2025
Experiential Outcomes Among Student Volunteers Providing Mental Health Support in a Student-Run Free Clinic
Ruiz-Huidobro N, Kala S, Gray S, Lopez R, Silva M. Experiential Outcomes Among Student Volunteers Providing Mental Health Support in a Student-Run Free Clinic. Academic Psychiatry 2025, 1-5. PMID: 40346319, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-025-02153-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStudent-run free clinicBehavioral health departmentMental health supportFree clinicHealth supportHealth departmentsMental healthPrimary care clinicsNon-behavioural outcomesImmigrant patient populationStudent volunteersAffected mental healthMixed-methods surveyFuture healthcare professionalsCare clinicsHealthcare professionalsDidactic sessionsResultsSurvey resultsUnderinsured individualsEmotional distressStudent-runMethodsStudy participantsMedical careProfessional impactSchool of MedicinePrEP Navigator Perceptions of the Implementation of Injectable PrEP on HIV Prevention in Tennessee
Chandler C, Schlundt D, Dagostino C, Bonnet K, Sellers A, Pichon L, Alexander L. PrEP Navigator Perceptions of the Implementation of Injectable PrEP on HIV Prevention in Tennessee. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2025, 22: 662. PMID: 40427779, PMCID: PMC12110792, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22050662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConsolidated Framework for Implementation ResearchLAI-PrEPInjectable PrEPHIV pre-exposure prophylaxisState health departmentsPre-exposure prophylaxisLong-actingSemi-structured interviewsPrEP navigationImplementation researchHealth departmentsHIV preventionStructural barriersAudio-recordedHealth insurancePrEPPharmaceutical policyUnited StatesPolicyQualitative approachHIV
2024
Barriers and Facilitators to Vaccine Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the United States
Piltch-Loeb R, Sahr J, Nelson L, Vlahov D, Gershon R. Barriers and Facilitators to Vaccine Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the United States. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2024, 21: 1588. PMID: 39767429, PMCID: PMC11675886, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21121588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth departmentsLocal health departmentsPurposive sampling strategyAt-risk populationsHard-to-reachPotential facilitatorsCommunity outreachQualitative studyLack of clarityAdvisory GroupCommunity engagementCommunity membersDisaster response effortsHolding leadership rolesIncrease equityLeadership rolesCOVID-19Vaccine rolloutMid-2022COVID-19 vaccine rolloutCommunity relationshipsFacilitationResponse effortsEquitable distributionPrioritization criteriaEquipping the Public Health Workforce of the Future: Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Public Health Training Delivered Through Academic-Health Department Partnerships
Mazzucca-Ragan S, Brownson C, Crouch M, Davis S, Duffany K, Erwin P, Leiferman J, McCormick L, Walker J, Brownson R. Equipping the Public Health Workforce of the Future: Evaluation of an Evidence-Based Public Health Training Delivered Through Academic-Health Department Partnerships. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2024, 31: 51-60. PMID: 39121436, PMCID: PMC11925482, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvidence-based public healthPublic Health Training CenterPrevention Research CenterPublic health workforceState health departmentsHealth workforceHealth equityHealth departmentsEvidence-based public health trainingWorkforce developmentGovernmental public health staffSkilled public health workforceImplementing public health programsHealth Training CenterPopulation-wide healthPublic health degreePublic health staffPublic health programsHigh staff turnoverPublic health challengeHealth staffIn-depth interviewsHealth programsThematic analysisPractice settingsSyndromic Surveillance Tracks COVID-19 Cases in University and County Settings: Retrospective Observational Study
Wass L, Hoare D, Smits G, Osman M, Zhang N, Klepack W, Parrilla L, Busche J, Clarkberg M, Basu S, Cazer C. Syndromic Surveillance Tracks COVID-19 Cases in University and County Settings: Retrospective Observational Study. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2024, 10: e54551. PMID: 38952000, PMCID: PMC11220726, DOI: 10.2196/54551.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-like illnessSyndromic surveillanceCounty Health DepartmentSARS-CoV-2 test positivityCounty settingsMiddle-income countriesLow-resource settingsCounty levelReport surveillance dataHealth departmentsTest positivity rateLinear regression modelsPositive test rateTesting ratesCOVID-19 casesSelf-ReportSymptom reportingCOVID-19 riskCOVID-19 testingCOVID-19Negative binomial modelRetrospective observational studyTest positivityCOVID-19 surveillanceObservational studySyndromic Gastrointestinal Panel Diagnostic Tests Have Changed our Understanding of the Epidemiology of Yersiniosis—Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2010-2021
Ray L, Payne D, Rounds J, Trevejo R, Wilson E, Burzlaff K, Garman K, Lathrop S, Rissman T, Wymore K, Wozny S, Wilson S, Watkins L, Bruce B, Weller D. Syndromic Gastrointestinal Panel Diagnostic Tests Have Changed our Understanding of the Epidemiology of Yersiniosis—Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2010-2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae199. PMID: 38868306, PMCID: PMC11167669, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActive Surveillance NetworkCommunity-level social determinants of healthCulture methodLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsSocial determinants of healthCulture-independent diagnostic testsDiagnostic testsDeterminants of healthFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkState health departmentsLocation of residenceAfrican American infantsSurveillance networkYersinia enterocoliticaProportion of infectionsDetect Y. enterocoliticaHealth departmentsAssociated with winter monthsAsian childrenAmerican infantsInfectionDiarrheal diseaseAsian personsWinter monthsDiagnostic methods
2023
1483. Real-time Creation of HCV Treatment Cascades in Clinics to Improve HCV Treatment Rates Among Patients with HIV/HCV Co-infection
Wegener M, Brooks R, Nichols L, Villanueva M. 1483. Real-time Creation of HCV Treatment Cascades in Clinics to Improve HCV Treatment Rates Among Patients with HIV/HCV Co-infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1319. PMCID: PMC10677588, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV/HCVHCV treatmentHealth departmentsHIV/HCV co-infectionSurveillance dataHCV Co-InfectionHCV PCR testingHCV surveillance dataHCV treatment cascadeHCV treatment ratesClinical care dataCounty Health DepartmentHCV careRyan WhiteSVR ratesHCV diagnosisTreatment cascadeTreatment initiationCo-InfectionHCV surveillanceTreatment eligibilityViral clearanceClinic levelCase conferencingMedical recordsDevelopment of the Palliative Care Law and Policy GPS to Assess National Policies in Palliative Care
Feder S, Schulman-Green D, Huer J, Hoffman L, Martins L, Sinclair S, Gluck A, Rusyn E. Development of the Palliative Care Law and Policy GPS to Assess National Policies in Palliative Care. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2023, 26: 1698-1701. PMID: 37585604, PMCID: PMC10714111, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplementing a Surveillance-Based Approach to Create a Statewide Viral Clearance Cascade for Hepatitis C Among People With HIV and HCV Coinfection in Connecticut
Wegener M, Brooks R, Speers S, Nichols L, Villanueva M. Implementing a Surveillance-Based Approach to Create a Statewide Viral Clearance Cascade for Hepatitis C Among People With HIV and HCV Coinfection in Connecticut. Public Health Reports 2023, 139: 208-217. PMID: 37232422, PMCID: PMC10851907, DOI: 10.1177/00333549231172173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV viral loadHCV coinfectionViral loadSurveillance databaseUndetectable HIV viral loadDetectable HIV viral loadDisease controlHIV/AIDS Reporting SystemHCV elimination strategyRecent HIV testAIDS Reporting SystemElectronic Disease Surveillance SystemOutcomes of peoplePublic health departmentsDisease surveillance systemsSurveillance-based approachHCV cureHCV statusHepatitis CAntiviral medicationsHIV testC virusViral testingHealth departmentsInitial infectionEffects of heat waves on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Silveira I, Cortes T, Bell M, Junger W. Effects of heat waves on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0283899. PMID: 37000782, PMCID: PMC10065291, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory mortalityOdds ratioDistributed lag non-linear modelCardiovascular mortalityIndividual-level exposuresHeat wave intensityCase-crossover studyConditional logistic regressionMunicipal Health DepartmentHeat wavesEffects of heat wavesHealth impacts of heat wavesHealth departmentsHealth resourcesDeath dataOlder peopleLow-incomeEffect estimatesOlder womenDefinition of heat wavesLogistic regressionEpidemiological evidenceMorbidity outcomesHeat wave daysHealth impactsCosts and cost‐effectiveness of a collaborative data‐to‐care intervention for HIV treatment and care in the United States
Shrestha R, Fanfair R, Randall L, Lucas C, Nichols L, Camp N, Brady K, Jenkins H, Altice F, DeMaria A, Villanueva M, Weidle P. Costs and cost‐effectiveness of a collaborative data‐to‐care intervention for HIV treatment and care in the United States. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2023, 26: e26040. PMID: 36682053, PMCID: PMC9867888, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare armHIV careCare patientsIntervention armCare interventionsHealth departmentsHIV care interventionsHIV care outcomesHIV care providersHealthcare provider perspectiveHIV clinicHIV treatmentCare providersControl trialCare outcomesMicrocosting approachCare programCare servicesSurveillance dataSimilar interventionsIncremental costIntervention costsProvider perspectivesCareAverage cost
2022
Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022
Hennessee I, Shelus V, McArdle C, Wolf M, Schatzman S, Carpenter A, Minhaj F, Petras J, Cash-Goldwasser S, Maloney M, Sosa L, Jones S, Mangla A, Harold R, Beverley J, Saunders K, Adams J, Stanek D, Feldpausch A, Pavlick J, Cahill M, O’Dell V, Kim M, Alarcón J, Finn L, Goss M, Duwell M, Crum D, Williams T, Hansen K, Heddy M, Mallory K, McDermott D, Cuadera M, Adler E, Lee E, Shinall A, Thomas C, Ricketts E, Koonce T, Rynk D, Cogswell K, McLafferty M, Perella D, Stockdale C, Dell B, Roskosky M, White S, Davis K, Milleron R, Mackey S, Barringer L, Bruce H, Barrett D, D’Angeli M, Kocharian A, Klos R, Dawson P, Ellington S, Mayer O, Godfred-Cato S, Labuda S, McCormick D, McCollum A, Rao A, Salzer J, Kimball A, Gold J, Group C, Group C, Group C, Berumen R, Cosentino G, Getabecha S, Glaser C, Grosgebauer K, Harriman K, Haw M, Kamali A, Kath C, Kim E, Lewis L, Sachdev D, Salas M, Stainken C, Wadford D, Peters P, Vaidya A, Group C, Adkins S, Baird ;, Barrios L, Beeson A, Blackburn D, Borah B, Click E, Davidson W, Galang R, Hufstetler K, Hutchins H, Kourtis A, Miller M, Morris S, Olsen E, Roth N, Sims E, Chatham-Stephens K. Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2022, 71: 1407-1411. PMID: 36331124, PMCID: PMC9639439, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7144a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale-to-male sexual contactPublic health priorityLt;18 yearsJurisdictional health departmentsSkin-to-skin contactChildren Aged 0Adolescents aged <Intensive care unit (ICU)-level careUnited StatesHealth priorityNon-HispanicHealth departmentsPrevention informationMonkeypox virusAged 0Prevent additional infectionsRisk factorsCareAdolescentsClinical featuresMonkeypox vaccineChildrenLt;18Monkeypox casesSexual contactCentering Health Equity Within COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Connecticut's Community Outreach Specialist Program
Johnson K, Diallo K, Hennein R, Shelby T, Zhou X, Gupta AJ, Ludomirsky A, Weiss JM, Nunez-Smith M, Soto K, Davis JL. Centering Health Equity Within COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Connecticut's Community Outreach Specialist Program. Journal Of Public Health Management And Practice 2022, 28: 728-738. PMID: 36194817, PMCID: PMC9560910, DOI: 10.1097/phh.0000000000001608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-English speaking populationsRelevant language skillsLanguage skillsCultural barriersCompetent careField notesContact tracingLanguageCommunication effortsTarget communityCOVID-19-related stigmaMaterial supportSpecialist programLocal health departmentsQualitative analysisLow socioeconomic statusCross-sectional analysisCommunity-engaged strategiesProportion of residentsSpeakingCOVID-19 contactHealth departmentsCommunityHealth equityCOVID-19 educationOccupational Interstitial Lung Disease
Gulati M, Maier L. Occupational Interstitial Lung Disease. 2022, 368-380. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.11503-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterstitial lung diseaseLung diseaseRelated interstitial lung diseaseOccupational interstitial lung diseaseIdiopathic interstitial pneumoniaSecondary prevention programsRespiratory surveillance programLocal health departmentsDisease-exposure relationshipsCoal workers' pneumoconiosisInterstitial pneumoniaPathologic patternsPersonal protection equipmentDifferential diagnosisHealth departmentsPrevention programsSpecific exposuresSurveillance programConsideration of exposureHealth agenciesDiseaseRelevant exposuresExposure relationshipExposure historySimilar diseases
2021
Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pragmatic clinical trial participants
Coleman BC, Purcell N, Geda M, Luther SL, Peduzzi P, Kerns RD, Seal KH, Burgess DJ, Rosen MI, Sellinger J, Salsbury SA, Gelman H, Brandt CA, Edwards RR. Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pragmatic clinical trial participants. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2021, 111: 106619. PMID: 34775101, PMCID: PMC8585559, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain Management CollaboratoryCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 infection statusClinical researchInfection statusPragmatic clinical trialsIntegrated care modelClinical trial participantsMilitary Health SystemFuture public health emergenciesClinical research teamPublic health emergencyPain managementNonpharmacological approachesPragmatic trialClinical trialsCare modelTrial participantsPain researchHealth departmentsThree-point scaleStudy participantsHealth systemHealth emergencyPeriod of quarantineCOVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Access Among Black and Latinx Communities
Balasuriya L, Santilli A, Morone J, Ainooson J, Roy B, Njoku A, Mendiola-Iparraguirre A, Duffany K, Macklin B, Higginbottom J, Fernández-Ayala C, Vicente G, Venkatesh A. COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Access Among Black and Latinx Communities. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2128575. PMID: 34643719, PMCID: PMC8515205, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 vaccine acceptanceCOVID-19 vaccineCOVID-19 vaccine accessVaccination accessVaccine acceptanceVaccine accessQualified health centersCommunity health workersCOVID-19 vaccinationCOVID-19Health care practitionersHealth care systemPublic health officialsEquitable uptakeHealth centersHealth workersMAIN OUTCOMEFocus groupsInductive content analysis approachCare practitionersHealth departmentsHealth care employeesQualitative studyLocal community-based organizationsDisproportionate deathsDecreased Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2017–2020
Ray LC, Collins JP, Griffin PM, Shah HJ, Boyle MM, Cieslak PR, Dunn J, Lathrop S, McGuire S, Rissman T, Walter E, Smith K, Tobin-D’Angelo M, Wymore K, Kufel JZ, Wolpert BJ, Tauxe R, Payne DC. Decreased Incidence of Infections Caused by Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2017–2020. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2021, 70: 1332-1336. PMID: 34555002, PMCID: PMC8459900, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7038a4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmerging Infections ProgramActive Surveillance NetworkIncidence of infectionFoodborne illnessCDC's Emerging Infections ProgramFoodborne Diseases Active Surveillance NetworkHealth care-seeking behaviorPreventable public health problemFederal travel restrictionsLaboratory-diagnosed infectionsCare-seeking behaviorPublic health problemState health departmentsPublic health interventionsSARS-CoV-2Surveillance networkLaboratory testing practicesHealth care deliveryEnteric infectionsInfections ProgramMost infectionsCase detectionHealth departmentsDrug AdministrationHealth problemsThe Cooperative Re-Engagement Controlled trial (CoRECT): A randomised trial to assess a collaborative data to care model to improve HIV care continuum outcomes
Fanfair R, Khalil G, Williams T, Brady K, DeMaria A, Villanueva M, Randall L, Jenkins H, Altice F, Camp N, Lucas C, Buchelli M, Samandari T, Weidle P. The Cooperative Re-Engagement Controlled trial (CoRECT): A randomised trial to assess a collaborative data to care model to improve HIV care continuum outcomes. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2021, 3: 100057. PMID: 36777404, PMCID: PMC9903939, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2021.100057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActive public health interventionMonths of randomizationViral load suppressionHIV viral loadPublic health interventionsViral loadCD4 countViral suppressionCare participantsCare strategiesHealth departmentsHealth interventionsDays of randomizationProportion of PWHStandard of careNon-Hispanic blacksHIV careContinuum outcomesHIV infectionMedian timeHIV transmissionCopies/Group overallClinic dataMedical careThe development and evaluation of an HIV implementation science network in New England: lessons learned
van den Berg JJ, O’Keefe E, Davidson D, Fiellin DA, Kershaw T, Barbour RC, Cu-Uvin S, Cleary PD. The development and evaluation of an HIV implementation science network in New England: lessons learned. Implementation Science Communications 2021, 2: 64. PMID: 34112269, PMCID: PMC8192037, DOI: 10.1186/s43058-021-00165-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use in Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts
Gonsalves GS, Paltiel A, Thornhill T, Iloglu S, DeMaria A, Cranston K, Klevens R, Walensky RP, Warren JL. The Dynamics of Infectious Diseases Associated With Injection Drug Use in Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2021, 8: ofab128. PMID: 34189158, PMCID: PMC8231383, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInjection drug useDrug useHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) outbreaksInfectious diseasesSoft tissue infectionsCases of skinPublic health departmentsPoisson regression modelsInfectious complicationsTissue infectionsHIV casesDrainage proceduresFatal overdosesHealth departmentsComplicationsEarly interventionMonthsPotential outbreaksVirus outbreakSentinel SystemDiseaseRegression modelsOutbreakHIVOverdoses
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