Teaching Climate and Health in Preventive Medicine Residency Programs: A Survey of Program Directors.

Climate change and related pollution and environmental damage are an urgent focus for public health physicians. Curricular content is increasing in medical schools, but to date, only pediatrics has published guidance for residency education. To survey program directors of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education preventive medicine specialties (public health and preventive medicine [PHPM], occupational and environmental medicine [OEM], and aerospace medicine [AM]) for current teaching on climate and health issues.

ARRIVE Together: A Qualitative Process Evaluation of the New Jersey State Police Co-responding Pilot Program.

Law enforcement personnel are often first to respond to calls involving behavioral health emergencies. However, encounters with law enforcement are more dangerous and lethal for people with behavioral health conditions. Co-responding models, wherein law enforcement and behavioral health professionals respond to calls together, are among the top programs developed to improve responding to behavioral health crises.

Retrospective Assessment of Risk Factors for Head and Neck Cancer Among World Trade Center General Responders.

To assess the reliability of a questionnaire designed to reconstruct risk factors for head and neck cancer relative to the 9/11 World Trade Center (WTC) response and over the lifetime. As part of a nested case-control study, 200 WTC Health Program (WTCHP) General Responder Cohort (GRC) members completed a newly-developed study questionnaire telephone (with a trained interviewer) or online (self-administered). We assessed agreement between measures of tobacco and alcohol use in our questionnaire results and data collected previously during WTCHP-GRC monitoring visits using Cohens Kappa (κ) and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for categorical and continuous measures, respectively.

Risk factors for head and neck cancer in the World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort: results from a nested case-control study.

Objectives: Head and neck cancers (HNCs) may be among the health consequences of involvement in the World Trade Center (WTC) response on and after 11 September 2001. We conducted a nested case-control study of WTC Health Program (WTCHP) general responders to examine the effects of WTC exposures and behavioural risk factors on HNC.

Methods: We enrolled 64 cases and 136 controls, matched on age, sex and race/ethnicity within risk sets.

The Negative Clinical Impact of Diabetes on Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study in New Jersey.

Context: Numerous studies have investigated a link between tuberculosis (TB) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in high-incidence countries. There is a need to characterize the relationship of TB and DM in the United States.

Objective: To characterize the clinical and demographic differences in patients with TB with and without DM.

Targeted Secure Messages to Facilitate Access to Tobacco Treatment Counseling for Veterans: Feasibility Study.

Background: Studies show that combining nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with tobacco treatment counseling is most effective for smoking cessation. However, tobacco treatment counseling has been underutilized across the nation. A secure email message sent to patients already taking NRT was hypothesized to increase the utilization of tobacco treatment counseling among Veterans in New Jersey.

Evacuations as a Result of Hurricane Sandy: Analysis of the 2014 New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey.

Objective: We characterized evacuations related to Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall in New Jersey on October 29, 2012.

Methods: We analyzed data from the 2014 New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey. The proportion of respondents reporting evacuation was used to estimate the number of New Jersey adults who evacuated.

Young people who use drugs engaged in harm reduction programs in New York City: Overdose and other risks.

Background: Little is known about the engagement of young people who use drugs (PWUD) in harm reduction programs (HRPs), and few studies have included non-opioid users and non-injectors. While HRPs have effectively engaged PWUD, young people are under-represented in their services.

Methods: The Injection Drug Users Health Alliance Citywide Study (IDUCS) is the largest community-based study of PWUD in HRPs in the US.

The Health and Social Isolation of American Veterans Denied Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation.

Authors comparatively analyzed health and social isolation between U.S. military veterans denied Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation and veterans awarded VA disability compensation.

Access to Care in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, 2012.

Objective: Evacuation and damage following a widespread natural disaster may affect short-term access to medical care. We estimated medical care needs in New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Methods: Hurricane Sandy-related questions regarding medical needs included in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were administered to survey respondents living in New Jersey when Sandy occurred.

The joint contribution of neighborhood poverty and social integration to mortality risk in the United States.

Purpose: A well-established literature has shown that social integration strongly patterns health, including mortality risk. However, the extent to which living in high-poverty neighborhoods and having few social ties jointly pattern survival in the United States has not been examined.

Methods: We analyzed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994) linked to mortality follow-up through 2006 and census-based neighborhood poverty.

Interprofessional Integrative Medicine Training for Preventive Medicine Residents.

Integrative medicine training was incorporated into the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Preventive Medicine residency at the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark Campus as a collaboration between the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the School of Health Related Professions. Beginning in 2012, an interdisciplinary faculty team organized an Integrative Medicine program in a Preventive Medicine residency that leveraged existing resources across Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. The overarching aim of the programs was to introduce residents and faculty to the scope and practice of integrative medicine in the surrounding Newark community and explore evidence-based research on integrative medicine.

Health and Health Care Service Utilization Among U.S. Veterans Denied VA Service-Connected Disability Compensation: A Review of the Literature.

Unlabelled: The general consensus in studies of individuals seeking federal disability compensation is that individuals "denied" disability compensation are healthier than those "awarded." In contrast, studies of military veterans seeking U.S.

How Neighborhood Poverty Structures Types and Levels of Social Integration.

Social integration is fundamental to health and well-being. However, few studies have explored how neighborhood contexts pattern types and levels of social integration that individuals experience. We examined how neighborhood poverty structures two dimensions of social integration: integration with neighbors and social integration more generally.

What clinical activities do advanced-practice registered dietitian nutritionists perform? Results of a Delphi study.

Activities performed by advanced-practice registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) have yet to be clearly elucidated. The study aimed to gain consensus on the practice activities of advanced-practice RDNs who provide direct clinical nutrition care. A three-round Delphi study was conducted.

Public Knowledge and Use of Sexual Offender Internet Registries: Results From a Random Digit Dialing Telephone Survey.

The present study examines public knowledge and use of a sexual offender Internet registry in New Jersey. A 20-item random digit dial telephone survey of 1,016 New Jersey residents was completed to determine public awareness and use of the New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry (NJSOIR). Approximately 51% of respondents reported knowledge of the NJSOIR, while 17% had accessed the site.

Unrelenting violence: an analysis of 6,322 gunshot wound patients at a Level I trauma center.

Background: Perceptions of violence are too often driven by individual sensational events, yet "routine" gunshot wound (GSW) injuries are largely underreported. Previous studies have mostly focused on fatal GSW. To illuminate this public health problem, we studied the health care burden of interpersonal GSW at a Level I trauma center.

Venous thromboembolism in children: preliminary results of a survey of POSNA members.

Background: The term venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes deep venous thrombosis of the extremity and pulmonary embolism, a potentially fatal clinical entity. Although the prevalence of VTE may be lower in children compared with adults, recent reports suggest a possible rise in this diagnosis among pediatric patients, especially in association with certain risk factors. We assessed the clinical experience and practice of members of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) related to VTE among their pediatric patients.

Identifying components of advanced-level clinical nutrition practice: a Delphi study.

The dietetics profession lacks a comprehensive definition of advanced-level practice. Using a three-round Delphi study with mailed surveys, expert consensus on four dimensions of advanced-level practice that define advanced practice registered dietitians (RDs) in clinical nutrition was explored. Purposive sampling identified 117 RDs who met advanced-level practice criteria.

Annual pediatric pedestrian education does not improve pedestrian behavior.

Background: Pediatric pedestrian injuries are a major health care concern, specifically in urban centers. An educational program (WalkSafe), given one time during the school year, has been shown to improve childhood pedestrian safety. We examined whether this program could create similar long-term cognitive and behavioral changes in our school-aged children.

Enhancement of treatment completion for latent tuberculosis infection with 4 months of rifampin.

Background: Isoniazid is the standard medication used to treat latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The lengthy treatment with isoniazid, its perceived hepatotoxicity, and the increasing influx of foreign-born persons from countries with a higher prevalence of isoniazid resistance have compromised this regimen. In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommended 4 months of rifampin (4R) as an acceptable alternative regimen to 9 months of isoniazid (9H).

Peripheral nerve surgery and neurosurgeons: results of a national survey of practice patterns and attitudes.

Object: The goal of this study was to determine current practice patterns and attitudes of neurosurgeons toward peripheral nerve surgery.

Methods: A 13-question survey was mailed to all active members of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Collected responses were entered into a database and were analyzed using statistical software.