Jim Black

Data augmentation to improve syndromic detection from emergency department notes

Sedigh Khademi, Christopher Palmer, Gerardo Luis Dimaguila, Muhammad Javed, Jim Buttery, Jim Black

Conference Proceedings  |  2023  |  2023 Australasian Computer Science Week

Determinants of Health Service Utilization Among Adults at High Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in Kerala, India

Phoebe Hone, Jim Black, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Nitin Kapoor, Yingting Cao, Tilahun Haregu, Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2022  |  ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

The purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of health service utilization in a population at high risk of developing..

Passive Sampling of SARS-CoV-2 for Wastewater Surveillance

Christelle Schang, Nicolas D Crosbie, Monica Nolan, Rachael Poon, Miao Wang, Aaron Jex, Nijoy John, Louise Baker, Peter Scales, Jonathan Schmidt, Bruce R Thorley, Kelly Hill, Arash Zamyadi, Chi-Wen Tseng, Rebekah Henry, Peter Kolotelo, Jeroen Langeveld, Remy Schilperoort, Baiqian Shi, Steve Einsiedel, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Environmental Science and Technology (Washington)

The shedding of pathogens by infected humans enables the use of sewage monitoring to conduct wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). ..

Expanding the epidemiological understanding of hepatitis C in South Africa: Perspectives from a patient cohort in a rural town.

MW Sonderup, J Horak, H Smuts, J Saayman, L Boretti, J Black

Journal article  |  2021  |  S Afr Med J

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the general population of South Africa (SA) is incompletely understood...

Epidemiological evaluation of sewage surveillance as a tool to detect the presence of COVID-19 cases in a low case load setting

Jim Black, Phyo Aung, Monica Nolan, Emma Roney, Rachael Poon, Daneeta Hennessy, Nicholas D Crosbie, Dan Deere, Aaron R Jex, Nijoy John, Louise Baker, Peter J Scales, Shane P Usher, David T McCarthy, Christelle Schang, Jonathan Schmidt, Steven Myers, Natacha Begue, Christine Kaucner, Bruce Thorley, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

In low prevalence settings the development of sensitive and specific quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction ..

Usability and acceptability of a multimodal respiratory rate and pulse oximeter device in case management of children with symptoms of pneumonia: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

Kevin Baker, Charlotte Ward, Alice Maurel, Monica Anna de Cola, Helen Smith, Dawit Getachew, Tedila Habte, Cindy McWhorter, Paul LaBarre, Jonas Karlstrom, Agazi Ameha, Abraham Tariku, Jim Black, Quique Bassat, Karin Kallander

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACTA PAEDIATRICA

AIM: Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death among children under five globally. Many pneumonia deaths result from inap..

Are convergence lines associated with high asthma presentation days? A case-control study in Melbourne, Australia

Tony Bannister, Danny Csutoros, Anna-Lena Arnold, Jim Black, Geoffrey Feren, Richard Russell, Andrew Watson, Scott Williams, Jeremy David Silver, Nicole Hughes

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Background In epidemic thunderstorm asthma (ETSA) events a large number of people develop asthma symptoms over a short period of t..

Usability and acceptability of an automated respiratory rate counter to assess children for symptoms of pneumonia: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

Charlotte Ward, Kevin Baker, Helen Smith, Alice Maurel, Dawit Getachew, Tedila Habte, Cindy McWhorter, Paul LaBarre, Jonas Karlstrom, Jim Black, Quique Bassat, Agazi Ameha, Abraham Tariku, Max Petzold, Karin Kallander

Journal article  |  2019  |  ACTA PAEDIATRICA

AIM: Manually counting respiratory rate (RR) is commonly practiced by community health workers to detect fast breathing, an import..

Manual of Travel Medicine

Joseph Torresi, Sarah McGuinness, Karin Leder, Daniel O’Brien, Tilman Ruff, Mike Starr, Katherine Gibney

Book  |  2019

The fourth edition of this well received book provides an authoritative and up-to-date resource to support good practice in travel..

A Low-Pressure Oxygen Storage System for Oxygen Supply in Low-Resource Settings

Roger P Rassool, Bryn A Sobott, David J Peake, Bagayana S Mutetire, Peter P Moschovis, Jim FP Black

Journal article  |  2017  |  RESPIRATORY CARE

BACKGROUND: Widespread access to medical oxygen would reduce global pneumonia mortality. Oxygen concentrators are one proposed sol..