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Trends in dietary and total magnesium intake of Hispanic Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999 – 2014
(2019-03-05)Purpose Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays important roles in hundreds of physiologic activities; however, intake of magnesium has been histologically low in Americans. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guideline for Americans ... -
Break a Sweat, Mend Your Mind: Exercise and Mood Among Adolescents
(2019-03-05)Purpose: The prevalence of depression in adolescents is rising, and regular exercise has been reported to have a decreasing effect on incidence of depressed mood in meta-analyses of adult interventions. There is a need to ... -
An Assessment of Obesity and Sleep Sufficiency Among Adolescents in the United States
(2019-03-05)An Assessment of Obesity and Sleep Sufficiency Among Adolescents in the United States Laura Mayfield, MPH Candidate, CHES Erika Thompson, PhD, MPH, CPH Purpose: Obesity is increasing among adolescents in the US, and ... -
Factors Associated with Medication Adherence Among Persons in Permanent Supportive Housing
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Nonadherence to medication is associated with poor health outcomes, worsening of disease and frequent hospitalization. People living in permanent supportive housing (PSH) may be at greater risk of medication ... -
Late Night Social Networking Use and the Associations with Adolescent and Young Adult Sleep Quality, Substance Use, and Anxiety
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Research has shown social networking site use to be associated with adolescent and young adult health and risk behavior generally, but less is known about whether late night use is related to health and well-being. ... -
Project INTEGRATE: A Comprehensive and Systematic Meta-analysis Study of Brief Alcohol Interventions for Young Adults
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Project INTEGRATE is a large synthesis study of alcohol intervention trials, which has been supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism since 2010. This multi-site, interdisciplinary project ... -
Does Alcohol Use Differ by Metropolitan Status in Females Ages 25-44?
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Alcohol use can lead to serious health concerns and even death, but findings are inconsistent regarding whether risk differs by where people live. The purpose of this study was to determine whether alcohol use ... -
The Association Between Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and State Medicaid Expansion
(2019-03-05)Purpose: The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended for US adolescents 11-12 years of age. The HPV vaccine is currently covered for children enrolled in Medicaid through age 20. After the passage the Affordable ... -
Factors Associated with Electronic Cigarette Use in a Population-Based Sample in the US.
(2019-03-05)Factors Associated with Electronic Cigarette Use in a Population-Based Sample in the US. Noah C. Peeri1 Ashvita Garg1 Bingchun Wan1 Karabi Nandy1 1University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health, ... -
Number of interventions identified in the initial comprehensive medical review for HIV patients and its association to patient complexity
(2019-03-05)Background: Over the past decades, there has been a marked decrease in HIV infection and morbidity rates, which has resulted in a growing and aging population of people living with HIV (PLWH) worldwide. In comparison to ... -
Adolescent Health Data: Feelings of Depression and Marijuana Use
(2019-03-05)Adolescent Health Data: Feelings of Depression and Marijuana Use Objective The purpose of this study is to examine an association between feelings of depression and marijuana use amongst high school students in the United ... -
Relationship Between Sexual Dating Violence and Feeling Sad or Hopeless Among High School Students
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Sexual dating violence among high school students is estimated to be on the rise. Effects of sexual dating violence in teenage years can carry on to adulthood and result in depression and suicidality, but there ... -
A Bigger View: US public TB prevention initiatives with a broader health systems perspective
(2019-03-05)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a complex disease and persists as a greater threat than most understand. Responsibility for TB treatment and control has generally fallen to public health agencies. Unfortunately, important ... -
Developing Tuberculosis Prevention Strategies via Interdisciplinary Systems-Thinking: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Risk Recognition and Care
(2019-03-11)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a threat to public health, both globally and within the US. An estimated 80% of active TB cases in the US are from reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI). Reactivation is preventable ... -
Association between Cyber-Bullying and Weapons Carrying at School: Analysis of the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
(2019-03-05)Objective: Previous research has found that victims of bullying are more likely to carry a weapon and say that it is “not wrong” to take a gun to school. Moreover, studies have shown that cyberbullying and traditional ... -
Dissemination and Implementation of School-Based Asthma Initiatives: The Asthma 411 Pilot
(2019-03-05)Purpose: The dissemination and implementation (D&I) of evidence based practices (EBIs) has been identified as one of the most critical barriers to improvement of the public’s health. The Asthma 411 EBI was developed, ... -
Does Mental Health Differ by Obesity in Younger, Middle Aged, and Older Females?
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Although the relationship between mental health and obesity has been well studied, it has not been researched by age groups. The purpose of this study is to examine the relations between mental health and obesity ... -
Application of an Interprofessional Team in Pediatric Nutritional Wellness
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Childhood obesity poses a significant health risk to children in the United States and has been increasing in recent years. Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and ... -
Retrospective Analysis of Unintentional Firearm Injuries Presenting to CCMC
(2019-03-05)Background: An estimated 110 children die each year in the US due to unintentional firearm accidents. Studies show that current educational strategies are ineffective long-term and have called for more research towards ... -
Being Data Driven: Visualizing program data to aid stakeholder comprehension and decision-making in the TESSA project.
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Programs within the community gather large volumes of raw data on their target populations. Representing these data to stakeholders in a presentable format and customized to suit their varying needs poses a ...
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