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Sarah Quesnel-Crooks

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  14
Citations -  688

Sarah Quesnel-Crooks is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cross-sectional study. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 9 publications receiving 293 citations.

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The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults

TL;DR: Given the high disease burden caused by hypertension in LMICs, nationally representative hypertension care cascades, as constructed in this study, are an important measure of progress towards achieving universal health coverage.
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Health system performance for people with diabetes in 28 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative surveys.

TL;DR: Health system performance for management of diabetes showed large losses to care at the stage of being tested, and low rates of diabetes control along the care cascade, indicating large unmet need for diabetes care across 28 LMICs.
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The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 680 102 adults

TL;DR: The proportion of adults with diabetes in LMICs who receive coverage of recommended pharmacological and non-pharmacological diabetes treatment and country-level and individual-level characteristics that are associated with treatment are estimated to be fewer than one in ten.
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Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship With Education, Wealth, and BMI in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

TL;DR: LMICs included in this analysis may be at an advanced stage in the nutrition transition but with no reversal in the socioeconomic gradient of diabetes risk, in contrast to the association seen in high-income countries.
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Leading Causes of Cancer Mortality - Caribbean Region, 2003-2013.

TL;DR: Several of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the Caribbean can be reduced through primary and secondary preventions, including prevention of exposure to risk factors, screening, early detection, and timely and effective treatment.