COHESION Publications and Presentations

Knowledge sharing. Mutual learning. Capacity building.

Peer-Reviewed

Peer-reviewed publications from the COHESION team

2021

  • Somerville C, Munguambe K. The rise of non-communicable disease (NCDs) in Mozambique: decolonising gender and global health. Gender & Development. 2021 Jan 2;29(1):189–206.  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13552074.2021.1885220
  • Erismann S, Pesantes MA, Beran D, Leuenberger A, Farnham A, Berger Gonzalez de White M, et al. How to bring research evidence into policy? Synthesizing strategies of five research projects in low-and middle-income countries. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021 Mar 6;19(1):29.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33676518/
  • Beran, D.; Pesantes, MA.; Berghusen, MC.; Hennig, BJ.; Jacobi, J.; Lazo-Porras, M.; et al. Rethinking research processes to strengthen co-production in low and middle income countries. BMJ. 2021 Feb 16;372:m4785. https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.m4785.full

2020

  • Pesantes, M.A.; Moyano, L.M.; Sommerville, C.; Project on behalf of CWG in P and COHESION Project. Neurocysticercosis in Northern Peru: Qualitative Insights from men and women about living with seizures. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2020;14:e0008715. https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008715
  • Aya Pastrana, N.; Beran, D.; Somerville, C.; Heller, O.; Correia, J.; Suggs, L.S. The process of building the priority of neglected tropical diseases: A global policy analysis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(8), e0008498. https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008498
  • Aya Pastrana, N.; Lazo-Porras, M.; Miranda, JJ.; Beran, D.; Suggs, L.S. Social marketing interventions for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: A systematic review. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(6), e0008360. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008360
  • Lazo-Porras, M.; Perez-Leon, S.; Cardenas, M.K.; Pesantes, M.A.; Miranda, J.J.; Suggs, L.S.; Chappuis, F.; Perel, P.; Beran, D. Lessons learned about co-creation: developing a complex intervention in rural Peru. Global Health Action, 2020: Vol 13, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1754016
  • Aya Pastrana, N.; Somerville, C.; Suggs, L.S. The gender responsiveness of social marketing interventions focused on neglected tropical diseases. Global Health Action, 2020: Vol 13, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1711335 

2019

  • Correia, J.C.; Lachat, S.; Lagger, G.; Chappuis, F.; Golay, A.; Beran, D. Interventions targeting hypertension and diabetes mellitus at community and primary healthcare level in low-and-middle-income countries: a scoping review. BMC Public Health. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7842-6
  • Beran, D; Damasceno, A; Nilambar, J; Miranda, J.J.; Somerville, C; Suggs, L.S. The COHESION project: Addressing the complexity of Non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Politorbis, Nr. 67 – 1, 2019, 39 – 44. https://www.shareweb.ch/site/Health/aboutus/PublishingImages/Images-NL-Fall-2019/Politorbis_67_Version 7.pdf
  • Pesantes, M.A.; Somerville, C.; Singh, S.B.; Perez-Leon, S.; Madede, T.; Suggs, L.S.; Beran, D. Disruption, changes, and adaptation: Experiences with chronic conditions in Mozambique, Nepal and Peru. Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2019.1668453
  • Heller, O.; Somerville, C.; Suggs, L.S.; Lachat, S.; Piper, J.; Aya Pastrana, N.; Correia, J.C.; Miranda, J.J.; Beran, D. The process of prioritization of non-communicable diseases in the global health policy arena. Health Policy and Planning, czz043, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz043
  • Beran, D.; Perel, P.; Miranda, J.J. Forty years since Alma-Ata: do we need a new model for noncommunicable diseases?. Journal of Global Health, Volume 9, Issue 1. http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201901/jogh-09-010316.htm
  • Beran, D.; Chappuis, F.; Damasceno, A.; Jha, N; Pesantes, M.A.; Singh, S.B.; Somerville, C.; Suggs, L.S.; Miranda, J.J. High-quality health systems: time for a revolution in research and research funding. The Lancet Global Health, Volume 7, Issue 3, e303 – e304. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30529-1
  • Correia, J.C.; Golay, A.; Lachat, S.; Singh, S.B.; Manandhar, V.; Jha, N.; et al. «If you will counsel properly with love, they will listen»: A qualitative analysis of leprosy affected patients educational needs and caregiver perceptions in Nepal. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0210955. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210955

2018

  • Beran, D.; Lazo-Porras, M.: Cardenas M.K.; et al.; on behalf of the COHESION Team. Moving from formative research to co-creation of interventions: insights from a community health system project in Mozambique, Nepal and Peru. BMJ Global Health 2018;3:e001183. http://dx.doi.org.proxy.sbu.usi.ch/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001183
  • Perez-Leon, S.; Pesantes, M.A.; Aya Pastrana, N.; Raman, S.; Miranda, J.; Suggs, L.S. Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion. Nutrients 2018, 10, 1563 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/11/1563 

Commentaries

COHESION’s first publication appears in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on  July 16, 2016.

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
Beran, D., Chappuis, F., Cattacin, S., Damasceno, A., Jha, N., Somerville, C., Suggs, L.S., Miranda, J. J., for the COHESION Project (2016, July 15). The need to focus on primary health care for chronic diseases. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. http://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(16)30148-6

Theses

Theses by students of the COHESION Project.

Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
  • Aya Pastrana, N. From policies to interventions : Integrating neglected tropical diseases and gender to social marketing. Dissertation for the title of PhD in Communication. Faculty of Communication Sciences, Università della Svizzera italiana. Lugano, Switzerland, 2020.

Non peer-reviewed

Non peer-reviewed publications from the COHESION team

2020

2018

2017

  • Aya Pastrana N, Miranda JJ, Somerville C, Beran D, Suggs LS. (2017) Social marketing interventions for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): A systematic review protocol. PeerJ Preprints 5:e3350v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3350v1
  • Aya Pastrana N, Cárdenas MK, Pesantes MA, L. Suggs LS, Pérez León S, for the COHESION Project. (2017) Addressing the Double Burden of Non-communicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases in LMICs. Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics. http://gheg-journal.co.uk/2017/11/burden-ncds-ntds-lmics/

Conferences and Meeting Presentations

Presentations from the COHESION team

2020

  • Rapid Assessment of the Gender Responsiveness of Social Marketing Interventions about Neglected Tropical Diseases, Aya Pastrana, N., Somerville, C., Suggs, L.S. Presented at the World Social Marketing Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland, 4-5 June 2019.
  • Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion, Raman, S. Presented at the University of Notre Dame’s Human Development Conference. Notre Dame, United States, 22-23 February 2019.
  • Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion, Pérez León, S. Presented at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC). Bangkok, Thailand, 29 January – 3 February 2019.

2019

  • Rapid Assessment of the Gender Responsiveness of Social Marketing Interventions about Neglected Tropical Diseases, Aya Pastrana, N., Somerville, C., Suggs, L.S. Presented at the World Social Marketing Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland, 4-5 June 2019.
  • Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion, Raman, S. Presented at the University of Notre Dame’s Human Development Conference. Notre Dame, United States, 22-23 February 2019.
  • Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion, Pérez León, S. Presented at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC). Bangkok, Thailand, 29 January – 3 February 2019.

2018

  • Political prioritization of neglected tropical diseases: Moving beyond the 2020 Roadmap, Aya Pastrana, N., Beran, D., Somerville, C., Correia, J.C., Heller, O., Suggs, L.S. Presented at the Swiss Public Health Conference 2018. Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 7-8 November 2018.
  • COHESION (Community Health System Innovation) – Proyecto para la mejora de la atención primaria del sistema de salud ante la doble carga de las enfermedades no transmisibles y enfermedades tropicales desatendidas, Silvana Pérez León on behalf of the COHESION project. Presented at the conference EPICAH (Encuentro Por la Investigacion Cayetano Heredia), Lima, 14-16 September 2018.
  • Greater Social Good for Whom? Advancing Gender in Social Marketing, Nathaly Aya Pastrana on behalf of the COHESION project. Presented at the International Social Marketing Conference, Singapore, 15-17 July 2018.
  • What is being done in Africa to face the burden of Hypertension: Data and Examples from COHESION Project, Albertino Damasceno on behalf of the COHESION project. Presented at the 28th scientific meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH), Barcelona, 8-11 June 2018.
  • Evolução dos Factores de Risco para DNT em Moçambique. Desafios para o Futuro: Data and Examples from COHESION Project, Albertino Damasceno on behalf of the COHESION project. Presented at the 28th scientific meeting of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH), Barcelona, 8-11 June 2018.
  • Partnerships for global health, David Beran on behalf of COHESION, in collaboration with the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) and the Research Fairness Initiative led by the Council on Health Research for Development. Presented at the 7th edition of the Geneva Health Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-12 April 2018.
  • Health and Health Access: Living with chronic conditions in rural areas of Peru, Maria Amalia Pesantes on behalf of the COHESION project. Presented at the 78th Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Philadelphia, USA, 7 April 2018.
  • Addressing the double burden of disease: improving health systems for Non communicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Nilambar Jha on behalf of the COHESION project. «1st India Public Policy Network Conference. Bhubaneswar, India, 28 February – 1 March 2018.

2017

  • Addressing the double burden of disease: Improving health systems for NCDs and NTDs, Nilambar Jha, on behalf of the COHESION team. Presented at the World NCD Congress, Chandigarh, India, 4-6 November 2017.
  • Study of health-related quality of life and health care utilization among T2 diabetic population in an urban area of eastern Nepal, Sangita Shah, on behalf of the COHESION team. Presented at the South East Asia Diabetes Foundation Conference (SEADFCON), Dharan, Nepal, 4-5 November 2017.
  • Study on health care seeking behavior among people living with type 2 diabetes in rural area of Eastern Nepal, Sailendra Thapa, on behalf of the COHESION team. Presented at the South East Asia Diabetes Foundation Conference (SEADFCON), Dharan, Nepal, 4-5 November 2017.
  • How to leverage the political construction of NCDs at the global level?, Olivia Heller, on behalf of the COHESION team. Presented at the Medicus Mundi Symposium 2017 on NCDs, Basel, Switzerland, 2 November 2017.
  • Increasing equality in partnerships, David Beran and Maria Amalia Pesantes, on behalf of the COHESION team, in collaboration with the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) and the Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE). Presented at the 4th edition of the International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD), Bern, Switzerland, 4-8 September 2017.
  • Partnerships between health services and communities, Silvana Pérez León, on behalf of the COHESION team. Presented at the 4th edition of the International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD), Bern, Switzerland, 4-8 September 2017.
  • Social Marketing Interventions for Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review, Nathaly Aya Pastrana, on behalf of the COHESION Project. Presented at the World Social Marketing Conference, Washington DC, USA, 16 May 2017. Awarded best student paper.

Policy Briefs

 

2020

2019