Arnold L Christianson

Biographic Data

ID7554383
NAMEArnold L Christianson
GIVEN NAMESArnold L
FAMILY NAMEChristianson
SIGNATURECHRISTIANSON A L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Status of prevention of neural tube defects post-folic acid fortification of cereal grains in South Africa

    Open AccessVijaya Kancherla, Phillip Randall et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: Neural tube defects (NTD) are serious, life-threatening birth defects. Staple food fortification with folic acid (vitamin B 9 ) is a proven, effective intervention to reduce NTD birth prevalence. Mandatory food fortification with folic acid was implemented in South Africa (SA) in 2003. This article provides an overview of NTD birth prevalence in SA, pre- and post-fortification, and evaluates current folic acid fortification regulations…

  • Modelled epidemiological data for selected congenital disorders in South Africa

    Open AccessHelen Louise Malherbe, Colleen Aldous et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2021

  • Estimating the birth prevalence and pregnancy outcomes of congenital malformations worldwide

    Open AccessSowmiya Moorthie, Hannah Blencowe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2018

    Congenital anomaly registries have two main surveillance aims: firstly to define baseline epidemiology of important congenital anomalies to facilitate programme, policy and resource planning, and secondly to identify clusters of cases and any other epidemiological changes that could give early warning of environmental or infectious hazards. However, setting up a sustainable registry and surveillance system is resource-intensive requiring national…

  • Health needs assessment for medical genetic services for congenital disorders in middle- and low-income nations

    Open AccessArnold L Christianson, A Christianson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2013

  • The Greater Sekhukhune-Capability Outreach Project

    Open AccessNerine Gregersen, Julie Lampret et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2013

  • Genetic services and testing in South Africa

    Open AccessJennifer G R Kromberg, Elaine B Sizer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2012

    South Africa is a developing middle-income country with a population of over 49 million people. It has a health system, based on national, provincial and private health programmes, which is in transition. There are well organised but small genetic services, based mostly in academic centres, provincial health departments and the National Health Laboratory Service. Trained medical geneticists, genetic counsellors and medical scientists are availabl…

  • Community genetics. Its definition 2010

    Open AccessLeo P ten Kate, Lihadh Al‐Gazali et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Genetics2010

    This paper presents a definition of the medical field of community genetics. It starts with a brief historical overview, defines the requirements for an adequate definition, presents the definition, and discusses the constituent parts of the definition

  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention in South Africa and Other Low-Resource Countries

    Jorge Rosenthal, Arnold Christianson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 1References: 3

    For decades South Africa has endured an epidemic of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) that requires immediate and decisive public health attention. The prevalence rates of more than 40 cases per 1000 children in the Western and the Northern Cape Provinces and more than 20 cases per 1000 children in Gauteng Province represent some of the highest rates of FAS in the world. May et al.’s article on maternal risk factors for FAS in South Africa should be a…