A5046899711- Child and Adolescent Health
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health and Surgery
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Social Media in Health Education
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Family Support in Illness
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
Baylor College of Medicine
2014-2022
Texas Children's Hospital
2014-2021
King's College London
2019
An analysis of 570 HIV-infected women in Swaziland using the Jadelle implant showed that age, condom use, provider who placed implant, and CD4 cell count had no effect on unintentional pregnancy rates. Antiretroviral regimen at time pregnancy, however, correlated with outcomes (P < 0.001). None nevirapine or lopinavir/ritonavir-based regimens (n = 208 13, respectively) became pregnant, whereas 15 efavirenz 121; 12.4%) pregnant.
Short-term global health electives (STGHEs) have become increasingly common, with evidence showing educational and clinical benefits for short-term learners (STLs). Despite increased recognition that STGHEs should be mutually beneficial host sites STLs, demonstrating the impact on international preceptors is lacking.To understand preceptors' perceptions regarding burdens of hosting STLs.Focus group discussions a convenience sample 10 18 eligible were conducted at pediatric STGHE in Malawi...
Background: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatricians address the social determinants health (SDOH) through research, community partnership, and policy development. Objective: This study aimed to identify unmet SDOH patients served by Pasadena-Pediatric Adolescent Health Center (PA-PAHC) understand provider perspectives on screening for SDOH. Methods: PA-PAHC is a low-income pediatric clinic in southeast Houston. A cross-sectional survey eliciting potential concerns...
This study aims to gain an understanding of the perceptions host clinical preceptors in Malawi and Lesotho professionalism exhibited by short-term learners from United States Canada during global health electives.Focus group discussions were conducted with 11 at two outpatient pediatric HIV clinics sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi Lesotho). These approximately 50 each year. Focus moderators used open-ended discussion guides explore preceptors' learners. Thematic analysis inductive approach was...
Physicians in the United States (U.S.) face unique obstacles providing care for persons with limited English proficiency (LEP), especially speakers of rare languages. Lack professional resources is not a problem exclusive to health delivery, Mayan dialects receiving increasingly narrow representation detention centers and immigration courts at U.S.-Mexico border. Parent-child dynamics other crucial information related pediatric may be lost translation event inadequate interpreter services....
Equitable social determinants of health (SDOH) screening has been recommended by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Joint Commission; however, little is known about Spanish-speaking caregiver preferences on how they would like to be screened. We conducted a cross-sectional study at 3 pediatric clinics (October-December 2019). Caregivers completed (in English or Spanish) an SDOH survey. Three hundred eighty-two 443 caregivers approached (response rate = 86.2%) Most were...
The identification and screening of children at high risk tuberculosis is essential to the control prevention child (TB). BUTIMBA, an active case finding household contact-tracing project implemented between 2013 2015 in Eswatini, evaluated 5,413 contacts 1,568 index cases, whom 82 (1.5%) were diagnosed with TB disease. We conducted univariate multivariate clustered logistic regression analyses factors for any diagnosis among cases. Children younger than 5 years positive HIV status more...
Abstract Aim Former unaccompanied immigrant minors (UMs) now living in the USA are a uniquely vulnerable population. The US Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters provide health services, but most discontinued once UMs leave shelters. A systematic review was therefore designed to quantify access medical, mental, and dental healthcare services by former USA. Subject methods study protocol registered with PROSPERO. search made Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Academic Search Complete June 2020....
Tuberculosis (TB) disease causes significant morbidity, mortality, and public health impacts. Prevention of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in children reduces the burden disease.The Texas Children's Mobile Clinic Program's (TC-MCP's) mission is to provide high-quality care underresourced within community setting. The TC-MCP serves a large foreign-born pediatric population. need for an LTBI treatment program arose when caring this high-risk population.The providers collaborated with...
Welcome to Annals of Global Health,Annals Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated publishing high quality articles all aspects global health. The journal's mission advance health, promote research, and foster the prevention treatment disease worldwide. Its goals are improve health well-being people, equity, wise stewardship earth's environment. latest impact factor 3.64.Annals supported by Program for Public Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934...
Welcome to Annals of Global Health,Annals Health is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal dedicated publishing high quality articles all aspects global health. The journal's mission advance health, promote research, and foster the prevention treatment disease worldwide. Its goals are improve health well-being people, equity, wise stewardship earth's environment. latest impact factor 3.64.Annals supported by Program for Public Common Good at Boston College. It was founded in 1934...