Impact of a University-Led COVID-19 Case Investigation and Contact Tracing Program.

Context: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic devastated societies and economies worldwide. Given the major disruptions to higher education, reflection on university responses to the COVID-19 pandemic may provide insights for future outbreaks.

Objective: Here, we describe the epidemiology of COVID-19 on the Emory University campus during the 2020-2021 academic year and provide an evaluation of the performance of a university-led program with the purpose of describing the effectiveness of efforts to augment the public health authority's case investigation and contact tracing efforts during a public health emergency.

Overcoming barriers to HPV vaccination: A randomized clinical trial of a culturally-tailored, media intervention among African American girls.

Although genital HPV is the most prevalent STI in the US, rates of vaccination uptake among high-risk subgroups remain low. Investigations of vaccine compliance have mainly targeted mother-daughter dyads, which in some settings may prove difficult. This study examines an innovative culturally tailored, computer-delivered media-based strategy to promote HPV vaccine uptake.

Recruitment for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.

Background: To reduce disparities in breast and cervical cancer in the U.S., it is essential that programs such as CDC's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) use evidence-based strategies.

The impact of HIPAA authorization on willingness to participate in clinical research.

Purpose: This study systematically examined the impact of inclusion of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization on the willingness of African Americans of diverse sociodemographic characteristics to participate in a clinical research study and explored reasons for nonparticipation.

Methods: For a purposive sample of 384 African American outpatients at four metropolitan primary care clinics from August 2005 through May 2006, willingness to participate in a hypothetic clinical research study of an antihypertensive medication under one of two experimental conditions was compared. Interviewees were randomly assigned to undergo informed consent alone (control group) or informed consent with HIPAA authorization (HIPAA group).