Philip’s List           Updated: August 2009

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August 2009

Diet and lifestyle risk factors associated with incident hypertension in women

JAMA 2009; 302(4): 401-411, http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/302/4/401

Is primary prevention of rheumatic fever the missing link in the control of rheumatic heart disease in Africa?

Circulation. 2009;120:709-713. http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.836510v1

Link to PDF: http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.836510?ijkey=z7GXTp4XpzMkHam&keytype=ref

Link to ProCor summary: http://www.procor.org/research/research_show.htm?doc_id=1004055

The Lancet Series: Health in South Africa

Paper 1: The health and health system of South Africa: Historical roots of current public health challenges

Paper 2: Saving the lives of South Africa's mothers, babies, and children: Can the health system deliver?

Paper 3: HIV infection and tuberculosis in South Africa-an urgent need to escalate the public health response

Paper 4: The burden of non-communicable disease in South Africa

Paper 5: Violence and injuries in South Africa: Prioritising an agenda for prevention

Paper 6: Achieving the health Millennium Development Goals for South Africa: Challenges and priorities

www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-south-africa

Paper 1: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60951-X/fulltext (open access)

Paper 2: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61123-5/fulltext (open access)

Paper 3: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60916-8/fulltext (open access)

Paper 4: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61087-4/fulltext (open access)

Paper 5: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60948-X/fulltext (open access)

Paper 6: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61122-3/fulltext (open access)

Recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2009; 58(RR07): 1-26, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5807a1.htm (open access)

July 2009

The triumph of national smoke-free legislation

Heart 2009; published online 7 Jun 2009, http://heart.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/hrt.2009.176230v1

Fruit and vegetable intakes and subsequent changes in body weight in European populations: results from the project on Diet, Obesity, and Genes (DiOGenes)

Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 90: 202-209, http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/1/202

Unfinished public health agenda of Chagas Disease in the era of globalization

highlighted in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (www.plosntds.org) with several relevant articles.

Indigenous health part 1: Determinants and disease; part 2: Underlying causes of the health gap

Part 1 examines determinants and disease patterns:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60914-4/fulltext

Part 2 explores the underlying causes of the health gap:

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60827-8/fulltext

Both are open access after free registration and login (www.thelancet.com).

The benefits of statins in people without established cardiovascular disease but with cardiovascular risk factors: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BMJ 2009; 338: b2376, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/jun30_1/b2376 (open access)

June 2009

Fantastic voyage: a patient's journey through cardiology from 1969 to 2008

J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:1366-1369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.030 (open access)

Project HeartBeat!: Supplement issue of American Journal of Prevention Medicine

Am J Prev Med 2009; 37(S1): S1-S116, www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07493797

Essential health information available for India in the public domain on the internet

BMC Public Health 2009; 9: 208, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/208 (open access)

May 2009

Global variability in fruit and vegetable consumption

Am J Prev Med 2009; 36(5): 402-409, http://www.ajpm-online.net/article/S0749-3797(09)00097-X/abstract

Impact of a worksite intervention program on cardiovascular risk factors: A demonstration project in an Indian industrial population

J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53: 1718-1728, http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/53/18/1718 (open access)

The role of public participation in public health initiatives: An analysis of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Global Public Health 2009; published online 26 March 2009, www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a909934300~db=all~order=pubdate

April 2009

Effects of a polypill (Polycap) on risk factors in middle-aged individuals without cardiovascular disease (TIPS): a phase II, double-blind, randomized trial

Lancet 2009; published online 30 March 2009, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60611-5/fulltext

Ounces of prevention - the public policy case for taxes on sugared beverages

N Engl J Med 2009; published online 8 Apr 2009, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMp0902392

Information needs of health workers in developing countries: a literature review with a focus on Africa

open access in Human Resources for Health (www.human-resources-health.com/content/7/1/30)

Combined effect of health behaviours and risk of first ever stroke in 20,040 men and women over 11 years' follow-up in Norfolk Cohort of European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC Norfolk): Prospective population study

BMJ 2009; 338: b349, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/feb19_2/b349 (open access)

March 2009

Mortality attributable to smoking in China

N Engl J Med 2009; 360: 150-159, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/2/150 (open access)

Combined effects of overweight and smoking in late adolescence on subsequent mortality: nationwide cohort study

BMJ 2009; 338: b496, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/feb24_2/b496 (open access)

Global variation in stroke burden and mortality: estimates from monitoring, surveillance, and modelling

Lancet Neurology 2009; published online 20 Feb 2009, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(09)70023-7/fulltext (open access)

Metabolic syndrome and salt sensitivity of blood pressure in non-diabetic people in China: A dietary intervention study

Lancet 2009; 373: 829-835, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60144-6/fulltext

February 2009

Increases in antihypertensive prescriptions and reductions in cardiovascular events in Canada

Hypertension 2009; 53: 128-134, http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/2/128 

Lipid profile, plasma apolipoproteins, and risk of a first myocardial infarction among Asians. An analysis from the INTERHEART Study 

J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 53: 244-253, http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/53/3/244 

January 2009

Should smoking in outside public spaces be banned?

BMJ 2008; 337: a2804, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec11_3/a2804; BMJ 2008; 337: a2806, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/dec11_3/a2806 (open access)

December 2008

Dietary patterns and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in 52 countries. Results of the INTERHEART Study.

Circulation 2008; 118: 1929-37, http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/118/19/1929 (open access)

Global inequalities in access to cardiovascular health care: Our greatest challenge.

J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 52: 1817-1825, http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/52/23/1817 

Emergence of chronic non-communicable diseases in China .

Lancet 2008; 372: 1697-1705, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)61366-5/abstract 

Finding a policy solution to India 's diabetes epidemic.

Health Affairs 2008; 27(4): 1077-1090, http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/4/1077 

November 2008

Obesity in children. Part 2: Prevention and management.

BMJ 2008; 337: a1848, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/oct22_3/a1848 

What happened to the polypill?

BMJ 2008; 337: a1822, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/337/sep26_1/a1822 (open access)

October 2008

Obesity in children. Part 1: Epidemiology, measurement, risk factors, and screening.

BMJ 2008; 337: a1824, http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/337/oct15_3/a1824 

Depression and coronary heart disease. Recommendations for screening, referral, and treatment. A science advisory from the American Heart Association Prevention Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research.

Circulation 2008; published online 29 Sep 2008, http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190769v2 (open access)

The global burden of disease: 2004 update is a comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population. It provides detailed global and regional estimates of premature mortality, disability and loss of health for 135 causes by age and sex, drawing on extensive WHO databases and on information provided by Member States. 

World Health Organization, 2008. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/2004_report_update/en/index.html 

Full text PDF [160p.] at: http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/GBD_report_2004update_full.pdf 

September 2008

Effects of the California Tobacco Control Program on personal health expenditures

PLoS Medicine 2008; 5(8): 1214-1221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050178ess) (open ac c ess)

Patient-reported health status in coronary heart disease in the United States . Age, sex, racial, and ethnic differences

Circulation 2008; 118:491-497, http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/118/5/491 

Canadian best practices portal for health promotion and chronic disease prevention.

Public Health Agency of Canada , 2008 http://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/about/index_e.cfm 

August 2008

Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome

N Engl J Med 2008; 359: 482-491, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/5/482ess) (open access)

Executive Summary of the WHO Commission on Social determinants of health

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2008/pr29/en/index.html 

Systolic pressure is all that matters

The Lancet, Volume 371, Issue 9631, 28 June 2008-4 July 2008, Pages 2219-2221, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(08)60804-1/abstract 

AN NCD RESEARCH AGENDA FOR WHO: CONCLUDING REMARKS

http://www.procor.org/advocacy/advocacy_show.htm?doc_id=703784 

Commentary: Global opportunities and challenges for reducing sodium consumption

http://www.procor.org/advocacy/advocacy_show.htm?doc_id=701439 

July 2008

The impact of prevention on reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease

Circulation 2008; published online 7 Jul 2008, http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190186v1 (open access)

Strategies for establishing policy, environmental, and systems-level interventions for managing high blood pressure and high cholesterol in health care settings: A qualitative case study

Prev Chronic Dis 2008; 5(3), http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/jul/07_0218.htm (open access)

Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement

Ann Intern Med 2008; 148: 846-854, http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/148/11/846

June 2008

Nurse-coordinated multidisciplinary, family-based cardiovascular disease prevention programme (EUROACTION) for patients with coronary heart disease and asymptomatic individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease: A paired, cluster-randomised controlled trial

Lancet 2008; 371: 1999-2012, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608608685/abstract

May 2008

Global burden of blood-pressure-related disease, 2001

Lancet 2008; 371: 1513-18, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608606558/fulltext (open access)

Risk factors for myocardial infarction in women and men: Insights from the INTERHEART study

European Heart Journal 2008; 29: 932-940,
http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/29/7/932 (open access)

Strategic communication for development projects: A toolkit for task team leaders. Toolkit to help World Bank managers plan and supervise the implementation of communication activities in population, health, and nutrition projects.

World Bank, 2003 http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTDEVCOMMENG/Resources/toolkitwebjan2004.pdf 

April 2008

Spectrum of Heart Disease and Risk Factors in a Black Urban Population in South Africa (the Heart of Soweto Study): A Cohort Study

Lancet 2008; 371: 915-922, http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673608604171/abstract

CARMELA: Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Seven Latin American Cities

American Journal of Medicine 2008; 121: 58-65,
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00029343

March 2008

Assessing the National Health Information System: An Assessment Tool, VERSION 4.00, tool for health system strengthening in low and low-middle income countries.

World Health Organization, 2008 www.who.int/healthmetrics/tools/3_HMN_Assessment_Tool_Version_4_0_Eng.pdf 

Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases. The top 20 policy and research priorities for conditions such as diabetes, stroke and heart disease.

Nature/Vol.450/22 November 2007 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7169/full/450494a.html