Browsing Research Publications by Author "Sanders, David"

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    • Monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve the healthiness of food environment Policy Index 

      Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; Sanders, David; Kraak, V.; Sacks, G.; Snowdon, W.; Hawkes, Corinna; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Lobstein, T.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, Carlos; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      Government action is essential to increase the healthiness of food environments and reduce obesity, diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and their related inequalities. This paper proposes a monitoring framework ...

    • Monitoring food and non-alcoholic beverage promotions to children 

      Kelly, B.; King, L.; Sanders, David; Baur, L.; Rayner, M.; Lobstein, T.; Monteiro, Carlos; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, Corinna; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Neal, B.; Sacks, G.; Snowdon, W.; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; Walker, C. (Wiley, 2013)
      Food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing is recognized as an important factor influencing food choices related to non-communicable diseases. The monitoring of populations’ exposure to food and nonalcoholic beverage ...

    • Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings 

      L’Abbé, M.; Schermel, A.; Sanders, David; Minaker, L.; Kelly, B.; Lee, A.; Vandevijvere, S.; Twohig, P.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, Corinna; Kumanyika, S.; Lobstein, T.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, Carlos; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Sacks, G.; Snowdon, W.; Swinburn, B.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      This paper outlines a step-wise framework for monitoring foods and beverages provided or sold in publicly funded institutions. The focus is on foods in schools, but the framework can also be applied to foods provided ...

    • Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication stategies 

      Brinsden, H.; Lobstein, T.; Sanders, David; Landon, J.; Kraak, V.; Sacks, G.; Kumanyika, S.; Swinburn, B.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, Corinna; Kelly, B.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, Carlos; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Snowdon, W.; Vandevijvere, S.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) proposes to collect performance indicators on food policies, actions and environments related ...

    • Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings 

      Rayner, M.; Wood, A.; Sanders, David (Wiley, 2013)
      Food labelling on food packaging has the potential to have both positive and negative effects on diets. Monitoring different aspects of food labelling would help to identify priority policy options to help people make ...

    • Monitoring the impacts of trade agreements on food environments 

      Friel, S.; Hattersley, L.; Sanders, David; Snowdon, W.; Thow, A. M.; Lobstein, T.; Barquera, S.; Mohan, S.; Hawkes, Corinna; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbe, M.; Lee, A.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Monteiro, Carlos; Neal, B.; Rayner, M.; Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; C. Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      The liberalization of international trade and foreign direct investment through multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements has had profound implications for the structure and nature of food systems, and therefore, ...

    • Monitoring the levels of important nutrients in the food supply 

      Neal, B.; Sacks, G.; Sanders, David; Swinburn, B.; Vandevijvere, S.; Dunford, E.; Snowdon, W.; Webster, J.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Hawkes, Corinna; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; L’Abbé, M.; Lee, A.; Lobstein, T.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, Carlos; Rayner, M.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      A food supply that delivers energy-dense products with high levels of salt, saturated fats and trans fats, in large portion sizes, is a major cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The highly processed foods produced ...

    • Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally 

      Lee, A.; Mhurchu, C.; Sanders, David; Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Snowdon, W.; Vandevijvere, S.; Hawkes, Corinna; L’Abbé, M.; Rayner, M.; Barquera, S.; Friel, S.; Kelly, B.; Kumanyika, S.; Lobstein, T.; Ma, J.; Macmullan, J.; Mohan, S.; Monteiro, Carlos; Neal, B.; Walker, C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      Food prices and food affordability are important determinants of food choices, obesity and non-communicable diseases. As governments around the world consider policies to promote the consumption of healthier foods, data ...

    • Multimorbidity patterns in a national HIV survey of South African youth and adults 

      Spires, Mark; Sanders, David; Hoelzel, Philipp (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      Introduction: Information pertaining to multimorbidity is frequently informed by studies from high income countries and it is unclear how these findings relate to low and middle income countries, where the burden of ...

    • A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention 

      Sacks, G.; Swinburn, B.; Sanders, David (Wiley, 2013)
      Private-sector organizations play a critical role in shaping the food environments of individuals and populations. However, there is currently very limited independent monitoring of private-sector actions related to food ...

    • Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy 

      Baum, Fran; Popay, Jennie; Delany-Crowe, Toni; Schaay, Nikki; Sanders, David (BMC, 2018)
      BACKGROUND: Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any level of economic development, some countries do better, and some worse, than expected – they either ...

    • Reducing the role of the food, tobacco, and alcohol industries in non-communicable disease risk in South Africa 

      Delobelle, Peter; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi (SAGE Publications, 2016)
      Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) impose a growing burden on the health, economy, and development of South Africa. According to the World Health Organization, four risk factors, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, unhealthy ...

    • Reduction in Child mortality in Niger 

      Hercot, David; Doherty, Tanya; Hongoro, Charles; Van Damme, Wim; Sanders, David (Elsevier, 2013)
      The Article by Agbessi Amouzou and colleagues1 is a welcome effort to document the successful reduction in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) in Niger. Amouzou and colleagues suggest that universal access to primary health ...

    • Research to action to address inequities: The experience of the Cape Town Equity Gauge 

      Scott, Vera; Stern, Ruth; Sanders, David; Reagon, Gavin; Mathews, Verona (BioMed Central, 2008-01-04)
      BACKGROUND: While the importance of promoting equity to achieve health is now recognised, the health gap continues to increase globally between and within countries. The description that follows looks at how the Cape Town ...

    • The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa 

      Leon, Natalie; Sanders, David; Damme, Wim Van; Besada, Donela; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Oliphant, Nicholas P.; Berzal, Rocio; Mason, John; Doherty, Tanya (Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
      Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a ...

    • Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review 

      Egbujie, Bonaventure Amandi; Delobelle, Peter Arthur; Levitt, Naomi; Puoane, Thandi; Sanders, David; van Wyk, Brian (PlOS ONE, 2018)
      Globally the number of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has risen significantly over the last few decades. Aligned to this is a growing use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver T2DM self-management ...

    • Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review 

      Egbujie, Bonaventure Amandi; Delobelle, Peter Arthur; Levitt, Naomi; Puoane, Thandi; Sanders, David; van Wyk, Brian (PLOS, 2018)
      Background: Globally the number of people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has risen significantly over the last few decades. Aligned to this is a growing use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver T2DM ...

    • South African child deaths 1990-2011: have HIV services reversed the trend enough to meet Millennium Development Goal 4? 

      Kerber, Kate J.; Lawn, Joy E.; Sanders, David; Jackson, Debra; Johnson, Leigh F.; Maye, Mary; Dorrington, Rob E.; Phillips, Heston; Bradshaw, Debbie; Nannan, Nadine; Msemburi, William; Oestergaard, Mikkel Z.; Walker, Neff P. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013)
      OBJECTIVE: To analyse trends in under-five mortality rate in South Africa (1990–2011), particularly the contribution of AIDS deaths. METHODS: Three nationally used models for estimating AIDS deaths in children ...

    • Strengthening the capabilities of families and communities to improve child health in low and middle income countries 

      Prost, Audrey; Sanders, David; Costello, Anthony; Vogel, Joanna; Baqui, Abdullah H; Nair, Nirmala; Romedenne, Magali; Chitnis, Ketan; Bisoborwa, Geoffrey; Doherty, Tanya (BMJ, 2018)
      The concept of community involvement in delivery of healthcare gained prominence after the 1978 Alma Ata conference on primary care. Many countries established large scale community health worker programmes with paid or ...

    • Study protocol for the SMART2D adaptive implementation trial: a cluster randomised trial comparing facility-only care with integrated facility and community care to improve type 2 diabetes outcomes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden 

      Guwatudde, David; Absetz, Pilvikki; Delobelle, Peter; Östenson, Claes-Göran; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
      INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasingly contributing to the global burden of disease. Health systems in most parts of the world are struggling to diagnose and manage T2D, especially in low-income and ...