3 results match your criteria: "the University of Alabama Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Harmonized Multisite MRI-Based Quantification of Human Liver Fat and Stiffness: A Pilot Study.
J Magn Reson Imaging
March 2024
Auburn University, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn, Alabama, 36849, USA.
Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a leading cause of end-stage liver disease. NAFLD diagnosis and follow-up relies on a combination of clinical data, liver imaging, and/or liver biopsy. However, intersite imaging differences impede diagnostic consistency and reduce the repeatability of the multisite clinical trials necessary to develop effective treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDevelopment of a Vertically Integrated Trainee Program: Linking Future and Young Physicians.
South Med J
March 2019
From the University of South Carolina, Columbia, the University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, and the Columbia Medical Society, Columbia, South Carolina.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Prenatal Rating of Efficacy in Preparation to Breastfeed Scale: A New Measurement Instrument for Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-efficacy.
J Hum Lact
February 2019
7 Department of Community Medicine and Population Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
Background:: Breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding intention are two modifiable factors that influence rates of breastfeeding initiation.
Research Aims:: (1) To develop a scale to measure prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy, and (2) test its psychometric properties by determining the internal consistency and reliability, and (3) assess the relationships between prenatal breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding intention.
Methods:: Cross-sectional prospective one-group survey design was used.