- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Census and Population Estimation
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
2015-2017
George Washington University
2017
Drexel University
1996
Western General Hospital
1992
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for Bhutanese refugee community leaders in U.S. We hypothesized that would improve knowledge mental health problems and treatment process decrease negative attitudes towards people with illness. One hundred twenty participated MHFA training, whom 58 had sufficient English proficiency complete pre- post-tests. questionnaires assessed each participant's ability recognize signs depression, about...
Interpersonal sexual objectification, or being treated as an object by others, is linked to poorer body image and, in turn, engagement weight management behaviors that promote conformity unrealistic appearance standards while simultaneously undermining health. Although these associations emerge consistently among women, the evidence has been less clear men. The present study introduced a novel control behavior, food-restricted alcohol consumption (i.e., limiting food intake prior...
Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the capture-recapture method used by Philadelphia Department Public Health enhance surveillance perinatal hepatitis B virus (HBV), report on results and limitations process, determine why some HBV-positive mother-infant pairs were not initially identified Philadelphia’s Perinatal Hepatitis Prevention Program (PHBPP). Methods: We performed retrospectively for births in 2008 2009 prospectively from 2010 2014 independently matching annual...