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A37 Palliative and End of Life Care (PEoLC) Simulation Training in a UK Ambulance Service: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Experiential Learning on Prehospital Clinician Confidence, Considering Curriculum Development and Future Impact Open

Rowena Rickson, Karina Catley, Diane Laverty, J. Kenneth Grace, Natalie Nabunya , et al. · 2025

Introduction: Ambulance services are seeing an increase in PEoLC patients electing to remain at home, with a focus on supportive care [1]. A challenge exists in how to suitably equip and empower ambulance services to adapt their culture, s…

Hesitancy and confidence in pediatric COVID-19 vaccination among diverse caregivers of unvaccinated children Open

Lisa M. Costello, Ellen Kerns, Russell J. McCulloh, James R. Roberts, Daniel B. Blatt , et al. · 2025

As we navigate work to build vaccine confidence, this study provides support for additional directions of study to better understand particular populations and could be further reproduced to look at intentions with other vaccines.

Addressing food insecurity: a paediatric academic advocacy collaborative quality initiative Open

J. Blakely Amati, Shivani Mehta, Talia Buitrago Mogollon, Lizmarie Maldonado, Kerry Sease , et al. · 2025

Objective This quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed to address food insecurity (FI) by improving FI identification and referral to food assistance programmes for the families served by the eight paediatric academic institutions in Nor…

Efforts to Enhance Recruitment and Engagement of Caregivers from Medically Underserved Communities in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Vaccine Promotion App Open

Erin Dawley, Jonathan M. Figliomeni, Russell J. McCulloh, Ellen Kerns, Songthip Ounpraseuth , et al. · 2025

Over 15 million children in the United States have been infected with COVID-19; nearly 2,000 have died. Approval of COVID-19 vaccines for children enabled reductions in disease severity and mortality. Disparities in vaccine adoption exist …

Predictive Modeling of Targeted Improvements for County-Level Hpv Vaccine Delivery in South Carolina Open

Ashley A. White, Revell Martin, Brian Neelon, Kathleen B. Cartmell, Edith M. Williams , et al. · 2025

Abstract #49: Simplification of Molecular Diagnostics for Point-of-Care HPV Screening Open

James R. Roberts, Spencer Seely, David Collins, Jean‐Marc Zingg, Sapna K. Deo , et al. · 2024

Erratum: “Impact of Skin Care Products on Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements in Children: The ECHO-FGS” Open

Michael S. Bloom, Juliana M. Clark, John L. Pearce, Pamela L. Ferguson, Roger Newman , et al. · 2024

Impact of Skin Care Products on Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements in Children: the ECHO-FGS Open

Michael S. Bloom, Juliana M. Clark, John L. Pearce, Pamela L. Ferguson, Roger Newman , et al. · 2024

We found that reported SCP use was associated with urinary phthalate/replacement metabolites in young children. These results may inform policymakers, clinicians, and parents to help limit children's exposure to developmental toxicants. ht…

Factors associated with parental human papillomavirus vaccination intentions among adolescents from socioeconomically advantaged versus deprived households: a nationwide, cross-sectional survey Open

Kalyani Sonawane, Yenan Zhu, Haluk Damgacioglu, Ashvita Garg, Evan M. Graboyes , et al. · 2024

BACKGROUND: In the USA, HPV vaccine coverage is substantially lower among adolescents from high-income households compared to their low-income counterparts. We examined and compared the factors associated with parental HPV vaccination inte…

Weather emergency readiness in South Carolina families: an attitudes and knowledge assessment Open

Linda G. Martin, Erin Dawley, David M. Dantzler, Myla Ebeling, K Runzel , et al. · 2024

Study protocol for clinical trial of the FIT Families multicomponent obesity intervention for African American adolescents and their caregivers: Next step from the ORBIT initiative Open

Phillippe B. Cunningham, Sylvie Naar, James R. Roberts, Jennifer Powell, David M. Ledgerwood , et al. · 2024

Introduction This study will test the effectiveness of FIT Families (FIT), a multicomponent family-based behavioural intervention, against a credible attention control condition, Home-Based Family Support (HBFS). This protocol paper descri…

Consumption of Health-Related Videos and Human Papillomavirus Awareness: Cross-Sectional Analyses of a US National Survey and YouTube From the Urban-Rural Context Open

Ashvita Garg, Alan G. Nyitray, James R. Roberts, Nicholas Shungu, Kenneth J. Ruggiero , et al. · 2023

Background Nearly 70% of Americans use the internet as their first source of information for health-related questions. Contemporary data on the consumption of web-based videos containing health information among American adults by urbanity…

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Parents: A Qualitative Study Open

Aubree Honcoop, James R. Roberts, Boyd H. Davis, Charlene Pope, Erin Dawley , et al. · 2023

OBJECTIVES Addressing parental/caregivers’ coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy is critical to improving vaccine uptake in children. Common concerns have been previously reported through online surveys, but qualitative dat…

OC 16.3 Differential Modulation of Platelet Adhesion and Aggregation by Von Willebrand Factor as a New Therapeutic Strategy Against Arterial Thrombosis Open

Yinong Chen, Brian Savage, James R. Roberts, Jennifer N. Orje, Sachiko Kanaji , et al. · 2023

Evaluation of the First-Year Data from an HPV Vaccination Van Program in South Carolina, U.S. Open

Marvella E. Ford, Kathleen B. Cartmell, Angela M. Malek, Phuong Mai Le, Chloe Keeve , et al. · 2023

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are linked to at least six different types of cancer. The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) and Department of Pediatrics leaders identified suboptimal rates of HP…

Active vs Traditional Methods of Recruiting Children for a Clinical Trial in Rural Primary Care Clinics Open

Paul M. Darden, Ann M. Davis, Jeannette Y. Lee, Milan Bimali, Alan E. Simon , et al. · 2022

Importance To our knowledge, there are no published randomized clinical trials of recruitment strategies. Rigorously evaluated successful recruitment strategies for children are needed. Objective To evaluate the feasibility of 2 recruitmen…

Conducting a pediatric randomized clinical trial during a pandemic: A shift to virtual procedures Open

James R. Roberts, Sheva K. Chervinskiy, Russell J. McCulloh, Jessica Snowden, Paul M. Darden , et al. · 2022

Background/Objective: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our research group initiated a pediatric practice-based randomized trial for the treatment of childhood obesity in rural communities. Approximately 6 weeks into the originally planned 1…

Association between gestational PFAS exposure and Children's adiposity in a diverse population Open

Michael S. Bloom, Sarah Commodore, Pamela L. Ferguson, Brian Neelon, John L. Pearce , et al. · 2021

The Doctor Will “Friend” You Now: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Preferences for Weight Management App Features Open

Christine B. San Giovanni, Erin Dawley, Charlene Pope, Michelle J. Steffen, James R. Roberts · 2021

Adolescents have expressed preferred app features to help them manage weight; however, further work is needed to see whether these features are effective.

HPV Vaccination Champions: Evaluating a Technology-Mediated Intervention for Parents Open

Beth Sundstrom, Kathleen B. Cartmell, Ashley A. White, Nicole M. Russo‐Ponsaran, Henry Well , et al. · 2021

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination prevents 6 HPV-related cancers in men and women. Yet, rates of HPV vaccination among adolescents in the United States lag behind other developed nations, revealing a significant public health issue. T…

Reported Neighborhood Traffic and the Odds of Asthma/Asthma-Like Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Multi-Racial Cohort of Children Open

Sarah Commodore, Pamela L. Ferguson, Brian Neelon, Roger Newman, William A. Grobman , et al. · 2020

Asthma in children poses a significant clinical and public health burden. We examined the association between reported neighborhood traffic (a proxy for traffic-related air pollution) and asthma among 855 multi-racial children aged 4–8 yea…

The impact of provider recommendation on human papillomavirus vaccine and other adolescent vaccines Open

Alexandria Caldwell, Christi Madden, David M. Thompson, M. Connor Garbe, James R. Roberts , et al. · 2020

This study explored the association between provider recommendation and adolescent vaccine coverage. We analyzed data from the 2008 to 2018 National Immunization Survey-Teen including coverage with one dose of quadrivalent meningococcal co…

Opioids or Steroids for Pneumonia or Sinusitis Open

Karina Phang, James R. Roberts, Myla Ebeling, Sandra S. Garner, William T. Basco · 2020

OBJECTIVES: To compare the frequency of opioid and corticosteroid prescriptions dispensed for children with pneumonia or sinusitis visits on the basis of location of care. METHODS: We evaluated 2016 South Carolina Medicaid claims data for …

Mediation of the association between maternal pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and childhood overweight/obesity by birth anthropometry Open

Danielle R. Stevens, Brian Neelon, James R. Roberts, Sarah N. Taylor, Roger Newman , et al. · 2020

The mechanism through which developmental programming of offspring overweight/obesity following in utero exposure to maternal overweight/obesity operates is unknown but may operate through biologic pathways involving offspring anthropometr…

Pitch count adherence and injury assessment of youth baseball in South Carolina Open

Josef K. Eichinger, J. Brett Goodloe, Jackie Lin, Alyssa R. Greenhouse, Meghana V. Rao , et al. · 2020

Breastfeeding Initiation as Related to the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Diabetes Open

Danielle R. Stevens, Sarah N. Taylor, James R. Roberts, Brian Neelon, Roger Newman , et al. · 2019

Introduction: The health benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and her offspring are well established, and breastfeeding may be especially important for mitigating negative health effects of pregnancy complicated by d…

Children’s low-level pesticide exposure and associations with autism and ADHD: a review Open

James R. Roberts, Erin Dawley, J. Routt Reigart · 2018

Frequency of heavy vehicle traffic and association with DNA methylation at age 18 years in a subset of the Isle of Wight birth cohort Open

Adwoa Commodore, Nandini Mukherjee, Dongjun Chung, erik svendsen, John E. Vena , et al. · 2018

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Integrating Environmental Management of Asthma into Pediatric Health Care Open

James R. Roberts, Nicholas Newman, Leyla Erk McCurdy, Jane S. Chang, Mauro A. Salas , et al. · 2015

The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) launched an initiative in 2005 to integrate environmental management of asthma into pediatric health care. This study, a follow-up to a 2013 study, evaluated the program’s impact and a…

InFocus Open

James R. Roberts · 2015

Figure: Despite great advances in prehospital care, the routine use of currently recommended ACLS medications has not significantly changed long-term survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Current ACLS drug protocols may resul…

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