Fabrizio D'Esposito

Effectiveness of a scalable group-based education and monitoring program, delivered by health workers, to improve control of hypertension in rural India: A cluster randomised controlled trial.

Dilan Giguruwa Gamage, Michaela A Riddell, Rohina Joshi, Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Clara K Chow, Brian Oldenburg, Roger G Evans, Ajay S Mahal, Kartik Kalyanram, Kamakshi Kartik, Oduru Suresh, Nihal Thomas, Gomathyamma K Mini, Pallab K Maulik, Velandai K Srikanth, Simin Arabshahi, Ravi P Varma, Rama K Guggilla, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Medicine

BACKGROUND: New methods are required to manage hypertension in resource-poor settings. We hypothesised that a community health wor..

Health outcomes for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children born preterm, low birthweight or small for gestational age: A nationwide cohort study

Elizabeth M Westrupp, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Jane Freemantle, Fiona K Mensah, Jan M Nicholson

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLOS ONE

OBJECTIVE: To examine health outcomes in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children experiencing perinatal risk and..

A peer-support lifestyle intervention for preventing type 2 diabetes in India: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program

Kavumpurathu R Thankappan, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Robyn J Tapp, Jonathan E Shaw, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Rory Wolfe, Pilvikki Absetz, Elezebeth Mathews, Zahra Aziz, Emily D Williams, Edwin B Fisher, Paul Z Zimmet, Ajay Mahal, Sajitha Balachandran, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Priyanka Sajeev, Emma Thomas, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: The major efficacy trials on diabetes prevention have used resource-intensive approaches to identify high-risk individ..

What Influences Parents' Fear about Children's Independent Mobility? Evidence from a State-Wide Survey of Australian Parents

Shannon K Bennetts, Amanda R Cooklin, Sharinne Crawford, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Naomi J Hackworth, Julie Green, Jan Matthews, Lyndall Strazdins, Stephen R Zubrick, Jan M Nicholson

Journal article  |  2018  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION

PURPOSE: To identify factors associated with generalized and stranger-specific parental fear (PF) about children's independent mob..

Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India: the Kerala diabetes prevention program (K-DPP)

Elezebeth Mathews, Emma Thomas, Pilvikki Absetz, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Zahra Aziz, Sajitha Balachandran, Meena Daivadanam, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is now one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths globally. India has the wor..

Baseline characteristics of participants in the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program: a cluster randomized controlled trial of lifestyle intervention in Asian Indians

T Sathish, B Oldenburg, RJ Tapp, JE Shaw, R Wolfe, B Sajitha, F D'Esposito, P Absetz, E Mathews, PZ Zimmet, KR Thankappan

Journal article  |  2017  |  DIABETIC MEDICINE

AIMS: To describe the baseline characteristics of participants in the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program. METHODS: The Kerala Diab..

Worries, 'weirdos', neighborhoods and knowing people: a qualitative study with children and parents regarding children's independent mobility

SB Crawford, SK Bennetts, NJ Hackworth, J Green, H Graesser, AR Cooldin, J Matthews, L Strazdins, SR Zubrick, F D'Esposito, JM Nicholson

Journal article  |  2017  |  HEALTH & PLACE

This qualitative study involved focus groups with 132 children and 12 parents in primary and secondary schools in metropolitan and..

Cluster randomised feasibility trial to improve the Control of Hypertension In Rural India (CHIRI): a study protocol

Michaela A Riddell, Rohina Joshi, Brian Oldenburg, Clara Chow, KR Thankappan, Ajay Mahal, Nihal Thomas, Velandai K Srikanth, Roger G Evans, Kartik Kalyanram, Kamakshi Kartik, Pallab K Maulik, Simin Arabshahi, RP Varma, Rama K Guggilla, Oduru Suresh, GK Mini, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Thirunavukkarasu Sathish, Mohammed Alim, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is emerging in rural populations of India. Barriers to diagnosis and treatment of hypertension may diff..

Stressful life events and the onset of chronic diseases among Australian adults: findings from a longitudinal survey

Andre MN Renzaho, Brendan Houng, John Oldroyd, Jan M Nicholson, Fabrizio D'Esposito, Brian Oldenburg

Journal article  |  2014  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

OBJECTIVES: This article examines the link between stressful life events and illness by considering both onset and reoccurrence of..