Dr Annette Kaspar
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Publications
Journal Articles
Dillard, Lauren K., Der, Carolina M., Laplante-Lévesque, Ariane, Swanepoel, De Wet, Thorne, Peter R., McPherson, Bradley, de Andrade, Victor, Newall, John, Ramos, Hubert D., Kaspar, Annette, Nieman, Carrie L., Clark, Jackie L. and Chadha, Shelly (2024). Service delivery approaches related to hearing aids in low- and middle-income countries or resource-limited settings: A systematic scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health, 4 (1), e0002823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002823
Kaspar, Annette, Afutiti-Pemila, Jennifer Seipua, Driscoll, Carlie and Pifeleti, Sione (2023). Knowledge and attitudes of school principals towards childhood hearing loss and hearing services: a cross-sectional survey to support the implementation of inclusive education in Samoa. SAGE Open Medicine, 11. doi: 10.1177/20503121231214602
Kaspar, Annette, Samuelu-Matthes, Ma’atasesa, Driscoll, Carlie and Pifeleti, Sione (2023). Awareness and Perceptions of University Nursing Students in Samoa Towards Childhood Hearing Impairment and Hearing Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study. Sage Open Nursing, 9 23779608231216163, 1-7. doi: 10.1177/23779608231216163
Kaspar, Annette, Newall, John, Pifeleti, Sione and Hunkin, Galumalemana (2023). High levels of satisfaction among hearing aid users in a pilot study for sustainable low-cost auditory rehabilitation services in Samoa. Health Services Insights, 16, 11786329231212122. doi: 10.1177/11786329231212122
Kaspar, Annette, Swanepoel, De Wet and Pifeleti, Sione (2023). The PEN Fa’aSamoa Initiative: An Integrated Platform for Hearing and Vision Screening in Samoa. Global Pediatric Health, 10 2333794X231203504, 1-4. doi: 10.1177/2333794x231203504
Arasi, Fa'amuamua, Bennett, Elizabeth, Rokoduru, Avelina and Kaspar, Annette (2023). Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice for oxygen therapy among medical staff at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Fiji. Internal Medicine Journal. doi: 10.1111/imj.16210
Kaspar, Annette, Figao, Ferila, Driscoll, Carlie and Pifeleti, Sione (2023). Knowledge and attitudes of female caregivers in Samoa to childhood hearing loss and hearing services. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 169 111557, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111557
Koro, Latasi and Kaspar, Annette (2023). Deafness and the Tokelauan health model. Journal of Global Health, 13 03001, 03001. doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.03001
Chadwick, Nathan Maligi, Perman, Mai Ling, Leavai, Folototo and Kaspar, Annette (2022). Acute kidney injury: Incidence, aetiology, management and outcome measures of a Samoan case series. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 75 103362, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103362
Kaspar, Annette, Pifeleti, Sione, Driscoll, Carlie, Potoi, Belladonna and Amosa-Lei Sam, Filipina (2022). Knowledge and Attitudes of Pacific Islander Doctors and Medical Students to Childhood Hearing Loss and Hearing Services: Results of a Structured Questionnaire Survey in SAMOA. Global Pediatric Health, 9, 1-8. doi: 10.1177/2333794x221126079
Pifeleti, Sione, Hansell, Dyxon and Kaspar, Annette (2022). Sensitivity and specificity of the Alvarado Score for the timely differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis for a case series in Samoa. Annals of Medicine and Surgery, 73 103219, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103219
Kaspar, Annette, Fuimaono, Aleki, Mauiliu, Shaun, Pifeleti, Sione and Posini, Junior (2021). Preventing Advanced Stages of Disease in Samoa: A Literature Review. Disease Prevention and Public Health Journal, 16 (1), 32-36. doi: 10.12928/dpphj.v16i1.4761
Kaspar, Annette and Pifeleti, Sione (2021). A call to action for the inclusion of ENT/Audiology services in the public health approach to addressing non-communicable diseases in the Pacific Islands. Public Health in Practice, 2 100123, 100123. doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100123
Pifeleti, Sione, Faumuina, Penaia A., Hansell, Lamour, Vaai, Corleone and Kaspar, Annette (2021). Two cases of 10-month-old infants with airway obstruction (chicken bone) in Samoa: surgical/management challenges and future directions. Otolaryngology Case Reports, 20 100298, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.xocr.2021.100298
Kaspar, Annette, Driscoll, Carlie, Pifeleti, Sione and Faumuina, Penaia A. (2021). Ethical considerations for universal newborn hearing screening in the Pacific Islands: a Samoan case study. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47 (7), 526-528. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106718
Kaspar, Annette, Pifeleti, Sione and Driscoll, Carlie (2021). Prevalence of otitis media and risk factors for sensorineural hearing loss among infants attending routine well-baby clinics in urban and rural/remote Samoa: a study protocol. Journal of Global Health Reports, 5 e2021015. doi: 10.29392/001c.21427
Kaspar, Annette, Pifeleti, Sione and Driscoll, Carlie (2021). Prevalence and pattern of hearing loss among meningitis survivors in the Pacific Islands: a prospective, observational study protocol. Journal of Global Health Reports, 5 e2021016. doi: 10.29392/001c.21426
Hansell, L'amour, Pifeleti, Sione, Hansell, Dyxon, Booth, Michael and Kaspar, Annette (2021). Fishy business in Samoa! A rare foreign body case presentation of a live fish in the oropharynx. Otolaryngology Case Reports, 18 100270, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.xocr.2021.100270
Kaspar, Annette, Pifeleti, Sione and Driscoll, Carlie (2021). The role of health promotion in the development of ear and hearing health services in the Pacific Islands : A literature review. Sage Open Medicine, 9, 2050312121993287. doi: 10.1177/2050312121993287
Kaspar, Annette and Pifeleti, Sione (2021). Brief overview of meningitis in the Pacific Islands, and implications for public health, clinical, and rehabilitation services: A call to action. Journal of Global Health, 11 03006, 1-4. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.03006
Kaspar, Annette, Pifeleti, Sione, Faumuina, Penaia A., Newton, Obiga and Driscoll, Carlie (2020). Through an Ethical Lens: Considerations for a Paradigm Shift in Audiology Programs in the Pacific Islands. Hearing Journal, 73 (12), 22-23. doi: 10.1097/01.hj.0000725080.45904.c5
Kaspar, Annette, Pifeleti, Sione and Whitfield, Bernard CS (2020). The measles emergency is over, but the crisis continues a call to action for the Pacific Islands. Journal of Global Health, 10 (2), 1-3. doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020301
Kaspar, Annette, Newton, Obiga, Kei, Joseph, Driscoll, Carlie, Swanepoel, De Wet and Goulios, Helen (2018). Prevalence of ear disease and associated hearing loss among primary school students in the Solomon Islands: otitis media still a major public health issue. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 113, 223-228. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.08.004
Kaspar, Annette, Newton, Obiga, Kei, Joseph, Driscoll, Carlie, Swanepoel, De Wet and Goulios, Helen (2018). Prevalence of otitis media and risk-factors for sensorineural hearing loss among infants attending child welfare clinics in the Solomon Islands. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 111, 21-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.05.021
Kaspar, Annette, Kei, Joseph, Driscoll, Carlie, Swanepoel, De Wet and Goulios, Helen (2018). A public health approach to pediatric hearing impairment in the Pacific Islands. Journal of Global Health, 8 (1) 010302, 1-4. doi: 10.7189/jogh.08.010302
Kaspar, Annette, Kei, Joseph, Driscoll, Carlie, Swanepoel, De Wet and Goulios, Helen (2016). Overview of a public health approach to pediatric hearing impairment in the Pacific Islands. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 86, 43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.04.018