness in a rural Ethiopian adult population
The functional status of community health agents
The functional status of community health workers in many instances rapidly drops following their completion of training. The objective of this field trial was to determine the effect of a refresher course and monthly supervision on the health service activities of community health agents (CHAs). A total of 102 CHAs located in two districts of the southwestern Ethiopian region of Illubabor who were performing at least one activity as specified in…
Modern contraception use in Ethiopia
OBJECTIVES. This study was undertaken to determine the relative efficacy of home visitation with and without husband participation on the use of modern contraception in Ethiopia. METHODS. A randomized field trial of a family planning education intervention using home visitation with and without husband participation was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from August 1990 to December 1991 and included a 12-month postintervention follow-up. A tota…
Risk factors for neonatal mortality in rural areas of Bangladesh served by a large NGO programme
Neonatal deaths account for about half of all deaths among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh, making prevention a major priority. This paper reports on a study of neonatal deaths in 12 areas of Bangladesh served by a large NGO programme, which had high coverage of reproductive health outreach services and relatively low neonatal mortality in recent years. The study aimed to identify the main factors associated with neonatal mortality in…
Validating Neonatal Mortality and Use of NGO Reproductive Health Outreach Services in Rural Bangladesh
Although the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Bangladesh remained steady between 1995‐99 and 1999‐2003 (41‐42 deaths per 1,000 live births), evidence from the management information system (MIS) of a large nongovernmental organization (NGO) program indicates that the NMR declined by about 50 percent between 1996 and 2002 in the area served. This study aims to validate the recording of neonatal deaths among the cohort of children registered as bor…
Child immunization coverage in urban slums of Bangladesh
The study assessed the impact of an EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunization) intervention package, implemented within the existing service-delivery system, to improve the child immunization coverage in urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. This intervention trial used a pre- and post-test design. An intervention package was tested from September 2006 to August 2007 in two urban slums. The intervention package included: (a) an extended EPI service sch…
Willingness to pay for zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in a rural population of Bangladesh
INTRODUCTION: Young children in the developing world continue to experience a median of between two and four episodes of diarrhoea each year. To better understand adherence to the WHO/UNICEF-recommended diarrhoea management guidelines, which now include zinc, this study aimed to determine how much caregivers were willing to pay for zinc treatment and to explore the characteristics of actual users of zinc in a rural community of Bangladesh. METHOD…
An assessment of community readiness for HIV/Aids preventive interventions in rural Bangladesh
Grand Challenges Canada
Health inequities
Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh
In 2003, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and the private sector embarked on a national exercise to scale up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea as an adjunct to oral rehydration solution (ORS). Private sector participation included national associations representing licensed and unlicensed health care providers, a loc…
Corporate sponsorship of global health research
Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh
Health Policy and Planning 2012;27:102–114 doi: 10.1093/heapol/czr015 In the print and online versions of this manuscript, an error was present in the spelling of the name of a member of the SUZY Project Team: Nazratun Nayeem Monalisa. This error has now been corrected.
Effects of therapeutic zinc supplementation for diarrhea and two preventive zinc supplementation regimens on the incidence and duration of diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infections in rural Laot…
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea and respiratory tract infections are leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. This individually randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial was designed to evaluate the effects of different zinc supplementation regimens on the incidence and duration of diarrhea and acute lower (ALRI) and upper (AURI) respiratory tract infections among rural Laotian children. The study included 3407 children, 6-23 months at e…
Assessing how global health partnerships function
Measurement of self-reported, facility-based labour and birth experiences
Background: Women and their families make decisions on accessing perinatal care based on their experiences in the health care system and on the experience of others around them. Receiving supportive maternity care which demonstrates respect is an essential part of quality care. Globally, and in low- and middle-income countries in particular, women report receiving mistreatment and a lack of respect during labour, childbirth and the early postnata…
Prediction models for post-discharge mortality among under-five children with suspected sepsis in Uganda
In many low-income countries, over five percent of hospitalized children die following hospital discharge. The lack of available tools to identify those at risk of post-discharge mortality has limited the ability to make progress towards improving outcomes. We aimed to develop algorithms designed to predict post-discharge mortality among children admitted with suspected sepsis. Four prospective cohort studies of children in two age groups (0–6 an…
Sustainability of zinc coverage for acute childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh and other low- and middle-income countries
Oral zinc is a proven effective treatment for diarrheal illness, and long-term monitoring is key to evaluating the success of efforts to scale up zinc treatment. We examine zinc coverage for diarrheal illness in Bangladesh since the conclusion of the Scaling Up Zinc for Young Children (SUZY) project in 2008 and provide an overview of other countries’ zinc scale-up programs to compare the long-term effectiveness of SUZY. We used data from the Bang…
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