A5082410669- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Physical Activity and Health
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Media Influence and Health
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2016-2025
University of Wisconsin System
2018
University of Southern California
2014
University of Pennsylvania
2012-2014
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2014
University of California, Los Angeles
2012
UCLA Health
2010
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
2008
RAND Corporation
2008
The World Health Organization has identified excessive COVID-19 pandemic–related information as a public health crisis, calling it an “infodemic.” Social media allows misinformation to spread quickly and outcompete scientifically grounded delivered via other methods. Dear Pandemic is innovative, multidisciplinary, social media–based science communication project whose mission educate empower individuals successfully navigate the overwhelming amount of circulating during pandemic. This 2...
The success of health care provider counseling-based interventions to address vaccine hesitancy is not clear. In 2011, Washington State implemented Senate Bill 5005 (SB5005), requiring counseling and a signed form from licensed obtain an exemption. Evaluating the impact intervention can provide important insight into population-level that focus on interpersonal communication by provider.We used segmented regression interaction aggregation indices assess SB5005 immunization coverage exemption...
Background: Research on adolescent physical activity is mixed regarding the role of parent activity. This study tested encouragement, direct modeling, and perceived influence as moderators objectively-measured (accelerometer) child moderate-to-vigorous (MVPA) associations. Methods: Parent-child dyads (n = 423; mean age 11.33 yrs.) wore accelerometers for 7 days; parents completed surveys. Hierarchical linear regression models moderation using a product constituent terms interaction. Results:...
Receipt of childhood vaccinations in the US has been declining, and outbreaks preventable infectious diseases have become more common. In response, 2014 California implemented a policy change for exemptions from mandatory vaccines school enrollment. Data on fifteen successive cohorts kindergarteners enrolled public private schools between years 2001–02 2015–16 were analyzed changes vaccination trends. The results show an increase prevalence clustering vaccine through 2013–14, followed by...
Personal belief exemptions (PBEs) from mandated school entry vaccinations have increased in California over the past decade. Infectious disease outbreaks state may be associated with aggregation of intentionally unvaccinated children within schools. We sought to quantify exposure kindergartners PBEs at school.We used cross-sectional Department Public Health data on 3 kindergarten cohorts define and calculate multiple measures exemptions, including interaction indices, for as a whole...
Abstract The present-day location of public parks should be understood in the proper social and historical context residential segregation urban development. In Los Angeles, discriminatory practices such as restrictive covenants were used not only for housing, but also to maintain segregated recreational spaces. addition, economic changes that came a result White flight, suburbanization, inner city job loss brought with it reduction local government resources, including funds parks. These...
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic and subsequent proliferation of misinformation have created parallel public health crises. Social media offers a novel platform to amplify evidence‐based communication broader audiences. This paper describes the application science engagement on social platforms by an interdisciplinary team female scientists in campaign called Dear Pandemic . Nurses are trusted professionals trained therapeutic central this effort. now has more than 97,000 followers with...
Abstract Purpose: Emphasis on consumer-centered care for frail and institutionalized older adults has increased the development adaptation of surveys this population. Conventional methods used to pretest survey items fail investigate underlying sources measurement error. However, use cognitive interview (CI), a method studying how respondents answer items, is not well established or documented in This study demonstrates CIs can be improve questionnaires intended nursing home residents....
We examined whether questions addressing the effect of pain on day-to-day function add unique information to standardized verbal descriptor scale for severity in nursing homes (NHs).Interviews were conducted with 123 residents two Veterans Affairs NHs. All participants asked about presence. Residents reporting worst (mild, moderate, severe, very severe/horrible), degree bother (not at all, a little, moderate amount, great deal), and daily (whether made it hard "sleep," "get out bed," or...
As pandemic-related mistrust of public health recommendations in rural communities may compound gaps pediatric immunizations, our team explored parents' perceptions trustworthiness messaging.
This research evaluated a draft preference assessment tool (draft-PAT) designed to replace the current Customary Routine section of Minimum Data Set (MDS) for nursing homes. The draft-PAT was tested with sample home residents evaluate survey-level administration time and noncompletion rates, as well item-level nonresponse response distributions, test-retest reliability. Modifications were then re-tested subsample residents. Completion times brief (generally less than 10 minutes), only small...
Exemptions from childhood immunizations required for school entry have continued to increase among California kindergartners, and exemptions show spatial clustering within the state. A 2014 change in California's school-entry vaccine exemption law requires parents filing an submit signed documents a health care provider. However, evidence presented here suggests that policy will probably not be sufficient reverse growing trend refusals.
Background The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an “infodemic”–an overwhelming excess of accurate, inaccurate, and uncertain information. social media-based science communication campaign Dear Pandemic established to address the infodemic, in part soliciting submissions from readers online question box. Our study characterized information needs Pandemic’s identifying themes longitudinal trends among box submissions. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis questions submitted August...