MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Urban public space initiatives and health in Africa: A mixed-methods systematic review.

Meelan T, Mogo ERI, Onyemaobi N, Ogunro T, Odekunle D, Unuigboje R, K Muyiolu S, Olalekan D, Dominic C, Thomas A, Ngwa E, Walter O, Sanga C, Onifade V, Ndiabamoh CM, Blanche N, Seyinde D, Ogunjimi TF, Mapa-Tassou C, Buraimoh OM, Teguia SS, Mukhtar G, Iorse MP, Farr C, Oguntade AS, Olowoniyi I, Chatzidiakou L, Foley L, Alani R, Lawanson T, Assah F, Oni T

PLOS global public health. Oct 2024

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003709)

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Comparing travel behaviour characteristics and correlates between large and small Kenyan cities (Nairobi versus Kisumu).

Tatah L, Foley L, Oni T, Pearce M, Lwanga C, Were V, Assah F, Wasnyo Y, Mogo E, Okello G, Mogere S, Obonyo C, Woodcock J

Journal of Transport Geography. Jul 2023

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103625)

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Shared correlates of maternal and childhood overweight in Cameroon: a cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health survey data.

Tatah L, Bain LE, Kongnyuy E, Assah F, Mbanya JC

BMC Public Health. Jun 2023

(DOI : 10.1186/s12889-023-16164-y)

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The association between plasma zinc concentrations and markers of glucose metabolism in adults in Cameroon.

Mba CM, Jones KS, Forouhi NG, Imamura F, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

The British journal of nutrition. Jan 2023

(DOI : 10.1017/S0007114523000223)

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Active travel and paratransit use in African cities: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography.

Randall L, Brugulat-Panés A, Woodcock J, Ware LJ, Pley C, Abdool Karim S, Micklesfield L, Mukoma G, Tatah L, Dambisya PM, Matina SS, Hambleton I, Okello G, Assah F, Anil M, Kwan H, Awinja AC, Pujol-Busquets Guillén G, Foley L

Journal of transport & health. Dec 2022

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jth.2022.101558)

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A Mixed-Methods Participatory Intervention Design Process to Develop Intervention Options in Immediate Food and Built Environments to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living among Children and Adolescents in Cameroon and South Africa.

Erzse A, Rwafa-Ponela T, Kruger P, Wayas FA, Lambert EV, Mapa-Tassou C, Ngwa E, Goldstein S, Foley L, Hofman KJ, Teguia S, Oni T, Assah F, Shung-King M, Abdool Karim S

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Aug 2022

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph191610263)

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Association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiometabolic risk factors in adults in rural and urban settings.

Mba CM, Koulman A, Forouhi NG, Sharp SJ, Imamura F, Jones K, Meadows SR, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Nutrition & diabetes. Jul 2022

(DOI : 10.1038/s41387-022-00215-1)

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The other pandemic: social media engagement around non-communicable disease preventive behaviours during Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdowns

Mogo ERI, Lawanson T, Unuigboje R, Chetty Y, Onifade V, Odekunle D, Ogunro T, Blanche N, Alani R, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Assah F, Popoola O, Peter C, Oni T

Cities & Health. May 2022

(DOI : 10.1080/23748834.2022.2073540)

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Associations of Serum Folate and Holotranscobalamin with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Cameroon.

Mba CM, Koulman A, Forouhi NG, Imamura F, Assah F, Mbanya JC, Wareham NJ

Nutrients. Nov 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/nu14010178)

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A Systematic Review Protocol of Opportunities for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention via Public Space Initiatives in African Cities.

Mogo ERI, Lawanson T, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Assah F, Ogunro T, Onifade V, Odekunle D, Unuigboje R, Blanche N, Alani R, Chatzidiakou L, Popoola O, Jones R, Oni T

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph19042285)

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Analysis of Cameroon's Sectoral Policies on Physical Activity for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention.

Tatah L, Mapa-Tassou C, Shung-King M, Oni T, Woodcock J, Weimann A, McCreedy N, Muzenda T, Govia I, Mbanya JC, Assah F

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.3390/ijerph182312713)

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Socioeconomic and gendered inequities in travel behaviour in Africa: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography.

Foley L, Brugulat-Panés A, Woodcock J, Govia I, Hambleton I, Turner-Moss E, Mogo ERI, Awinja AC, Dambisya PM, Matina SS, Micklesfield L, Abdool Karim S, Ware LJ, Tulloch-Reid M, Assah F, Pley C, Bennett N, Pujol-Busquets G, Okop K, Anand T, Mba CM, Kwan H, Mukoma G, Anil M, Tatah L, Randall L

Social science & medicine (1982). Jun 2021

(DOI : 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114545)

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Adolescent Levers for a Diet and Physical Activity Intervention Across Socioecological Levels in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, and Jamaica: Mixed Methods Study Protocol.

Odunitan-Wayas FA, Wadende P, Mogo ERI, Brugulat-Panés A, Micklesfield LK, Govia I, Mapa-Tassou C, Mukoma G, Smith JA, Motlhalhedi M, Wasnyo Y, Were V, Assah F, Okop KJ, Norris SA, Obonyo C, Mbanya JC, Tulloch-Reid MK, King AC, Lambert EV, Oni T

JMIR research protocols. Dec 2020

(DOI : 10.2196/26739)

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Implications of COVID-19 control measures for diet and physical activity, and lessons for addressing other pandemics facing rapidly urbanising countries.

Oni T, Micklesfield LK, Wadende P, Obonyo CO, Woodcock J, Mogo ERI, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Assah F, Tatah L, Foley L, Mapa-Tassou C, Bhagtani D, Weimann A, Mba C, Unwin N, Brugulat-Panés A, Hofman KJ, Smith J, Tulloch-Reid M, Erzse A, Shung-King M, Lambert EV, Wareham NJ

Global health action. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1080/16549716.2020.1810415)

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Quantifying population levels of physical activity in Africa using wearable sensors: implications for global physical activity surveillance.

Brage S, Assah F, Msyamboza KP

BMJ open sport & exercise medicine. Sep 2020

(DOI : 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000941)

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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts.

Oni T, Assah F, Erzse A, Foley L, Govia I, Hofman KJ, Lambert EV, Micklesfield LK, Shung-King M, Smith J, Turner-Moss E, Unwin N, Wadende P, Woodcock J, Mbanya JC, Norris SA, Obonyo CO, Tulloch-Reid M, Wareham NJ, GDAR network GDAR network

Globalization and health. Dec 2019

(DOI : 10.1186/s12992-020-00630-y)

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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ekoru K, Murphy GAV, Young EH, Delisle H, Jerome CS, Assah F, Longo-Mbenza B, Nzambi JPD, On'Kin JBK, Buntix F, Muyer MC, Christensen DL, Wesseh CS, Sabir A, Okafor C, Gezawa ID, Puepet F, Enang O, Raimi T, Ohwovoriole E, Oladapo OO, Bovet P, Mollentze W, Unwin N, Gray WK, Walker R, Agoudavi K, Siziya S, Chifamba J, Njelekela M, Fourie CM, Kruger S, Schutte AE, Walsh C, Gareta D, Kamali A, Seeley J, Norris SA, Crowther NJ, Pillay D, Kaleebu P, Motala AA, Sandhu MS

International Journal of Obesity. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.240)

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Patterns and correlates of objectively measured free-living physical activity in adults in rural and urban Cameroon.

Assah F, Mbanya JC, Ekelund U, Wareham NJ, Brage S

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Oct 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/jech-2014-205154)

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