Publications by authors named "M Behne"

Article Synopsis
  • * The analysis was done on a group of 505 patients, with a detailed subset of 198, all from a database of individuals with NMOSD in North America to identify factors affecting disability over time.
  • * Key findings revealed that prior relapses were linked to worse mobility, vision, and self-care, with additional insights showing that certain demographics, like race and disease subtype, impacted disability, highlighting the need for specialized assessments for NMOSD to better manage and understand
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Background: Understanding the health conditions of those under carceral control is often made difficult due to lack of access to data. Yet, as has been made clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, is that data is essential to understand the scope of disease and how best to allocate resources. To better understand the needs of criminal legal oriented research and non-profit organizations, we interviewed stakeholders to better understand how they use existing data, what data they lack, and what data they would like to have to optimally assess the health of people who are incarcerated.

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Background: Policies for next-of-kin (NOK) notification and disposition of remains surrounding death are unclear across the United States' (US) carceral systems. The goal of this study was to collect data on carceral system policies pertaining to NOK notification and disposition of remains for individuals who are incarcerated. We collected publicly available operational policies for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 50 state prison systems, and the Washington D.

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