A5046384071- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Physical Activity and Health
- Social Media in Health Education
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Global Health Care Issues
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Ethics in Clinical Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2010-2024
The Centers
2024
Duke University
2017-2023
NC Department of Health and Human Services
2021-2023
Food and Nutrition Service
2023
Duke Institute for Health Innovation
2017-2022
Center for Discovery
2020-2021
Clinical Research Institute
2017-2021
Pediatrics and Genetics
2020-2021
Center for Neuro-Oncology
2021
<h3>Importance</h3> Physical activity in youth is associated with adult health. Understanding the prevalence and factors of moderate to vigorous physical among adolescents young adults will guide public health policy efforts. <h3>Objectives</h3> To describe current patterns duration identify direction magnitude associations between income, race/ethnicity, sex. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This cross-sectional secondary data analysis used self-reported from National Health Nutrition...
Food insecurity has been associated with the health care expenditures of individuals, but it can affect entire family. Evaluating relationship between food and family provides a better understanding financial implications interventions. Our primary objective was to evaluate association in one year (2016) expenditures—for all members, for children only, adults only—in next (2017). We also evaluated whether this varied across types insurance coverage within families: private, public, or mixed...
Overuse injuries have a significant impact on United States military service members, but research to date has been limited in its ability assess occupational and behavioral risk factors.To prospectively identify factors for the development of lower extremity tendinopathy plantar fasciitis personnel.Descriptive epidemiology study.Baseline data from Millennium Cohort Study, long-term observational cohort personnel, were utilized. Service members enrolled 2001, 2004, 2007. A total 80,106...
Glycemic control often deteriorates during adolescence and the transition to young adulthood for patients with type 1 diabetes. The inability manage diabetes effectively these years is associated poor glycemic complications from in adult life.To determine effect of daily financial incentives on glucose monitoring adherence adolescents adults diabetes.The Behavioral Economic Incentives Improve Control Among Adolescents Young Adults With Type Diabetes (BE IN CONTROL) study was an...
This Viewpoint encourages the development of approaches to share results research with study participants reinforce value patient participation, incentivize engagement in research, and honor belief that individuals have a right their own data.
decisions in patient care.
Abstract BACKGROUND: Since 2006, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been routinely recommended for preadolescent and adolescent girls in United States. Depending on uptake patterns, HPV could reduce existing disparities cervical cancer. METHODS: vaccination status reasons not vaccinating were assessed using data from 2008 National Health Interview Survey. Households with a girl aged 9‐17 years included (N = 2205). Sociodemographic factors health behaviors associated multivariate...
Objective: To investigate respiratory illnesses and potential open-air burn pit exposure among Millennium Cohort participants who deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Methods: Using multivariable logistic regression, newly reported chronic bronchitis emphysema, asthma, self-reported symptoms possible within 2, 3, 5 miles were examined Army Air Force deployers surveyed in 2004 2006 2007 2008 (n = 22,844). Results: Burn 3 was not associated with outcomes after statistical adjustment. Increased...
We described American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) infant and pediatric death rates leading causes of death.
Returning results to research participants is increasingly recognized as an ethical mandate, yet little known about best practices optimally communicate urgent or emergent results. We describe the development of and experience with a process return in Project Baseline Health Study (PBHS), which was prospective observational cohort study 2502 enrolled from 2017 2019 followed through 2023. Urgent were returned during after baseline visit vital signs; clinical laboratory testing; ocular,...
Traditional metrics of the impact Affordable Care Act (ACA) and health insurance marketplaces in United States include public opinion polls marketplace enrollment, which are published with a lag weeks to months. In this rapidly changing environment, real-time barometer mechanism identify emerging issues would be valuable.We sought evaluate Twitter's role as sentiment on ACA determine if Twitter (the positivity or negativity tweets) could predictive state-level enrollment.We retrospectively...
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a Gram-negative bacterium widely distributed in marine environments and well-recognized invertebrate pathogen frequently isolated from seafood. V. may also spread into humans, via contaminated, raw, or undercooked seafood, causing gastroenteritis diarrhea.A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-based detection system was used to detect pathogenic levels of this microorganism (105 CFU/ml) with Molecular Mirroring using iron nanoparticles coated target-specific biomarkers...
PurposeTo examine the pandemic response plans of institutes higher education (i.e., colleges and universities), including COVID-19 prevention, enforcement, testing strategies.MethodData from largest public (n = 50) private US were collected October 30 to November 20, 2020.ResultsMost 93) offered some in-person teaching in Fall 2020 semester; most adopted masking (100%) physical distancing (99%) mandates. Other preventive strategies included on-campus housing de-densification (58%), classroom...
<h3>Objective</h3> To determine if deployment to recent military operations or other health, demographic, military-related characteristics were associated with employment after service. <h3>Methods</h3> Former US active duty service members participating in the Millennium Cohort Study, a population-based sample of personnel that began July 2001, prospectively followed from time baseline health reporting self-reported status separation. <h3>Results</h3> Of 9099 separated meeting inclusion...