2025
Nationwide sociodemographic patterns in airborne exposure to probable carcinogens from industrial sources
Pruitt C, Fisher J, Flory A, Graubard B, Ward M, Jones R, Madrigal J. Nationwide sociodemographic patterns in airborne exposure to probable carcinogens from industrial sources. The Science Of The Total Environment 2025, 986: 179674. PMID: 40449360, PMCID: PMC12317373, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite populationLow socioeconomic statusCensus tract boundariesHigh school educationInternational Agency for Research on CancerSociodemographic characteristicsSociodemographic groupsSociodemographic predictorsSocioeconomic statusSociodemographic patternsCensus tractsProbable carcinogensLogistic regressionOddsIndustrial air emissionsSchool educationLatinosBlack AmericansTract boundariesEvaluate differencesHeat Waves and Early Birth: Exploring Vulnerability by Individual‐ and Area‐Level Factors
Fitch A, Huang M, Strickland M, Newman A, Kalb C, Warren J, Kelley S, Zheng X, Chang H, Darrow L. Heat Waves and Early Birth: Exploring Vulnerability by Individual‐ and Area‐Level Factors. GeoHealth 2025, 9: e2025gh001348. PMID: 40271078, PMCID: PMC12015208, DOI: 10.1029/2025gh001348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchZip code tabulation areasArea-level factorsEarly term birthSocial deprivationSocial deprivation indexHigh social deprivationTerm birthsCase-crossover designState vital recordsInverse-variance weightingDeprivation indexSocioeconomic disadvantageHealth outcomesMaternal residenceHeat wave exposureMaternal educationVital recordsExposure windowsOdds ratioArea levelIndividual-levelMaternal ageBirth riskPositive associationSchool education
2024
SPPADE symptom prevalence and severity in a diverse sample of patients living with metastatic cancers.
Pachman D, Ruddy K, Grzegorczyk V, Kroenke K, Griffin J, Ridgeway J, Chlan L, Tofthagen C, Leventakos K, Strand J, Austin J, Smith A, Mitchell S, Herrin J, Cheville A. SPPADE symptom prevalence and severity in a diverse sample of patients living with metastatic cancers. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: 11108-11108. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.16_suppl.11108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSymptom burdenHigh school educationDiverse sample of patientsAmerican Indian/Alaska Native (AI/ANSymptom management interventionsHigh symptom burdenPhysical function impairmentComposite scoreCancer symptom controlTotal symptom burdenSchool educationComposite mean scoresSymptom interventionMetastatic diseaseMetastatic cancerSymptom prevalenceSample of patientsSymptom SurveyEmployment statusDisability statusMean scoreICD codesCancer typesManagement interventionsSymptom controlPrevalence and correlates of alcohol use among the elderly in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) cohort study
Ransome Y, Martinez-Brockman J, Galusha D, Thompson T, Adams O, Nazario C, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M, Maharaj R. Prevalence and correlates of alcohol use among the elderly in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) cohort study. Addictive Behaviors 2024, 153: 108001. PMID: 38447411, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2024.108001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research NetworkCorrelates of alcohol useCohort studyAlcohol useAlcohol problemsBinge drinking daysResearch NetworkDrinking daysLogistic regression analysisDrinking statusDescriptive statisticsCollege educationReligious attendanceCaribbean peopleSample characteristicsAlcohol measuresLongitudinal studySchool educationReligious servicesRegression analysisDrinking problemsOddsAlcohol dependenceCohortPrevalencePredictors of stroke literacy among African Americans in the “buckle of the stroke belt”
Sunmonu N, Malek A, Jenkins C, Hyacinth H. Predictors of stroke literacy among African Americans in the “buckle of the stroke belt”. Frontiers In Stroke 2024, 3: 1331085. DOI: 10.3389/fstro.2024.1331085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKnowledge of stroke signsStroke literacyStroke signsStroke BeltStroke signs and symptomsReduce stroke-related disabilityAssociated with racial disparitiesStroke-related disabilityAfrican American adultsHigh school educationStroke knowledgeHealth disparitiesAcute stroke treatmentSocioeconomic statusRacial disparitiesSocioeconomic factorsSociodemographic aspectsAmerican adultsEducation levelAdequate knowledgeAfrican AmericansEducation programsSchool educationStroke outcomeEmergency room
2017
Attitudes towards mental illness among medical students in China: Impact of medical education on stigma
Zhu Y, Zhang H, Yang G, Hu X, Liu Z, Guo N, He H, Sun B, Rosenheck R. Attitudes towards mental illness among medical students in China: Impact of medical education on stigma. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry 2017, 10: e12294. PMID: 28898545, DOI: 10.1111/appy.12294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical studentsMedical school educationChinese medical studentsSocial integrationClinical rotationsChinese studentsDidactic coursesMedical educationSchool educationStudentsSocial acceptanceFactor analysisLow social acceptanceMental illnessEducationPsychiatry trainingFurther trainingTraining levelAttitudesPersonal experienceTrainingPsychiatric trainingSpecific attitudesIndividual experiencesCourse
2010
School-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programming: Current Perspectives
Elbertson N, Brackett M, Weissberg R. School-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programming: Current Perspectives. Springer International Handbooks Of Education 2010, 1017-1032. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2660-6_57.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional learningSchool-based effortsLearning programmingHigh school educationSchool educationFetzer InstituteYoung peopleRange of researchersLearningSELGeneral health needsDiverse interestsPositive relationshipHealth needsSocialEducatorsSchoolsEducationPreschoolSkillsEssential partAcademicsCollaborativeAttendanceOpportunities
2001
Do Future General Surgery Residents Have Adequate Exposure to Endocrine Surgery During Medical School?
Chen H, Hardacre J, Martin C, Udelsman R, Lillemoe K. Do Future General Surgery Residents Have Adequate Exposure to Endocrine Surgery During Medical School? World Journal Of Surgery 2001, 26: 17-21. PMID: 11898028, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0175-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical schoolsMedical studentsMedical school educationGeneral surgery residency positionsGeneral surgery residentsPaucity of exposureSchool educationSurgical rotationSchoolsStudentsSurgical careerSurgery residentsSubspecialty rotationsSurgical proceduresResidency positionsCoronary bypass surgeryIndex surgical procedureSurgical residentsBypass surgeryLaparoscopic cholecystectomyThyroid resectionMean ageEndocrine surgeryAdequate exposureGeneral surgeryNutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Latinos in the USA: Influence of language
Pérez‐Escamilla R, Himmelgreen D, Bonello H, González A, Haldeman L, Méndez I, Segura‐Millán S. Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Latinos in the USA: Influence of language. Ecology Of Food And Nutrition 2001, 40: 321-345. DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2001.9991657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood Guide PyramidInfluence of languageNutrition knowledgeLanguage useNutrition informationUSDA Food Guide PyramidFood labelsYears of ageNeural tube defectsLatina respondentsTraditional patternsPuerto RicansFriends/relativesHigh school educationNutrition attitudesTube defectsLatino neighborhoodsAttitudesFood consumptionSchool educationLatinosEnglishHomeLanguageSpanish
1998
Emergency Medicine in Undergraduate Education
Burdick W, Jouriles N, D'Onofrio G, Kass L, Mahoney J, Restifo K, Committee U. Emergency Medicine in Undergraduate Education. Academic Emergency Medicine 1998, 5: 1105-1110. PMID: 9835475, DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02671.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical educationUndergraduate medical educationMedical school educationMost medical schoolsCurricular offeringsUndergraduate educationEM educationEducation increasesSchool educationMedical schoolsMedical studentsEducation CommitteeLiaison CommitteeEmergency medicineEducationSignificant educationEarly yearsInjured patientsBasic knowledgeSchoolsBeliefsStudentsEmergency careCompetenciesSkills
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