120 results match your criteria: "Georgia State University School of Public Health[Affiliation]"

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  • The study examines the differences in how people perceive the harm of e-cigarettes using direct versus indirect questioning methods.
  • Analysis from the US and Vietnam shows a notably higher perception of e-cigarettes being less harmful when evaluated indirectly, highlighting inconsistencies in public understanding.
  • It suggests the need for improved survey methodologies that incorporate multiple measures to better capture perceptions of harm regarding e-cigarettes and cigarettes.
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  • - The study aimed to evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of people who inject drugs (PWID) using a collaborative data-sharing model established in 2021, which pooled data from multiple studies across North America.
  • - Researchers analyzed data on various health indicators (like substance use treatment and mental health conditions) over four different time periods: pre-pandemic, early-pandemic, mid-pandemic, and late-pandemic, involving 6,213 PWID participants.
  • - The results showed minimal changes in health indicators throughout the pandemic, suggesting stability possibly due to policy adjustments and resilience in support services for PWID, highlighting the potential of the data-sharing model for better health insights.
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  • There is an increasing awareness of the early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), leading to new efforts aimed at prevention, largely driven by the participation of individuals at genetic risk. !* -
  • A recent workshop outlined recommendations for clinical care and lifestyle management tailored to those at elevated risk for ALS and FTD, covering aspects such as genetic testing, early symptom monitoring, and FDA-approved treatments. !* -
  • The guidance document seeks to inform both patients and healthcare providers about best practices and highlights the need for further research to strengthen evidence for future recommendations. !*
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  • African American adults face higher rates of tobacco-related diseases, influenced by experiences with racial discrimination, highlighting the need for further research on this topic.
  • The study aimed to explore how perceived racial discrimination impacts smoking habits among African Americans, investigating religion and spirituality as potential moderating factors.
  • Analysis of data from the Jackson Heart Study revealed that everyday racial discrimination significantly increases the likelihood of smoking, but prayer as a coping mechanism appears to reduce this risk among participants.
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  • * Out of 1,032 participants, 3.3% died during treatment and 8.7% after, with a median death time of 21 months post-TB treatment, particularly within the first 3 years.
  • * Those with HIV co-infection had a significantly higher risk of post-TB mortality (almost four times higher) compared to those without HIV, highlighting the need for better care for TB patients with comorbidities.
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Background: Globally, women 15-24 years are at heightened risk of sexual violence victimization, a risk factor for adverse mental, physical, and behavioral health outcomes. Sexual violence is common at universities and most often perpetrated by men, yet few evidence-based prevention strategies targeting men have been tested in low- and middle-income countries. GlobalConsent is a six-module, web-based educational program adapted from an efficacious U.

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  • * Through interviews with mothers of children aged 10-18 months, researchers found that unsafe animal feces management practices can lead to environmental contamination, raising health risks for young children.
  • * The findings suggest the need for safe animal feces management practices, similar to existing child feces management strategies, to reduce overall exposure to enteric pathogens and improve child health outcomes in the community.
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Child exposure to animal feces and associated enteropathogens contribute to a significant burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. However, there are no standardized, validated survey-based approaches to enable accurate assessment of child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens. We developed and validated a survey-based measure of exposure, the fecal-oral child exposure to zoonotic enteropathogens Index (the FECEZ Enteropathogens Index).

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A New Paradigm for Pandemic Preparedness.

Curr Epidemiol Rep

December 2023

Department of Geography, Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation (QDEC) Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

Purpose Of Review: Preparing for pandemics requires a degree of interdisciplinary work that is challenging under the current paradigm. This review summarizes the challenges faced by the field of pandemic science and proposes how to address them.

Recent Findings: The structure of current siloed systems of research organizations hinders effective interdisciplinary pandemic research.

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We conducted a retrospective cohort study among individuals with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and diabetes to determine the association between metformin use and tuberculosis treatment outcomes. We found that individuals with metformin use had a significantly lower risk of poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes (adjusted RR=0.25, 95%CI 0.

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Political Determinants of Health: Has COVID-19 Exposed the Worst of It?

Am J Public Health

September 2024

Gerardo Chowell is with the Department of Population Health Sciences, Georgia State University School of Public Health, Atlanta, and the Centre for Research on Pandemics and Society, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. Nazrul Islam is with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.

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Clozapine is an effective medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and it has been associated with well-documented side effects that limit its use. Clozapine-induced hepatotoxicity is a less-known complication of clozapine therapy. The literature is unclear about the psychopharmacologic options available following clozapine cessation on account of liver toxicity.

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  • Philip Morris International's IQOS product, which dominates the heated tobacco market, shows a higher usage rate among Arabs than Jews in Israel, prompting a study on its marketing strategies and regulatory compliance in different neighborhoods.
  • The study conducted surveys and audits in Arab and Jewish areas of five Israeli cities, focusing on retail compliance with recent marketing restrictions (like point-of-sale display bans) after these regulations were enacted in January 2020.
  • Results revealed that while many marketing strategies were similar across both communities, Arab neighborhood retailers were more involved in promotional activities and were better at complying with display ban requirements, although less compliant with plain packaging rules.
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The Intersectionality of Climate Change and Post-Stroke Aphasia.

Semin Speech Lang

January 2024

Surveillance and Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

Persons with communication disabilities including persons with post-stroke aphasia (PWAs) possess a vulnerability to climate change as a result of their communication impairments. The disproportionate effects of climate change are likely to exacerbate preexisting inequities in social determinants of health. Communication disability intersecting with other characteristics subject to discrimination (e.

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Importance: While acne is common in transgender and gender-diverse people and is associated with gender-affirming hormone therapy, little research has examined these factors and their impact in gender minority groups.

Objective: To examine the lived experiences of acne and acne treatment in transgender and gender-diverse participants.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This mixed-methods analysis was conducted at a multidisciplinary gender center at a public safety-net hospital and endocrinology and dermatology clinics at a tertiary academic center from January 4, 2021, to April 7, 2022, using semistructured interviews and surveys.

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  • This study investigates the prevalence of low birthweight (LBW) babies in the U.S. and how it relates to maternal sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle behaviors.
  • The analysis used data from the National Survey of Children's Health between 2016 and 2021, revealing that LBW affected approximately 9.31% of infants, with higher rates among younger and Black mothers.
  • The findings highlight significant racial and age-related disparities in LBW risks, emphasizing the need for targeted healthcare reforms to address these issues and improve health outcomes for marginalized populations.
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People who inject drugs (PWID) with unsafe injection practices have substantial risk for HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. We describe frequency of, and factors associated with, HIV and HCV testing during clinical encounters with PWID. Inpatient and Emergency Department clinical encounters at an Atlanta hospital were abstracted from medical records spanning January 2013-December 2018.

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Introduction: Low-resourced settings often lack personnel and infrastructure for alcohol use disorder treatment. We culturally adapted a Brief Negotiational Interview (BNI) for Emergency Department injury patients, the "Punguza Pombe Kwa Afya Yako (PPKAY)" ("Reduce Alcohol For Your Health") in Tanzania. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a pragmatic randomized adaptive controlled trial of the PPKAY intervention.

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Introduction: Youth in the United States are using electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) at a high rate. Modifications to ENDS by youth can introduce additional health hazards which have not been previously considered. To better understand these risks, we need more information on what these modifications are, the motivations behind them, and the sources of information on modifications.

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HIV co-infection increases the risk of post-tuberculosis mortality among persons who initiated treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis.

medRxiv

March 2024

Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA; and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Little is known regarding the relationship between common comorbidities in persons with tuberculosis (TB) (including human immunodeficiency virus [HIV], diabetes, and hepatitis C virus [HCV]) with post-TB mortality. We conducted a retrospective cohort study among persons who initiated treatment for rifampicin-resistant and multi/extensively drug-resistant (RR and M/XDR) TB reported to the country of Georgia's TB surveillance during 2009-2017. Exposures included HIV serologic status, diabetes, and HCV status.

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