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9453
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2189
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19

Overview

Leslie London is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Health Professions and Medicine. Their scholarly work spans numerous subfields including General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Plant Science.

The main topics Leslie London investigates cover a broad spectrum of global health and public policy issues. These include:

  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Human Rights and Development
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Poisoning and Overdose Treatments

Leslie London has contributed to various journals and publication venues, with a concentration in several key outlets. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • South African Medical Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • BMJ
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • South African Health Review

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Leslie London reflect interdisciplinary collaborations and address public health policy issues, pandemic responses, and health system challenges. Notable publications include:

  • Explaining covid-19 performance: what factors might predict national responses? (2021, BMJ)
  • Advancing alcohol research in low-income and middle-income countries: a global alcohol environment framework (2020, BMJ Global Health)
  • Reclaiming comprehensive public health (2020, BMJ Global Health)
  • South Africa's COVID-19 Alcohol Sales Ban: The Potential for Better Policy-Making (2020, International Journal of Health Policy and Management)
  • The role of community participation in primary health care: practices of South African health committees (2021, Primary Health Care Research & Development)

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of London's research activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Fran Baum
  • Toby Freeman
  • Connie Musolino
  • Wim De Ceukelaire
  • Joanne Flavel

Best Publications

  • The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

    Keertan Dheda;Tawanda Gumbo;Gary Maartens;Kelly E. Dooley

  • Smallholder vegetable farmers in Northern Tanzania: Pesticides use practices, perceptions, cost and health effects

    A.V.F. Ngowi;T.J. Mbise;A.S.M. Ijani;L. London

  • Farmers' knowledge, practices and injuries associated with pesticide exposure in rural farming villages in Tanzania

    Elikana E Lekei;Aiwerasia V Ngowi;Leslie London

  • What is a human-rights based approach to health and does it matter?

    Leslie London

  • Suicide and exposure to organophosphate insecticides: Cause or effect?†

    Leslie London;A. J. Flisher;C. Wesseling;Donna Mergler

  • Neurobehavioral and neurodevelopmental effects of pesticide exposures.

    Leslie London;Cheryl Beseler;Maryse F. Bouchard;David C. Bellinger

  • Contamination of rural surface and ground water by endosulfan in farming areas of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Mohamed A Dalvie;Eugene Cairncross;Abdullah Solomon;Leslie London

  • Symptoms of psychological distress and suicidal ideation among banana workers with a history of poisoning by organophosphate or n-methyl carbamate pesticides.

    Catharina Wesseling;Berna van Wendel de Joode;Matthew Keifer;Leslie London

  • An Ambulance of the Wrong Colour Health Professionals, Human Rights and Ethics in South Africa

    Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven;Jeanelle De Gruchy;Leslie London

  • Effects of long-term organophosphate exposures on neurological symptoms, vibration sense and tremor among South African farm workers

    Leslie London;Victor Nell;Mary-Lou Thompson;Jonathan E Myers

  • The `dop' system, alcohol abuse and social control amongst farm workers in South Africa: a public health challenge

    Leslie London

  • Challenges for improving surveillance for pesticide poisoning: policy implications for developing countries

    Leslie London;Ross Bailie

  • Pesticide usage and health consequences for women in developing countries: out of sight, out of mind?

    Leslie London;Sylvie De Grosbois;Catharina Wesseling;Sophia Kisting

  • Global Occupational Health: Current Challenges and the Need for Urgent Action

    Roberto G. Lucchini;Leslie London

  • The nervous system effects of occupational exposure on workers in a South African manganese smelter.

    Jonathan E Myers;Mary Lou Thompson;Mary Lou Thompson;Suzan Ramushu;Taryn Young

  • An Investigation into Neurologic and Neurobehavioral Effects of Long-Term Agrichemical Use among Deciduous Fruit Farm Workers in the Western Cape, South Africa☆☆☆

    L. London;J.E. Myers;V. Nell;T. Taylor

  • Long-term respiratory health effects of the herbicide, paraquat, among workers in the Western Cape.

    Mohamed A Dalvie;Neil White;Ricky Raine;Jonathan E Myers

  • Evaluation of the quality of informed consent in a vaccine field trial in a developing country setting

    Deon Minnies;Tony Hawkridge;Willem Hanekom;Rodney Ehrlich

  • Assessing the health impact of transnational corporations: its importance and a framework

    Frances E. Baum;David M. Sanders;Matt Fisher;Julia Anaf

  • Explaining covid-19 performance: what factors might predict national responses?

    Fran Baum;Toby Freeman;Connie Musolino;Mimi Abramovitz

  • Pesticide safety training and practices in women working in small-scale agriculture in South Africa

    S. Naidoo;L. London;Hanna-Andrea Rother;A. Burdorf

  • Ethical Oversight of Public Health Research: Can Rules and IRBs Make a Difference in Developing Countries?

    Leslie London

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles D. H. Parry
Charles D. H. Parry South African Medical Research Council
Richard Matzopoulos
Richard Matzopoulos South African Medical Research Council
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Helen Cox
Helen Cox University of Cape Town
Fran Baum
Fran Baum University of Adelaide
Ross S. Bailie
Ross S. Bailie University of Sydney
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
Roberto Lucchini
Roberto Lucchini Florida International University
Simon Lewin
Simon Lewin South African Medical Research Council
Gavin J. Churchyard
Gavin J. Churchyard Aurum Institute

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