Umberto D'Alessandro
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4562807 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Umberto D'Alessandro |
| NOMBRES | Umberto |
| APELLIDO | D'Alessandro |
| FIRMA | ALESSANDRO U D |
| AFILIACIONES | Medical Research CouncilThe Gambia Unit, Fajara, The Gambia |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1994 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Community sensitization and decision‐making for trial participation
Community sensitization is effective in providing first-hand, reliable information to communities as the information is cascaded to those who could not attend the sessions. However, further research is needed to assess how the informal spread of information further shapes people's expectations, how the process engages with existing social relations and hierarchies (e.g. local political power structures; permissions of heads of households) and how…
Disease-specific mortality burdens in a rural Gambian population using verbal autopsy, 1998–2007
OBJECTIVE: To estimate and evaluate the cause-of-death structure and disease-specific mortality rates in a rural area of The Gambia as determined using the InterVA-4 model. DESIGN: Deaths and person-years of observation were determined by age group for the population of the Farafenni Health and Demographic Surveillance area from January 1998 to December 2007. Causes of death were determined by verbal autopsy (VA) using the InterVA-4 model and ICD…
The Gambian National Impregnated Bednet Programme
Geographical perspectives on bednet use and malaria transmission in the Gambia, West Africa
Constructing Natural Fertility
In 1992 in 41 villages in the North Bank region of rural Gambia researchers interviewed 2979 15-54 year old women to examine the means by which this population maintains natural fertility birth intervals. Only 3.3% had ever had formal schooling. The total fertility rate was 7.5. Criteria the women used in their decision making process about contraception included effectiveness confidentiality speed with which fecundity returns after the practice …
Constructing Natural Fertility
In 1992 in 41 villages in the North Bank region of rural Gambia researchers interviewed 2979 15-54 year old women to examine the means by which this population maintains natural fertility birth intervals. Only 3.3% had ever had formal schooling. The total fertility rate was 7.5. Criteria the women used in their decision making process about contraception included effectiveness confidentiality speed with which fecundity returns after the practice …
The Gambian National Impregnated Bednet Programme
Geographical perspectives on bednet use and malaria transmission in the Gambia, West Africa
Constructing Natural Fertility
In 1992 in 41 villages in the North Bank region of rural Gambia researchers interviewed 2979 15-54 year old women to examine the means by which this population maintains natural fertility birth intervals. Only 3.3% had ever had formal schooling. The total fertility rate was 7.5. Criteria the women used in their decision making process about contraception included effectiveness confidentiality speed with which fecundity returns after the practice …
Geographical perspectives on bednet use and malaria transmission in the Gambia, West Africa
The Gambian National Impregnated Bednet Programme
Disease-specific mortality burdens in a rural Gambian population using verbal autopsy, 1998–2007
OBJECTIVE: To estimate and evaluate the cause-of-death structure and disease-specific mortality rates in a rural area of The Gambia as determined using the InterVA-4 model. DESIGN: Deaths and person-years of observation were determined by age group for the population of the Farafenni Health and Demographic Surveillance area from January 1998 to December 2007. Causes of death were determined by verbal autopsy (VA) using the InterVA-4 model and ICD…
Community sensitization and decision‐making for trial participation
Community sensitization is effective in providing first-hand, reliable information to communities as the information is cascaded to those who could not attend the sessions. However, further research is needed to assess how the informal spread of information further shapes people's expectations, how the process engages with existing social relations and hierarchies (e.g. local political power structures; permissions of heads of households) and how…
Medicine (4 obras) · Environmental health (3 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 obras) · Malaria (3 obras) · Population (3 obras) · Socioeconomics (3 obras) · Biology (2 obras) · Demography (2 obras) · Economic growth (2 obras) · Economics (2 obras)