Yonas E Geda
Biographic Data
| ID | 7774391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yonas E Geda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yonas E |
| FAMILY NAME | Geda |
| SIGNATURE | GEDA Y E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Barrow Neurological Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1187-7230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Health and demographic surveillance sites in Ethiopia
Health and demographic surveillance sites (HDSS) provide sampling frames to conduct longitudinal studies. This review aims to provide a comprehensive characterization of HDSS in Ethiopia and assess its potential as a robust infrastructure for longitudinal studies on aging-related and other health outcomes. We searched databases including PubMed for peer-reviewed articles, HDSS reports, strategic papers, and other pertinent literature, and extract…
Leveraging reddit data for context-enhanced synthetic health data generation to identify low self esteem
Low self-esteem (LoST) is a latent yet critical psychosocial risk factor that predisposes individuals to depressive disorders. Although structured tools exist to assess self-esteem, their limited clinical adoption suggests that relevant indicators of LoST remain buried within unstructured clinical narratives. The scarcity of annotated clinical notes impedes the development of natural language processing (NLP) models for its detection. Manual char…
Gender-based violence in the context of armed conflict in Northern Ethiopia
GBV survivors were subjected to multiple and compounding types of violence, with a wide range of adverse health consequences for survivors and their families. GBV survivors require multifaceted interventions including psychological, health, and economic support to rehabilitate them to lead a productive life
Sex-difference in the association between social drinking, structural brain aging and cognitive function in older individuals free of cognitive impairment
Among older adults who report alcohol drinking, there is a positive association between higher average daily alcohol consumption and accelerated brain aging despite the fact that drinkers had better cognitive performance compared to zero drinkers. In women only, accelerated brain aging is associated with worse performance in language cognitive domain. Older adult women seem to be vulnerable to the negative effects of alcohol on brain structure an…
Association between physical activity and longitudinal change in body mass index in middle-aged and older adults
PA, particularly at moderate-vigorous intensity, is associated with slower decline in longitudinal BMI trajectories. This implies that engaging in PA may be beneficial for healthy body weight regulation in middle and late adulthood
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a Low-Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa
A worsening trend of critical shortages in senior health care workers across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa has been documented for decades. This is especially the case in Ethiopia that has severe shortage of mental health professionals. Consistent with the WHO recommended approach of task sharing for mental health care in LMICs, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is an empirically validated psychologic…
Risk Factors Underlying Covid-19 Lockdown-Induced Mental Distress
Recent reports suggest that the COVID-19 lockdown resulted in changes in mental health, however, potential age-related changes and risk factors remain unknown. We measured COVID-19 lockdown-induced stress levels and the severity of depressive symptoms prior to and during the COVID-19 lockdown in different age groups and then searched for potential risk factors in a well-characterized general population-based sample. A total of 715 participants we…
Pessimistic, Anxious, and Depressive Personality Traits Predict All-Cause Mortality
Objective: To study the association between several personality traits and all-cause mortality. Methods: We established a historical cohort of 7216 subjects who completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) for research at the Mayo Clinic from 1962 to 1965, and who resided within a 120-mile radius centered in Rochester, MN. A total of 7080 subjects (98.1%) were followed over four decades either actively (via a direct or proxy t…
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Pessimistic, Anxious, and Depressive Personality Traits Predict All-Cause Mortality
Objective: To study the association between several personality traits and all-cause mortality. Methods: We established a historical cohort of 7216 subjects who completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) for research at the Mayo Clinic from 1962 to 1965, and who resided within a 120-mile radius centered in Rochester, MN. A total of 7080 subjects (98.1%) were followed over four decades either actively (via a direct or proxy t…
Risk Factors Underlying Covid-19 Lockdown-Induced Mental Distress
Recent reports suggest that the COVID-19 lockdown resulted in changes in mental health, however, potential age-related changes and risk factors remain unknown. We measured COVID-19 lockdown-induced stress levels and the severity of depressive symptoms prior to and during the COVID-19 lockdown in different age groups and then searched for potential risk factors in a well-characterized general population-based sample. A total of 715 participants we…
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a Low-Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa
A worsening trend of critical shortages in senior health care workers across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa has been documented for decades. This is especially the case in Ethiopia that has severe shortage of mental health professionals. Consistent with the WHO recommended approach of task sharing for mental health care in LMICs, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is an empirically validated psychologic…
Association between physical activity and longitudinal change in body mass index in middle-aged and older adults
PA, particularly at moderate-vigorous intensity, is associated with slower decline in longitudinal BMI trajectories. This implies that engaging in PA may be beneficial for healthy body weight regulation in middle and late adulthood
Gender-based violence in the context of armed conflict in Northern Ethiopia
GBV survivors were subjected to multiple and compounding types of violence, with a wide range of adverse health consequences for survivors and their families. GBV survivors require multifaceted interventions including psychological, health, and economic support to rehabilitate them to lead a productive life
Sex-difference in the association between social drinking, structural brain aging and cognitive function in older individuals free of cognitive impairment
Among older adults who report alcohol drinking, there is a positive association between higher average daily alcohol consumption and accelerated brain aging despite the fact that drinkers had better cognitive performance compared to zero drinkers. In women only, accelerated brain aging is associated with worse performance in language cognitive domain. Older adult women seem to be vulnerable to the negative effects of alcohol on brain structure an…
Health and demographic surveillance sites in Ethiopia
Health and demographic surveillance sites (HDSS) provide sampling frames to conduct longitudinal studies. This review aims to provide a comprehensive characterization of HDSS in Ethiopia and assess its potential as a robust infrastructure for longitudinal studies on aging-related and other health outcomes. We searched databases including PubMed for peer-reviewed articles, HDSS reports, strategic papers, and other pertinent literature, and extract…
Leveraging reddit data for context-enhanced synthetic health data generation to identify low self esteem
Low self-esteem (LoST) is a latent yet critical psychosocial risk factor that predisposes individuals to depressive disorders. Although structured tools exist to assess self-esteem, their limited clinical adoption suggests that relevant indicators of LoST remain buried within unstructured clinical narratives. The scarcity of annotated clinical notes impedes the development of natural language processing (NLP) models for its detection. Manual char…
Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works)