Associations between social determinants of health and interpersonal violence-related injury in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

KJ Blair, M de Virgilio, FN Dissak-Delon, LE Dang… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Risk factors for interpersonal violence-related injury (IPVRI) in low-income and
middle-income countries (LMICs) remain poorly defined. We describe associations between …

[HTML][HTML] Failure to receive prescribed imaging is associated with increased early mortality after injury in Cameroon

M Driban, FN Dissak-Delon, M Carvalho… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Despite having the highest rates of injury-related mortality in the world, trauma system
capacity in sub-Saharan Africa remains underdeveloped. One barrier to prompt diagnosis of …

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

H Tupper, R Oke, C Juillard… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Injury-related deaths overwhelmingly occur in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Community-based injury surveillance is essential to accurately capture trauma epidemiology …

Chronic Disease Comorbidities Among Injured Patients in Cameroon: A Retrospective Cohort Study

KJ Blair, FN Dissak-Delon, R Oke, M Carvalho… - Journal of Surgical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Chronic diseases are increasing but underdiagnosed in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs), where injury mortality is already disproportionately high. We …

Bystander intervention is associated with reduced mortality among injury victims in Cameroon

K OConnor, M Driban, R Oke, FN Dissak-Delon… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Introduction Despite high injury mortality rates, Cameroon currently lacks a formal
prehospital care system. In other sub-Saharan African low and middle-income countries, Lay …