HPV Vaccination and Awareness Programs at Maryland Colleges and Universities.

Context: About half of adolescents aged 13 to 17 in United States are not fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). As they age into young adulthood, colleges may be an excellent target population nexus for implementing interventions to improve HPV vaccination uptake.

Objectives: Our study goal was to generate knowledge about HPV vaccine offerings and awareness programs at colleges to ascertain the extent of campus-facilitated access to HPV immunization and education in 1 state.

Cigarette Smoking, Mental Health, Depression, Maryland Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey, 2020.

Background: Smoking cessation is linked to improved mental health that encompasses the overall well-being and psychological functioning of an individual.

Objective: Examine relationships between smoking, mental health, and social connectedness among adults in Maryland, US in 2020.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study used data from the Maryland 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey of adults during the onset of COVID-19.

Tarsal shape, size, and articulating surface morphology in adolescent surgically treated clubfoot and their contralateral normal foot.

Despite the inability of radiographic measurements to quantify the 3-dimensional (3D) shape and size of the hindfoot bones affected by the clubfoot pathology, radiographs continue to be used to evaluate treatment efficacy. Advancements in imaging and image analysis allow new quantitative insights to be obtained into bone shape and size. Therefore, this study sought to quantify and compare the 3D size, shape, and articulating surface morphology of the tibia, talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid bones in the adolescent surgically treated unilateral clubfoot and the contralateral normal foot.

Three-dimensional in vivo motion of adult hind foot bones.

Knowledge of hind foot bone motion is important for understanding gait as well as various foot pathologies, but the three-dimensional (3D) motion of these bones remains incompletely understood. The purpose of this study was to quantify the motion of the talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid in normal adult feet during open chain quasi-static uniplanar plantar flexion motion. Magnetic resonance images of the right feet of six normal young adult males were taken from which 3D virtual models were made of each hind foot bone.

Three-dimensional hindfoot motion in adolescents with surgically treated unilateral clubfoot.

Advances in imaging and computerized analyses have enabled three-dimensional bone motion in the treated clubfoot to be measured precisely. Three-dimensional translations and rotations of the talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid of surgically treated clubfeet were less in magnitude and sometimes different in direction (or without motion in a specific plane) compared with the contralateral normal feet. Surgical techniques used for clubfoot treatment do not restore normal hindfoot bone motion when examined with high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging, computer reconstruction, and image analysis techniques.