Publications by authors named "L B Sheppard"
Introduction: The Australian Therapy Outcome Measure for Indigenous Clients (ATOMIC) is a goal-setting tool designed to measure therapy outcomes with First Australians. It was originally developed and validated for use with First Australian children as a culturally responsive alternative to traditional western outcome measures. This research explored the applicability, responsiveness and clinical utility of the ATOMIC when used with First Australian adults attending an urban health service.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFSide comments and conversations in focus groups can pose challenges for facilitators. Rather than seeing side comments as problematic behavior or "failed" data, we argue that they can add to and deepen analyses. Drawing on focus group data with grade nine students from a study on early work, in this methodological paper we discuss three patterns.
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- The study examined the relationship between exposure to particulate matter (PM) and cognitive outcomes, highlighting mixed findings in previous research due to differing estimation methods.
- Researchers used data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study to compare PM exposure levels across 11 different methods, assessing their effect on cognitive and MRI outcomes.
- Results showed high agreement in exposure estimates across different sites, but low within-site consistency; however, findings indicated no significant associations between PM levels and cognitive outcomes, raising concerns about potential biases related to unmeasured confounding factors.
Background: Statistical models of air pollution enable intra-urban characterization of pollutant concentrations, benefiting exposure assessment for environmental epidemiology. The new generation of low-cost sensors facilitate the deployment of dense monitoring networks and can potentially be used to improve intra-urban models of air pollution.
Objective: Develop and evaluate a spatiotemporal model for nitrogen dioxide (NO) in the Puget Sound region of WA, USA for the Adult Changes in Thought Air Pollution (ACT-AP) study and assess the contribution of low-cost sensor data to the model's performance through cross-validation.