Publications by authors named "C M Pezzi"
In March 2021, Emergency Intake Sites (EIS) were created to address capacity shortfalls during a surge of Unaccompanied Children at the Mexico-United States land border. The COVID-19 Zone Plan (ZP) was developed to decrease COVID-19 transmission. COVID-19 cumulative percent (%) positivity was analyzed to evaluate the impact of the ZP, venue type and bed capacity across EIS from April 1-May 31, 2021.
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- - The National Immunization Survey Adult COVID Module conducted a phone survey from April 2021 to January 2022 to assess COVID-19 vaccination rates, intentions, and attitudes among different racial and ethnic groups.
- - Foreign-born individuals showed higher vaccination rates (80.9%) and lower hesitancy (6.0%) compared to US-born individuals (72.6% and 15.8%), but some specific national origins, like Haitians and Somalis, had significantly lower vaccination rates.
- - Spanish-speaking respondents had lower overall vaccination coverage but expressed higher intent to get vaccinated, highlighting the need for targeted interventions that address cultural and language-specific barriers in communities with lower vaccination rates.
Background: Between 2008 and 2018, persons granted asylum (asylees) increased by 168% in the United States. Asylees are eligible for many of the same domestic benefits as refugees under the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), including health-related benefits such as the domestic medical examination. However, little is known about the health of asylees to guide clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a scarcity of data exploring the benefits of adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer in older women. We aimed to explore the effect of adding chemotherapy to local therapy on overall survival in older women with triple-negative breast cancer.
Methods: For this propensity-matched analysis, we used data from the National Cancer Database, a joint project of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons and the American Cancer Society.