Publications by authors named "N Rao Movva"
Composite health indicators are valuable tools to assess population health over time and identify areas for intervention. This scoping review (ScR) aimed to map the literature describing comprehensive health-related metrics used to assess community health. The Arksey and O'Malley framework was used to conduct the ScR, using the following steps: identifying the research question, identifying relevant studies, charting the data, collating and reporting results.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a substantial cause of infant morbidity and mortality due to seasonal peaks of bronchiolitis across the United States. Clinical and viral surveillance plays a pivotal role in helping hospital systems prepare for expected surges in RSV bronchiolitis. Existing surveillance efforts have shown a geographic pattern of RSV positivity across the United States, with cases typically starting in the southeast and spreading north and west.
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- RSV is the leading cause of hospitalizations in American infants and its true impact has been underestimated, especially in outpatient settings due to inconsistent testing practices.
- The COVID-19 pandemic changed RSV seasonality and led to an increase in testing, particularly in clinical environments, but outpatient testing still lags behind.
- Improving outpatient RSV testing rates is crucial for better monitoring and understanding RSV impact among infants with bronchiolitis.
Background: Infants covered by Medicaid have higher respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalization rates than those with commercial insurance, but findings are limited to the inpatient setting. This birth cohort study describes healthcare encounters for RSV across all settings among infants covered by Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Methods: Medicaid claims for infants born and residing in Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Florida (FL), Michigan (MI), North Carolina (NC), New York (NY), and Texas (TX) were analyzed for first diagnosis of RSV in 2016-2018 using codes.
Background: Nutrition affects both physical and mental health but evidence is mixed regarding potential associations between anxiety and diet, particularly dairy consumption. We conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) of dairy consumption and/or various dietary patterns and risk of anxiety.
Methods: Literature searches were conducted in PubMed and Embase.