Research

Dr. Smith got into the field of epidemiology because she sees it as the science of the Good Samaritan. Through her training and research, Dr. Smith seeks to quantify need and identify solutions in various settings around the world. Below you’ll find a sampling of her research grouped according to place and focus.

Somaliland

Waiting Too Long: The Contribution of Delayed Surgical Access to Pediatric Disease Burden in Somaliland – World Journal of Surgery
The contribution of pediatric surgery to poverty trajectories in Somaliland – PLOS One
Provision of Surgical Care for Children Across Somaliland: Challenges and Policy Guidance – World Journal of Surgery
Prevalence of Pediatric Surgical Conditions Across Somaliland – JAMA Network Open


Uganda

Epidemiology and Characteristics of Neurosurgical Conditions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital – World Neurosurgery
Pediatric traumatic brain injury at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda – Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
A systematic review and quality analysis of pediatric traumatic brain injury clinical practice guidelines – PLOS One
Quantifying the pediatric surgical need in Uganda: results of a nationwide cross-sectional, household survey – Pediatric Surgery International
Availability of post-hospital services supporting community reintegration for children with identified surgical need in Uganda – BMC Health Services Research
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Pediatric Neurosurgical Outcomes Following a Neurosurgery Health System Intervention at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda – World Neurosurgery


Poverty

Is Global Pediatric Surgery a Good Investment? – World Journal of Surgery
Economic Analysis of Children’s Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Analysis – PLOS One
Disability Weights for Pediatric Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review and Analysis – World Journal of Surgery


Poverty and Global Burden

Quantifying the pediatric surgical need in Uganda: results of a nationwide cross-sectional, household survey – Pediatric Surgery International
Rethinking burns for low & middle-income countries: Differing patterns of burn epidemiology, care seeking behavior, and outcomes across four countries – Burns
Prevalence of Surgically Untreated Face, Head, and Neck Conditions in Uganda: a Cross-Sectional Nationwide Household Survey – World Neurosurgery
Epidemiology of pediatric surgical needs in low-income countries – PLOS One
Road traffic injuries: Cross-sectional cluster randomized countrywide population data from 4 low-income countries – International Journal of Surgery


Geospatial Analyses

Burden of Neonatal Surgical Conditions in Northern Ghana – World Journal of Surgery
Disparities in surgical care for children across Brazil: Use of geospatial analysis – PLOS One
Geospatial analysis of unmet surgical need in Uganda – Journal of Pediatric Surgery


Other

A systematic review of capacity assessment tools in pediatric surgery: Global Assessment in Pediatric Surgery (GAPS) Phase 1 – Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Health system assessment for safe surgical care in rural Nicaragua: a retrospective survey – The Lancet
Management and outcomes of gastrointestinal congenital anomalies in low, middle and high income countries: protocol for a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study – BMJ
Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgical Care: Executive Summary – World Journal of Surgery
Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery: A Model of Global Collaboration to Advance the Surgical Care of Children – World Journal of Surgery
A systematic review and quality analysis of pediatric traumatic brain injury clinical practice guidelines – PLOS One
Global Initiative for Children’s Surgery: A Model of Global Collaboration to Advance the Surgical Care of Children – World Journal of Surgery
Timing of HIV Seroreversion Among HIV-Exposed, Breastfed Infants in Malawi: Type of HIV Rapid Test Matters – Maternal and Child Health Journal