2024
Barriers and Facilitators to Vaccine Equity Amidst the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in the United States
Piltch-Loeb R, Nuñez 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. 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 criteriaTemporal Trends of Early COVID-19 Infections in New York City Transit Workers and Residents: March 01, 2020–May 02, 2020
Cziner M, Hawkins D, Rosen J, Hagen D, Merdjanoff A, Vlahov D, Gershon R. Temporal Trends of Early COVID-19 Infections in New York City Transit Workers and Residents: March 01, 2020–May 02, 2020. Journal Of Urban Health 2024, 1-5. PMID: 39527356, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00934-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation of Victimization by Sex among Public Facing Bus and Subway Transit Workers, New York City
Vlahov D, Hagen D, Cziner M, Merdjanoff A, Sherman M, Gershon R. Association of Victimization by Sex among Public Facing Bus and Subway Transit Workers, New York City. Journal Of Urban Health 2024, 101: 934-941. PMID: 39167318, PMCID: PMC11461377, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00912-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhysical assaultTransit workersSubway workersTransport Workers UnionAssociation of victimizationNew York CityAssaultFederal dataVictimsBus workersWorkers UnionYork CityModified Poisson modelsTransition systemsTheftWorkersBusSubwayDemographic characteristicsCOVID-19 pandemicOnline surveyPrevalence ratiosFatalitiesWomenNewThe “15-Minute City” Concept in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change
Vlahov D, Kurth A. The “15-Minute City” Concept in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Climate Change. Journal Of Urban Health 2024, 101: 669-671. PMID: 39026127, PMCID: PMC11329452, DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00897-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-injurious unnatural death among Veterans with HIV
Smith A, Goulet J, Vlahov D, Justice A, Womack J. Self-injurious unnatural death among Veterans with HIV. AIDS 2024, 38: 1570-1578. PMID: 38814683, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Aging Cohort StudyNested case-control studyModifiable risk factorsRisk of suicideCase-control studyRisk factorsIdentification of modifiable risk factorsCategorization of deathsIncidence density samplingAging Cohort StudyCohort of veteransIncreased risk of suicideConditional logistic regressionHigher pain levelsUse disorderPublic health burdenDrug use disordersUnnatural deathsDeath codesUnintentional causesInternational ClassificationHIV statusExcess deathsPrevention effortsAlcohol use disorderImplementation of Chatbot Technology in Health Care: Protocol for a Bibliometric Analysis
Ni Z, Peng M, Balakrishnan V, Tee V, Azwa I, Saifi R, Nelson L, Vlahov D, Altice F. Implementation of Chatbot Technology in Health Care: Protocol for a Bibliometric Analysis. JMIR Research Protocols 2024, 13: e54349. PMID: 38228575, PMCID: PMC10905346, DOI: 10.2196/54349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChatbot technologyBibliometric analysisChatbot researchSoftware tool VOSviewerINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERVisualize bibliometric networksHealth care systemArtificial intelligence chatbotsHealth careIntelligent chatbotAI engineAdoption of chatbotsConversational agentsScreening of papersBibliometric networksIEEE XploreCare systemChatbotPublication patternsSearch phaseAnalysis of publicationsHealth-related informationSoftware toolsAnnual publicationsInstitutional distribution
2023
Risk factors for suicide among veterans living with and without HIV: a nested case-control study
Smith A, Goulet J, Vlahov D, Justice A, Womack J. Risk factors for suicide among veterans living with and without HIV: a nested case-control study. AIDS And Behavior 2023, 28: 115-124. PMID: 37751112, PMCID: PMC11289766, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04164-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV-specific risk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyCase-control studyRisk factorsRisk of suicideAging Cohort StudyDiagnosis of HIVMost risk factorsUse of benzodiazepinesConditional logistic regressionMental health treatmentSubstance use disordersPrevious suicide attemptsCohort studyHIV statusRates of suicideHigh prevalenceGeneral populationUse disordersHealth treatmentAffective disordersHIVSuicide attemptsLogistic regressionPWHBody mass index and obesity-related behaviors in African American church-based networks: A social network analysis
Nam S, Jung S, Vlahov D, Latkin C, Kershaw T, Whittemore R. Body mass index and obesity-related behaviors in African American church-based networks: A social network analysis. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0281145. PMID: 36913354, PMCID: PMC10010537, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA quantitative assessment of the frequency and magnitude of heterogeneous treatment effects in studies of the health effects of social policies
Cintron D, Gottlieb L, Hagan E, Tan M, Vlahov D, Glymour M, Matthay E. A quantitative assessment of the frequency and magnitude of heterogeneous treatment effects in studies of the health effects of social policies. SSM - Population Health 2023, 22: 101352. PMID: 36873266, PMCID: PMC9975308, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101352.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with and Without Cancer History: A US Population-based Study
Poghosyan H, Ni Z, Vlahov D, Nelson L, Nam S. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with and Without Cancer History: A US Population-based Study. Journal Of Community Health 2022, 48: 315-324. PMID: 36427111, PMCID: PMC9702715, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-022-01174-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 vaccineCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancyCancer historyVaccine hesitancyMedicare beneficiariesVaccine uptakeMultivariable logistic regression modelCOVID-19 vaccine uptakeVaccine hesitancy ratesOngoing health conditionsCOVID-19 vaccinationLogistic regression modelsComplex survey designLack of recommendationsHesitancy ratesVaccine benefitsCommon reasonHesitant individualsSide effectsUS populationVaccineHealth conditionsCross-sectional dataHesitancyRegression models
2021
Impact of occupational exposure to COVID-19 on the physical and mental health of an essential workgroup: New York City transit workers.
Gershon R, Merdjanoff A, Meltzer G, Piltch-Loeb R, Rosen J, Nwankwo E, Medina P, Vlahov D, Sherman M. Impact of occupational exposure to COVID-19 on the physical and mental health of an essential workgroup: New York City transit workers. Journal Of Emergency Management 2021, 19: 133-146. PMID: 39332417, PMCID: PMC9833648, DOI: 10.5055/jem.0599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransit workersTransport Workers UnionRisk of verbal abuseOccupational health inequitiesMental health symptomsUnion membershipWorkers UnionEarly recognition of riskLack of planningImpact of employmentInfection control preparednessMandatory stay-at-home ordersHealth symptomsNew York CitySelf-reported infectionRecognition of riskPassengerReport mental health symptomsWell-beingWorkersAssociated with mental health symptomsFrontline workforceOccupational exposure to COVID-19Risk reduction strategiesWorkgroup
2020
Do Age-Friendly Community Initiatives Form a Biopolitical Paradigm?
Yeh J, Fox P, Vlahov D, Pinderhughes H. Do Age-Friendly Community Initiatives Form a Biopolitical Paradigm? Innovation In Aging 2020, 4: 685-685. PMCID: PMC7742598, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAge-friendly community initiativesBiopolitical paradigmCommunity initiativesImportant policy areasTheory–methods packageOngoing social systemPopulation governancePolicy areasState policyGlobal movementPolicy implicationsConceptual frameSocial systemsUrbanization trendsSake of healthSituational analysisCritical questioningSan FranciscansOlder peopleInitiativesSimultaneous focusGovernancePhysical environmentPolicyArenaNegotiating the Gerontological Uncanny and Passing Tactics for Aging in Place
Yeh J, Fox P, Vlahov D, Pinderhughes H. Negotiating the Gerontological Uncanny and Passing Tactics for Aging in Place. Innovation In Aging 2020, 4: 727-727. PMCID: PMC7742968, DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCritical theorizationSpatial practicesCreative formsContemporary citiesGerontological discourseDepth interviewsInterest groupsPlace experienceEveryday lifeDisposable camerasBroader issuesVicissitudes of lifeQualitative studyChallenging ideaSan FranciscansVisual methodsInequalityTacticsTheoretical workPositionalityUncannyDiscoursePrecariousnessInteriorityTheorization
2019
Multivariate spatiotemporal modeling of drug- and alcohol-poisoning deaths in New York City, 2009–2014
Ransome Y, Subramanian SV, Duncan DT, Vlahov D, Warren J. Multivariate spatiotemporal modeling of drug- and alcohol-poisoning deaths in New York City, 2009–2014. Spatial And Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2019, 32: 100306. PMID: 32007280, PMCID: PMC9996640, DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2019.100306.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-poisoning deathsMultivariate Poisson regression modelCurrent public health problemPublic health problemZip codesDrug overdose deathsCo-occurring epidemicsPublic health plannersPoisson regression modelsHigh prevalenceOverdose deathsHealth problemsHealth plannersHeavy drinkingDeathDrugsOutcomesRegression modelsPredictorsNew York CityIndividual-level predictorsPrevalenceYork CityPandemic preparedness and hard to reach populations.
Vlahov D, Coady M, Galea S, Ompad D, Barondess J. Pandemic preparedness and hard to reach populations. American Journal Of Disaster Medicine 2019, 14: 308-310. PMID: 32803750, DOI: 10.5055/ajdm.2019.0344.Peer-Reviewed Original Research824-P: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Diabetes Self-Management: A Systematic Review of Methods and Procedures
NAM S, WHITTEMORE R, VLAHOV D, DUNTON G. 824-P: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Diabetes Self-Management: A Systematic Review of Methods and Procedures. Diabetes 2019, 68 DOI: 10.2337/db19-824-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Present and Future of Cities
Galea S, Ettman C, Vlahov D. The Present and Future of Cities. 2019, 3-14. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190915858.003.0001.ChaptersWhy Cities and Health?
Ettman C, Vlahov D, Galea S. Why Cities and Health? 2019, 15-24. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190915858.003.0002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrban Health
Vlahov D, Ettman C, Galea S. Urban Health. 2019, 404-410. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190915858.003.0044.Books
2017
Feasibility, acceptability, tolerability of targeted naltrexone for non-dependent methamphetamine – Using and binge-drinking men who have sex with men
Santos G, Coffin P, Santos D, Huffaker S, Matheson T, Euren J, DeMartini A, Rowe C, Hahn J, Vlahov D, Vittinghoff E, Batki S. Feasibility, acceptability, tolerability of targeted naltrexone for non-dependent methamphetamine – Using and binge-drinking men who have sex with men. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2017, 171: e183. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.08.502.Peer-Reviewed Original Research