- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Obesity and Health Practices
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Infant Health and Development
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Media Influence and Health
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Emotion and Mood Recognition
- Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
Cohort (United Kingdom)
2024
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
2012-2023
Public Health Agency of Canada
2019
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2004-2011
Arkansas Children's Hospital
2006-2011
Philadelphia University
2008
University of California, Los Angeles
2002
VA Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center
2002
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
2002
Veterans Health Administration
1995
Annual suicide figures are critical in identifying trends and guiding research, yet challenges arising from significant lags reporting can delay complicate real-time interventions. In this paper, we utilized Google Trends search volumes for behavioral forecasting of national rates Ireland between 2004 2015. Official recorded by the Central Statistics Office Ireland. While similar investigations using data have been carried out other jurisdictions (e.g., United Kingdom, Stated America), such...
Poor dietary habits and decreased outdoor activity has led to an epidemic of obese children vitamin D deficiency. The lack alters bone development mineralization by diminishing physiological levels calcium phosphorus. Given D's role in growth plate regulation, we hypothesized that deficiency would lead higher rates fractures, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), Blount disease youth.A retrospective review was performed at the obesity clinic using database (890 patients). Data obtained...
The explosion of user-generated content on the Social Web published from mobile devices has seen reporting applications grow in popularity self-reporting style workout tracking like Fitocracy <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">1</sup> to community FixMyStreet xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> . In this paper, we introduce concept social where a people report issues within their environment. We discuss annotating...
Background Suicide is a prominent cause of death worldwide, particularly among young people. It was the second leading those aged 15-29 years globally in 2016. Treatment for patients with suicidal thoughts or behaviors often includes face-to-face psychological therapy mental health professional. These forms interventions may involve maintaining and updating paper-based reports worksheets between sessions. Mobile technology can offer way to support implementation evidence-based techniques...
To determine if forensic laboratory evidence could be recovered from alleged sexual abuse victims more than 24 hours after the event and to age or historical factors used need for collections.Retrospective study of hospital records matched with reports Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, Little Rock.The emergency department at Children's Hospital, Rock.Eighty children (aged <12 years) adolescents > =12 who presented within 72 an assault genital contact.Cases positive semen were correlated...
Abstract Background The World Health Organization report that an estimated 793,000 people died by suicide in 2016 globally. use of digital technology has been found to be beneficial the delivery Web-based prevention interventions. Research on integration within mental health services indicated despite proliferation technology, engagement patients and professionals adopting such can poor. Objectives current study aims explore experiences 15 involved integrating mobile into their practice. A...
Objective. To examine the results of an interventionist approach applied to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children for whom caregiver nonadherence was suspected as cause treatment failure. Methods. The medical records a cohort 16 perinatally HIV-infected whose care managed at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Pediatric HIV Clinic uninterrupted period ≥3 years were reviewed through July 2003. Data collected included date birth, dates and explanations clinic visits hospitalizations,...
Obese children and adolescents have unique needs for specialized medical equipment while hospitalized might require special diets physical activity options as part of their treatment. It is important that patients with a diagnosis obesity be identified on admission so appropriate resources can provided. We examined what components healthy hospital environment should include sought to determine if children's hospitals provide offers these components. In addition, we policies in place identify...
While existing literature describing the use of co-design has focused on its application within individual-level or group-level health interventions, to plan and support implementation mental substance stepped care (MHSUH) models other MHSUH system transformation initiatives is more limited. In this commentary, authors describe Populating Model Series, a co-design-based, system-level planning intervention specifically developed for sites implementing Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0) model care. The...
Over 700,000 people die by suicide annually, making it the fourth leading cause of death among those aged 15-29 years globally. Safety planning is recommended best practice when individuals at risk present to health services. A safety plan, developed in collaboration with a care practitioner, details steps be taken an emotional crisis. SafePlan, mobile app, was designed support young experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors record their plan way that accessible immediately situ.The aim...
User Engagement in digital experiences is a fundamental concern for technology developers, educators, businesses, TV networks and marketing agencies. However, engagement remains confusing concept with cognitive, emotional behavioural dimensions, that depends on large number of technical human interrelated factors. This study contributes to our understanding at level, through an analysis HBO Game Thrones (GoT) fans' Twitter dataset, collected over six-month period. across the GoT universe:...
Freeman, Thomas W. M.D.; Keesee, Nichole M.S.W.; Thornton, Carolyn Gillette, Gregory Young, Karen M.D. Author Information
The increasing prevalence of pediatric overweight has caused the medical community to begin searching for ways deal with this new problem. Centers Disease Control developed Body Mass Index (BMI) growth charts, which came into use in 2000. Primary care providers are seeking education on relatively topic. This article provides fundamental information based evidence pediatricians learn how their patients office setting.
City dashboards present information about a city to broad audience with some thought given as how of these audiences might understand the information. However, little research has looked at 'citizens' make sense dashboards. Using two sample dashboards, we asked community activists from four different areas (Health, Environment, Transport and Agriculture) explore displayed. grounded theory approaches, factors which support or hinder users sense-making. From further analysis data identify key...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Digital interventions are proposed as one way by which effective treatments for self-harm and suicidal ideation may be improved their scalability enhanced. Mobile devices offer a potentially powerful medium to deliver evidence-based with greater specificity the individual when intervention is needed. The recent proliferation of publicly available mobile apps designed suicide prevention underlines need robust evidence promote safe practice. </sec>...
e24168 Background: FT is recognized as a significant predictor of stress for OCS on treatment yet little known about its impact during long-time survivorship. Using an innovative, internet-based design, we assessed the prevalence FT, psychological distress, and QOL among OCS. Methods: members from National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) completed this web-based assessment using following measures: COmprehensive Score Financial Toxicity (COST); Hospital Anxiety/Depression Scale (HADSA/D);...