A Model of Abundance Constructed Using Routine Surveillance and Treatment Data in Tarrant County, Texas.

Mosquito surveillance and pesticide treatment data can be combined in statistical models to provide insight into drivers of mosquito population dynamics. In cooperation with the county-based public health authority, multiple municipalities in Tarrant County, Texas, supplied surveillance and pesticide treatment data available from the 2014 mosquito season for analysis. With these data, general linear mixed modeling was used to model population dynamics of the primary vector for West Nile virus.

Challenges with hepatitis B vaccination of high risk adults - A pilot program.

Background: Acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections in the United States occur predominantly among persons aged 30-59 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccination of adults at increased risk for HBV infection. Completing the hepatitis B (HepB) vaccine dose-series is critical for optimal immune response.

Paternal race/ethnicity and very low birth weight.

Background: The purpose was to examine the association between paternal race/ethnicity and very low birth weight stratified by maternal race/ethnicity.

Methods: Birth data for Tarrant County, Texas 2006-2010 were analyzed. Very low birth weight was dichotomized as yes (<1,500 g) and no (≥1,500 g).

Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a man-made chlorinated lake--Tarrant County, Texas, 2008.

In July 2008, clusters of laboratory-confirmed cryptosporidiosis cases and reports of gastrointestinal illness in persons who visited a lake were reported to Tarrant County Public Health. In response, epidemiologic, laboratory, and environmental health investigations were initiated. A matched case-control study determined that swallowing the lake water was associated with illness (adjusted odds ratio = 16.

Having a personal healthcare provider and receipt of adequate cervical and breast cancer screening.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between having a personal health care provider and adequate cervical and breast cancer screening behavior.

Methods: Cross-sectional data were obtained from the 2004 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System. For cervical cancer, female respondents 18 years of age and older who did not have hysterectomy were included (n = 130,359); for breast cancer, female respondents 40 years of age or older were included (n = 129,929).

Racial and ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors: a systematic review.

Objective: This systematic review was undertaken to expand our understanding of the factors associated with racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, no leisure-time physical activity, and smoking), to assess the potential differences in the CVD risk factors by race/ethnicity, and to update and expand on existing reviews.

Methods: English-language, population-based CVD studies published between 1995 to present, which included one or more ethnic comparison in an adult population were reviewed.

Results: Sixteen studies were included in this review.

Racial and ethnic differences in the effects of regular providers and self-management education on diabetes preventive care.

Objective: To examine the effects of having regular healthcare providers and diabetes self-management education (DSME) on the receipt of diabetes preventive care among all groups and by race/ethnicity.

Data Source: The 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.

Methods: Logistic regression analyses were performed for the full sample and separately for Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites.