Emily R Smith

Datos Biográficos

ID3828773
NOMBREEmily R Smith
NOMBRESEmily R
APELLIDOSmith
FIRMASMITH E R
AFILIACIONESMilken Institute
ORCID0000-0001-5715-9459
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS27
TOTAL DE CITAS47
TOTAL COMO AUTOR27
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2007
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Quality of first antenatal care visits and perinatal outcomes

    Open AccessWen-Chien Yang, Shalom Sabwa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Antenatal care (ANC) is crucial for maternal and newborn health. Although ANC coverage has improved globally, ANC quality remains suboptimal. This study assessed the quality of first ANC visits and their association with perinatal outcomes. We used data from the eCohort study that collected longitudinal data on ANC utilization and quality until the end of pregnancy in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and India. Perinatal outcomes of interest includ…

  • Barriers to improving preterm newborn outcomes through effective antenatal corticosteroid use in Ethiopia

    Open AccessWen-Chien Yang, Theodros Getachew Zemedu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Ethiopia has prioritised high-impact interventions to reduce neonatal deaths, including antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) utilisation. However, effective ACS use has faced various challenges. We used multiple data sources to examine the current landscape of ACS use in Ethiopia and to elucidate barriers to effective ACS utilisation, including a review of national obstetric guidelines over the past decade, a review of literature, and a descriptive an…

  • How maternal morbidities impact women’s quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

    Open AccessMartha Ali Abdulai, Priyanka Adhikary et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Maternal morbidities present a major burden to the health and well-being of childbearing women. However, their impacts on women’s functional health are not well understood. This work aims to describe how maternal morbidities affect women’s quality of life (QoL) in pregnancy and the postpartum period . This qualitative study involved 118 pregnant and 135 postpartum women at six study sites in Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Pakistan, and India. Data were co…

  • Antenatal corticosteroids for pregnant women at risk of preterm labour in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessWen-Chien Yang, Catherine Arsenault et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Administering antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) to pregnant women at risk of imminent preterm labour improves newborn survival. However, ACS remains substantially underused in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where most preterm births occur globally. Providing ACS in inadequately equipped settings can be harmful. Health facilities must demonstrate readiness to ensure safe and effective ACS use. We aimed to assess ACS utilisatio…

  • Modeling the global impact of reducing out-of-pocket costs for children’s surgical care

    Open AccessEmily R Smith, Pamela Espinoza et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Over 1.7 billion children lack access to surgical care, mostly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with substantial risks of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) and impoverishment. Increasing interest in reducing out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures as a tool to reduce the rate of poverty is growing. However, the impact of reducing OOP expenditures on CHE remains poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to estimate the global impa…

  • Cost effectiveness and return on investment analysis for surgical care in a conflict-affected region of Sudan

    Open AccessC Phifer Nicholson, Anthony Saxton et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    The delivery of healthcare in conflict-affected regions places tremendous strains to health systems, and the economic value of surgical care in conflict settings remains poorly understood. Our aims were to evaluate the cost-effectiveness, societal economic benefits, and return on investment (ROI) for surgical care in a conflict-affected region in Sudan. We conducted a retrospective study of surgical care from January to December 2022 at the Mothe…

  • Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with Sars-CoV-2 infection

    Open AccessEmily R Smith, Erin Oakley et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

  • The association between lead exposure and crime

    Open AccessMaria Jose Talayero, Christopher Robbins et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Prior research has demonstrated an association between lead exposure and criminal behavior at the population-level, however studies exploring the effect of lead exposure on criminal behavior at the individual-level have not been reviewed systematically. The intent of this study is to complete a systematic review of all studies assessing individual-level exposures to lead and the outcomes of crime and antisocial behavior traits. We included peer r…

  • Determinants of Covid-19 vaccine readiness and hesitancy among adults in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessSulemana Watara Abubakari, Firehiwot Workneh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    There is very limited data on the extent and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adults living in sub-Saharan Africa since the global roll-out of vaccines began in 2021. This multi-country survey sought to investigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and other predictors of readiness to get vaccinated. We conducted surveys among adults residing in nine urban and rural areas in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania in late 20…

  • 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…

  • Mothers’ Experiences During the 2022 Infant Formula Shortage in Washington D.C

    Open AccessAllison C Sylvetsky, Sarah Hughes et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

    The infant formula shortage adversely impacted mothers' mental and emotional health, and was costly, in terms of financial and intangible costs. Findings demonstrate the need to develop clinical and policy approaches to support mothers in feeding their infants and provide education about safe infant feeding practices

  • Exploring the spatial gradient effect in narratives

    Emily R Smith, R Brooke Lea et al.ARTICLEDiscourse Processes2023Referencias: 59

    Materials and Data

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

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

  • Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and its determinants among sub-Saharan African adolescents

    Open AccessDongqing Wang, Angela Chukwu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents poses a challenge to the global effort to control the pandemic. This multi-country survey aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa between July and December 2021. The survey was conducted using computer-assisted telephone interviewing among adolescents in five sub-Saharan African countries, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger…

  • Challenges with pediatric surgical financing and universal health coverage in Guatemala

    Open AccessKelsey R Landrum, Bria J Hall et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The financing of surgical care for children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains challenging and may restrict adherence to universal health coverage (UHC) frameworks. Our aims were to describe Guatemala’s national pediatric surgical financing structure, to identify financing challenges, and to develop recommendations to improve the financing of surgical care for children. We conducted a qualitative study of the financing of surgica…

  • Continued disruptions in health care services and mental health among health care providers during the Covid-19 pandemic in five sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessNega Assefa, Yasir Y Abdullahi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2022

    Background: Continuous monitoring of the pandemic's impact on health service provision and mental health, COVID-19 perceptions, and compliance with prevention measures among health care providers (HCPs) can help with mitigating the pandemic's negative effects. Methods: A computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) survey was conducted among 1499 HCPs in Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Nigeria (Lagos and Ibadan), Tanzania (…

  • Why you should share your data during a pandemic

    Open AccessEmily R Smith, Valerie J FlahermanARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    box The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic can be partly attributed to a lack of evidence to inform effective prevention and treatment. The global scientific community has been racing against time to rapidly generate such evidence. Prospective meta-analysis (PMA) and other innovative approaches for pooling data from multiple studies are increasingly used and have the potential to expedite the pace at which knowledge is produced, especial…

  • Symptom Duration and Risk Factors for Delayed Return to Usual Health Among Outpatients with Covid-19 in a Multistate Health Care Systems Network — United States, March–June 2020

    Open AccessMark W Tenforde, Sara Kim et al.ARTICLEMMWR. Surveillance Summaries2020

    Prolonged symptom duration and disability are common in adults hospitalized with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Characterizing return to baseline health among outpatients with milder COVID-19 illness is important for understanding the full spectrum of COVID-19-associated illness and tailoring public health messaging, interventions, and policy. During April 15-June 25, 2020, telephone interviews were conducted with a random sample of …

  • Addressing inequities in the global burden of maternal undernutrition

    Open AccessPolly Christian, Emily R Smith et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Recent estimates of low birth weight (LBW) (weight 20% women are too thin based on their body mass index). Motivated by equity, we make the case for targeting individual, higher-risk women for BEP supplementation, which would be safe, affordable and likely more impactful by giving all vulnerable women access to this effective intervention. Innovative, programmatic action using such a precision public health approach is needed to improve women's h…

  • Adolescent Undernutrition

    Open AccessPolly Christian, Parul Christian et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Nutrition and Metabolism2018

    Background: Adolescents, comprised of 10–19 year olds, form the largest generation of young people in our history. There are an estimated 1.8 billion adolescents in the world, with 90% residing in low- and middle-income countries. The burden of disease among adolescents has its origins in infectious and injury-related causes, but nutritional deficiencies, suboptimal linear growth, and undernutrition are major public health problems, even as overw…

  • Barriers and enablers of kangaroo mother care implementation from a health systems perspective

    Open AccessGrace Chan, Ilana Bergelson et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2017

  • Timing of HIV Seroreversion Among HIV-Exposed, Breastfed Infants in Malawi

    Open AccessEmily R Smith, Michael Hudgens et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016

    Introduction Rapid HIV serological tests are a cost-effective, point-of-care test among HIV exposed infants but cannot distinguish between maternal and infant antibodies. The lack of data on the timing of decay of maternal antibodies in young infants hinders the potential use of rapid tests in exposed infants. We aimed to determine the time to seroreversion for two commonly used rapid tests in a prospective cohort of HIV-exposed breastfeeding inf…

  • The economic burden of pediatric gastroenteritis to Bolivian families

    Open AccessRachel M Burke, Emily R Smith et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Our analysis highlights the economic impact of pediatric diarrhea from the familial perspective and provides insight into potential areas of intervention to reduce associated economic burden

  • Knowledge Revision Processes in Refutation Texts

    Panayiota Kendeou, Erinn K Walsh et al.ARTICLEDiscourse Processes2014Citada por: 24Referencias: 61

    In the present set of experiments, we systematically examined the processes that occur while reading texts designed to refute and explain commonsense beliefs that reside in readers' long-term memory. In Experiment 1 (n = 36), providing readers with a refutation-plus-explanation of a commonsense belief was sufficient to significantly reduce disruption during reading caused by the commonsense belief. In Experiment 2 (n = 36), the refutation alone r…

  • The burden of pediatric diarrhea

    Open AccessRachel M Burke, Paulina A Rebolledo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    This study demonstrated that indirect costs due to acute pediatric diarrhea were a large component of total incurred familial costs. Additionally, familial costs associated with a single diarrheal episode affected the actual and perceived financial situation of a large number of caregivers. These data serve as a baseline for societal diarrheal costs before and immediately following the implementation of the rotavirus vaccine and highlight the ser…