Psychometric validation of the Diagnostic Assessment Research Tool: Alcohol use disorder module.

Aims: Structured clinical interviewing is considered the gold standard in psychiatric diagnosis. The Diagnostic Assessment Research Tool (DART) is a novel modularized, non-copywritten, semi-structured interview; however, no studies have examined the psychometric properties of its alcohol use disorder (AUD) module. The primary aims of this study were to: (i) validate the factor structure of the DART AUD module and (ii) examine measurement invariance across several key demographic and subgroup factors.

Cluster of Legionellosis Cases Associated with Manufacturing Process, South Carolina, USA, 2022.

Evolving technology and the development of new devices that can aerosolize water present a risk for new sources of Legionella bacteria growth and spread within industrial settings. We investigated a cluster of legionellosis among employees of a manufacturing facility in South Carolina, USA, and found 2 unique equipment sources of Legionella bacteria. The cluster of cases took place during August-November 2022; a total of 34 cases of legionellosis, including 15 hospitalizations and 2 deaths, were reported.

Bronchiolitis: Impact of Age and Etiology on Morbidity and Mortality in Previously Healthy Critically Ill Children.

This retrospective, multicenter observational study analyzed data from 257 children under 2 years old admitted with viral bronchiolitis to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) at Wolfson Children's Hospital and UFHealth Shands Children's Hospital from January 2020 to March 2022. The study explores viral etiologies and their associations with hospital length of stay (H-LOS), PICU length of stay (P-LOS), and severity markers and scores. Younger age was associated with longer H-LOS and P-LOS ( < .

Parking and Public Health.

Purpose Of Review: Parking is a ubiquitous feature of the built environment, but its implications for public health are under-examined. This narrative review synthesizes literature to describe pathways through which parking may affect population health.

Recent Findings: We begin by contextualizing the issue, outlining key terminology, the sheer scale of land dedicated to parking, and the historical factors that led to this dominant land use.

Modern Sources of Controls in Case-Control Studies.

In 1992, Wacholder and colleagues developed a theoretical framework for case-control studies to minimize bias in control selection. They described three comparability principles (study base, deconfounding, and comparable accuracy) to reduce the potential for selection bias, confounding, and information bias in case-control studies. Wacholder et al.