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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 ... -
Assessing the scope and equity of Medicare to determine policy improvements
(2019-03-05)Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Medicare in providing universal access to equitable healthcare for those 65 and older. Medicare went through iterations to adapt to changes ... -
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 ... -
Autism Spectrum Disorder Service Utilization and Satisfaction in the DFW metroplex
(2019-03-05)PURPOSE The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has risen rapidly to 1 in every 59 children. Being one of the fastest growing developmental disorders, the need for services outpaces availability for individuals ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Bullying Involvement and Adverse Childhood Events: Should We be Concerned?
(2019-03-05)PURPOSE: Bullying is one of the public health priorities in the United States. While most of the current literature focuses on the relationship between school environment and bullying involvement, research shows that adverse ... -
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 ... -
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 Alcohol Misuse Differ by Veteran and Gender Status in Adults 25 to 75 Years of Age?
(2019-03-05)Purpose. Historically, alcohol misuse has been a problem among veterans. The purpose of this study was to examine whether alcohol misuse differs by veteran and gender status in adults 25 to 75 years of age in the general ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Early detection of influenza outbreaks: an application of a Bayesian online change point detection algorithm with optimal hyperparameter estimation using the CDC Influenza-Like Illness Surveillance Network (ILINet) data
(2019-03-05)Introduction Each year, the incidence of influenza (flu) and its financial costs are substantial in the United States (US). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that approximately 25 million people ... -
Examining Willingness and Intentions to Drink Alcohol as Predictors of Protective Behavioral Strategies
(2019-03-05)Purpose: Willingness and intentions are components of the Prototype Willingness Model (PWM), which predicts adolescent and young adult health-risk behaviors. However, research has yet to examine intentions and willingness ... -
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, ... -
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. ... -
McLennan County Mosquito Research: Diversity and Disease-Vector Potential
(2019-03-05)Abstract Purpose: A multitude of vector-obligate diseases are increasingly becoming a greater importance to the United States of America. As climate change generates novel weather patterns, vector-mosquito ranges are ... -
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 ... -
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 ...