7 results for "Haley Tupper"

Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening Perceptions of Women in Yerevan, Armenia

Haley Tupper; Razmik Ghukasyan; Armine Bayburtyan et al.

International Journal of Public Health, Vol. 69 · 2024 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Objectives:Breast cancer is the leading cause of female cancer mortality in Armenia. The government is considering covering breast cancer screening, but prevailing attitudes towards it are unknown. This cross-sectional study assessed Armenian women’s awareness and perceptions of breast cancer…

Validation of an Eastern Armenian breast cancer health belief survey

Haley Tupper; Razmik Ghukasyan; Armine Bayburtyan et al.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 3 No. 5 · 2023 · English · PLOS Scopus

With the fourth highest breast cancer mortality rate in the world, breast cancer prevention and early detection is a priority for Armenia. The Ministry of Health recently initiated efforts to expand access to breast cancer screening. However, little is known about the population’s understanding and…

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Lung cancer screening beliefs in Armenia

Nathan Chu; Haley Tupper; Tamara Galoyan et al.

Frontiers in Oncology, Vol. 13 · 2023 · English · DOAJ Scopus

IntroductionIn Armenia, an upper-middle income country, 93% of deaths are from non-communicable diseases and over half of the male population smokes. Armenia has more than double the global lung cancer incidence. Over 80% of lung cancer is diagnosed at stages III or IV. However, there is a…

Report cards and outcome measurements to improve the safety of surgical care (North America): an updated systematic review from Making Healthcare Safer IV

Aneesa Motala; P G Shekelle; Emily Lawson et al.

BMJ Open, Vol. 16 No. 4 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Objectives In the USA, an estimated 40–50 million operations are performed annually, with high rates of adverse events. Since the 1980s, report cards have been used for outcome measures and to improve safety of surgical care. As part of Making Healthcare Safer IV—an initiative aimed at publishing…

The CBS test: Development, evaluation & cross-validation of a community-based injury severity scoring system in Cameroon

Haley Tupper; Rasheedat Oke; Catherine Juillard et al.

PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 3 No. 7 · 2023 · English · PLOS Scopus

Injury-related deaths overwhelmingly occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Community-based injury surveillance is essential to accurately capture trauma epidemiology in LMICs, where one-third of injured individuals never present to formal care. However, community-based studies are…

Interpersonal violence-related physical injury in low- and middle-income countries and its association with markers of socioeconomic status: a systematic review

Kevin J. Blair; Haley Tupper; Jordan M. Rook et al.

BMC Public Health, Vol. 25 No. 1 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Abstract Background Interpersonal violence-related physical injury (IPVRPI) is a leading cause of death in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet reliable data relating socioeconomic status (SES) and IPVRPI in these settings are lacking. We analyzed existing literature on associations…