Publications by authors named "Julia Noguchi"
Background: Fentanyl is increasingly pervasive in the unregulated drug supply and is a driver of drug overdose deaths in the United States. The aims of this study were to characterize and identify correlates of fentanyl preference among people who use drugs (PWUD) in Rhode Island (RI).
Methods: Using bivariate analysis, we examined associations between fentanyl preference and sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics at baseline among participants enrolled in the RI Prescription Drug and Illicit Drug Study from August 2020-February 2023.
We characterized experiences and strategies used by frontline healthcare workers to prevent severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-related coronavirus transmission at work and to household members during the coronavirus disease pandemic. Alongside an online questionnaire (n = 234), remote semi-structured interviews (n = 23: 15 clinicians, 8 non-clinicians) were conducted in 2021. Mitigation challenges and facilitators were identified from data to represent experiences as a process considering the before, during, and after work shifts.
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- The study focused on educating construction workers and their families about take-home lead exposure, which can happen when workers unintentionally bring contaminants home from their job site. !* -
- Two tailored educational sessions were developed based on guidelines from US institutions and pilot-tested with 44 participants, resulting in improved knowledge about lead exposure as shown by higher post-test scores. !* -
- Feedback from participants indicated that the sessions were engaging and effective, highlighting the need for ongoing public health education to address lead exposure risks, especially for children. !*
Background: Incorporating opportunities for community engagement into undergraduate medical education (UME) can help learners to identify and address social determinants of health (SDoH). Multiple challenges exist in operationalizing these experiences.
Methods: Using the Assessing Community Engagement (ACE) model, course directors at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (AMS) mapped community engagement initiatives to the four-year curriculum.
Introduction: Medical students experience burnout, depersonalization, and decreases in empathy throughout medical training. My Life, My Story (MLMS) is a narrative medicine project that aims to combat these adverse outcomes by teaching students to interview patients about their life story, with the goal of improving patient-centered care competencies, such as empathy.
Methods: The MLMS project was started in the Veterans Affairs (VA) system and has since spread to dozens of VA sites.