A5076967831- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
2020-2024
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
2023
Baylor College of Medicine
2019-2020
University of Houston
2020
University of South Florida
2020
Health Resources and Services Administration
2020
E Ink (South Korea)
2020
Florida College
2017-2019
University of Florida
2017-2019
University of Florida Health
2017-2019
HPV vaccination rates remain low among US adolescents, with only 54% completing the series in 2019. The vaccine is recommended at age 11–12 but can be given as early 9. Although it has been found that offering earlier improves completion by 13, parents reluctant to allow their younger children initiate this vaccine. purpose of study was better understand parental beliefs regarding receipt ages 9–10. A 40 min phone interview completed 21 participants who were asked about viewpoints. Even...
An integrated practice unit (IPU) that provides a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, typically involving primary care provider, registered nurse, social worker, and pharmacist has been shown reduce healthcare utilization among high-cost super-utilizer (SU) patients or multi-visit (MVP). However, less is known about differences in the impact of these interventions on insured vs. uninsured SU super high frequency SUs ([Formula: see text]8 ED visits per 6 months) (4-7 months).We...
Abstract Background Despite increased research using large administrative databases to identify determinants of maternal morbidity and mortality, the extent which these capture obstetric co‐morbidities is unknown. Objective To evaluate impact that time window used assess has on completeness ascertainment those co‐morbidities. Methods We conducted a five‐year analysis inpatient hospitalisations pregnant women from 2010‐2014 Nationwide Readmissions Database. For each woman, discharge...
To explore the extent to which severity of birth defects could be differentiated using illness (SOI) and risk mortality (ROM) measures available in national discharge databases.Data from 2012-14 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) was used identify hospitalizations with one or more major reported annually Birth Defects Prevention Network International Classification Diseases, Ninth Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnosis codes. Each hospitalization also contained a 4-level SOI ROM...
Although the characteristics of readmitted patients associated with a family medicine inpatient service have been reported, differing between groups based on readmission rates not studied. The aim this project was to examine readmission.Patients admitted were classified into 1 3 number admission and readmissions in given year. Demographic data other these collected used analysis. Descriptive statistics characterize admissions. Differences compared using Wilcoxon rank sum test for continuous...
This study aimed to analyze the impact of community service on mental health medical students through their perception stress.
With the estimated future shortage of primary care physicians there is a need to recruit more medical students into family medicine. Longitudinal programs or tracks in schools have been shown successfully care. The aim this study was examine characteristics departments medicine.Data were collected as part 2016 CERA Family Medicine Clerkship Director Survey. survey included questions regarding presence and description available well clerkship director's perception impact. distributed via...
Increases in emergency department (ED) use are contributing to inefficient health care spending and becoming a public concern. Previous studies have identified characteristics of ED high utilizers aimed at designing interventions improve efficiency. We aim expand on these findings family medicine outpatient population.We conducted retrospective analysis population utilizers, defined as those who had been the 6 or more times 1 year, including medical demographic from 2015 2017.Compared with...
The culture at a medical school and the positive experiences in primary care clerkships influence student specialty choice. This choice is significant if demand for physicians to be met. aim of this study was examine family medicine clerkship directors' perceptions environment.Data were collected as part 2015 Council Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance Clerkship Director survey. Questions asked included how directors perceived environment their towards medicine, has...
Revised accreditation criteria from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) in 2016 prompted schools and programs of public health to shift their master (MPH) core curricula. Our objective was provide data revisions MPH curricula at CEPH-accredited other descriptive statistics curriculum required courses as 2023.
The United States suffers from a low proportion of medical students pursuing family medicine (FM). Our objective was to examine institutional characteristics consistent with focus on National Institutes Health (NIH) research, support for FM education, and the choosing FM.The 2015 CERA Survey Family Medicine Clerkship Directors merged NIH funding data 2014 student specialty choice in 2015. Institutional educational operationalized as (1) clerkship director's perception school environment...
The high-risk strategy in prevention has remained the preferred approach health care. High-profile research predominantly emphasizes specific subgroups such as those who have extremely high cholesterol and super-utilizers of emergency departments. Dr. Geoffrey Rose's alternative population approach, though well established principle, failed to come fruition primary care research, aside from a few exceptions. extends intervention efforts more moderate-risk people, attempting shift overall...
M. Juneja1, D. Agana2, A. Asghar-Ali1, N. Ismail1 1Baylor College of Medicine (UNITED STATES) 2University Texas Medical Branch
There are no evidence-based findings to assist professionals with advanced public health and social science degrees in choosing the appropriate academic location. A cross-sectional case study 2019 was conducted using publicly available online data of full-time, nonclinical, doctoral-level faculty schools (SOPHs) medicine (SOMs), within one large university system. Analyses included descriptive statistics generalized linear regression models comparing salaries between school types by rank,...