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January 14, 2021
The influence of state minimum wage increases on health and behavior
Low and minimum wage work, prevalent in the United States, is a key driver of both income inequality and income-driven health disparities. Cities and states have increasingly moved to adopt higher minimum wages with the goal of closing the income gap and improving the economic well-being of their residents. Over the last decade, academics and…
Correlates of HIV status non-disclosure by pregnant women living with HIV to their male partners in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Background: HIV status disclosure by pregnant women living with HIV (PWLHIV) to their male partners is associated with improved maternal and infant outcomes. Understanding relationship factors associated with non-disclosure of HIV status by PWLHIV to their partners can inform the design of interventions to facilitate status disclosure. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using enrollment…
Predicting individual-specific HIV survival functions – motivation, implementation, and potential applications.
Immense progress has been made in the development and delivery of HIV prevention interventions worldwide, and that is reflected in the trends of global HIV epidemic metrics. However, such a wide perspective overlooks relapses in several regions and numerous concentrated epidemics among certain subpopulations. Risk of HIV varies substantially across geographic, temporal, and social space….
Impact of FDA advisories on smoking cessation for Veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Many persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) require medication to quit smoking, yet few receive highly effective therapy with varenicline. One likely barrier is historical Food and Drug Administration safety advisories for psychiatric risk, which were associated with reduced varenicline prescribing nationwide. It is unknown whether prescribers avoided varenicline even among persons with high…
Predictors of Pediatric In-Hospital Recurrent Cardiac Arrest
In-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Approximately 16,000 children receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the United States each year. Patients who suffer more than one cardiac arrest event are at a particularly increased risk of mortality, with survival to hospital discharge estimated to be 41-50%. Identification of patients who…
Genomic epidemiology on the frontline: Inferring disease dynamics from pathogen genomes and supporting genomic analysis in applied public health settings.
Within infectious disease epidemiology, genomic epidemiology is a field that seeks to describe pathogen transmission dynamics using evolutionary analysis of pathogen genome sequences and associated metadata. Genomic data have a wealth of information; we can use them to group related cases of disease, detect cryptic disease transmission, differentiate source and sink populations, and describe how…
Local-level Association of Social Deprivation and Serious Injuries in Washington State: An Ecological Cross-sectional Study
Background Injuries, a major source of morbidity and mortality, are associated with social determinants of health. To inform strategic prioritization and targeting of injury prevention resources, there is a need to better understand the relationship between specific community-level factors and serious injuries. Methods We conducted an ecological cross-sectional study in ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs)…
January 12, 2021
Non-gonococcal urethritis and its relationship to three novel bacterial vaginosis (BV) associated bacteria
Objective: Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) is the most common urethral syndrome in the United States, yet up to 50% of cases are of unknown etiology. Bacterial-vaginosis associated bacteria (BVAB), highly predictive of BV in cisgender women, have been detected in cisgender men and may explain some cases of NGU. We sought to determine the frequency and…
An evaluation of the performance characteristics of World Health Organization syndromic management for C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
Abstract An evaluation of the performance characteristics of World Health Organization syndromic management for C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya Gregory Zane Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Dr. Jennifer Balkus Department of Epidemiology Objectives: To assess the performance characteristics of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) syndromic surveillance algorithms…
Factors associated with poor patient recall of lung cancer screening follow-up recommendations and the association with adherence
Rationale. Factors associated with adherence to recommendations after initiating lung cancer screening (LCS) are poorly understood. We sought to determine patient-level factors associated with incorrect identification of LCS follow-up recommendations, hypothesizing that incorrect recall would be associated with decreased adherence to follow-up. Methods. We performed a cross-sectional study of patients in the University of Washington…
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