2022
Insufficient Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Low Potassium Intake Aggravate Early Renal Damage in Children: A Longitudinal Study
Li M, Amaerjiang N, Li Z, Xiao H, Zunong J, Gao L, Vermund SH, Hu Y. Insufficient Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Low Potassium Intake Aggravate Early Renal Damage in Children: A Longitudinal Study. Nutrients 2022, 14: 1228. PMID: 35334885, PMCID: PMC8951514, DOI: 10.3390/nu14061228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly renal damageDaily potassium intakePotassium intakeRenal damageMA excretionVegetable intakeInsufficient fruitΒ2-MGSleep durationScreen timeHigh β2-MGUrinary MA excretionUrinary β2-MGGeneral pediatric populationLow potassium intakeChild Cohort StudyShort sleep durationNon-communicable diseasesLonger screen timeMicroalbumin excretionCohort studyUrinary potassiumPediatric populationPhysical activityLifestyle statusEstimating non-communicable disease treatment costs using probability-based cost estimation
Botha CR, Vermund SH. Estimating non-communicable disease treatment costs using probability-based cost estimation. Global Health Action 2022, 15: 2008627. PMID: 35147492, PMCID: PMC8843315, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.2008627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel dataCost estimationPublic financial resourcesDisease treatment costsSub-Saharan AfricaFuture costsHealthcare facility levelFinancial resourcesMiddle-income countriesCost estimatesInput variablesAvailability of dataResource allocationHealth sectorTotal costNon-communicable diseasesData-poor environmentsCostCountriesMean costPatient-level dataTreatment costsSouth AfricaTrend dataVariables
2021
Leveraging HIV Care Infrastructures for Integrated Chronic Disease and Pandemic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brault MA, Vermund SH, Aliyu MH, Omer SB, Clark D, Spiegelman D. Leveraging HIV Care Infrastructures for Integrated Chronic Disease and Pandemic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2021, 18: 10751. PMID: 34682492, PMCID: PMC8535610, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182010751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-communicable diseasesNon-communicable disease careInfectious diseasesHIV care infrastructureTropical infectious diseasesHIV/AIDS epidemicIntegrated service delivery modelCOVID-19Future pandemic threatsLow-cost interventionMinistry of HealthDisease careChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseSuch careIntegrated careAIDS ReliefHealth systemSub-Saharan AfricaDiseaseService delivery modelsPandemic threatAIDS epidemicCare infrastructureHealthcare model
2018
Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders
Wainberg ML, Helpman L, Duarte CS, Vermund SH, Mootz JJ, Gouveia L, Oquendo MA, McKinnon K, Cournos F. Curtailing the communicability of psychiatric disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry 2018, 5: 940-944. PMID: 30316807, PMCID: PMC6433373, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30342-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research