David A Ross
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5458374 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | David A Ross |
| NOMBRES | David A |
| APELLIDO | Ross |
| FIRMA | ROSS D A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Hull |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8073-8053 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 33 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1961 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Development of a school-based programme for mental health promotion and prevention among adolescents in Nepal and South Africa
Introduction: Adolescence is a critical time for mental health promotion and prevention and establishing healthy behaviours. Implementing universal, school-based psychosocial interventions can improve short- and long-term health trajectories for adolescents. While these interventions may offer important opportunities for fostering skills and relationships, few school-based interventions have been developed for and tested in low- and middle-income…
Leveraging neuroscience education to address stigma related to opioid use disorder in the community
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose deaths are a public health crisis. One contributing factor is stigma towards people who use opioids. We developed and conducted a public-facing, half-day educational event designed to challenge misperceptions about OUD from a contemporary neuroscience perspective. Participants engaged with three different resources on the neurobiology of addiction, and, at the end of the event, they rated its effectiveness. …
Routine health check-ups for adolescents in Mwanza City, Tanzania
Stakeholders were supportive of the proposed routine health check-ups for adolescents, recommending specific health conditions to be screened for in both community and school settings. Based on the above, we plan to conduct implementation research to determine the number of new treatable conditions detected, and the costs of offering such services. In the longer term, evaluation of their health impact and cost-effectiveness will be required to gu…
Global and regional levels and trends of child and adolescent morbidity from 2000 to 2016
INTRODUCTION: Non-fatal health loss makes a substantial contribution to the total disease burden among children and adolescents. An analysis of these morbidity patterns is essential to plan interventions that improve the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Our objective was to describe current levels and trends in the non-fatal disease burden from 2000 to 2016 among children and adolescents aged 0-19 years. METHODS: We used years l…
Adolescent Well-Being
Promoting school climate and health outcomes with the Seher multi-component secondary school intervention in Bihar, India
Research priorities for adolescent health in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: In order to clarify priorities and stimulate research in adolescent health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted two priority-setting exercises based on the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) methodology related to 1) adolescent sexual and reproductive health and 2) eight areas of adolescent health including communicable diseases prevention and management, injuri…
The development and pilot testing of a multicomponent health promotion intervention (Seher) for secondary schools in Bihar, India
BACKGROUND: Schools can play an important role in health promotion by improving students' health literacy, attitudes, health-related behaviours, social connection and self-efficacy. These interventions can be particularly valuable in low- and middle-income countries with low health literacy and high burden of disease. However, the existing literature provides poor guidance for the implementation of school-based interventions in low-resource setti…
Our future
Feasibility and acceptability of delivering adolescent health interventions alongside HPV vaccination in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination offers an opportunity to strengthen provision of adolescent health interventions (AHI). We explored the feasibility of integrating other AHI with HPV vaccination in Tanzania. METHODS: A desk review of 39 policy documents was preceded by a stakeholder meeting with 38 policy makers and partners. Eighteen key informant interviews (KIIs) with health and education policy makers and district officials …
OP35 Sexual Risk Behaviour Among Young People in Rural Tanzania
Background Being in full-time education is associated with lower risk of HIV and other STIs. We describe sexual partnership histories reported by youth in rural Tanzania, and investigate the association between current attendance at post-primary education, and sexual behaviour and antibody responses to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) infection. Methods In 2007/8, sexual partnership histories were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire…
Electronic Health Records and US Public Health
Electronic health records (EHRs) could contribute to improving population health in the United States. Realizing this potential will require understanding what EHRs can realistically offer to efforts to improve population health, the requirements for obtaining useful information from EHRs, and a plan for addressing these requirements. Potential contributions of EHRs to improving population health include better understanding of the level and dist…
The sexual behaviour of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa
Objectives To describe the sexual and reproductive behaviour of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly 15‐ to 19‐year‐olds. Methods Using DHS/AIS data (2000–2010), nine indicators of adolescent behaviour and one of adult attitudes towards condom education for adolescents were described for 24 countries. Indicators were disaggregated by gender, urban/rural residency and educational status, and time trends were described. Results Up to 25%…
Worldwide application of prevention science in adolescent health
The Effectiveness of Youth Centers in Increasing Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
This study presents findings from a systematic review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of youth centers in increasing use of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in lower‐ and middle‐income countries. Evidence from peer‐reviewed and gray literature between 1990 and 2010 was reviewed. After the screening of 3,769 citations, 21 studies reporting on 17 youth center programs were included, and were ranked by strength of evidence. …
A qualitative study of participant adherence in a randomized controlled trial of herpes suppressive therapy for HIV prevention in Tanzania
Poor participant adherence to treatment may contribute to lack of impact in some biomedical HIV prevention trials. This qualitative study explored adherence in a randomized controlled trial of herpes suppressive therapy to reduce HIV acquisition and infectivity among 1305 Tanzanian women. The trial found participants completed 72% of visits on treatment; 52-56% of women on treatment had > or = 90% adherence by pill count estimate; and between six…
Aborting and Suspending Pregnancy in Rural Tanzania
The World Health Organization estimates that 3.1 percent of East African women aged 15–44 have undergone unsafe abortions. This study presents findings regarding abortion practices and beliefs among adolescents and young adults in Tanzania, where abortion is illegal. From 1999 to 2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages and conducted group discussions and interviews in three others. Most informants opposed aborti…
Rationale and design of the Mema kwa Vijana adolescent sexual and reproductive health intervention in Mwanza Region, Tanzania
Large-scale innovative, integrated, multifaceted adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) interventions are urgently needed in sub-Saharan Africa. Implementation through schools and health facilities may maximize intervention coverage and sustainability, however the impact of the use of these structures on intervention content and delivery is not well documented. This paper describes the rationale and design of a large-scale multifaceted …
She was bewitched and caught an illness similar to Aids’
HIV/AIDS programmes and interventions are more likely to succeed if they engage with local people's beliefs about AIDS causation. This study examined beliefs about general illness, sexually-transmitted infection (STI) and AIDS aetiology in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. From 1999-2002, participant observation was carried out in nine villages for a total of 158 person-weeks. Beliefs about general illness causation included God's will, chance, natural/bio…
Farming with Your Hoe in a Sack
This study examines condom knowledge, attitudes, access, and practices in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. From 1999–2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages for a total of 158 person‐weeks. Many villagers perceived condoms negatively for multiple reasons, for example, the method's association with infection or promiscuity, reduced male sexual pleasure, and cultural understandings of meaningful sex. Men controlled the ter…
A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
Early Holocene Marine Flooding of the Black Sea
Echo-sounding data recorded in the Black Sea in 1969 imaged a chain of hills 5- to 150-m high at a depth of 2000–2200 m that resemble hills on the lower continental rise. Like those hills, the features in the western Black Sea may have been created by bottom currents. The easterly flowing currents inferred to have formed the hills may be related to a catastrophic flood of the Black Sea from the Sea of Marmara 7150 yr ago.
Ross and Colleagues Respond
Ross and Colleagues Respond David A. Ross, and Betty R. Kirkwood A Sommer, and K P West, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.3.468 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Costs of vitamin A supplementation
Health service information intended for the planning and/or monitoring of district health programmes should be up to date, precise and obtained by judicious use of available resources. Employing a rapid assessment type of design, this study quickly and inexpensively investigated the cost implications of integrating vitamin A supplementation with immunization. It also assessed its potential for achieving adequate supplementation coverage. The stud…
Between Spring and Summer
A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
The Career of Domingo Martinez in the Bight of Benin 1833–64
The career of Martinez provides a guide to the economic and political fortunes of the Brazilians in the coastal States of the Bight of Benin in the eighteen-forties, fifties, and early sixties. The first phase of his career took place while the Brazilian slave trade was still at its height; the second phase covered the successful Brazilian adaptation to the new commercial patterns involved in the introduction of the palm oil trade; the third phas…
Farming with Your Hoe in a Sack
This study examines condom knowledge, attitudes, access, and practices in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. From 1999–2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages for a total of 158 person‐weeks. Many villagers perceived condoms negatively for multiple reasons, for example, the method's association with infection or promiscuity, reduced male sexual pleasure, and cultural understandings of meaningful sex. Men controlled the ter…
Is growth monitoring worthwhile? An evaluation of its use in three child health programmes in Zaire
The Mental Hospital and Marital Family Ties
The Mental Hospital and Marital Family Ties Get access Harold Sampson, Harold Sampson Bay Area Health Study, California Department of Mental Hygiene Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sheldon L. Messinger, Sheldon L. Messinger Bay Area Health Study, California Department of Mental Hygiene Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Robert D. Towne, Robert D. Towne Ba…
Aborting and Suspending Pregnancy in Rural Tanzania
The World Health Organization estimates that 3.1 percent of East African women aged 15–44 have undergone unsafe abortions. This study presents findings regarding abortion practices and beliefs among adolescents and young adults in Tanzania, where abortion is illegal. From 1999 to 2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages and conducted group discussions and interviews in three others. Most informants opposed aborti…
Electronic Health Records and US Public Health
Electronic health records (EHRs) could contribute to improving population health in the United States. Realizing this potential will require understanding what EHRs can realistically offer to efforts to improve population health, the requirements for obtaining useful information from EHRs, and a plan for addressing these requirements. Potential contributions of EHRs to improving population health include better understanding of the level and dist…
OP35 Sexual Risk Behaviour Among Young People in Rural Tanzania
Background Being in full-time education is associated with lower risk of HIV and other STIs. We describe sexual partnership histories reported by youth in rural Tanzania, and investigate the association between current attendance at post-primary education, and sexual behaviour and antibody responses to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) infection. Methods In 2007/8, sexual partnership histories were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire…
Between Spring and Summer
The Mental Hospital and Marital Family Ties
The Mental Hospital and Marital Family Ties Get access Harold Sampson, Harold Sampson Bay Area Health Study, California Department of Mental Hygiene Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Sheldon L. Messinger, Sheldon L. Messinger Bay Area Health Study, California Department of Mental Hygiene Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Robert D. Towne, Robert D. Towne Ba…
The Career of Domingo Martinez in the Bight of Benin 1833–64
The career of Martinez provides a guide to the economic and political fortunes of the Brazilians in the coastal States of the Bight of Benin in the eighteen-forties, fifties, and early sixties. The first phase of his career took place while the Brazilian slave trade was still at its height; the second phase covered the successful Brazilian adaptation to the new commercial patterns involved in the introduction of the palm oil trade; the third phas…
Health Interview Surveys in Developing Countries
This review covers cross-sectional health interview surveys in which respondents were asked about their recent illness and their use of preventive and curative health services. Country survey results differed widely, for both morbidity prevalence estimates and health services utilization, reflecting major methodological differences as well as any true differences that may exist between the population groups studied. Comparison of morbidity and ut…
Does training TBAs prevent neonatal tetanus
Training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) has been promoted as a way to prevent neonatal tetanus in areas of the developing world where TBAs are widespread. The evidence for the effectiveness of this strategy is reviewed. It is concluded that the evidence that training TBAs prevents neonatal tetanus is much weaker than that for vaccination of women with tetanus toxoid either before or during their pregnancy. Vaccination is the method of choice…
Child health clinics in developing countries
Child health clinics offering a mixture of curative and preventive services are an effective way of reducing childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The available epidemiological evidence suggests that the major health problems affecting children have their greatest impact among children under the age of 36 months. Similarly, the health interventions available to prevent these problems are most effective when applied before the…
On Cauchy's Notion of Infinitesimal
Vitamin A supplementation and child survival
Vitamin A deficiency is a common problem in many of the poorer countries of the world, especially in Asia and certain parts of Africa. Vitamin A deficiency causes xerophthalmia, a potentially blinding eye condition, and it has been estimated that at least 500 000 of the world's children develop severe corneal xerophthalmia each year, 50% of whom will later become blind; three-quarters of this 50% die within a few months of becoming blind. This pa…
Is growth monitoring worthwhile? An evaluation of its use in three child health programmes in Zaire
Costs of vitamin A supplementation
Health service information intended for the planning and/or monitoring of district health programmes should be up to date, precise and obtained by judicious use of available resources. Employing a rapid assessment type of design, this study quickly and inexpensively investigated the cost implications of integrating vitamin A supplementation with immunization. It also assessed its potential for achieving adequate supplementation coverage. The stud…
Between Spring and Summer
Ross and Colleagues Respond
Ross and Colleagues Respond David A. Ross, and Betty R. Kirkwood A Sommer, and K P West, JrCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.3.468 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Early Holocene Marine Flooding of the Black Sea
Echo-sounding data recorded in the Black Sea in 1969 imaged a chain of hills 5- to 150-m high at a depth of 2000–2200 m that resemble hills on the lower continental rise. Like those hills, the features in the western Black Sea may have been created by bottom currents. The easterly flowing currents inferred to have formed the hills may be related to a catastrophic flood of the Black Sea from the Sea of Marmara 7150 yr ago.
A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania
Rationale and design of the Mema kwa Vijana adolescent sexual and reproductive health intervention in Mwanza Region, Tanzania
Large-scale innovative, integrated, multifaceted adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) interventions are urgently needed in sub-Saharan Africa. Implementation through schools and health facilities may maximize intervention coverage and sustainability, however the impact of the use of these structures on intervention content and delivery is not well documented. This paper describes the rationale and design of a large-scale multifaceted …
She was bewitched and caught an illness similar to Aids’
HIV/AIDS programmes and interventions are more likely to succeed if they engage with local people's beliefs about AIDS causation. This study examined beliefs about general illness, sexually-transmitted infection (STI) and AIDS aetiology in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. From 1999-2002, participant observation was carried out in nine villages for a total of 158 person-weeks. Beliefs about general illness causation included God's will, chance, natural/bio…
Farming with Your Hoe in a Sack
This study examines condom knowledge, attitudes, access, and practices in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. From 1999–2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages for a total of 158 person‐weeks. Many villagers perceived condoms negatively for multiple reasons, for example, the method's association with infection or promiscuity, reduced male sexual pleasure, and cultural understandings of meaningful sex. Men controlled the ter…
Aborting and Suspending Pregnancy in Rural Tanzania
The World Health Organization estimates that 3.1 percent of East African women aged 15–44 have undergone unsafe abortions. This study presents findings regarding abortion practices and beliefs among adolescents and young adults in Tanzania, where abortion is illegal. From 1999 to 2002, six researchers carried out participant observation in nine villages and conducted group discussions and interviews in three others. Most informants opposed aborti…
A qualitative study of participant adherence in a randomized controlled trial of herpes suppressive therapy for HIV prevention in Tanzania
Poor participant adherence to treatment may contribute to lack of impact in some biomedical HIV prevention trials. This qualitative study explored adherence in a randomized controlled trial of herpes suppressive therapy to reduce HIV acquisition and infectivity among 1305 Tanzanian women. The trial found participants completed 72% of visits on treatment; 52-56% of women on treatment had > or = 90% adherence by pill count estimate; and between six…
The sexual behaviour of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa
Objectives To describe the sexual and reproductive behaviour of adolescents in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly 15‐ to 19‐year‐olds. Methods Using DHS/AIS data (2000–2010), nine indicators of adolescent behaviour and one of adult attitudes towards condom education for adolescents were described for 24 countries. Indicators were disaggregated by gender, urban/rural residency and educational status, and time trends were described. Results Up to 25%…
Worldwide application of prevention science in adolescent health
The Effectiveness of Youth Centers in Increasing Use of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
This study presents findings from a systematic review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of youth centers in increasing use of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in lower‐ and middle‐income countries. Evidence from peer‐reviewed and gray literature between 1990 and 2010 was reviewed. After the screening of 3,769 citations, 21 studies reporting on 17 youth center programs were included, and were ranked by strength of evidence. …
OP35 Sexual Risk Behaviour Among Young People in Rural Tanzania
Background Being in full-time education is associated with lower risk of HIV and other STIs. We describe sexual partnership histories reported by youth in rural Tanzania, and investigate the association between current attendance at post-primary education, and sexual behaviour and antibody responses to Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) infection. Methods In 2007/8, sexual partnership histories were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire…
Electronic Health Records and US Public Health
Electronic health records (EHRs) could contribute to improving population health in the United States. Realizing this potential will require understanding what EHRs can realistically offer to efforts to improve population health, the requirements for obtaining useful information from EHRs, and a plan for addressing these requirements. Potential contributions of EHRs to improving population health include better understanding of the level and dist…
Our future
Feasibility and acceptability of delivering adolescent health interventions alongside HPV vaccination in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination offers an opportunity to strengthen provision of adolescent health interventions (AHI). We explored the feasibility of integrating other AHI with HPV vaccination in Tanzania. METHODS: A desk review of 39 policy documents was preceded by a stakeholder meeting with 38 policy makers and partners. Eighteen key informant interviews (KIIs) with health and education policy makers and district officials …
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