Premila Webster

Biographic Data

ID6651261
NAMEPremila Webster
GIVEN NAMESPremila
FAMILY NAMEWebster
SIGNATUREWEBSTER P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Oxford
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • Quantifying the Association Between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

    Open AccessAhad Wahid, Nishma Manek et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Heart…2016

    Background The relationships between physical activity ( PA ) and both cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2 DM ) have predominantly been estimated using categorical measures of PA , masking the shape of the dose‐response relationship. In this systematic review and meta‐analysis, for the very first time we are able to derive a single continuous PA metric to compare the association between PA and CVD /T2 DM , both before …

  • Tackling the social determinants of inequalities in health during Phase V of the Healthy Cities Project in Europe

    Open AccessA Ritsatakis, P-O Östergren et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2015

    The WHO European Healthy Cities Network has from its inception aimed at tackling inequalities in health. In carrying out an evaluation of Phase V of the project (2009-13), an attempt was made to examine how far the concept of equity in health is understood and accepted; whether cities had moved further from a disease/medical model to looking at the social determinants of inequalities in health; how far the HC project contributed to cities determi…

  • Factors affecting the performance of community health workers in India

    Open AccessReetu Sharma, Premila Webster et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2014

    BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) form a vital link between the community and the health department in several countries. In India, since 2005 this role is largely being played by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), who are village-level female workers. Though ASHAs primarily work for the health department, in a model being tested in Rajasthan they support two government departments. Focusing on the ASHA in this new role as a li…

  • Healthy Cities Indicators—A Suitable Instrument to Measure Health

    Open AccessPremila Webster, Denise SandersonARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2012Cited by: 7

  • Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity

    Open AccessKelechi E Nnoaham, Kelechi Nnoaham et al.ARTICLEFertility and Sterility2011

    OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of endometriosis on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity. DESIGN: Multicenter cross-sectional study with prospective recruitment. SETTING: Sixteen clinical centers in ten countries. PATIENT(S): A total of 1,418 premenopausal women, aged 18-45 years, without a previous surgical diagnosis of endometriosis, having laparoscopy to investigate symptoms or to be sterilized. INTERVENTION(S): None. M…

  • Factors influencing adherence to anti-retroviral treatment in children with human immunodeficiency virus in South India – a qualitative study

    Karthik Paranthaman, Karthikeyan Paranthaman et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2009

    The aim of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence adherence to Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) in a paediatric population in South India. Semi-structured interviews, guided by a questionnaire based on literature review, were undertaken with 14 primary caregivers of children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on ART focussing on the factors influencing adherence and non-adherence. Adherence to ART was asses…