Jacob Plange‐Rhule

Dados Biográficos

ID6683296
NOMEJacob Plange‐Rhule
PRENOMESJacob
SOBRENOMEPlange‐Rhule
ASSINATURARHULE J P
AFILIAÇÕESKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ORCID0000-0002-3742-2616
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS15
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES4
TOTAL COMO AUTOR15
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2006
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
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  • Utility of silhouette showcards to assess adiposity in three countries across the epidemiological transition

    Open AccessTyler O Reese, Pierre Bovet et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The Pulvers’ silhouette showcards provide a non-invasive and easy-to-use way of assessing an individual’s body size perception using nine silhouette shapes. However, their utility across different populations has not been examined. This study aimed to assess: 1) the relationship between silhouette perception and measured anthropometrics, i.e., body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-height-ratio (WHtR), and 2) the ability to predic…

  • Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females

    Open AccessL G Halsey, Vincent Careau et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2022Citada por: 3Referências: 76

    In mammals, trait variation is often reported to be greater among males than females. However, to date, mainly only morphological traits have been studied. Energy expenditure represents the metabolic costs of multiple physical, physiological, and behavioral traits. Energy expenditure could exhibit particularly high greater male variation through a cumulative effect if those traits mostly exhibit greater male variation, or a lack of greater male v…

  • The associations between alcohol intake and cardiometabolic risk in African-origin adults spanning the epidemiologic transition

    Open AccessDanny Baghdan, Lara R Dugas et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    While several CM risk factors were associated with alcohol consumption, the associations were inconsistent and varied widely across five international cohorts of African-origin. Future studies should focus on understanding the individual site-related effects

  • Gut microbiota, short chain fatty acids, and obesity across the epidemiologic transition

    Open AccessLara R Dugas, Louise Lie et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Registered NCT03378765 Date first posted: December 20, 2017

  • Cardiovascular risk status of Afro-origin populations across the spectrum of economic development

    Open AccessLara R Dugas, Terrence Forrester et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    These data provide a comprehensive estimate of cardiovascular risk across a range of countries at differing stages of social and economic development and demonstrate the heterogeneity in the character and degree of emerging cardiovascular risk. Severe hypercholesterolemia, as characteristic in the US and much of Western Europe at the onset of the coronary epidemic, is unlikely to be a feature of the cardiovascular risk profile in these countries …

  • Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of a task-shifting strategy for hypertension control in Ghana

    Open AccessJuliet Iwelunmor, Joyce Gyamfi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    The findings support evidence that successful implementation of any task-shifting strategy must focus not only on individual patient characteristics, but also consider the role contextual factors such as organizational and leadership factors play. The findings also demonstrate the importance of understanding stakeholder's perceptions of evidence-based task-shifting interventions for hypertension control as it may ultimately influence the sustaina…

  • I believe high blood pressure can kill me

    Sarah R Blackstone, Sarah Blackstone et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2017Citada por: 1Referências: 3

    This study offers a unique perspective of blood pressure control by examining how patients view an on-going task-shifting initiative for hypertension management. The results of this study shed light on factors that can help and hinder individuals in low-resource settings with long-term blood pressure management

  • The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries

    Open AccessSilvia Stringhini, Terrence Forrester et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    In conclusion, the distribution of NCD-RFs was socially patterned in these populations at different stages of the epidemiological transition, but associations between SES and NCD-RFs differed substantially according to risk factor, population, sex, and SES indicator. These findings emphasize the need to assess and integrate the social patterning of NCD-RFs in NCD prevention and control programs in LMICs

  • Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development

    Open AccessDavid A Shoham, Lara R Dugas et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    PA levels are similar across all study sites except Jamaica, despite very different levels of socioeconomic development. Not owning a car in the US is associated with especially high levels of MVPA. As car ownership becomes prevalent in the developing world, strategies to promote alternative forms of active transit may become important

  • A comparison of indices of glucose metabolism in five black populations

    Open AccessYacoba Atiase, Kathryn Farni et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Obesity, metabolic risk, and other potential determinants vary significantly between populations at differing stages of the epidemiologic transition, requiring tailored public health policies to address local population characteristics

  • Prevalence, determinants and systems-thinking approaches to optimal hypertension control in West Africa

    Open AccessJuliet Iwelunmor, Collins O Airhihenbuwa et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2014

    BACKGROUND: In West Africa, hypertension, once rare, has now emerged as a critical health concern and the trajectory is upward and factors are complex. The true magnitude of hypertension in some West African countries, including in-depth knowledge of underlying risk factors is not completely understood. There is also a paucity of research on adequate systems-level approaches designed to mitigate the growing burden of hypertension in the region. A…

  • A mixed ecologic-cohort comparison of physical activity & weight among young adults from five populations of African origin

    Open AccessAmy Luke, Pierre Bovet et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    These analyses suggest that persons with greater adiposity tend to engage in less PA, although the associations are weak and the direction of causality cannot be inferred because measurements are cross-sectional. Longitudinal data will be required to elucidate direction of association

  • Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries

    Open AccessLara R Dugas, Pierre Bovet et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    While there is some association for PA with obesity, this relationship is inconsistent across the epidemiologic transition and suggests that PA policy recommendations should be tailored for each environment

  • Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study

    Open AccessAmy Luke, Pierre Bovet et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    METS will provide insight on the relative contribution of physical activity and diet to excess weight, age-related weight gain and incident glucose impairment in five populations' samples of young adults at different stages of economic development. These data should be useful for the development of empirically-based public health policy aimed at the prevention of obesity and associated chronic diseases

  • A community programme to reduce salt intake and blood pressure in Ghana [ISRCTN88789643]

    Open AccessFrancesco P Cappuccio, Sally Kerry et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2006

    In West Africa the lower the salt intake, the lower the BP. It would appear that a reduction in the average salt intake in the whole community may lead to a small but significant reduction in population systolic BP