2015 CGPH Adolescent Health Symposium: Making Cents, Making Change

Making Cents, Making Change Economic Innovations to Improve Youth Health and Well-Being February 5, 2015 • 9:00am-2:00pm Sutardja Dai Hall • UC Berkeley Light breakfast & Lunch will be provided RSVP: makingchange-globalhealth.eventbrite.com Please join us February 5, 2015 to discuss innovative approaches to improving local and global youth health and wellbeing through economic interventions and other forms of structural

Cardiovascular risk and events and country income stratum.

CGPH FACULTY: Kirk R Smith, John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Smith KR, Balmes JR, Guarnieri MJ. Cardiovascular risk and events and country income stratum. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jan 15;372(3):289. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1412846#SA2. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular risk and events and country income stratum. ACCESS: Link to Pubmed

Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica.

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Mora AM, van Wendel de Joode B, Mergler D, Córdoba L, Cano C, Quesada R, Smith DR, Menezes-Filho JA, Eskenazi B. Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica. Environ Res.

Effect of Antenatal Parasitic Infections on Anti-vaccine IgG Levels in Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desire Labeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Malhotra I, McKibben M, Mungai P, McKibben E, Wang X, Sutherland LJ, Muchiri EM, King CH, King CL, LaBeaud AD. Effect of Antenatal Parasitic Infections on Anti-vaccine IgG Levels in Children: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015

Rapid reduction in breast cancer mortality with inorganic arsenic in drinking water.

CGPH FACULTY: Allan H Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Smith AH, Marshall G, Yuan Y, Steinmaus C, Liaw J, Smith MT, Wood L, Heirich M, Fritzemeier RM, Pegram MD, Ferreccio C. Rapid reduction in breast cancer mortality with inorganic arsenic in drinking water. EBioMedicine. 2014 Nov 1;1(1):58-63. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Arsenic trioxide

Associations between Schistosomiasis and the Use of Human Waste as an Agricultural Fertilizer in China.

CGPH FACULTY: Robert Spear DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Asia REFERENCE: Carlton EJ, Liu Y, Zhong B, Hubbard A, Spear RC. Associations between Schistosomiasis and the Use of Human Waste as an Agricultural Fertilizer in China.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jan 15;9(1):e0003444. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003444. eCollection 2015 Jan. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Human waste is used as an

Preterm delivery among first-time Mexico-born mothers: a binational population-based comparison of deliveries in California and Mexico.

CGPH FACULTY: Julia Walsh DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Guendelman S, Thornton D, Perez-Cuevas R, Walsh J. Preterm delivery among first-time Mexico-born mothers: a binational population-based comparison of deliveries in California and Mexico. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Jan;69(1):35-40. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204020. Epub 2014 Sep 10. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: While studies have attributed the

Ebola in urban slums: the elephant in the room.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2014 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Snyder RE, Marlow MA, Riley LW. Ebola in urban slums: the elephant in the room.Lancet Glob Health. 2014 Dec;2(12):e685. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70339-0. Epub 2014 Oct 30. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: A host of factors has been cited as causes of the current Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic

The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: November 2014 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Landefeld JC, Burmaster KB, Rehkopf DH, Syme SL, Lahiff M, Adler-Milstein S, Fernald LC. The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Nov;121:91-7. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.051. Epub

Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda.

CGPH FACULTY: Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2014 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: de Walque D, Gertler PJ, Bautista-Arredondo S, Kwan A, Vermeersch C, de Dieu Bizimana J, Binagwaho A, Condo J. Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda. J Health Econ. 2014 Dec 12;40C:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.12.001. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Paying for

Cross-Sectional Survey of Rift Valley Fever Virus Exposure in Bodhei Village Located in a Transitional Coastal Forest Habitat in Lamu County, Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree Labeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2014 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: “Muiruri S, Kabiru EW, Muchiri EM, Hussein H, Kagondu F, LaBeaud AD, King CH. Cross-Sectional Survey of Rift Valley Fever Virus Exposure in Bodhei Village Located in a Transitional Coastal Forest Habitat in Lamu County, Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Dec

Plague, SARS, Flu and Ebola : what lessons have we learned?

 January 21, 2015: 10 Haviland Hall, 12-1:00pm Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung, SBS, JP Vice-Chancellor / President Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong ”The history of the infectious diseases in modern times remain inextricably intertwined with the history of the cities that spawned them” ~Anne Hardy In 1894, an outbreak