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Health Care Practitioners' Perceptions of Volunteering at a North Seattle Free Health Care Clinic
Background: Volunteer health care practitioners are essential to free clinics providing medical care to millions of uninsured and underinsured people in the United States. However, little is known about what factors influence the recruitment and retention of volunteer health care practitioners at free health clinics and which ...
Evaluating Caller Experience with a Telephone Health Hotline in Malawi
Introduction: One application of mobile technology for health (mHealth) is health hotlines, which have been implemented in high-, middle-, and low-income countries to increase timely access to health information. The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics, experiences, and overall satisfaction level of recent ...
Does Military Service Modify the Relationship between Race/Ethnicity and Diabetes and Hypertension Prevalence and Control? National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2014
Abstract Does Military Service Modify the Relationship between Race/Ethnicity and Diabetes and Hypertension Prevalence and Control? National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2014 BACKGROUND: Studies on the effects of military service on the long-term health of veterans have produced mixed results. One ...
Headache after Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Background: Headache symptoms are a major contributor to chronic pain after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). We investigated associations between headache symptoms after TBI and both psychological symptoms (depression and anxiety) and patient reported outcomes (satisfaction with life and loss of employment). ...
Characterizing the Neurodevelopmental Pesticide Exposome in an Agricultural Children’s Cohort
In Washington State, apples are the number one commodity produced in the $49 billion food and agriculture industry. Apple growers often rely on pesticides to control insect, plant, and fungal pests. Many of these pesticides have known and well characterized health effects, including several that are known neurotoxicants. ...
Risk factors of opioid-related overdose among opioid users in an acute care setting: a prospective cohort study
Objective: Opioid-related overdoses cause substantial morbidity and mortality in the United States. This prospective cohort analysis investigated the associations between demographics, overdose history, and drug use and future medically attended opioid overdose events (both fatal and non-fatal). Methods: Baseline data from ...
Evaluation of PAH Metabolites as Biomarkers for Occupational Wood Smoke Exposure in Wildland Firefighters
Exposure to wood smoke has been associated with lung cancer and other adverse health outcomes, and therefore it is a great health concern for those in developing parts of the world as well as developed nations. Pyrene, naphthalene, fluorene, and phenanthrene are components of wood smoke and their metabolites have been ...
Poliovirus and rotavirus detection in water: evaluating and applying environmental surveillance methods
Human enteric viruses are responsible for the majority of acute waterborne diseases. Most people affected are children under five years old. Symptoms of disease can include diarrhea, gastroenteritis, and paralysis. However, human infections can also be asymptomatic, which allows viruses to go undetected and circulate within ...
The impact of HIV infection on cervical cancer presentation and survival in Uganda
Objectives: To determine how HIV infection impacts cervical cancer stage and overall survival (OS) among Ugandan women. Methods/Materials: Women diagnosed with cervical cancer were followed between 2013 and 2015 at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). A Poisson regression model was fit to calculate prevalence ratios (PR) for ...
Dental Care Utilization for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Washington State’s Access to Baby and Child Dentistry Program
Objectives: To identify potential disparities affecting young children with special health care needs (CSHCN) within public dental programs by evaluating preventive dental care utilization rates in Washington State’s Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) Program. Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis of 2012 Medicaid ...