Burns in low-and middle-income countries: a review of available literature on descriptive epidemiology, risk factors, treatment, and prevention

SN Forjuoh - Burns, 2006 - Elsevier
Burn prevention requires adequate knowledge of the epidemiological characteristics and
associated risk factors. While much has been accomplished in the areas of primary and …

Traffic-related injury prevention interventions for low-income countries

SN Forjuoh - Injury control and safety promotion, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
… 4 Forjuoh SN. Injury control in developing nations: what can we learn from industrialized …
67 Forjuoh SN, Li G. A review of successful transport and home injury interventions to guide …

Neighborhood safety factors associated with older adults' health-related outcomes: a systematic literature review

J Won, C Lee, SN Forjuoh, MG Ory - Social Science & Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Rationale Neighborhood safety is important for older adults’ health and wellbeing, but there
has not been a synthesis in the literature of what is currently known about this construct. …

Types and origins of diagnostic errors in primary care settings

…, TD Giardina, AND Meyer, SN Forjuoh… - JAMA internal …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Diagnostic errors are an understudied aspect of ambulatory patient safety.
Objectives To determine the types of diseases missed and the diagnostic processes involved in …

Electronic health record-based triggers to detect potential delays in cancer diagnosis

…, EJ Thomas, A Esquivel, SN Forjuoh… - BMJ quality & …, 2014 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Delayed diagnosis of cancer can lead to patient harm, and strategies are
needed to proactively and efficiently detect such delays in care. We aimed to develop and …

Electronic health record-based surveillance of diagnostic errors in primary care

H Singh, TD Giardina, SN Forjuoh… - BMJ quality & …, 2012 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Background Diagnostic errors in primary care are harmful but difficult to detect. The authors
tested an electronic health record (EHR)-based method to detect diagnostic errors in routine …

Childhood burns in Ghana: epidemiological characteristics and home-based treatment

SN Forjuoh, B Guyer, GS Smith - Burns, 1995 - Elsevier
… Dr Forjuoh was under sponsorship from the Dalhousie (Canada)/Kumasi (Ghana) Education
and … This research formed part of Dr Forjuoh’s doctoral dissertation research at the Johns …

Epidemiology of transport-related injuries in Ghana

CN Mock, SN Forjuoh, FP Rivara - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 1999 - Elsevier
To better elucidate the incidence, characteristics, and consequences of transport-related
injuries in a less developed country in Africa, we undertook an epidemiologic survey in Ghana. …

Neighborhood walking among overweight and obese adults: age variations in barriers and motivators

C Lee, MG Ory, J Yoon, SN Forjuoh - Journal of community health, 2013 - Springer
Walking is a popular form of physical activity that can bring many public health benefits. It
can be even more beneficial to those who are currently obese or overweight. However, many …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic trigger-based intervention to reduce delays in diagnostic evaluation for cancer: a cluster randomized controlled trial

DR Murphy, L Wu, EJ Thomas, SN Forjuoh… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose We tested whether prospective use of electronic health record-based trigger
algorithms to identify patients at risk of diagnostic delays could prevent delays in diagnostic …