Publications by authors named "D B Riggs"
Background -Smoking is associated with arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death, but the biological mechanisms remain unclear. In electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings abnormal durations of ventricular repolarization (QT interval), atrial depolarization (P wave), and atrioventricular depolarization (PR interval and segment), predict cardiac arrhythmia and mortality. Previous analyses of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database for associations between smoking and ECG abnormalities were incomplete.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Green Heart Project is a controlled, community-based clinical trial to evaluate the effects of increasing greenery on community health. The study was initiated in 2018 in a low-to-middle-income residential area of nearly 30,000 racially diverse residents in Louisville, KY. Community engagement was maintained throughout the project, with feedback integrated into its design and implementation.
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- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are common environmental pollutants linked to increased cardiovascular disease risk, especially elevated blood pressure among nonsmokers, though research in this group is limited.
- The study analyzed data from 4 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2018) involving 4,430 nonsmoking adults, measuring urinary VOC metabolites to assess their relationship with blood pressure and hypertension.
- Results indicated that higher urinary levels of VOCs like acrolein and 1,3-butadiene were associated with significantly higher systolic blood pressure and increased prevalence of stage 2 hypertension, highlighting the need for further investigation into VOC exposure’s impact on cardiovascular health in nonsmokers.
Objective: This study aimed to describe the demand for, supply of, and clinic processes associated with behavioral health care delivery in the Military Health System and to examine the clinic-level factors associated with receipt of a minimally adequate dosage of psychotherapy.
Methods: This retrospective study used administrative behavioral health data from eight military treatment facilities (N=25,433 patients; N=241,028 encounters) that were participating in a larger implementation study of evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Minimally adequate dosage of psychotherapy was defined in two ways: at least three sessions within a 90-day period and at least six sessions within a 90-day period.
Exploring the more-than-human in trans people's lives: Connections, sociality, being and animal companionship.
Int J Transgend Health
February 2024
Background: A growing body of research has explored the benefits of animal companionship to trans people, yet too often this research reinforces human exceptionalism, and fails to explore what it means for trans people to engage in more-than-human relationships. Conversely, trans theorists have increasingly turned to consider what it means for trans people to lay claim to the category 'human', wrapped up as it is in normative claims to gender and sociality.
Aims: This paper aims to investigate how trans people make sense of their relationships with non-human animals, so as to provide a critique of the binaries of animal/human and nature/culture.