A5063668967- Obesity and Health Practices
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
Tulane University
2018-2020
George Washington University
2015-2016
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) annually claims more lives and costs dollars than any other globally amid widening health disparities, despite the known significant reductions in this burden by low cost dietary changes. The world's first medical school-based teaching kitchen therefore launched CHOP-Medical Students as largest multisite cohort study of hands-on cooking nutrition education versus traditional curriculum for students.This analysis provides a novel integration artificial...
Summary Introduction Rates of obesity pharmacotherapy use, bariatric surgery and intensive behavioural counselling have been extremely low. Objectives The primary objective this study was to survey healthcare provider beliefs, practice knowledge regarding management. Methods Primary care physicians (PCPs), OB‐GYN nurse practitioners (NPs) responded a web‐based related drug therapy practice, referral reimbursement coding practice. Results reported use appear be increasing among PCPs, which is...
There has been a surge in diet-related mobile health (mHealth) interventions. However, mHealth research targeted toward racial/ethnic populations relatively limited. Focus groups with African American men and women from New Orleans, Louisiana, were conducted to (1) describe perceptions about healthy eating, (2) determine the acceptability of interventions, (3) identify preferred intervention features. Descriptive statistics thematic content analyses performed. Qualitative data organized...
Enteric fever (formerly typhoid fever) is a bacterial illness caused by fecal-oral transmission of Salmonella typhi or paratyphi. In early 2018, an outbreak resistant to third-generation cephalosporins, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, trimethroprim-sulfamethoxazole, and chloramphenicol was reported in Pakistan. This strain, termed “extensively typhi,” has infected more than 5000 patients endemic areas South Asia, as well travelers from these areas, including 5 cases the United States. We present...
Nearly half of the 6.1 million pregnancies in U.S. each year are unintended. While unintended have steadily decreased since 1980s, these become increasingly concentrated among low-income women, with rates up to five times as high for women at 200% Federal Poverty Level.[1] Two-thirds financed by public programs like Medicaid, which also covers costs delivery well comprehensive coverage newborns through age 18.[2]In some states larger populations cover over 80% unplanned pregnancies, placing...