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List of works by Jacob Plange-Rhule

'I believe high blood pressure can kill me:' using the PEN-3 Cultural Model to understand patients' perceptions of an intervention to control hypertension in Ghana

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25-Hydroxyvitamin D and blood pressure: a plateau effect in adults with African ancestry living at different latitudes

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

25-Hydroxyvitamin D in African-origin populations at varying latitudes challenges the construct of a physiologic norm

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A Concept Mapping Study of Physicians’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing Management and Control of Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa

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A Narrative Synthesis of the Health Systems Factors Influencing Optimal Hypertension Control in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

A cluster-randomized trial of task shifting and blood pressure control in Ghana: study protocol

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A community programme to reduce salt intake and blood pressure in Ghana [ISRCTN88789643].

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A comparison of indices of glucose metabolism in five black populations: Data from modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)

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A mixed ecologic-cohort comparison of physical activity & weight among young adults from five populations of African origin

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A multi-center prospective cohort study to evaluate the effect of differential pricing and health systems strengthening on access to medicines and management of hypertension and diabetes in Ghana: A study protocol

article by Linda Meta Mobula et al published 7 February 2018 in Gates Open Research

A multi-center prospective cohort study to evaluate the effect of differential pricing and health systems strengthening on access to medicines and management of hypertension and diabetes in Ghana: A study protocol

article by Linda Meta Mobula et al published 3 May 2018 in Gates Open Research

A renal registry for Africa: first steps

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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D AND INTACT PARATHYROID HORMONE LEVELS ACROSS LATITUDE AMONG ADULTS WITH AFRICAN ANCESTRY.

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Accelerometer-measured physical activity is not associated with two-year weight change in African-origin adults from five diverse populations

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Adopting Task-Shifting Strategies for Hypertension Control in Ghana: Insights From a Realist Synthesis of Stakeholder Perceptions

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to examine nurses' perception of the task shifting strategy for hypertension control trial in Ghana

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Assessment of GFR by four methods in adults in Ashanti, Ghana: the need for an eGFR equation for lean African populations

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Association between smoking and total energy expenditure in a multi-country study

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Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS)

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Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme

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Bisphenol A (BPA) Found in Humans and Water in Three Geographic Regions with Distinctly Different Levels of Economic Development.

scientific article published on 12 January 2014

Blood Pressure and Haematological Indices in Twelve Communities in Ashanti, Ghana.

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Blood pressure and body mass index in lean rural and semi-urban subjects in West Africa

scientific article published on September 2005

Body size and blood pressure: an analysis of Africans and the African diaspora

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Capacity and Readiness for Implementing Evidence-Based Task-Strengthening Strategies for Hypertension Control in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Cardiovascular risk status of Afro-origin populations across the spectrum of economic development: findings from the Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study

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Comparisons of intensity-duration patterns of physical activity in the US, Jamaica and 3 African countries.

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Constrained Total Energy Expenditure and Metabolic Adaptation to Physical Activity in Adult Humans

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Daily activity patterns of 2316 men and women from five countries differing in socioeconomic development

scientific article published on 2 June 2015

Decreased microbial co-occurrence network stability and SCFA receptor level correlates with obesity in African-origin women

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Dietary factors and fibroblast growth factor-23 levels in young adults with African ancestry

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Distribution of metals exposure and associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in the "Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study".

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Elevated hypertension risk for African-origin populations in biracial societies: modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study

scientific article published on March 2015

Erratum to: Training nurses in task-shifting strategies for the management and control of hypertension in Ghana: a mixed-methods study

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

Estimated glomerular filtration rate predicts incident stroke among Ghanaians with diabetes and hypertension

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Evidence for daily and weekly rhythmicity but not lunar or seasonal rhythmicity of physical activity in a large cohort of individuals from five different countries

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Exploring stakeholders' perceptions of a task-shifting strategy for hypertension control in Ghana: a qualitative study

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Factors associated with uncontrolled blood pressure among Ghanaians: Evidence from a multicenter hospital-based study

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Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 (FGF-23) Levels Differ Across Populations by Degree of Industrialization

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

For the patient. How much salt is used in Ashanti, West Africa?

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Genomic approaches to the burden of kidney disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Kidney Disease Research Network

scientific article published on July 2016

Gut microbiota, short chain fatty acids, and obesity across the epidemiologic transition: the METS-Microbiome study protocol

scientific article published on 06 August 2018

Health insurance coverage with or without a nurse-led task shifting strategy for hypertension control: A pragmatic cluster randomized trial in Ghana

scientific article published in May 2018

In-Country Training by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons: An Initiative that has Aided Surgeon Retention and Distribution in Ghana

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Incident stroke among Ghanaians with hypertension and diabetes: A multicenter, prospective cohort study

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Independent association of resting energy expenditure with blood pressure: confirmation in populations of the African diaspora.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Left ventricular hypertrophy among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana

scientific article published on 27 September 2017

Longitudinal control of blood pressure among a cohort of Ghanaians with hypertension: A multicenter, hospital-based study

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Metabolic acceleration and the evolution of human brain size and life history

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Obesity-related metabolite profiles of black women spanning the epidemiologic transition

scientific article published on 05 February 2016

Prevalence and predictors of chronic kidney disease among Ghanaian patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A multicenter cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 29 August 2019

Prevalence, detection, management, and control of hypertension in Ashanti, West Africa

scientific article published on 22 March 2004

Prevalence, determinants and systems-thinking approaches to optimal hypertension control in West Africa

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Proactive prevention: Act now to disrupt the impending non-communicable disease crisis in low-burden populations

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation : Washington, DC, USA. 14-15 December 2015

article by David Chambers et al published 1 August 2016 in Implementation Science

Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study: a longitudinal observational study of energy balance and change in body weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk

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Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Reducing selection bias in a cluster randomized trial in West African villages

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Reply to T Weishaar

scientific article published in February 2015

Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

scientific article published in June 2014

Rural and semi-urban differences in salt intake, and its dietary sources, in Ashanti, West Africa.

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Shortage of healthcare workers in developing countries--Africa.

scientific article published on January 2009

Sustaining Nurse-Led Task-Shifting Strategies for Hypertension Control: A Concept Mapping Study to Inform Evidence-Based Practice

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Task shifting interventions for cardiovascular risk reduction in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

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Task-shifting for cardiovascular risk factor management: lessons from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

The Association of Dietary Fiber Intake with Cardiometabolic Risk in Four Countries across the Epidemiologic Transition.

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The Kathmandu Declaration on Global CVD/Hypertension Research and Implementation Science: A Framework to Advance Implementation Research for Cardiovascular and Other Noncommunicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

The human microbiota is associated with cardiometabolic risk across the epidemiologic transition

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS).

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Training nurses in task-shifting strategies for the management and control of hypertension in Ghana: a mixed-methods study

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Unaffordable drug prices: the major cause of non-compliance with hypertension medication in Ghana.

scientific article published on 12 November 2004

Under-reporting of dietary energy intake in five populations of the African diaspora

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Uptake of Task-Strengthening Strategy for Hypertension (TASSH) control within Community-Based Health Planning Services in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 02 October 2020

Vitamin D levels are low in adult patients with sickle cell disease in Jamaica and West Africa

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