Office for Global Engagement

L. SCOTT BENSON

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Appointments

Associate Professor (Lecturer), Family & Preventive Medicine

scott.benson@hsc.utah.edu

Languages spoken

  • Spanish

International Activities

International Publications

  • Ghana, India, Morocco, Pakistan: Frost, CJ, Carlson, M, Benson, LS, Gren, LH, eds (In press January 2023). Global Research Ethics: Case Studies from International Research Contexts. United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • Malawi: Elizabeth M Keating, Jeff A Robison, Msandeni Chiume, Marissa Taddie, James A VanDerslice, L Scott Benson, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Heather L Crouse, Michelle D Eckerle, Emily J Ciccone, Christina A Porucznik (2022). Relationship between distance of referring facilities and haemoglobin changes in children in Malawi. Paediatr Int Child Health, 41(4).
  • Ghana: Tenley R Klc, Stefanie Ames, Brooke Zollinger, Daniel Ansong, Owusu O Asibey, Scott Benson, Ty T Dickerson (2020). Abortion in rural Ghana: Cultural norms, knowledge and attitudes. Afr J Reprod Health, 24(3), 51-58.
  • Ghana: Okyere, B, Owusu-Ofori, A, Ansong, D, Buxton, R, Benson, S, Osei-Akoto, A, Owiredu, E W, Adjei, C, Xorse Amuzu, E, Marfo Boaheng, J, Dickerson, T (2020). Point prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and the comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and nested PCR for the diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana. 15(7).
  • Ghana: Lisa H Gren, Rachel Jaggi, Caren J Frost, L Scott Benson (12/07/2018). Ethics of Managing Unintended Consequences in Global Health Research: A Case Study. 2(2).
  • Ghana: Gren, LH, Jaggi, R, Frost, CJ, Benson, LS (2018). Reframing ethics when unintended consequences arise: A case report of a multiple micronutrient study during pregnancy in Ghana. African Journal of Current Medical Research, 2(2).
  • Peru: Stewart M, Grahmann B, Fillmore A, Benson LS (2017). Rural Community Disaster Preparedness and Risk Perception in Trujillo, Peru. Prehosp Disaster Med, 32(4), 387-392.
  • Peru: Steward M, Grahmann B, Fillmore A, Benson LS (2017). Rural Community Disaster Preparedness and Risk Perception in Trujillo, Peru. Prehosp Disaster Med, 32(4), 387-392.
  • Ghana: Harris M, Birdsall A, Benson LS, Dickerson TT (2017). The Perception and Management of Acute and Chronic Pain in Rural Ghana. Ann Glob Health, 83(1), 59-70.
  • Ghana: Zhou B, Bentham J, DiCesare M, Benson LS, Cisneros JZ (2017). Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19.1 million participants. Lancet, 389(10064), 37-55.
  • Ghana: Jaziri M, Lyman ME, Benson LS, Dickerson TT (2016). The prevalence and correlates of hypertension among rural Ghanaian adults. Ann Glob Health, 82(3), 426-27.
  • Peru: Green JA, Leiser C, Stewart M, Benson LS (2016). Water quality analysis of a nontraditional distribution system in Trujillo, Peru. Ann Glob Health, 82(3), 443-444.
  • Peru: Zappas K, Fishler A, Benson LS (2016). Contraception use in communities surrounding Trujillo, Peru. Ann Glob Health, 82(3), 573.
  • Ghana: Klc TR, Ames S, Ansong D, Benson LS, Dickerson TT (2015). Cultural norms, knowledge and attitudes regarding abortion in rural Ghana. Ann Glob Health, 81(1), 224-225.
  • Ghana: Nyberg A, Nielson EI, Owusu OA, Benson LS (2015). Impacts and challenges of Community Health Planning Services (CHPS) facilities in rural Ghana. Ann Glob Health, 81(1), 227-228.
  • Ghana: Daniel Ansong, Daniel Tawfik, Emmanuel Ato Williams, Scott Benson, Isaac Nyanor, Isaac Boakye, Christian Obirikorang, Lorraine Sallah, Bernard Arhin, Joseph Marfo Boaheng, Evans Amuzu, Osei Asibey, Ty Dickerson (Fall 2014). Suboptimal vaccination rates in rural Ghana despite positive caregiver attitudes towards vaccination. J Vaccines Immun, 10(14312), 7-15.
  • Ghana: Williams EA, Ansong D, Alder S, Benson LS, Campbell SJ, MacDonald K, Miya TR, Boakye I, Boaheng JM, Amuzu EaX, Owusu OA, Nyanor I, Arhin B, Dickerson TT (Spring 2014). Silent Crisis: Epidemic Hypertension in Rural West Africa. J Hypertens (Los Angel), 2014(3:3).
  • Ghana: Stephen Manortey, Steve Alder, Benjamin Crookston, Ty Dickerson, James VanDerslice, Scott Benson (Spring 2014). Social deterministic factors to participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme in the context of rural Ghanaian setting. J Public Health Afr, 5(1), 51-56.
  • Ghana: Stephen Manortey, James VanDerslice, Steve Alder, Kevin A Henry, Benjamin Crookston, Ty Dickerson, Scott Benson (Spring 2014). Spatial analysis of factors associated with household subscription to the National Health Insurance Scheme in rural Ghana. J Public Health Afr, 5(1), 1-8.
  • Ghana: Williams EA, Keenan KE, Ansong D, Simpson LM, Boakye I, Boaheng JM, Awuah D, Nkyi CA, Nyannor I, Arhin B, Alder S, Benson LS, Dickerson TT (2013). The burden and correlates of hypertension in rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Diabetes Metab Syndr, 7(3), 123-8.
  • Ghana: Arnold M, VanDerslice JA, Taylor B, Benson S, Allen S, Johnson M, Keifer J Boakye I, Arhinn B, Crockston BT, Ansong D (Spring 2013). Drinking water quality and source reliability in rural Ashanti region, Ghana. J Water Health, 11(1), 161-72.

International Presentations

  • Republic of Korea: Global Public Health, 08-SEP-15
  • Pakistan: Projects completion Seminar - Assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene services in primary schools of Sindh, addressing Sustainable Development Goal - 6, 31-OCT-19