2023
COVID-19 Infections and Predictors of Sickness Related Absences Among Healthcare Workers
Sakr C, Fakih L, Melhem N, Fakhreddine M, Musharrafieh U, Banna H, Doudakian R, Zahreddine N, Tannous J, Kanj S, Slade M, Redlich C, Rahme D. COVID-19 Infections and Predictors of Sickness Related Absences Among Healthcare Workers. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2023, 65: 590-594. PMID: 37015731, PMCID: PMC10332510, DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 infectionHealthcare workersSick leave daysLeave daysSick leaveCross-sectional study designMonths of infectionLonger sick leaveCOVID-19Public health interventionsRegression analysisLinear regression analysisHealth interventionsStudy designInfectionSick leavesRelated absencesFuture pandemicsCOVID-19 pandemicPredictorsPandemicDaysLeaveNursesMonths
2021
The Influence of Gendered Social Position on Cohort Differences in Smoking Among Older Mexican Adults
Levy B, Chang E, Lowe S, Provolo N, Slade M. The Influence of Gendered Social Position on Cohort Differences in Smoking Among Older Mexican Adults. Innovation In Aging 2021, 5: 594-594. PMCID: PMC8970141, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.2269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImpact of Media-Based Negative and Positive Age Stereotypes on Older Individuals’ Mental Health
Levy BR, Chang ES, Lowe S, Provolo N, Slade MD. Impact of Media-Based Negative and Positive Age Stereotypes on Older Individuals’ Mental Health. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2021, 77: e70-e75. PMID: 33964154, PMCID: PMC8135987, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder individualsMental healthCOVID-19 pandemicWorse mental healthType of messagingAge stereotypesBetter mental healthOlder personsPositive age stereotypesInterventionPositive versionYounger participantsHealthActual news storiesPositive messagingInstitutional ageismPandemicIndividualsMedia messagingNeutral conditionsStereotypes