Publications by authors named "Linda Kerandi"
Article Synopsis
- People with diabetes often struggle to afford and access insulin and diabetes supplies, particularly those who are financially independent young adults.
- Many young adults resort to risky strategies to manage their insulin needs, highlighting the challenges faced during the transition into adulthood.
- The study emphasizes the necessity for better access and affordability of insulin and supplies to alleviate financial stress and prevent negative health outcomes for people with diabetes.
In the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma is the ninth leading cause of cancer mortality. Hepatocellular carcinoma disproportionately affects individuals of African ancestry with the rates being higher amongst individuals of foreign-born African ancestry. This study explored knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward viral hepatitis transmission, screening, and vaccination among recent African immigrants in Minnesota and identify ways to improve early detection and screening methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Up to 80% of the adult homeless population use tobacco, and smoking cessation programs could offer an important opportunity to address preventable mortality and morbidity for this population. This population faces serious challenges to smoking cessation, including the impact of the social environment.
Methods: Forty participants (11 female; 29 male) from an ongoing smoking cessation randomized clinical trial conducted at 2 urban homeless shelters in the Upper Midwest were invited to take part in semi-structured interviews in 2016-2017.