Publications by authors named "H V Jardel"
Objective: As the COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges for businesses and worker safety and health, an interdisciplinary team launched the COVID-19 Worksite Impact Survey to assess COVID-19-related impacts and responses at small and medium businesses in 10 North Carolina counties.
Methods: We collected data from October 2 to December 1, 2020, and analyzed survey results to evaluate businesses' operational changes, concerns, needs, pandemic preparedness, workplace health promotion programming, and infection control practices.
Results: Most businesses, including essential ones, were inadequately prepared for the pandemic and did not implement the most effective COVID-19 infection control practices.
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- The study investigates how exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and early childhood impacts the long-term use of prescribed respiratory medications in children.
- Using data from children born in western states between 2010 and 2014, researchers analyzed the correlation between smoke exposure and respiratory medication use.
- Findings suggest increased risks for prolonged use of respiratory medications, especially linked to smoke exposure in the third trimester and the first 12 weeks after birth, with notable effects observed in male infants.
Wildfire smoke is associated with short-term respiratory outcomes including asthma exacerbation in children. As investigations into developmental wildfire smoke exposure on children's longer-term respiratory health are sparse, we investigated associations between developmental wildfire smoke exposure and first use of respiratory medications. Prescription claims from IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters database were linked with wildfire smoke plume data from NASA satellites based on Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).
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- Preterm birth (PTB) remains a significant public health issue in the U.S., and research indicates that a gestational parent's diet may influence how environmental pollutants affect birth outcomes.
- The study assessed the relationship between various air pollutants (fine particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide) and the risk of PTB by analyzing data from 684 GP-infant pairs, considering factors like diet, maternal age, and income.
- Results suggest that ozone exposure might reduce PTB risk in the second trimester but increase it in the third, while total fat and saturated fat intake appear to impact the association with particulate matter, indicating the need for further research with larger cohorts to clarify these relationships.
Background: Although evidence suggests relationships between some crude oil components and glycemic dysregulation, no studies have examined oil spill-related chemical exposures in relation to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) risk. This study examined the relationship between total hydrocarbon (THC) exposure among workers involved in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill and risk of DM up to 6 years afterward.
Methods: Participants comprised 2660 oil-spill cleanup or response workers in the prospective GuLF Study who completed a clinical exam and had no self-reported DM diagnosis prior to the spill.