2022
Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity
Richman I, Tessier-Sherman B, Galusha D, Oladele CR, Wang K. Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2022, 115: 139-145. PMID: 36069622, PMCID: PMC9494402, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djac172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer screeningCancer screeningHealth systemHealth equityBreast cancer controlRoutine health careCOVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 waveMammography ratesCancer controlMammography useMultifactorial conditionHealth disparitiesWhite womenScreening mammographyHealth careWomenCOVID-19Subsequent COVID-19 wavesLower ratesNumber of studiesMammographyDisparitiesPandemicSpecific patternsA Socio-Ecological Approach to Addressing Digital Redlining in the United States: A Call to Action for Health Equity
McCall T, Asuzu K, Oladele CR, Leung TI, Wang KH. A Socio-Ecological Approach to Addressing Digital Redlining in the United States: A Call to Action for Health Equity. Frontiers In Digital Health 2022, 4: 897250. PMID: 35924138, PMCID: PMC9339607, DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.897250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial determinantsNon-medical factorsWorld Health OrganizationHealth outcomesHealth disparitiesHealth equityHealth OrganizationSocio-ecological frameworkPhysical distancing requirementsHealth informationCOVID-19 pandemicLong-term actionLow-income communitiesUnited StatesHealthPandemicDistancing requirementsSocio-ecological approachSpecific groups
2021
Loneliness, sadness, and feelings of social disconnection in older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Holaday LW, Oladele CR, Miller SM, Dueñas MI, Roy B, Ross JS. Loneliness, sadness, and feelings of social disconnection in older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 70: 329-340. PMID: 34850379, PMCID: PMC8896574, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary careMedicare beneficiariesMultivariable logistic regression modelCOVID-19 pandemicOlder adultsOlder Medicare beneficiariesFeelings of lonelinessHistory of depressionPublic health measuresCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicitySubsequent morbidityLower oddsBlack beneficiariesHealth measuresSocial disconnectionSociodemographic variables