Ruth Bonita
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- Bachelors Biomedical Science University of Auckland
- Masters Epidemiology University of New Zealand
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Published Works
- Preventing stroke: saving lives around the world (2007) (1401)
- Recovery of motor function after stroke. (1988) (1252)
- Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis (2011) (1241)
- Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for stroke. The Framingham Study. (1988) (862)
- Epidemiology of stroke (1992) (728)
- Stroke incidence and prevalence in Europe: a review of available data (2006) (685)
- NCD Countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 (2018) (530)
- A multinational comparison of subarachnoid hemorrhage epidemiology in the WHO MONICA stroke study. (2000) (449)
- Modification of Rankin Scale: Recovery of motor function after stroke (1988) (421)
- The Global Stroke Initiative (2004) (414)
- UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases: addressing four questions (2011) (393)
- Passive smoking as well as active smoking increases the risk of acute stroke (1999) (351)
- Contribution of six risk factors to achieving the 25×25 non-communicable disease mortality reduction target: a modelling study (2014) (339)
- Women and Health: the key for sustainable development (2015) (321)
- Association between body mass index and blood pressure across three populations in Africa and Asia (2007) (286)
- The World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Noncommunicable Disease Risk-Factor Surveillance: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities. (2016) (281)
- International trends in stroke mortality: 1970-1985. (1990) (280)
- Health-related quality of life among long-term survivors of stroke : results from the Auckland Stroke Study, 1991-1992. (2000) (266)
- Cigarette smoking and risk of stroke in middle-aged women. (1988) (263)
- The rise of chronic non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia: time for action (2011) (259)
- Prevalence of stroke and stroke-related disability. Estimates from the Auckland stroke studies. (1997) (244)
- From public to planetary health: a manifesto (2014) (221)
- Global public health: a scorecard (2008) (215)
- Country actions to meet UN commitments on non-communicable diseases: a stepwise approach (2013) (207)
- Surveillance of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases : the WHO STEPwise approach : summary (2001) (180)
- Changes in stroke incidence and case-fatality in Auckland, New Zealand, 1981-91 (1993) (168)
- Cigarette smoking, hypertension and the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage: a population-based case-control study. (1986) (168)
- Standard method for developing stroke registers in low-income and middle-income countries: experiences from a feasibility study of a stepwise approach to stroke surveillance (STEPS Stroke) (2007) (162)
- Public health in the new era: improving health through collective action (2004) (159)
- Multinational comparisons of stroke epidemiology. Evaluation of case ascertainment in the WHO MONICA Stroke Study. World Health Organization Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease. (1995) (152)
- Trends in Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease in the WHO MONICA Project (2003) (150)
- Trends in Stroke Incidence in Auckland, New Zealand, During 1981 to 2003 (2005) (148)
- What is global health? (2010) (133)
- Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Vietnam—results from a national survey (2012) (133)
- Event, incidence and case fatality rates of cerebrovascular disease in Auckland, New Zealand. (1984) (130)
- Shoulder pain in people with a stroke: a population-based study (2003) (130)
- Association of Smoking and Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) Use With High Blood Pressure Among Adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2006 (2008) (128)
- NCD Countdown 2030: pathways to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4 (2020) (126)
- Public health impact of global heating due to climate change: potential effects on chronic non-communicable diseases (2010) (121)
- The Heart of 25 by 25: Achieving the Goal of Reducing Global and Regional Premature Deaths From Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke: A Modeling Study From the American Heart Association and World Heart Federation. (2016) (116)
- Surveillance of stroke: a global perspective. (2001) (114)
- Regional contributions of six preventable risk factors to achieving the 25 × 25 non-communicable disease mortality reduction target: a modelling study. (2015) (113)
- Assessment of total cardiovascular risk using WHO/ISH risk prediction charts in three low and middle income countries in Asia (2013) (109)
- Public Health at the Crossroads: Achievements and Prospects (1997) (109)
- Cigarette smoking and risk of premature stroke in men and women. (1986) (105)
- Trends in Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Incidence in Auckland, New Zealand, During 1981 to 2003 (2006) (101)
- Preventable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in rural Indonesia: prevalence study using WHO STEPS approach. (2006) (96)
- Measuring progress on NCDs: one goal and five targets (2012) (93)
- Predicting survival after stroke: a three-year follow-up. (1988) (93)
- Stroke prevention in poor countries: time for action. (2007) (89)
- Stroke Incidence and Case Fatality In Australasia: A Comparison of the Auckland and Perth Population‐Based Stroke Registers (1994) (88)
- Changes in subarachnoid hemorrhage mortality, incidence, and case fatality in New Zealand between 1981-1983 and 1991-1993. (1998) (86)
- Stroke incidence and case fatality in Shiga, Japan 1989-1993. (1999) (85)
- 30-Year Trends in Stroke Rates and Outcome in Auckland, New Zealand (1981-2012): A Multi-Ethnic Population-Based Series of Studies (2015) (84)
- A tobacco-free world: a call to action to phase out the sale of tobacco products by 2040 (2015) (78)
- Hypertension, cigarette smoking, and the decline in stroke incidence in eastern Finland. (1991) (77)
- Alcohol: a global health priority (2009) (72)
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage in New Zealand: an epidemiological study. (1983) (72)
- The WHO Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (Steps) of Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors (2003) (71)
- Very Long-Term Outcome After Stroke in Auckland, New Zealand (2004) (70)
- The Heart of 25 by 25: Achieving the Goal of Reducing Global and Regional Premature Deaths From Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke A Modeling Study From the American Heart Association and World Heart Federation (2016) (70)
- Capacity building for an integrated noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance system in developing countries. (2003) (69)
- Inadequacy of clinical scoring systems to differentiate stroke subtypes in population-based studies. (1995) (65)
- Measuring Accuracy of Discharge Diagnoses for a Region-Wide Surveillance of Hospitalized Strokes (2005) (64)
- Global Cancer Prevention: An Important Pathway to Global Health and Development (2011) (64)
- Approaches to the problems of measuring the incidence of stroke: the Auckland Stroke Study, 1991-1992. (1995) (64)
- Increased Treatment of Hypertension Does Not Explain the Decline in Stroke Mortality in the United States, 1970–1980 (1989) (64)
- Combining risk factors and demographic surveillance: Potentials of WHO STEPS and INDEPTH methodologies for assessing epidemiological transition (2006) (62)
- Delays in hospital admission and investigation in acute stroke (1995) (61)
- Ethnic differences in stroke incidence and case fatality in Auckland, New Zealand. (1997) (60)
- Does treatment of hypertension explain the decline in mortality from stroke? (1986) (59)
- Public health at the crossroads: which way forward? (1998) (59)
- Is There a Temporal Pattern in the Occurrence of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Southern Hemisphere?: Pooled Data From 3 Large, Population-Based Incidence Studies in Australasia, 1981 to 1997 (2001) (58)
- Epidemiological transition of stroke in China? (2008) (55)
- Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Stroke in Middle-Aged Women (1988) (52)
- Global health status: two steps forward, one step back (2000) (51)
- NCD Countdown 2025: accountability for the 25 × 25 NCD mortality reduction target (2014) (51)
- Women, aging and health : achieving health across the life span (1996) (49)
- Improved Survival after Stroke: Is Admission to Hospital the Major Explanation? Trend Analyses of the Auckland Regional Community Stroke Studies (2006) (48)
- Nicotine without smoke: fighting the tobacco epidemic with harm reduction (2019) (44)
- Global health status: two steps forward, one step back (2000) (44)
- CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE Explaining stroke mortality trends (1993) (42)
- The worldwide burden of stroke: current status and future projections. (2009) (42)
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Patterns and Their Implications for Intervention Strategies in Vietnam (2012) (41)
- Trends in coronary heart disease event rates in New Zealand. (1984) (40)
- The enigma of the decline in stroke deaths in the United States: the search for an explanation. (1996) (39)
- VASODILATION Evolution of nitric oxide (1993) (37)
- Women and NCDs: Overcoming the neglect (2014) (37)
- The worldwide problem of stroke (1994) (36)
- Monitoring stroke. An international challenge. (1995) (35)
- Independent global accountability for NCDs (2013) (35)
- Effectiveness of community-based comprehensive healthy lifestyle promotion on cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural Vietnamese population: a quasi-experimental study (2012) (33)
- Rethinking maternal health. (2016) (31)
- NCDs: celebrating success, moving forward (2011) (30)
- Challenges for public health in the global context- prevention and surveillance (2001) (30)
- The need for global risk factor surveillance (2001) (29)
- Diurnal, weekly, and seasonal variations in stroke occurrence in a population-based study in Auckland, New Zealand. (2004) (29)
- Multinational Comparison of Diagnostic Procedures and Management of Acute Stroke: The WHO MONICA Study (1996) (28)
- UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases: Addressing four questions (Lancet (2011) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60879-9) (2011) (27)
- Smoking Epidemics And Socio-Economic Predictors Of Regular Use And Cessation: Findings From WHO STEPS Risk Factor Surveys In Vietnam And Indonesia (2006) (27)
- Stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: a neglected chronic disease (2003) (26)
- Implementing a hypertension management programme in a rural area: local approaches and experiences from Ba-Vi district, Vietnam (2011) (25)
- Stroke trends in Australia and New Zealand: mortality, morbidity, and risk factors. (1993) (24)
- Rethinking the terms non-communicable disease and chronic disease. (2004) (23)
- Time Trends in Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index and Smoking in the Vietnamese Population: A Meta-Analysis from Multiple Cross-Sectional Surveys (2012) (23)
- Enhancing regional capacity in chronic disease surveillance in the Americas. (2005) (22)
- The long-term monitoring of cardiovascular disease: is it feasible? (2010) (22)
- Explaining stroke mortality trends. (1993) (21)
- The pattern of management after stroke. (1987) (21)
- Basic Epidemiology 2nd Edition ▲ Who Library Cataloguing-in-publication Data (2006) (20)
- Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis – Authors' reply (2011) (19)
- Women and NCDs: Overcoming the neglect. (2014) (17)
- Reinvigorating public health (2000) (17)
- Is the pharmacological treatment of mild to moderate hypertension cost effective in stroke prevention? (1988) (17)
- Guest Editorial: Strengthening NCD prevention through risk factor surveillance (2009) (16)
- Epidemiological Studies and the Prevention of Stroke (1994) (15)
- WOMEN, AGEING AND HEALTH (1998) (15)
- Geographical variations in the organisation of general practice. (1995) (15)
- Incidence of stroke in women in Auckland, New Zealand. Ethnic trends over two decades: 1981-2003. (2006) (15)
- Cardiovascular disease risk factors in 65-84 year old men and women: results from the Auckland University Heart and Health Study 1993-4. (1998) (15)
- Women ageing and health: achieving health across the life span. 2nd ed. (1998) (14)
- Older women in an aging world: achieving health across the life course. (1996) (14)
- Health information priorities for more effective implementation and monitoring of non-communicable disease programs in low- and middle-income countries: lessons from the Pacific (2015) (14)
- From surveys to surveillance. (2001) (13)
- Quantifying targets for the SDG health goal (2015) (13)
- Investing in surveillance: a fundamental tool of public health (2004) (13)
- A profile of the 7500 people in aged-care institutions in Auckland. (1990) (12)
- Proposed new industry code on unhealthy food marketing to children and young people: will it make a difference? (2017) (12)
- Dependency levels of people in aged care institutions in Auckland. (1990) (12)
- The how: a message for the UN high-level meeting on NCDs (2018) (11)
- Cardiovascular disease epidemiology in developing countries: ethics and etiquette (1994) (11)
- New Zealand leads the way in banning smoking in prisons (2013) (11)
- Putting the public into public health: towards a more people-centred approach. (2009) (11)
- Trends in cerebrovascular disease mortality in New Zealand. (1982) (11)
- Promoting Public Health in the Twenty-First Century: The Role of the World Health Organization (2006) (11)
- Advances in ischemic stroke epidemiology. (2003) (11)
- Public health in China: history and contemporary challenges. (2009) (10)
- Cardiovascular disease mortality trends in the western Pacific, 1968-1984. (1988) (10)
- Development with values: lessons from Bhutan (2015) (9)
- The extent of cervical screening in New Zealand women. (1991) (9)
- Changes in the long-term care of older people in Auckland between 1988 and 1993. (1995) (9)
- Stroke Incidence and Case Fatality in Two Populations: The Auckland Stroke Study and the Copenhagen City Heart Study (1998) (9)
- Public health at the cross roads : achievements and prospects (2004) (9)
- Myocardial infarction and sudden death in Auckland. (1984) (8)
- Cardiovascular mortality in New Zealand and Australia 1968-1983: how can the diverging trends be explained? (1986) (7)
- Public and global engagement with global health (2013) (7)
- Economists, universal health coverage, and non-communicable diseases (2016) (7)
- Added years, onus or bonus? (1997) (7)
- Public health in Australia and New Zealand. (2009) (6)
- Current global health status. (2009) (6)
- 1991 cervical screening recommendations: a working group report. (1991) (6)
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Cardiovascular disease in Okinawa (1993) (5)
- Linnaeus: alive and well (2011) (5)
- The decline in stroke mortality: the limited role of antihypertensive therapy. (1987) (5)
- Early management and outcome of acute stroke in Auckland (1997) (5)
- Eliminating the scourge of tobacco for a fairer and healthier world: New Zealand leads the way. (2017) (5)
- The Heart of 25 by 25: Achieving the Goal ofReducing Global and Regional Premature Deaths From Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (2016) (5)
- Tackling NCDs: a diff erent approach is needed (2012) (4)
- Hospital bed use by stroke patients: the Auckland stroke study. (1988) (4)
- Erratum to: Health information priorities for more effective implementation and monitoring of non-communicable disease programs in low- and middle-income countries: lessons from the Pacific (2015) (4)
- The development and evaluation of Basic Epidemiology: Student's Text (1992) (4)
- Strengthening public health for the new era. (2009) (3)
- Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Older People (1998) (3)
- Functional disability in residents of Auckland rest homes. (1991) (3)
- Public health in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. (2009) (3)
- Public health in the United Kingdom. (2009) (3)
- Prevention and control of hypertension in New Zealand: a reappraisal. (1988) (3)
- Epidemiology and prevention: chronic noncommunicable diseases (2009) (3)
- Public health in Sweden: facts, visions, and lessons. (2009) (3)
- Strengthening health information systems for preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases in the Pacific Region (2013) (2)
- Cardiovascular disease in Okinawa. (1993) (2)
- The MONICA project comes of age (1994) (2)
- Non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia Reply (2011) (2)
- Heart health in New Zealand. (2009) (2)
- Improving Canada's response to public health challenges: the creation of a new public health agency. (2009) (2)
- THROMBOLYSIS tPA fast by GUSTO (1993) (2)
- Boom in rest homes in Auckland: implications for the future. (1991) (2)
- Basic epidemiology : teacher's guide (1994) (2)
- Tobacco control: getting to the finish line (2022) (2)
- Cigarette smoking andrisk ofpremature stroke inmenandwomen (1986) (2)
- Rehabilitation services received by stroke patients: the Auckland stroke study. (1988) (1)
- Global advocacy for controlling the tobacco industry (2015) (1)
- Public health and neo-liberalism: response to a commentary (1998) (1)
- Tackling NCDs: a different approach is needed (2012) (1)
- The Federation's Pages (2014) (1)
- A scorecard for assessing progress in global public health (2009) (1)
- Young disabled residents in old people's homes. (1991) (1)
- Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance (2006) (1)
- Association between body mass index and blood pressure across three populations in africa and asia. Commentary (2007) (1)
- Changes in long-term survival after stroke in Auckland, New Zealand between 1981 and 1991, amongst those alive at 3 months (2000) (0)
- United States, 1970-1980. Increased treatment of hypertension does not explain the decline in stroke mortality in the (2013) (0)
- Sania Nishtar is the health leader that the world needs (2017) (0)
- Effects of a 3-year community-based hypertension control programme in rural Vietnam (2012) (0)
- Improving WHO STEPS Stroke in Brazil – Authors' reply (2007) (0)
- 21 year outcome after stroke in Auckland, New Zealand (2004) (0)
- Public health in Latin America and the Caribbean. (2009) (0)
- Investing in disease and risk factor surveillance (2006) (0)
- Original Contributions Predicting Survival After Stroke: A Three-Year Follow-Up (2005) (0)
- AHA / WHF SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT gRECS j The American Heart Asso-The Heart of 25 by 25 : Achieving the Goal of Reducing Global and Regional Premature Deaths (2016) (0)
- Broadening the focus of epidemiology and public health training. (2002) (0)
- Early management and outcome of acute stroke in Auckland. (1997) (0)
- Female sterilization [letter] (1980) (0)
- Deaths from strokes. (1984) (0)
- Non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia – Authors' reply (2011) (0)
- Hypertension-related knowledge and healthcare seeking behaviour based on a national survey of Vietnamese adults (2012) (0)
- Original Contributions Cigarette Smoking, Hypertension and the Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Population-Based Case-Control Study (1986) (0)
- Minutes of the General Assembly of the European Stroke Council (1996) (0)
- Author Index / Subject Index Vol. 4 (suppl 1) 1994 (1994) (0)
- Rethinking the treatment of mild hypertension. (1988) (0)
- Maternal welfare. (1983) (0)
- World Health Organization MONICA Project. A worldwide monitoring system for cardiovascular diseases: cardiovascular mortality and risk factors in selected communities. In:World Health Statistics Annual 1987, pp27-59, Geneva: WHO (2014) (0)
- The Federation's Pages (2014) (0)
- Addressing NCDs: is it really a global coalition? – Authors' reply (2013) (0)
- Rethinking mild hypertension. (1988) (0)
- Predictors of risk for shoulder pain in the six months after stroke (2000) (0)
- Slow‐stream rehabilitation (1988) (0)
- INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN STROKE MORTALITY. AUTHORS' REPLY (1991) (0)
- Doestreatment ofhypertension explain thedecline inmortality fromstroke (1986) (0)
- Limitations of the treatment of hypertension. (1987) (0)
- Strategies to prevent stroke: Lessons for developing countries (2000) (0)
- Public health in India. (2009) (0)
- Review of: "The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique" (2022) (0)
- Basic epidemiology / R. Beaglehole, R. Bonita, T. Kjellström. (1993) (0)
- fatal and non-fatal non-hospitalised events, with fl exibility for sites to add data to meet local needs. (2007) (0)
- Global Ageing: Implications for Women (1996) (0)
- What are the social determinants of health and disease and how important they are at national and international level (2010) (0)
- Control of hypertension. (1988) (0)
- Department of Error (2011) (0)
- Long-term trends in stroke incidence in New Zealand: 1981-2012 (2014) (0)
- A public health approach to hypertension (2015) (0)
- The role of medical management in the decline in cardiovascular disease mortality. (1987) (0)
- Control of hypertension. (1988) (0)
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