2021
Trends in Precancerous Cervical Lesions by Area-Based Measures of Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity, Connecticut, 2008-2018
Brackney MM, Weinberger DM, Higgins K, Meek J, Niccolai LM. Trends in Precancerous Cervical Lesions by Area-Based Measures of Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity, Connecticut, 2008-2018. Public Health Reports 2021, 137: 1146-1152. PMID: 34727517, PMCID: PMC9574305, DOI: 10.1177/00333549211056300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrecancerous cervical lesionsAverage annual percentage changeCervical lesionsArea-based measuresPublic Health Disparities Geocoding ProjectAge groupsHuman papillomavirus vaccinationJoinpoint regression softwareAnnual percentage changeActive surveillance systemHPV vaccinationPapillomavirus vaccinationBody of evidenceIncidence rateSociodemographic characteristicsLesionsYoung womenAnnual declineIncidence dataPercentage changeCut pointsWomenVaccinationCensus tract levelSurveillance system
2018
482. Association between Socioeconomic Status Factors and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Utilizing Factor Analysis—United States, 2014–2015
Skrobarcek K, Mu Y, Ahern J, Beldavs Z, Brousseau G, Dumyati G, Farley M, Holzbauer S, Kainer M, Meek J, Perlmutter R, Phipps E, Winston L, Guh A. 482. Association between Socioeconomic Status Factors and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Utilizing Factor Analysis—United States, 2014–2015. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: s179-s179. PMCID: PMC6253049, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionEmerging Infections ProgramSocioeconomic status factorsCDC's Emerging Infections ProgramCA-CDI casesCDI risk factorsSES variablesDays of hospitalizationHealthcare-associated infectionsLow-income areasStatus factorsLow incomeMultivariable analysisCA-CDICDI surveillanceDifficile infectionRisk factorsIncidence rateInfections ProgramPositive testPrevention strategiesCensus tractsHealth disparitiesSocial determinantsHealth resources
2010
Burden of Seasonal Influenza Hospitalization in Children, United States, 2003 to 2008
Dawood FS, Fiore A, Kamimoto L, Bramley A, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Hadler J, Arnold KE, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Mueller M, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Kirschke D, Finelli L, Network E. Burden of Seasonal Influenza Hospitalization in Children, United States, 2003 to 2008. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2010, 157: 808-814. PMID: 20580018, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.05.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere outcomesInfluenza hospitalizationsHospitalization ratesHospitalized childrenEmerging Infections Program NetworkIntensive care unit admissionInfections Program NetworkSeasonal influenza hospitalizationsCare unit admissionLaboratory-confirmed influenzaPopulation-based surveillanceUnderlying medical conditionsHigher hospitalization ratesRate of hospitalizationProportion of childrenRapid diagnostic testsUnit admissionRespiratory failureBacterial coinfectionClinical courseHospital recordsSeasonal influenzaMedical historyDisease burdenIncidence rate