2023
Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic
Goodwin J, Harizaj A, Armstrong J, Maloney M, Ehrlich H, Leung V, Parikh S. Lessons Learned from the Connecticut Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes during the First 2 Years of the Pandemic. Journal Of The American Medical Directors Association 2023, 24: 1573-1578.e1. PMID: 37591486, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.07.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNursing homesSARS-CoV-2-related deathLong-term care facilitiesNursing home residentsPublic healthConnecticut nursing homesPublic health crisisCOVID-19 casesHome residentsCOVID-19 surveillance systemCare facilitiesDeath burdenEarly pandemicLong-term care industryPandemic threatCOVID-19Connecticut DepartmentHealth crisisSurveillance systemInterventionPandemicHealthConnecticut populationHomeVaccine
2021
Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Contact Tracing During a Public Health Emergency: A Prospective Implementation Study
Shelby T, Schenck C, Weeks B, Goodwin J, Hennein R, Zhou X, Spiegelman D, Grau LE, Niccolai L, Bond M, Davis JL. Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Contact Tracing During a Public Health Emergency: A Prospective Implementation Study. Frontiers In Public Health 2021, 9: 721952. PMID: 34490198, PMCID: PMC8417826, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.721952.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProspective implementation studyOutreach callsContact tracingAge-related disparitiesPublic health nursesRE-AIM implementation frameworkMultivariable regression modelsTimeliness of caseImplementation studyPublic health responsePublic health emergencyMedian timeHealth nursesAfrican American casesHealth responseInfectious diseasesFuture epidemicsDays of exposureHealth emergencyCOVID-19System-level predictorsRegression modelsCOVID-19 Contact TracingDaysPredictors
2020
Community Trace: Rapid Establishment of a Volunteer Contact Tracing Program for COVID-19.
Niccolai L, Shelby T, Weeks B, Schenck C, Goodwin J, Hennein R, Rossini M, Vazquez J, van Rhijn D, Meek J, Bond M. Community Trace: Rapid Establishment of a Volunteer Contact Tracing Program for COVID-19. American Journal Of Public Health 2020, 111: 54-57. PMID: 33211580, PMCID: PMC7750620, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.305959.Peer-Reviewed Original Research