Chiara Pittalis

624 total citations
31 papers, 349 citations indexed

About

Chiara Pittalis is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Emergency Medical Services and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chiara Pittalis has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 349 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 17 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Chiara Pittalis's work include Global Health and Surgery (21 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (16 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers). Chiara Pittalis is often cited by papers focused on Global Health and Surgery (21 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (16 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (13 papers). Chiara Pittalis collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Netherlands and Malawi. Chiara Pittalis's co-authors include Jakub Gajewski, Ruairı́ Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers, Eric Borgstein, Gerald Mwapasa, John Kachimba, Mweene Cheelo, Adinan Juma, Nyengo Mkandawire and Chris Lavy and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, British journal of surgery and Anesthesia & Analgesia.

In The Last Decade

Chiara Pittalis

30 papers receiving 339 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chiara Pittalis Ireland 12 204 140 93 86 57 31 349
Gerald Mwapasa Ireland 9 174 0.9× 117 0.8× 93 1.0× 44 0.5× 44 0.8× 20 244
Jakub Gajewski Ireland 15 336 1.6× 240 1.7× 177 1.9× 106 1.2× 77 1.4× 44 518
E Nordberg Sweden 11 211 1.0× 78 0.6× 108 1.2× 83 1.0× 31 0.5× 31 469
E. Blake Fagan United States 9 147 0.7× 109 0.8× 41 0.4× 129 1.5× 18 0.3× 20 298
Marguerite Changala United States 4 129 0.6× 89 0.6× 27 0.3× 105 1.2× 20 0.4× 5 380
Bradley A. Dreifuss United States 11 116 0.6× 103 0.7× 70 0.8× 42 0.5× 15 0.3× 20 345
Thuy Bui United States 10 108 0.5× 44 0.3× 30 0.3× 97 1.1× 21 0.4× 43 283
Elisabeth Schainker United States 9 67 0.3× 189 1.4× 110 1.2× 66 0.8× 10 0.2× 12 399
Anne Sliney United States 4 101 0.5× 71 0.5× 76 0.8× 55 0.6× 14 0.2× 5 228
Hannah Beks Australia 11 107 0.5× 103 0.7× 19 0.2× 184 2.1× 34 0.6× 44 376

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chiara Pittalis

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All Works

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Pittalis, Chiara, et al.. (2023). Surgical informed consent practices and influencing factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of the literature. BMJ Quality & Safety. 33(10). 653–662. 2 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, Gerald Mwapasa, Eric Borgstein, et al.. (2023). Using participatory action research to empower district hospital staff to deliver quality-assured essential surgery to rural populations in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1186307–1186307. 1 indexed citations
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Gajewski, Jakub, Chiara Pittalis, Eric Borgstein, et al.. (2023). Critical shortage of capacity to deliver safe paediatric surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 67 hospitals in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 11. 1189676–1189676. 2 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, Leon Bijlmakers, John Kachimba, et al.. (2022). Barriers and enablers to utilisation of the WHO surgical safety checklist at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 894–894. 12 indexed citations
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Gajewski, Jakub, Chiara Pittalis, Mark G. Shrime, et al.. (2022). Surgical capacity, productivity and efficiency at the district level in Sub-Saharan Africa: A three-country study. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0278212–e0278212. 1 indexed citations
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Shrime, Mark G., Jakub Gajewski, Chiara Pittalis, et al.. (2021). Financing of surgery and anaesthesia in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 11(10). e051617–e051617. 14 indexed citations
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Broekhuizen, Henk, Mweene Cheelo, Chiara Pittalis, et al.. (2021). Policy options for surgical mentoring: Lessons from Zambia based on stakeholder consultation and systems science. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0257597–e0257597. 4 indexed citations
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Broekhuizen, Henk, Mweene Cheelo, Adinan Juma, et al.. (2021). Surgical ambulance referrals in sub-Saharan Africa – financial costs and coping strategies at district hospitals in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 728–728. 7 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, Ruairı́ Brugha, Leon Bijlmakers, et al.. (2021). Using Network and Complexity Theories to Understand the Functionality of Referral Systems for Surgical Patients in Resource-Limited Settings, the Case of Malawi. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11(11). 2502–2513. 4 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, Eric Borgstein, Leon Bijlmakers, et al.. (2021). Surgical service monitoring and quality control systems at district hospitals in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia: a mixed-methods study. BMJ Quality & Safety. 30(12). 950–960. 6 indexed citations
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Keogh, Brian, Louise Daly, Geralyn Hynes, et al.. (2020). Acute hospital staff’s attitudes towards dementia and perceived dementia knowledge: a cross-sectional survey in Ireland. BMC Geriatrics. 20(1). 376–376. 17 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, et al.. (2020). Breast and cervical cancer screening services in Malawi: a systematic review. BMC Cancer. 20(1). 1101–1101. 8 indexed citations
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Gajewski, Jakub, Chiara Pittalis, Leon Bijlmakers, et al.. (2020). Supervision as a tool for building surgical capacity of district hospitals: the case of Zambia. Human Resources for Health. 18(1). 25–25. 11 indexed citations
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Mwapasa, Gerald, Chiara Pittalis, Leon Bijlmakers, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of a Managed Surgical Consultation Network in Malawi. World Journal of Surgery. 45(2). 356–361. 8 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, Ruairı́ Brugha, Gloria Crispino, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of a surgical supervision model in three African countries—protocol for a prospective mixed-methods controlled pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 5(1). 25–25. 22 indexed citations
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Pittalis, Chiara, Ruairı́ Brugha, & Jakub Gajewski. (2019). Surgical referral systems in low- and middle-income countries: A review of the evidence. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0223328–e0223328. 53 indexed citations
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Gajewski, Jakub, Mweene Cheelo, Leon Bijlmakers, et al.. (2019). The contribution of non-physician clinicians to the provision of surgery in rural Zambia—a randomised controlled trial. Human Resources for Health. 17(1). 60–60. 21 indexed citations
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Keogh, Brian, Louise Daly, Chiara Pittalis, et al.. (2019). Assessing the impact of dementia inclusive environmental adjustment in the emergency department. Dementia. 20(1). 28–46. 16 indexed citations
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Gajewski, Jakub, Chiara Pittalis, Chris Lavy, et al.. (2019). Anesthesia Capacity of District-Level Hospitals in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia: A Mixed-Methods Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 130(4). 845–853. 34 indexed citations

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