Kimberly Baltzell, RN, PhD, MS
Dr. Kimberly Baltzell is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at UCSF and Affiliate Faculty of both the UCSF Institute for Global Health and Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. Dr. Baltzell works in Malawi to enhance and promote nursing leadership, currently in safe childbirth skills. In addition, her research focus includes how rural health workers, including nurses, diagnose and treat both malarial and non-malarial fever. Dr. Baltzell also works with colleagues across UCSF on updating the WHO Basic Emergency Care Course, particularly as it pertains to training nurses. With other nursing colleagues, she is exploring appropriate intervals for emergency care refresher training to make sure emergency skills are sustained across sites.
Publications:
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Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of reactive drug administration for malaria elimination in a Plasmodium vivax predominant setting: a qualitative study in two provinces in Thailand. BMC Public Health. 2023 07 13; 23(1):1346. Suwannarong K, Cotter C, Ponlap T, Bubpa N, Thammasutti K, Chaiwan J, Finn TP, Kitchakarn S, Mårtensson A, Baltzell KA, Hsiang MS, Lertpiriyasuwat C, Sudathip P, Bennett A. PMID: 37438774; PMCID: PMC10339568.
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on reported maternal and neonatal complications and access to maternal health care in five government health facilities in Blantyre, Malawi. PLoS One. 2023; 18(5):e0285847. Blair A, Haile W, Muller A, Simwinga L, Malirakwenda R, Baltzell K. PMID: 37220134; PMCID: PMC10204969.
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Basic emergency care course and longitudinal mentorship completed in a rural Neno District, Malawi: A feasibility, acceptability, and impact study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(2):e0280454. Khongo BD, Schmiedeknecht K, Aron MB, Nyangulu PN, Mazengera W, Ndarama E, Tenner AG, Baltzell K, Connolly E. PMID: 36745667; PMCID: PMC9901771.
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Assessing Combined Longitudinal Mentorship and Skills Training on Select Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Rural and Urban Health Facilities in Malawi. J Transcult Nurs. 2022 11; 33(6):704-714. Blair AH, Openshaw M, Mphande I, Jana O, Malirakwenda R, Muller A, Rankin S, Baltzell K. PMID: 36062416; PMCID: PMC9561805.
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SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing for an entire rural community: methods and feasibility of high-throughput testing procedures. Arch Public Health. 2021 Jul 07; 79(1):125. Appa A, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Baltzell K, Dippell K, Ribeiro S, Duarte E, Vinden J, Consortium C, Kramer-Feldman J, Rahdari S, MacIntosh D, Nicholson K, Im J, Havlir D, Greenhouse B. PMID: 34233752; PMCID: PMC8261397.
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Effectiveness and safety of reactive focal mass drug administration (rfMDA) using dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine to reduce malaria transmission in the very low-endemic setting of Eswatini: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 06; 6(6). Vilakati S, Mngadi N, Benjamin-Chung J, Dlamini N, Dufour MK, Whittemore B, Bhangu K, Prach LM, Baltzell K, Nhlabathi N, Malambe C, Dlamini B, Helb D, Greenhouse B, Maphalala G, Pindolia D, Kalungero M, Tesfa G, Gosling R, Ntshalintshali N, Kunene S, Hsiang MS. PMID: 34193475; PMCID: PMC8246301.
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Community acceptance of reactive focal mass drug administration and reactive focal vector control using indoor residual spraying, a mixed-methods study in Zambezi region, Namibia. Malar J. 2021 Mar 22; 20(1):162. Roberts KW, Smith Gueye C, Baltzell K, Ntuku H, McCreesh P, Maglior A, Whittemore B, Uusiku P, Mumbengegwi D, Kleinschmidt I, Gosling R, Hsiang MS. PMID: 33752673; PMCID: PMC7986500.
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The impact of pulse oximetry and Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training on antibiotic prescribing practices in rural Malawi: A mixed-methods study. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11):e0242440. Sylvies F, Nyirenda L, Blair A, Baltzell K. PMID: 33211744; PMCID: PMC7676725.
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Alignment between expectations and experiences of egg donors: what does it mean to be informed? Reprod Biomed Soc Online. 2021 Mar; 12:1-13. Tober D, Garibaldi C, Blair A, Baltzell K. PMID: 33024845; PMCID: PMC7530253.
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Covariates and Spatial Interpolation of HIV Screening in Mozambique: Insight from the 2015 AIDS Indicator Survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 08 05; 17(16). Agbadi P, Nutor JJ, Darkwah E, Duah HO, Duodu PA, Alhassan RK, Baltzell K. PMID: 32764221; PMCID: PMC7460053.
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SARS-CoV-2 PCR and antibody testing for an entire rural community: methods and feasibility of high-throughput testing procedures. medRxiv. 2020 May 30. Appa A, Chamie G, Sawyer A, Baltzell K, Dippell K, Ribeiro S, Duarte E, Vinden J, CLIAHUB Consortium, Kramer-Feldman J, Rahdari S, MacIntosh D, Nicholson K, Im J, Havlir D, Greenhouse B. PMID: 32511482; PMCID: PMC7273250.View in: PubMed Mentions:
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The World Needs 6 Million More Nurses: What Are We Waiting For? Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 07; 103(1):1-2. Bialous SA, Baltzell K. PMID: 32419692; PMCID: PMC7356433.
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A 14-day follow-up of adult non-malarial fever patients seen by mobile clinics in rural Malawi. Malawi Med J. 2020 03; 32(1):31-36. Baltzell KA, Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin SH. PMID: 32733657; PMCID: PMC7366163.
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What about the men? Perinatal experiences of men of color whose partners were at risk for preterm birth, a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Feb 10; 20(1):91. Edwards BN, McLemore MR, Baltzell K, Hodgkin A, Nunez O, Franck LS. PMID: 32041561; PMCID: PMC7011522.
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Distinct Biomarker Profiles Distinguish Malawian Children with Malarial and Non-malarial Sepsis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 12; 101(6):1424-1433. Kortz TB, Nyirenda J, Tembo D, Elfving K, Baltzell K, Bandawe G, Rosenthal PJ, Macfarlane SB, Mandala W, Nyirenda TS. PMID: 31595873; PMCID: PMC6896879.
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What is community engagement and how can it drive malaria elimination? Case studies and stakeholder interviews. Malar J. 2019 Jul 17; 18(1):245. Baltzell K, Harvard K, Hanley M, Gosling R, Chen I. PMID: 31315631; PMCID: PMC6637529.
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"We were afraid of the lion that has roared next to us"; community response to reactive focal mass drug administration for malaria in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Malar J. 2019 Jul 15; 18(1):238. Baltzell KA, Maglior A, Bangu K, Mngadi N, Prach LM, Whittemore B, Ntshalintshali N, Saini M, Dlamini N, Kunene S, Hsiang MS. PMID: 31307494; PMCID: PMC6631448.
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Pathogen Clearance and New Respiratory Tract Infections Among Febrile Children in Zanzibar Investigated With Multitargeting Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction on Paired Nasopharyngeal Swab Samples. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 07; 37(7):643-648. Elfving K, Shakely D, Andersson M, Baltzell K, Msellem MI, Björkman A, Mårtensson A, Petzold M, Trollfors B, Lindh M. PMID: 29889810.
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Characterizing Pediatric Non-Malarial Fever and Identifying the At-Risk Child in Rural Malawi. Glob Pediatr Health. 2018; 5:2333794X17750415. Kortz TB, Blair A, Scarr E, Mguntha AM, Bandawe G, Schell E, Rankin S, Baltzell K. PMID: 29372177; PMCID: PMC5772500.
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Bovine leukemia virus linked to breast cancer but not coinfection with human papillomavirus: Case-control study of women in Texas. Cancer. 2018 04 01; 124(7):1342-1349. Baltzell KA, Shen HM, Krishnamurthy S, Sison JD, Nuovo GJ, Buehring GC. PMID: 29266207.
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Principles, practices and knowledge of clinicians when assessing febrile children: a qualitative study in Kenya. Malar J. 2017 09 20; 16(1):381. Hooft AM, Ripp K, Ndenga B, Mutuku F, Vu D, Baltzell K, Masese LN, Vulule J, Mukoko D, LaBeaud AD. PMID: 28931399; PMCID: PMC5607512.
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Impacts on Global Health from Nursing Research. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Apr; 96(4):765-766. Baltzell K, McLemore M, Shattell M, Rankin S. PMID: 28219991; PMCID: PMC5392616.
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Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings. BMJ. 2017 Mar 29; 356:j1054. Hopkins H, Bruxvoort KJ, Cairns ME, Chandler CI, Leurent B, Ansah EK, Baiden F, Baltzell KA, Björkman A, Burchett HE, Clarke SE, DiLiberto DD, Elfving K, Goodman C, Hansen KS, Kachur SP, Lal S, Lalloo DG, Leslie T, Magnussen P, Jefferies LM, Mårtensson A, Mayan I, Mbonye AK, Msellem MI, Onwujekwe OE, Owusu-Agyei S, Reyburn H, Rowland MW, Shakely D, Vestergaard LS, Webster J, Wiseman VL, Yeung S, Schellenberg D, Staedke SG, Whitty CJ. PMID: 28356302; PMCID: PMC5370398.
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Improving prescribing practices with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs): synthesis of 10 studies to explore reasons for variation in malaria RDT uptake and adherence. BMJ Open. 2017 03 08; 7(3):e012973. Burchett HE, Leurent B, Baiden F, Baltzell K, Björkman A, Bruxvoort K, Clarke S, DiLiberto D, Elfving K, Goodman C, Hopkins H, Lal S, Liverani M, Magnussen P, Mårtensson A, Mbacham W, Mbonye A, Onwujekwe O, Roth Allen D, Shakely D, Staedke S, Vestergaard LS, Whitty CJ, Wiseman V, Chandler CI. PMID: 28274962; PMCID: PMC5353269.
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Acute Uncomplicated Febrile Illness in Children Aged 2-59 months in Zanzibar - Aetiologies, Antibiotic Treatment and Outcome. PLoS One. 2016; 11(1):e0146054. Elfving K, Shakely D, Andersson M, Baltzell K, Ali AS, Bachelard M, Falk KI, Ljung A, Msellem MI, Omar RS, Parola P, Xu W, Petzold M, Trollfors B, Björkman A, Lindh M, Mårtensson A. PMID: 26821179; PMCID: PMC4731140.
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A qualitative study to assess community barriers to malaria mass drug administration trials in The Gambia. Malar J. 2014 Feb 04; 13:47. Dial NJ, Ceesay SJ, Gosling RD, D'Alessandro U, Baltzell KA. PMID: 24495715; PMCID: PMC3915615.
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The usefulness of rapid diagnostic tests in the new context of low malaria transmission in Zanzibar. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e72912. Shakely D, Elfving K, Aydin-Schmidt B, Msellem MI, Morris U, Omar R, Weiping X, Petzold M, Greenhouse B, Baltzell KA, Ali AS, Björkman A, Mårtensson A. PMID: 24023791; PMCID: PMC3762850.
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Perception of malaria risk in a setting of reduced malaria transmission: a qualitative study in Zanzibar. Malar J. 2013 Feb 22; 12:75. Bauch JA, Gu JJ, Msellem M, Mårtensson A, Ali AS, Gosling R, Baltzell KA. PMID: 23433302; PMCID: PMC3584900.
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Febrile illness management in children under five years of age: a qualitative pilot study on primary health care workers' practices in Zanzibar. Malar J. 2013 Jan 28; 12:37. Baltzell K, Elfving K, Shakely D, Ali AS, Msellem M, Gulati S, Mårtensson A. PMID: 23356837; PMCID: PMC3626688.
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Prevalence of PCR detectable malaria infection among febrile patients with a negative Plasmodium falciparum specific rapid diagnostic test in Zanzibar. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Feb; 88(2):289-91. Baltzell KA, Shakely D, Hsiang M, Kemere J, Ali AS, Björkman A, Mårtensson A, Omar R, Elfving K, Msellem M, Aydin-Schmidt B, Rosenthal PJ, Greenhouse B. PMID: 23249688; PMCID: PMC3583319.
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Epstein-Barr virus is seldom found in mammary epithelium of breast cancer tissue using in situ molecular methods. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Feb; 132(1):267-74. Baltzell K, Buehring GC, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer H, Shen HM, Sison JD. PMID: 22042367.
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Limited evidence of human papillomavirus in [corrected] breast tissue using molecular in situ methods. Cancer. 2012 Mar 01; 118(5):1212-20. Baltzell K, Buehring GC, Krishnamurthy S, Kuerer H, Shen HM, Sison JD. PMID: 21823105.
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Epithelial cells in nipple aspirate fluid and subsequent breast cancer risk: a historic prospective study. BMC Cancer. 2008 Mar 19; 8:75. Baltzell KA, Moghadassi M, Rice T, Sison JD, Wrensch M. PMID: 18366688; PMCID: PMC2292198.
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A descriptive study of variables associated with obtaining nipple aspirate fluid in a cohort of non-lactating women. BMC Womens Health. 2006 Oct 17; 6:15. Baltzell KA, Wrensch M, Sison JD. PMID: 17044938; PMCID: PMC1626446.
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Strengths and limitations of breast cancer risk assessment. Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005 May 10; 32(3):605-16. Baltzell K, Wrensch MR. PMID: 15897935.
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Breast carcinogenesis: can the examination of ductal fluid enhance our understanding? Oncol Nurs Forum. 2005 Jan 19; 32(1):33-9. Baltzell K, Eder S, Wrensch M. PMID: 15660141.