Truls Østbye

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ID202279
NOMBRETruls Østbye
NOMBRESTruls
APELLIDOØstbye
FIRMAØSTBYE T
AFILIACIONESDuke University
ORCID0000-0002-0662-7440
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS68
TOTAL DE CITAS141
TOTAL COMO AUTOR68
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1997
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H6

  • Academic global health collaboration

    Open AccessChampica K Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    The role of institutional partnerships is increasingly recognized as a means of advancing our collective efficacy in improving public health. Shared challenges related to infectious and chronic diseases, as well as social determinants of health including environmental stressors, have led to a growth in academic global health collaborations. Triggered by the 2004 tsunami, the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, and Duke University, USA, established a…

  • Development and Validation of a Social Frailty Index Among Older Adults in the Philippines

    Open AccessEdina YQ Tan, Hanzhang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2025Referencias: 2

    BackgroundSocial frailty has not been studied in the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country with distinct sociocultural characteristics.ObjectiveTo (i) develop and validate the Social Frailty Index-Philippines (SFI-Phil), using all-cause mortality (up to 4 years) as the outcome and (ii) evaluate performance of SFI-Phil across age, sex, and residence.MethodsPerforming regression analyses on baseline and 4-year follow-up data from 5153 older adults…

  • Assessing Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on essential diabetes care in Manila, the Philippines

    Open AccessGreco Mark B Malijan, John Jefferson V Besa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic directly increased mortality and morbidity globally. In addition, it has had extensive indirect ill effects on healthcare service delivery across health systems worldwide. We aimed to describe how patient access to diabetes care was affected by the pandemic in Manila, the Philippines. We used an explanatory, sequential mixed method approach including a cross-sectional survey (n = 150) and in-depth interviews of patients (n =…

  • Community efficacy for non-communicable disease management (Coen)

    Open AccessShangzhi Xiong, Gangjiao Zhu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The importance of community-based non-communicable disease (NCD) management has been internationally recognized. However, currently, no instrument is available to evaluate a community’s ability to provide NCD management for its residents. This study defined such an ability as “Community Efficacy for NCD Management” (COEN), and aimed to conceptualize, develop and validate a scale to measure COEN. We first conducted literature review, expert interv…

  • Generativity and Engagement in Grandparenting Activities Among Older Adults in Northern Sri Lanka

    Open AccessJuan Jose Diaz, Camilla S Dohlman et al.ARTICLEThe International Journal of…2023

    Generativity refers to the desire to pass on one's skills, knowledge, and wisdom to future generations; this may be a clear indicator of the likelihood of older adults investing time and effort in engagement with their grandchildren. This cross-sectional study examines the relationship between generative beliefs and an index of multiple potential grandparenting activities. The data come from a convenience sample of 79 grandparents (aged 55+) livi…

  • Grandparenting Activities and Mental Health in Northern Sri Lanka

    K L Hale, Lauren C Zalla et al.ARTICLEJournal of Intergenerational…2023Referencias: 53

    Grandparenting activities are of increasing interest to researchers seeking to understand reduced social engagement and depression among aging adults. Heterogeneity in the population and caretaking roles complicate its measurement. We piloted a measure of grandparenting activities among 79 grandparents (aged 55+) in Sri Lanka and correlated those activity levels with psychological distress. Second, we explored whether the aforementioned correlati…

  • Opportunities for Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship

    Open AccessFlorida Muro, Florida J Muro et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background: To develop effective antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), it is important to identify key targets for improving antimicrobial use. We sought to systematically describe the prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial use in three LMIC hospitals. Methods: Consecutive patients admitted to the adult medical wards in three tertiary care hospitals in Tanzania, Kenya, and Sri Lanka were enrolle…

  • IMPaCT

    Open AccessStanton Wheeler, Kelley E C Massengale et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2022

    Introduction: Preterm birth is a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality rate. Non-Hispanic black patients disproportionately experience preterm birth and nonadherence to evidence-based preventive measures. Interventions tailored to non-Hispanic black birthing individuals (NHBBIs) that address barriers to preterm birth preventions are urgently needed. Methods: Together with a community-engaged multidisciplinary stakeholder group, we devel…

  • Maternal Stress and Excessive Weight Gain in Infancy

    Open AccessKatelyn Fox, Maya K Vadiveloo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Rapid weight gain in infancy increases the risk of developing obesity early in life and contributes significantly to racial and ethnic disparities in childhood obesity. While maternal perceived stress is associated with childhood obesity, little is known about the impact it has on infant weight gain. Therefore, this study explores the impact of maternal perceived stress on change in weight-for-length (WFL) z-scores and the risk of rapid weight ga…

  • Derivation, and establishment of the validity and reliability, of the Casp-11-SG quality of life scale among community-dwelling older adults

    Open AccessLi Ting Tan, Truls Østbye et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2022

  • Perception and Use of Primary Healthcare Services Among People With Cardiometabolic Diseases in Two Resource-Limited Areas in Nepal

    Open AccessNicholas Peoples, Enying Gong et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Nepal is a country in south Asia with a high burden of cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs). Strengthening primary healthcare (PHC) is a key strategy to mitigate this increasing burden and achieve universal health coverage. While previous studies in Nepal have assessed PHC use among the elderly, none have specifically explored PHC use among people with CMDs. Therefore, this mixed-methods study aimed to assess the use and perception of PHC services in …

  • The impact of a produce prescription programme on healthy food purchasing and diabetes-related health outcomes

    Open AccessJulian Xie, Ashley Price et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To evaluate a Produce Prescription Programme’s utilisation and its effects on healthy food purchasing and diabetes control among participants with type 2 diabetes. Design: Prospective cohort study using participants’ electronic health records and food transaction data. Participants were categorised as ‘Frequent Spenders’ and ‘Sometimes Spenders’ based on utilisation frequency. Multivariate regressions assessed utilisation predictors an…

  • Acceptance of Love and Remarriage Among Older Adults in the Philippines

    Open AccessJu Young Kim, Hanzhang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2020Citada por: 3Referencias: 2

    Objectives: Later-life re-partnership has been linked to healthy aging, but little is known about Philippine older adults' perception of love and remarriage in older age. Methods: Using two nationally representative surveys on aging in the Philippines, we estimated the proportion of older adults reporting acceptance. Using weighted logistic regression, we assessed sociodemographic and health factors associated with acceptance as well as the relat…

  • Knowledge and Attitudes toward HIV and People Living with HIV (PLWH) among Public Health Midwives in the Galle District, Sri Lanka

    Open AccessJihye Suk, Nuwan Prasad Aravinda et al.ARTICLEGestão e Sociedade2020

    This cross-sectional study aimed to assess HIV-related knowledge and attitudes of PHMs, the frontline community health workers in Sri Lanka. Two-hundred and ninety-one PHMs were recruited. PHMs' knowledge level was good (79.9% of answers were correct) but could be improved. Those more knowledgeable about HIV and with higher education demonstrated a more positive attitude toward PLWH. A more negative attitude, less training and older age were asso…

  • A Novel Adaptation of the Home Inventory for Elders

    Open AccessK L Hale, Truls Østbye et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    The context in which dependents, regardless of age, receive care affects their health. This study adapted the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory, originally designed for child development research, to assess the quality of stimulation and support available to elders in their habitual households in Sri Lanka. Whether the adapted domains correlated with indicators of health and well-being in ways consistent with th…

  • Effects of Mental Health Paraprofessional Training for Filipina Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore

    Open AccessM H M Wong, Shian-Ling Keng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2019

  • Maternal predictors of infant beverage consumption

    Open AccessAntonio Tovar, Maya K Vadiveloo et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective: The goal of the present study was to estimate prevalence and maternal risk factors for infant beverage consumption. Design: Observational birth cohort. Setting: Central North Carolina, USA. Participants: Mothers 20–36 weeks pregnant were surveyed every 3 months through their infant’s first year ( n 666) on their sociodemographics and infant’s consumption frequency of 100 % fruit and vegetable juices and sugar-sweetened-beverages (SSB).…

  • Modifying the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (Epao) to better capture feeding practices of family childcare home providers

    Open AccessAntonio Tovar, Amber E Vaughn et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective To describe the modification and validation of an existing instrument, the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO), to better capture provider feeding practices. Design Modifications to the EPAO were made, validity assessed through expert review, pilot tested and then used to collect follow-up data during a two-day home visit from an ongoing cluster-randomized trial. Exploratory factor analysis investigated the underlyi…

  • Associations between timing and quality of solid food introduction with infant weight-for-length z-scores at 12 months

    Open AccessMaya K Vadiveloo, Antonio Tovar et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Citada por: 2Referencias: 36

  • Health Concerns among Sri Lankan Female Foreign Domestic Worker Returnees from the Middle East

    Open AccessMirna Hodzic Mun, Janithra De Silva et al.ARTICLEGestão e Sociedade2019Citada por: 1

    Female foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are an important and growing occupational group, especially in the Middle East. Although Sri Lankan female FDWs comprise a significant percentage of those employed in this region, little is known about the health issues this population experiences during their employment. Prompted by this dearth in the extant literature, this study aimed to explore self-reported health problems and perceived causes, as well …

  • Association of prepubertal obesity with pubertal development in Chinese girls and boys

    Open AccessWenyan Li, Qin Liu et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2018

    OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of prepubertal body mass index (BMI) and weight status with pubertal development in boys and girls in Chongqing, China. METHODS: In a longitudinal study, 1237 students (695 boys and 542 girls) were recruited from Chongqing, China, and examined at baseline, then followed every 6 months for three and a half years. Height, weight, testicular volume, and breast development were meas…

  • Weak social networks and restless sleep interrelate through depressed mood among elderly

    Open AccessGrand H-L Cheng, Rajeev Malhotra et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2018

  • The impact of axial spondyloarthritis on quality of life (QoL)

    Open AccessYu Heng Kwan, Warren Fong et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2018

  • The family child care home environment and children's diet quality

    Open AccessSara E Benjamin-Neelon, Sara E Benjamin‐Neelon et al.ARTICLEAppetite2018Citada por: 1Referencias: 44

  • Living arrangements of community-dwelling older Singaporeans

    Open AccessBina Gubhaju, Truls Østbye et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society2018Citada por: 2Referencias: 22

    In this paper, we examine predictors and consequences of living arrangements among community-dwelling older Singaporeans. We take a holistic approach and consider a range of social and economic as well as emotional and physical wellbeing indicators. Two waves (2009, 2011) of the Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly (PHASE) are analysed to (a) provide an overview of living arrangements in 2009 and assess the extent to which living arr…