List of works - Richard Matzopoulos

"The worst of both worlds": the management reform of the World Health Organization.

scientific article published in January 2001

67th WHA Resolution on violence prevention misses the mark

scientific article

A field test of substance use screening devices as part of routine drunk-driving spot detection operating procedures in South Africa

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

A retrospective time trend study of firearm and non-firearm homicide in Cape Town from 1994 to 2013

A systematic review of the effects of poverty deconcentration and urban upgrading on youth violence

scientific article published on 21 December 2013

Adapting a blended motivational interviewing and problem-solving intervention to address risky substance use amongst South Africans

scientific article published on 8 April 2014

Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: an uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts

scientific article published on 8 April 2010

Assessing quality of existing data sources on road traffic injuries (RTIs) and their utility in informing injury prevention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

scientific article

Bridging risk and enactment: the role of psychology in leading psychosocial research to augment the public health approach to violence in South Africa

article

Brief report on a systematic review of youth violence prevention through media campaigns: Does the limited yield of strong evidence imply methodological challenges or absence of effect?

scientific article published on 30 July 2016

Collecting injury surveillance data in low- and middle-income countries: the Cape Town Trauma Registry pilot

scientific article

Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy, not only in clinical practice/research

article

Drivers' risk profile indicates the need for a graduated driving licence in South Africa

scientific article published on 22 August 2012

Erratum to: Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions.

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Estimating the South African trauma caseload

scientific article published in March 2006

Evaluation of a Cape Town Safety Intervention as a Model for Good Practice: A Partnership between Researchers, Community and Implementing Agency

Fatal railway injuries in Cape Town, South Africa.

scientific article published in June 1997

Firearm and nonfirearm homicide in 5 South African cities: a retrospective population-based study.

scientific article

Global Fund collusion with liquor giant is a clear conflict of interest. ⬇️

scientific article published on January 2012

Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

journal article published in 2012

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

scientific article

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

journal article published in 2015

Gun control saves lives.

scientific article

Injury-related mortality in South Africa: a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: an epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data

scientific article

Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa

scientific article

Is the introduction of violence and injury observatories associated with a reduction of violence in adult populations? Rationale and protocol for a systematic review

scientific article

Linking criminal contexts to injury outcomes: findings and lessons from a national study of robbery in South Africa

scholarly article by Brett Bowman et al published 7 June 2018 in International Journal of Public Health

Local-level mortality surveillance in resource-limited settings: a case study of Cape Town highlights disparities in health

scientific article

Meeting the challenge of railway injury in a South African city

scientific article published on September 1996

Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

scientific article published on September 2016

Mortality trends in the City of Cape Town between 2001 and 2013: Reducing inequities in health

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Rationale and design of the violence, injury and trauma observatory (VITO): the Cape Town VITO pilot studies protocol

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Road traffic injury: prioritising interventions.

scientific article

Screening and brief interventions for substance use in emergency departments in the Western Cape province of South Africa: views of health care professionals

scientific article published on 9 July 2013

Second National Burden of Disease Study South Africa: national and subnational mortality trends, 1997–2009

scientific article published in The Lancet

South Africa's COVID-19 Alcohol Sales Ban: The Potential for Better Policy-Making

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

South Africa's vital statistics are currently not suitable for monitoring progress towards injury and violence Sustainable Development Goals

scientific article

Spearheading human and economic development in the Arab world through evidence‐based and world‐class healthcare

article

Statement in Response to Asbestos Industry Efforts to Prevent a Ban on Asbestos in Pakistan:Chrysotile Asbestos Use is Not Safe and Must Be Banned

article

Strengthening local-level cause of death surveillance: a case study of Western Cape Province, South Africa

scientific article published in The Lancet

Sustainable development goals put violence prevention on the map.

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

The Provincial Injury Mortality Surveillance System (PIMSS): a surveillance tool for the Western Cape

The US National Violent Death Reporting System: domestic and international lessons for violence injury surveillance

scientific article published on December 2006

The Western Cape Government's new Integrated Provincial Violence Prevention Policy Framework: Successes and challenges

article published in 2014

The electronic Trauma Health Record: design and usability of a novel tablet-based tool for trauma care and injury surveillance in low resource settings

scientific article published on 4 October 2013

The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

scientific article

The high burden of injuries in South Africa

scientific article published on September 2007

The impact of violence on development in low- to middle-income countries

scientific article published on December 2008

The impact of violence on health in low- to middle-income countries

scientific article published on December 2008

Trauma Surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa: An Analysis of 9236 Consecutive Trauma Center Admissions

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions

scientific article published on 16 May 2016

Validating homicide rates in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: Findings from the 2009 Injury Mortality Survey

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Violence, violence prevention, and safety: a research agenda for South Africa.

scientific article published on 7 March 2012

Where have all the gun deaths gone?

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

List of works by Richard Matzopoulos

"The worst of both worlds": the management reform of the World Health Organization.

67th WHA Resolution on violence prevention misses the mark

A field test of substance use screening devices as part of routine drunk-driving spot detection operating procedures in South Africa

A retrospective time trend study of firearm and non-firearm homicide in Cape Town from 1994 to 2013

A systematic review of the effects of poverty deconcentration and urban upgrading on youth violence

Adapting a blended motivational interviewing and problem-solving intervention to address risky substance use amongst South Africans

Applying upstream interventions for interpersonal violence prevention: an uphill struggle in low- to middle-income contexts

Assessing quality of existing data sources on road traffic injuries (RTIs) and their utility in informing injury prevention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Bridging risk and enactment: the role of psychology in leading psychosocial research to augment the public health approach to violence in South Africa

Brief report on a systematic review of youth violence prevention through media campaigns: Does the limited yield of strong evidence imply methodological challenges or absence of effect?

Collecting injury surveillance data in low- and middle-income countries: the Cape Town Trauma Registry pilot

Conflict of interest: A tenacious ethical dilemma in public health policy, not only in clinical practice/research

Drivers' risk profile indicates the need for a graduated driving licence in South Africa

Erratum to: Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions.

Estimating the South African trauma caseload

Evaluation of a Cape Town Safety Intervention as a Model for Good Practice: A Partnership between Researchers, Community and Implementing Agency

Fatal railway injuries in Cape Town, South Africa.

Firearm and nonfirearm homicide in 5 South African cities: a retrospective population-based study.

Global Fund collusion with liquor giant is a clear conflict of interest. ⬇️

Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016

Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

Gun control saves lives.

Injury-related mortality in South Africa: a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations

Intentional injury and violence in Cape Town, South Africa: an epidemiological analysis of trauma admissions data

Interpersonal violence: an important risk factor for disease and injury in South Africa

Is the introduction of violence and injury observatories associated with a reduction of violence in adult populations? Rationale and protocol for a systematic review

Linking criminal contexts to injury outcomes: findings and lessons from a national study of robbery in South Africa

Local-level mortality surveillance in resource-limited settings: a case study of Cape Town highlights disparities in health

Meeting the challenge of railway injury in a South African city

Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

Mortality trends in the City of Cape Town between 2001 and 2013: Reducing inequities in health

Rationale and design of the violence, injury and trauma observatory (VITO): the Cape Town VITO pilot studies protocol

Road traffic injury: prioritising interventions.

Screening and brief interventions for substance use in emergency departments in the Western Cape province of South Africa: views of health care professionals

Second National Burden of Disease Study South Africa: national and subnational mortality trends, 1997–2009

South Africa's COVID-19 Alcohol Sales Ban: The Potential for Better Policy-Making

South Africa's vital statistics are currently not suitable for monitoring progress towards injury and violence Sustainable Development Goals

Spearheading human and economic development in the Arab world through evidence‐based and world‐class healthcare

Statement in Response to Asbestos Industry Efforts to Prevent a Ban on Asbestos in Pakistan:Chrysotile Asbestos Use is Not Safe and Must Be Banned

Strengthening local-level cause of death surveillance: a case study of Western Cape Province, South Africa

Sustainable development goals put violence prevention on the map.

The Provincial Injury Mortality Surveillance System (PIMSS): a surveillance tool for the Western Cape

The US National Violent Death Reporting System: domestic and international lessons for violence injury surveillance

The Western Cape Government's new Integrated Provincial Violence Prevention Policy Framework: Successes and challenges

The electronic Trauma Health Record: design and usability of a novel tablet-based tool for trauma care and injury surveillance in low resource settings

The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013

The high burden of injuries in South Africa

The impact of violence on development in low- to middle-income countries

The impact of violence on health in low- to middle-income countries

Trauma Surveillance in Cape Town, South Africa: An Analysis of 9236 Consecutive Trauma Center Admissions

Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions

Validating homicide rates in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: Findings from the 2009 Injury Mortality Survey

Violence, violence prevention, and safety: a research agenda for South Africa.

Where have all the gun deaths gone?