Kathryn H. Jacobsen
George Mason University
United States
My co-authors include
Mr. Aklilu Abrham
Mr. Tara Ballav Adhikari
Professor HESHAM M. AL-MEKHLAFI
My Publications
Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and popul...
The Lancet
October 2020
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019:...
The Lancet
October 2020
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systema...
The Lancet
October 2020
Hepatitis A epidemiology in Latin American countries: a 2020 view from a systematic lit...
Expert Review of Vaccines
September 2020
Statewide COVID‐19 Stay‐at‐Home Orders and Population Mobility in the United States
World Medical & Health Policy
July 2020
Strategies for Effective Health Communication during the Coronavirus Pandemic and Futur...
World Medical & Health Policy
July 2020
Improving communication about COVID‐19 and emerging infectious diseases
European Journal of Clinical Investigation
May 2020
Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden...
Injury Prevention
April 2020
Master of Public Health Concentrations in Global Health in 2020: Preparing Culturally C...
Health Promotion Practice
April 2020
Will COVID-19 generate global preparedness?
The Lancet
March 2020
Use of real-time multiplex PCR, malaria rapid diagnostic test and microscopy to investi...
Malaria Journal
February 2020
Master of Science (MS) and Master of Arts (MA) Degrees in Global Health: Applying Inter...
Pedagogy in Health Promotion
February 2020
Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demogra...
Injury Prevention
January 2020
Curricular Models and Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Minors in Global Health
Annals of Global Health
January 2020
Global Health and Public Health Majors and Minors at 411 Universities, 2019–2020
Annals of Global Health
January 2020
Loneliness and friendlessness among adolescents in 25 countries in Latin America and th...
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
December 2019
Obstructed labor as an underlying cause of maternal mortality in Kalukembe, Angola, 2017
Journal of Global Health Reports
November 2019
Extent, nature and consequences of performing outside scope of training in global health
Globalization and Health
November 2019
A Qualitative Analysis of Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening among Korean Americans
Journal of Cancer Education
October 2019
Authors' Response “Perceptions of vaccination within a Christian homeschooling communit...
Vaccine
September 2019
Master of Public Health Global Health Concentration Competencies: Preparing Culturally ...
American Journal of Public Health
September 2019
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2017, ...
The Lancet HIV
August 2019
Practising beyond one's scope while working abroad
The Lancet Global Health
August 2019
Estimating the size of urban populations using Landsat images: a case study of Bo, Sier...
International Journal of Health Geographics
July 2019
Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017
JAMA Pediatrics
June 2019
The Association Between Hunter-Killed Deer and Lyme Disease in New Jersey, 2000–2014
EcoHealth
March 2019
Access to Essential Medications and Equipment for Obstetric and Neonatal Primary Care i...
World Medical & Health Policy
March 2019
A saliva-based rapid test to quantify the infectious subclinical malaria parasite reser...
Science Translational Medicine
January 2019
Complexity of the Basic Reproduction Number (R0)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
January 2019
Pandemics
December 2018
Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis, 1990–2016: results from the Glob...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
December 2018
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 19...
The Lancet
November 2018
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environme...
The Lancet
November 2018
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases ...
The Lancet
November 2018
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability f...
The Lancet
November 2018
Measuring progress of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries
The Lancet
November 2018
Rapid design and fielding of four diagnostic technologies in Sierra Leone, Thailand, Pe...
Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research
September 2018
Perceptions of vaccination within a Christian homeschooling community in Pennsylvania
Vaccine
September 2018
Measuring performance_Healthcare Access_Quality Index for 195 countries and territories
The Lancet
June 2018
Globalization and the Changing Epidemiology of Hepatitis A Virus
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine
March 2018
The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
March 2018
Integrating Spatial Analysis into Policy Formulation: A Case Study Examining Traffic Ex...
World Medical & Health Policy
March 2018
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in Bo, Sierra Leone, 2012–2013
BMC Research Notes
February 2018
Cancer and Social Media: A Comparison of Traffic about Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, ...
Journal of Health Communication
January 2018
University Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sources of Information About Zika Virus
Journal of Community Health
January 2018
Self-rated health among American adolescents with type 1 diabetes in the T1D Exchange C...
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
January 2018
OUP accepted manuscript
International Health
January 2018
Social Media Engagement With Cancer Awareness Campaigns Declined During the 2016 U.S. P...
World Medical & Health Policy
November 2017
Prevalence of markers of HIV infection among febrile adults and children in Bo, Sierra ...
BMC Research Notes
November 2017
Surveillance of Vector-Borne Infections (Chikungunya, Dengue, and Malaria) in Bo, Sierr...
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
October 2017
Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-...
The Lancet
September 2017
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980...
The Lancet
September 2017
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environme...
The Lancet
September 2017
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases ...
The Lancet
September 2017
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability f...
The Lancet
September 2017
Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortali...
The Lancet
September 2017
Socioeconomic indicators are strong predictors of hepatitis A seroprevalence rates in t...
Journal of Infection and Public Health
September 2017
Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action
Malawi Medical Journal
August 2017
Transport injuries and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Gl...
Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
August 2017
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to...
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
July 2017
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in urban Bo, Sierra Leone, and in the 16 countries of...
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
June 2017
Suicidal ideation and planning among Palestinian middle school students living in Gaza ...
International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
June 2017
Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015
JAMA Pediatrics
June 2017
Modeling the hepatitis A epidemiological transition in Brazil and Mexico
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
May 2017
Zika in Twitter: Temporal Variations of Locations, Actors, and Concepts
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
April 2017
Injuries, Violence, and Bullying Among Middle School Students in Oman
Oman Medical Journal
March 2017
Zika virus knowledge, attitudes, and vaccine interest among university students
Vaccine
February 2017
POINT-OF-NEED DIAGNOSTICS: BIOSURVEILLANCE WITH A DEVICE2CLOUD CAPABILITY IN SIERRA LEONE
BMJ Global Health
February 2017
Zika virus: Endemic and epidemic ranges of Aedes mosquito transmission
Journal of Infection and Public Health
January 2017
Improving hospital-based trauma care for road traffic injuries in Malawi
World Journal of Emergency Medicine
January 2017
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in urban Bo, Sierra Leone
Tropical Journal of Medical Research
January 2017
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) f...
Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research
December 2016
First Responders and Prehospital Care for Road Traffic Injuries in Malawi
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
December 2016
Adolescent injuries in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay: Results from the 2012–20...
Injury
December 2016
Variation in Vaccination Data Available at School Entry Across the United States
American Journal of Public Health
December 2016
Work-Family Conflict, Stress, and Physical and Mental Health: A Model for Understanding...
World Medical & Health Policy
November 2016
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability f...
The Lancet
October 2016
Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic an...
The Lancet
October 2016
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environme...
The Lancet
October 2016
Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, i...
The Lancet
October 2016
Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific...
The Lancet
October 2016
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases ...
The Lancet
October 2016
Breast Cancer Screening Among Korean Americans: A Systematic Review
Journal of Community Health
September 2016
Prevalence of Sports Injuries Among 13- to 15-Year-Old Students in 25 Low- and Middle-I...
Journal of Community Health
September 2016
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline...
The Lancet
September 2016
Correction to Lancet HIV 2016; 3: e361–87
The Lancet HIV
September 2016
Hepatitis A virus epidemiology in Turkey as childhood vaccination begins: Seroprevalenc...
Journal of Clinical Virology
September 2016
The global burden of viral hepatitis from 1990 to 2013: findings from the Global Burden...
The Lancet
September 2016
A review of existing trauma and musculoskeletal impairment (TMSI) care capacity in East...
Injury
September 2016
COMMERCIAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND SAFETY IN BO CITY, SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone Journal of Biomedical Research
August 2016
Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV...
The Lancet HIV
August 2016
Evaluating Diabetes Educational Interventions With a Skill Development Component in Ado...
The Diabetes Educator
July 2016
Hygiene and mental health among middle school students in India and 11 other countries
Journal of Infection and Public Health
July 2016
An approach for estimating vaccination coverage for communities using school-level data...
Applied Geography
June 2016
Risk analysis for dengue suitability in Africa using the ArcGIS predictive analysis too...
Acta Tropica
June 2016
Geographically weighted discriminant analysis of environmental conditions associated wi...
Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology
May 2016
The PRIDE (populations, research, interventions, diseases, exposures) model: a new fram...
Annals of Global Health
May 2016
Nonfatal injury incidence and risk factors among middle school students from four Polyn...
Injury
May 2016
Health-care availability, preference, and distance for women in urban Bo, Sierra Leone
Sozial- und Präventivmedizin
March 2016
Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Betw...
JAMA Pediatrics
March 2016
Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak: Action Items for Emerging Infectious Disease Preparedn...
EcoHealth
February 2016
Europe Should Consider Mandatory Measles Immunization for School Entry
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
February 2016
The Measles Vaccination Narrative in Twitter: A Quantitative Analysis
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
January 2016
Inpatient healthcare provider bypassing by women and their children in urban Bo, Sierra...
Pan African Medical Journal
January 2016
Modeling the hepatitis A epidemiological transition in Thailand
Vaccine
January 2016
Hepatitis a virus epidemiology in turkey as universal childhood vaccination begins: ser...
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
January 2016
Posttraumatic stress disorder among low-income women exposed to perinatal intimate part...
Archives of Women s Mental Health
December 2015
Injury incidence among middle school students aged 13–15 years in 47 low-income and mid...
Injury Prevention
December 2015
Predictors of Depression Symptoms Among Low-Income Women Exposed to Perinatal Intimate ...
Community Mental Health Journal
December 2015
10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4
The Lancet
December 2015
Child bed net use before, during, and after a bed net distribution campaign in Bo, Sier...
Malaria Journal
November 2015
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases ...
The Lancet
November 2015
Self-Rated Mental Health: Screening for Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Am...
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
November 2015
EPIC: A Framework for the Factors That Influence the Selection of Health-Care Providers
World Medical & Health Policy
October 2015
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability f...
The Lancet
August 2015
Stratified Sampling of Neighborhood Sections for Population Estimation: A Case Study of...
PLoS ONE
July 2015
The Global Burden of Cancer 2013
JAMA Oncology
July 2015
Use of the FilmArray System for Detection of Zaire ebolavirus in a Small Hospital in Bo...
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
May 2015
Herbs and herbal combinations used to treat suspected malaria in Bo, Sierra Leone
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
May 2015
Prevalence of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate in Rural North-Central Guatemala
The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
May 2015
Trauma and orthopaedic capacity of 267 hospitals in east central and southern Africa
The Lancet
April 2015
Oral Hygiene and Handwashing Practices among Middle-School Students in 15 Latin America...
WIMJ Open
March 2015
The evolution of the disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
March 2015
Ebola in Freetown Area, Sierra Leone — A Case Study of 581 Patients
New England Journal of Medicine
February 2015
Global, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality ...
The Lancet
January 2015
Attitudes toward home-based malaria testing in rural and urban Sierra Leone
Malaria Journal
January 2015
The burden of trauma in four rural district hospitals in Malawi: A retrospective review...
Injury
December 2014
Syndromic surveillance of peste des petits ruminants and other animal diseases in Koina...
Tropical Animal Health and Production
November 2014
Methods for Determining the Uncertainty of Population Estimates Derived from Satellite ...
PLoS ONE
November 2014
Forms of bullying reported by middle-school students in Latin America and the Caribbean
Advances in School Mental Health Promotion
November 2014
Mosquito habitat and dengue risk potential in Kenya: alternative methods to traditional...
Geospatial health
November 2014
A new method for imputing country-level estimates of hepatitis A virus endemicity level...
Vaccine
October 2014
Point-of-care tests: where is the point?
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
October 2014
Risk factors associated with human Rift Valley fever infection: systematic review and m...
Tropical Medicine & International Health
September 2014
Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malar...
The Lancet
September 2014
Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013...
The Lancet
September 2014
Ebola in Sierra Leone: a call for action
The Lancet
July 2014
Lymphedema in a 7-year-old boy infected with Wuchereria bancrofti in Sierra Leone: A ca...
Acta Tropica
June 2014
Healthcare service problems reported in a national survey of South Africans
International Journal for Quality in Health Care
May 2014
Preventing transmission of MRSA: A qualitative study of health care workers’ attitudes ...
American Journal of Infection Control
April 2014
Knowledge, perceptions, and practices of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus tr...
American Journal of Infection Control
March 2014
Oral hygiene practices among middle-school students in 44 low- and middle-income countries
International Dental Journal
February 2014
Satisfaction with healthcare services in South Africa: results of the national 2010 Gen...
Pan African Medical Journal
January 2014
Assessing the methods needed for improved dengue mapping: a SWOT analysis
Pan African Medical Journal
January 2014
Hepatitis A virus in West Africa: Is an epidemiological transition beginning?
Nigerian Medical Journal
January 2014
Facilitators and Barriers Related to Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV Among You...
Journal of Community Health
November 2013
Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Korean Americans: A Systematic Review
Journal of Community Health
August 2013
The State of US Health, 1990-2010
JAMA
August 2013
Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone
Emerging Infectious Diseases
July 2013
Presumptive self-diagnosis of malaria and other febrile illnesses in Sierra Leone
Pan African Medical Journal
January 2013
Alcohol consumption and violence among Argentine adolescents
Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)
January 2013
Alcohol Consumption and Violence among Argentine Adolescents
Jornal de Pediatria
January 2013
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 199...
The Lancet
December 2012
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 20...
The Lancet
December 2012
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–...
The Lancet
December 2012
Considerations in the selection of healthcare providers for mothers and children in Bo,...
International Health
December 2012
Hypertension in South African adults
Journal of Hypertension
November 2012
Parental involvement and mental health among Thai adolescents
Advances in School Mental Health Promotion
October 2012
Bullying, Mental Health, and Parental Involvement among Adolescents in the Caribbean
WIMJ Open
August 2012
Parenting Practices and Tobacco Use in Middle School Students in Low- and Middle-Income...
Journal of School Health
June 2012
Parental involvement and mental well-being of Indian adolescents
Indian Pediatrics
June 2012
Home birth and hospital birth trends in Bo, Sierra Leone
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
April 2012
Water quality associated public health risk in Bo, Sierra Leone
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
February 2012
Cerebral venous thrombosis in a child with nephrotic syndrome: case report
Pan African Medical Journal
January 2012
Landscape, Environment and Technology in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa
November 2011
P1-182 A taxonomy of bias in systematic reviews
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
August 2011
Research Ethics: Principles, Practices, and Reporting
World Medical & Health Policy
January 2011
Health awareness campaigns and diagnosis rates: Evidence from National Breast Cancer Aw...
Journal of Health Economics
January 2011
Household market participation and stunting in preschool children in Lilongwe, Malawi
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
January 2011
Challenges to mapping the health risk of hepatitis A virus infection
International Journal of Health Geographics
January 2011
Dengue prevention in southern Vietnam
International Health
December 2010
Risk Factors for Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Current Women s Health Reviews
November 2010
Hepatitis A virus seroprevalence by age and world region, 1990 and 2005
Vaccine
September 2010
Predictors of compliance with scheduled surgery in rural Guatemala
International Health
September 2010
RELACIÓN ENTRE PRÁCTICAS ALIMENTARIAS REPORTADAS POR NIÑOS CHILENOS Y PREFERENCIAS DE L...
Revista chilena de nutrición
September 2010
Risk factors for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
August 2010
A systematic review of the epidemiology of mansonelliasis
African Journal of Infectious Diseases
June 2010
A geographic analysis of access to health services in rural Guatemala
International Health
June 2010
Pyomyositis in Amazonian Ecuador
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
June 2010
HIV/AIDS-associated beliefs and practices relating to diet and work in southeastern Uganda
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
March 2010
Enabling methods for community health mapping in developing countries
International Journal of Health Geographics
January 2010
Bullying among middle-school students in low and middle income countries
Health Promotion International
November 2009
Mathematical modeling and the epidemiological research process
European Journal of Epidemiology
October 2009
A Qualitative Study of the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agricultural Households in Southeaster...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
July 2009
Patterns of co-authorship in international epidemiology
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
May 2009
Reporting of ethics-related methods in epidemiological research
Journal of Medical Ethics
April 2009
Bullying and Symptoms of Depression in Chilean Middle School Students
Journal of School Health
March 2009
A Systematic Review of the Association between Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer
Journal of Women s Health
December 2008
Loiasis: African eye worm
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
October 2008
Priorities for women's health from the Global Burden of Disease study
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
April 2008
The Human Cost of African Migrations
June 2007
The effects of socioeconomic development on worldwide hepatitis A virus seroprevalence ...
International Journal of Epidemiology
April 2005
Declining hepatitis A seroprevalence: a global review and analysis
Epidemiology and Infection
December 2004
