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G. J. Melendez-Torres
Researcher at University of Exeter
Publications - 224
Citations - 5297
G. J. Melendez-Torres is an academic researcher from University of Exeter. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychological intervention & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 157 publications receiving 3250 citations. Previous affiliations of G. J. Melendez-Torres include University of London & University of Pennsylvania.
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Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Children and Adolescents Compared With Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Russell M Viner,Oliver T Mytton,Chris Bonell,G. J. Melendez-Torres,Joseph L Ward,Lee Hudson,Claire S. Waddington,James Thomas,Simon Russell,Fiona R. M. van der Klis,Archana Koirala,Shamez N Ladhani,Jasmina Panovska-Griffiths,Nicholas G Davies,Robert Booy,Rosalind M Eggo +15 more
TL;DR: There is preliminary evidence that children and adolescents have lower susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, with the pooled odds ratio of 0.56 for being an infected contact compared with adults, although seroprevalence in adolescents appeared similar to adults.
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The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums
Alex Ezeh,Oyinlola Oyebode,David Satterthwaite,Yen-Fu Chen,Robert Ndugwa,Jo Sartori,Blessing Mberu,G. J. Melendez-Torres,Tilahun Nigatu Haregu,Samuel I. Watson,Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa,Anthony Capon,Richard J. Lilford +12 more
TL;DR: Why slums are unhealthy places with especially high risks of infection and injury is discussed and it is shown that children are especially vulnerable, and that the combination of malnutrition and recurrent diarrhoea leads to stunted growth and longer-term effects on cognitive development.
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From complex social interventions to interventions in complex social systems: future directions and unresolved questions for intervention development and evaluation
Graham Moore,Rhiannon Evans,Jemma Hawkins,Hannah Littlecott,G. J. Melendez-Torres,Chris Bonell,Simon Murphy +6 more
TL;DR: This article identifies some key areas in which this framework of intervention science might be reconceptualized, and a number of priority areas where further development is needed if alignment with a systems perspective is to be achieved.
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‘Dark logic’: theorising the harmful consequences of public health interventions
TL;DR: It is argued for the importance of evaluations of public health interventions not only aiming to examine potential harms but also the mechanisms that might underlie these harms so that they might be avoided in the future and suggested a new process by which evaluators might develop ‘dark logic models’ to guide the evaluation of potential harms.
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Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums.
Richard J. Lilford,Oyinlola Oyebode,David Satterthwaite,G. J. Melendez-Torres,Yen-Fu Chen,Blessing Mberu,Samuel I. Watson,Jo Sartori,Robert Ndugwa,Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa,Tilahun Nigatu Haregu,Anthony Capon,Ruhi Saith,Alex Ezeh +13 more
TL;DR: It is argued that, in all low-income and-middle-income countries, census tracts should henceforth be designated slum or non-slum both to inform local policy and as the basis for research surveys that build on censuses.