The Influence of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity Among Cancer Survivors Across New York State.

People surviving cancer represent a particularly vulnerable population who are at a higher risk for food insecurity (FI) due to the adverse short- and long-term effects of cancer treatment. This analysis examines the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of FI among cancer survivors across New York State (NYS). Data from the 2019 and 2021 NYS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) were used to estimate the prevalence of FI.

Assessing Medical Student Professionalism: An Analysis of a Peer Assessment.

Purpose: Students' professional development is an essential aim of medical school. The purpose of this paper is to report how an assessment of first-year medical students' professional behavior was designed and to investigate its measurement characteristics.

Methods: The assessment was implemented as a peer assessment of professional skills, which were delineated according to a formal professional code developed by our curriculum committee.

Seasonal variation in weight-for-age in a pediatric emergency room.

Objective: The authors assess seasonal variations in the prevalence of low weight-for-age among young children visiting the pediatric emergency room of a city hospital.

Methods: We analyzed data on 11,118 children ages 6 to 24 months who visited the Boston City Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department between July 1989 and June 1992. Medical diagnoses were documented on a randomly selected subsample of 1,569 children.