Publications

Amon S, Gerold J, Akweongo P, Bulthuis S.E, Agyemang S.A, Aikins M. De facto health governance policies and practices in a decentralized setting of Ghana: implication for policy making and implementation. SSM Health Syst. 2024;3:100017. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmhs.2024.100017

Schwind B, Merten S, Hollenstein E, Wyss K, Gerold J. Formen interprofessioneller Zusammenarbeit in der ambulanten Gesundheitsversorgung: eine fallübergreifende Analyse in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2024;113(2):28-33

Bulthuis S, Kok M, Onvlee O, O'Byrne T, Amon S, Namakula J, Chikaphupha K, Gerold J, Mansour W, Raven J, Broerse J.E.W, Dieleman M. How to scale-up: a comparative case study of scaling up a district health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23:35. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09034-1

Bytyçi-Katanolli A, Obas K.A, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Jerliu N, Merten S, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Kwiatkowski M, Probst-Hensch N. Effectiveness of behavioural change interventions on physical activity, diet and body mass index of public primary healthcare users in Kosovo: the KOSCO cohort. BMJ Open. 2023;13(10):e071100. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071100

Obas K.A, Kwiatkowski M, Bytyci-Katanolli A, Statovci S, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Probst-Hensch N. Prospective association between depressive symptoms and blood-pressure related outcomes in Kosovo. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(4):e0000851. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000851

Bytyci-Katanolli A, Merten S, Kwiatkowski M, Obas K, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Probst-Hensch N. Non-communicable disease prevention in Kosovo: quantitative and qualitative assessment of uptake and barriers of an intervention for healthier lifestyles in primary healthcare. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022;22:647. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07969-5

Bytyci-Katanolli A, Probst-Hensch N, Obas K.A, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Jerliu N, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Merten S. Perceived barriers to physical activity behaviour among patients with diabetes and hypertension in Kosovo: a qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. 2022;23:257. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01866-w

Obas K.A, Bytyci-Katanolli A, Kwiatkowski M, Ramadani Q, Fota N, Jerliu N, Statovci S, Gerold J, Zahorka M, Probst-Hensch N. Strengthening primary healthcare in Kosovo requires tailoring primary, secondary and tertiary prevention interventions and consideration of mental health. Front Public Health. 2022;10:794309. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.794309

Bulthuis S.E, Kok M.C, Amon S, Agyemang S.A, Nsabagasani X, Sanudi L, Raven J, Finn M, Gerold J, Tulloch O, Dieleman M.A. How district health decision-making is shaped within decentralised contexts: a qualitative research in Malawi, Uganda and Ghana. Glob Public Health. 2021;16(1):120-135. DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1791213

Burri C, Gerold J. Executive summary: external assessment of Unitaid’s human subject research management. Basel: Swiss TPH, 2021

Signorell A, Saric J, Appenzeller-Herzog C, Ewald H, Burri C, Goetz M, Gerold J. Methodological approaches for conducting follow-up research with clinical trial participants: a scoping review and expert interviews. Trials. 2021;22:961. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05866-6

Vallieres F, Mubiri P, Agyemang S.A, Amon S, Gerold J, Martineau T, Nolan A, O'Byrne T, Sanudi L, Sengooba F, Prytherch H. Determinants of safety climate at primary care level in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda: a cross-sectional study across 138 selected primary healthcare facilities. Hum Resour Health. 2021;19:73. DOI: 10.1186/s12960-021-00617-9

Heerdegen A.C.S, Gerold J, Amon S, Agyemang S.A, Aikins M, Wyss K. How does district health management emerge within a complex health system? Insights for capacity strengthening in Ghana. Front Public Health. 2020;8:270. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00270

Obas K.A, Gerold J, Bytyci-Katanolli A, Jerliu N, Kwiatkowski M, Ramadani Q, Statovci S, Zahorka M, Probst-Hensch N. Study protocol: a prospective cohort on non-communicable diseases among primary healthcare users living in Kosovo (KOSCO). BMJ Open. 2020;10(9):e038889. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038889

Shrestha A, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Erismann S, Sharma S, Koju R, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Nutritional and health status of children 15 months after integrated school garden, nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Nepal. BMC Public Health. 2020;20:158. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8027-z

Kiefer S, Gerold J, Ramadani Q, Shehu M, Stevenson D. National Quality of Care Study Kosovo: Accessible Quality Healthcare Project. Basel: Swiss Centre for International Health, 2019

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza : inventaire des activités de prévention de la grippe saisonnière en Suisse: dans le cadre de la Stratégie nationale de prévention de la grippe saisonnière (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza: Inventory of activities in the prevention of seasonal influenza in Switzerland: within the framework of the national strategy for the prevention of seasonal influenza (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza: Inventario delle attività sulla prevenzione dell’influenza stagionale in Svizzera: nell’ambito della strategia nazionale di prevenzione dell’in-fluenza stagionale (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2018

Gerold J, Erismann S, Wyss K. Mapping Study Influenza: Inventar der Aktivitäten zur Prävention der saisonalen Grippe in der Schweiz: im Rahmen der nationalen Strategie zur Prävention der saisonalen Grippe (GRIPS). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institue, 2018

Shrestha A, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Erismann S, Sharma S, Koju R, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Intestinal parasite infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts, Nepal: a cross-sectional study. Parasit Vectors. 2018;11:532. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-3105-0

Weiss C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Merten S. Training in youth-friendly service provision improves nurses' competency level in the Great Lakes Region. Int J Public Health. 2018;63(6):753-763. DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1106-6

Erismann S, Diagbouga S, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Knoblauch A.M, Gerold J, Leuenberger A, Shrestha A, Tarnagda G, Utzinger J, Cissé G. School children's intestinal parasite and nutritional status 1 year after complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in Burkina Faso. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;97(3):904-913. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0964

Erismann S, Knoblauch A.M, Diagbouga S, Odermatt P, Gerold J, Shrestha A, Tarnagda G, Savadogo B, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Prevalence and risk factors of undernutrition among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso. Infect Dis Poverty. 2017;6:17. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0230-x

Gerold J. Full of life: old age and care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Bd. 11. Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2017

Shrestha A, Sharma S, Gerold J, Erismann S, Sagar S, Koju R, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Water quality, sanitation, and hygiene conditions in schools and households in Dolakha and Ramechhap districts, Nepal: results from a cross-sectional survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(1):E89. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010089

Carou-Jones V, UNFPA Evaluation Team. Evaluation of UNFPA support to adolescents and youth 2008-2015. 1. New York: UNFPA Evaluation Office, 2016

Erismann S, Diagbouga S, Odermatt P, Knoblauch A.M, Gerold J, Shrestha A, Grissoum T, Kaboré A, Schindler C, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in the Plateau Central and Centre-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso. Parasit Vectors. 2016;18(9):554. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1835-4

Erismann S, Shrestha A, Diagbouga S, Knoblauch A, Gerold J, Herz R, Sharma S, Schindler C, Odermatt P, Drescher A, Yang R.Y, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children's nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso and Nepal: a study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:244. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2910-7

Gerold J, Staudacher S, Merten S. Survey among Medicus Mundi Switzerland members on human rights-based approaches to sexual and reproductive health: study report. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2016

Gerold J. Der Online-Pfleger? Care und Mobiltelefonie am Beispiel Tansania. In: Zimmermann H,Kruse A,Rentsch T, eds. Kulturen des Alterns: Plädoyers für ein gutes Leben bis ins hohe Alter, 71-78. Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 2016

Shrestha A, Gerold J, Bhandari K. Binu dreams of vegetable gardens. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2016

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014 South Kivu province, DRC. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Bifuko O, Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Knoblauch A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Weiss C, Nangunia M. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014 Province du Sud Kivu, RDC. Bâle: Institut Tropical et de Santé Publique, 2015

Blake C, Cartaña L, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Ngabo F, Nzamponimpa A, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey: household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: Rwanda report: Next Generation Programm 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: Burundi report : Next Generation Programme 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : household and health facility surveys (Executive summary: South Kivu (DRC) report : Next Generation Programme 2013-2015). Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Enquête sur la santé sexuelle at reproductive des adolescent(e)s et des jeunes adultes : rapport d'enquête 2014, Burundi. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Blake C, Elouard Y, Gerold J, Martin Hilber A, Merten S, Ndabihore N, Schwarz J, Weiss C. Adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health survey : survey report 2014, Burundi. Basel: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 2015

Erismann S, Knoblauch A, Diagbouga S, Gerold J, Savadogo B, Grissoum T, Yang R.Y, Utzinger J, Cissé G. Inadequate dietary and hygiene practices and knowledge of school-aged children in Burkina Faso. Ann Nutr Metab, 2015;67:210-211