Karen M Edmond

Summary

Affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Prospective cohort study of disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in urban Senegal
    Karen Edmond
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:1023-9. 2010
  2. ncbi Efficacy of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation in reducing mortality during infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
    Rajiv Bahl
    Department of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Trials 13:22. 2012
  3. ncbi Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Karen M Edmond
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 379:547-56. 2012
  4. ncbi Long term sequelae from childhood pneumonia; systematic review and meta-analysis
    Karen Edmond
    Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e31239. 2012
  5. ncbi Global and regional risk of disabling sequelae from bacterial meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Karen Edmond
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet Infect Dis 10:317-28. 2010
  6. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of verbal autopsies in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:417-29. 2008
  7. ncbi Impact of early infant feeding practices on mortality in low birth weight infants from rural Ghana
    K M Edmond
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    J Perinatol 28:438-44. 2008
  8. ncbi Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Am J Clin Nutr 86:1126-31. 2007
  9. ncbi Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Pediatrics 117:e380-6. 2006
  10. ncbi Drowning and near-drowning in Northern Territory children
    K M Edmond
    Territory Health Services, Casuarina, NT
    Med J Aust 175:605-8. 2001

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Prospective cohort study of disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in urban Senegal
    Karen Edmond
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 29:1023-9. 2010
    ..No studies have prospectively examined disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa...
  2. ncbi Efficacy of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation in reducing mortality during infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
    Rajiv Bahl
    Department of Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    Trials 13:22. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Group B streptococcal disease in infants aged younger than 3 months: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Karen M Edmond
    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet 379:547-56. 2012
    ..However, estimates of disease burden in many countries outside of these regions is not available. We aimed to examine the current global burden of invasive disease and the serotype distribution of group B streptococcus isolates...
  4. ncbi Long term sequelae from childhood pneumonia; systematic review and meta-analysis
    Karen Edmond
    Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e31239. 2012
    ....
  5. ncbi Global and regional risk of disabling sequelae from bacterial meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Karen Edmond
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    Lancet Infect Dis 10:317-28. 2010
    ..Most reported sequelae could have been averted by vaccination with Hib, pneumococcal, and meningococcal vaccines...
  6. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of verbal autopsies in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:417-29. 2008
    ..However, further simplifications are needed to allow use of the World Health Organisation VA in routine child health programmes. The diagnostic accuracy of the VA tool should also be assessed in other regions and in multicentre studies...
  7. ncbi Impact of early infant feeding practices on mortality in low birth weight infants from rural Ghana
    K M Edmond
    Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    J Perinatol 28:438-44. 2008
    ..To assess the impact of early infant feeding practices on low birth weight- (LBW) specific neonatal mortality in rural Ghana...
  8. ncbi Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Am J Clin Nutr 86:1126-31. 2007
    ..Investigation into the biological plausibility of this relation and potential causal pathways is needed...
  9. ncbi Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Pediatrics 117:e380-6. 2006
    ..Breastfeeding promotion is a key child survival strategy. Although there is an extensive scientific basis for its impact on postneonatal mortality, evidence is sparse for its impact on neonatal mortality...
  10. ncbi Drowning and near-drowning in Northern Territory children
    K M Edmond
    Territory Health Services, Casuarina, NT
    Med J Aust 175:605-8. 2001
    ..To compare incidences of drowing for children in the Northern Territory (NT) with those in Queensland and the rest of Australia...
  11. ncbi Paediatric melioidosis in the Northern Territory of Australia: an expanding clinical spectrum
    K M Edmond
    Maternal and Child Health Division, Royal Darwin Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
    J Paediatr Child Health 37:337-41. 2001
    ..The objective of this study was to present the laboratory and clinical features of the six cases of paediatric melioidosis diagnosed from 1997-2000...
  12. ncbi Aetiology of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana: implications for health programming in developing countries
    Karen M Edmond
    Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:430-7. 2008
    ..Community-level interventions are urgently needed, especially interventions that reduce intrapartum deaths and infection rates in the mother and infant...
  13. ncbi Effect of socioeconomic deprivation and health service utilisation on antepartum and intrapartum stillbirth: population cohort study from rural Ghana
    Yoonhee P Ha
    Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 7:e39050. 2012
    ..Health system strengthening is required to meet the needs of poor women in our study population...
  14. ncbi The association between travel time to health facilities and childhood vaccine coverage in rural Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study
    Yemisrach B Okwaraji
    Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
    BMC Public Health 12:476. 2012
    ..This study assessed whether travel time to health facilities was associated with childhood vaccine coverage in a remote area of Ethiopia...
  15. ncbi A review of annual growth screening in Aboriginal schoolchildren in Australia
    B A Paterson
    Territory Health Services, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    J Paediatr Child Health 37:18-23. 2001
    ..To determine if growth screening in school-age Aboriginal children detects new, treatable growth problems...