Eric Steinbrook
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2026
A94-02 Fidelity and Adaptation of a User-Centered Tuberculosis Contact Tracing Strategy in Uganda: A Qualitative Study
Steinbrook E, Cziner M, Ggita J, Musinguzi J, Turimumahoro P, Ochom E, Gupta A, Armstrong-Hough M, Katamba A, Davis J. A94-02 Fidelity and Adaptation of a User-Centered Tuberculosis Contact Tracing Strategy in Uganda: A Qualitative Study. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2026, 212: aamag162.6710. DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag162.6710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity health workersElectronic survey toolQualitative studyPractice meetingsSurvey toolNested qualitative studyCluster randomized trialContacts of TB patientsTB contact investigationNational InstituteCHW-ledTB testStepped-wedgeHealth workersImplementation trialHIV screeningContact tracing activitiesScreening questionsTB symptomsImplementation barriersImplementation fidelityTB clinicThematic analysisElectronic surveyVerbal consentEarly use of methylene blue in the management of refractory group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome with multi-organ failure in the intensive care unit
Steinbrook E, Labar A, Mendoza H, Ghincea A. Early use of methylene blue in the management of refractory group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome with multi-organ failure in the intensive care unit. BMJ Case Reports 2026, 19: e271683. PMID: 41932711, DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2025-271683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptstoxic shock syndromemulti-organ failureshock syndromemedical history of type 2 diabetes mellitusearly initiationmedical historyhistory of type 2 diabetes mellitusgroup A <i>Streptococcus</i>acute-onset confusionrefractory septic shocktype 2 diabetes mellitusrenal replacement therapyintensive care unitcommunity-dwelling menmultiple vasopressorsrefractory shockreplacement therapyseptic shockatrial fibrillationhaemodynamic supportcare unitkidney failureearly useemergency departmentsyndrome
2023
Trust and distrust in low‐income Michigan residents during the early COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study
Waidyaratne G, Steinbrook E, Roy S, Opoku A, Jaffe K, Goold S. Trust and distrust in low‐income Michigan residents during the early COVID‐19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Health Expectations 2023, 26: 2245-2251. PMID: 37452517, PMCID: PMC10632642, DOI: 10.1111/hex.13826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsearly COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19low-income communitiestreatment optionsdisproportionate morbidityhealth behaviorsqualitative studypatient approachfederal poverty linehealth researchprotective behaviorsoverall safetyinterview guideMichigan residentspandemic restrictionspandemicSteering Committeethematic analysiscommunity membersstate of Michiganstatewide networkhealthperception of riskparticipants' experiences
2022
Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Two Indigenous Municipalities in Rural Guatemala: A Population-Representative Survey
Steinbrook E, Flood D, Barnoya J, Montano C, Miller A, Rohloff P. Prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Other Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Two Indigenous Municipalities in Rural Guatemala: A Population-Representative Survey. Global Heart 2022, 17: 82. PMID: 36578912, PMCID: PMC9695220, DOI: 10.5334/gh.1171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsmodifiable CVD risk factorsCVD risk factorscardiovascular disease risk factorsage-standardized prevalencedisease risk factorsrisk factorspopulation-representative surveycrude prevalencemodifiable cardiovascular disease risk factorsmultiple CVD risk factorsmultivariable logistic regression modelprevalence of hypertensionage-adjusted prevalencehigh smoking prevalenceage group 18older age groupslogistic regression modelsprimary outcomesmoking prevalencesurvey commandsparticular hypertensionsubstantial prevalencediabetesgroup 18age groupsRural-Urban Differences in Diabetes Care and Control in 42 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally Representative Individual-Level Data.
Flood D, Geldsetzer P, Agoudavi K, Aryal K, Brant L, Brian G, Dorobantu M, Farzadfar F, Gheorghe-Fronea O, Gurung M, Guwatudde D, Houehanou C, Jorgensen J, Kondal D, Labadarios D, Marcus M, Mayige M, Moghimi M, Norov B, Perman G, Quesnel-Crooks S, Rashidi M, Moghaddam S, Seiglie J, Bahendeka S, Steinbrook E, Theilmann M, Ware L, Vollmer S, Atun R, Davies J, Ali M, Rohloff P, Manne-Goehler J. Rural-Urban Differences in Diabetes Care and Control in 42 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally Representative Individual-Level Data. Diabetes Care 2022, 45: 1961-1970. PMID: 35771765, PMCID: PMC9472489, DOI: 10.2337/dc21-2342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptslower relative riskrelative riskdiabetes caremiddle-income countriesrural-urban differencesblood pressure controlcardiovascular risk factorscontrol of diabetesage-adjusted differencecross-sectional studydiabetes performance measuresrepresentative health surveyrural populationPoisson regression modelsglycemic controlcholesterol controldiabetes prevalencerisk factorsHealth Surveyeffective careproportion of individualsindividual-level datadiabetes diagnosisdiabetespressure control
2021
Distance matters: barriers to antenatal care and safe childbirth in a migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border from 2007 to 2015, a pregnancy cohort study
Steinbrook E, Min M, Kajeechiwa L, Wiladphaingern J, Paw M, Pimanpanarak M, Hiranloetthanyakit W, Min A, Tun N, Gilder M, Nosten F, McGready R, Parker D. Distance matters: barriers to antenatal care and safe childbirth in a migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border from 2007 to 2015, a pregnancy cohort study. BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth 2021, 21: 802. PMID: 34856954, PMCID: PMC8638435, DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-04276-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsantenatal carepregnancy outcomesfirst trimesterskilled childbirth servicespregnancy cohort studypoor pregnancy outcomesPlasmodium falciparum malariapredictors of lossmultivariable negative binomial regressionhealth-related factorsThailand-Myanmar borderevidence-based interventionssingleton childbirthpregnancy complicationsantenatal cliniccohort studyfalciparum malariaantenatal servicesbirth outcomesthird trimestermalaria infectionmaternal healthmaternal healthcareConclusionsThis analysischildbirth services
2019
Assessing the Use of Google Translate for Spanish and Chinese Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions
Khoong E, Steinbrook E, Brown C, Fernandez A. Assessing the Use of Google Translate for Spanish and Chinese Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions. JAMA Internal Medicine 2019, 179: 580-582. PMID: 30801626, PMCID: PMC6450297, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.7653.Peer-Reviewed Original Research