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View article: Enhancing Workplace Safety: Personal Protective Equipment Detection
Enhancing Workplace Safety: Personal Protective Equipment Detection Open
Industries such as construction, cold food processing, and the chemical sector are particularly vulnerable to a range of potential hazards. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) plays a critical role in safeguarding workers in these high-ris…
View article: Health Care Access and Use Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Health Care Access and Use Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness Open
Importance Demographic and policy changes have occurred since the last large, representative study of homeless adults in the 1990s, which may affect health care access and use. Objective To describe the prevalence of poor health care acces…
View article: Use of a groundwater model to evaluate groundwater–surface water interaction at a riverbank filtration site: a case study in Binh Dinh, Vietnam
Use of a groundwater model to evaluate groundwater–surface water interaction at a riverbank filtration site: a case study in Binh Dinh, Vietnam Open
A comprehensive understanding of groundwater–surface water (GW–SW) interaction is important for sustainable water resource management. Riverbank filtration (RBF) serves as a natural method to enhance groundwater recharge, especially in sys…
View article: Recognizing and addressing burnout among healthcare workers in rural Nepal: a proof-of-concept study using Kern’s six-step theoretical framework
Recognizing and addressing burnout among healthcare workers in rural Nepal: a proof-of-concept study using Kern’s six-step theoretical framework Open
In this proof-of-concept study, we found that educational interventions developed using a theory-driven framework to meet the unique needs of rural healthcare workers are acceptable and feasible. Future studies can test the intervention im…
View article: Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study
Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study Open
Background Patients with diabetes experience worse health outcomes and greater health care expenditure. Improving diabetes outcomes requires involved self-management. Peer coaching programs can help patients engage in self-management while…
View article: Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study (Preprint)
Implementation of a Technology-Enabled Diabetes Self-Management Peer Coaching Intervention for Patients With Poorly Controlled Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Case Study (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Patients with diabetes experience worse health outcomes and greater health care expenditure. Improving diabetes outcomes requires involved self-management. Peer coaching programs can help patients engage in self-management whil…
View article: Serious Mental Illness, Glycemic Control, and Neighborhood Factors within an Urban Diabetes Cohort
Serious Mental Illness, Glycemic Control, and Neighborhood Factors within an Urban Diabetes Cohort Open
Background and Hypothesis Serious mental illness (SMI) may compromise diabetes self-management. This study assessed the association between SMI and glycemic control, and explored sociodemographic predictors and geographic clustering of thi…
View article: Acceptability and Usability of a Wearable Device for Sleep Health Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients in a Safety Net Clinic: Qualitative Analysis
Acceptability and Usability of a Wearable Device for Sleep Health Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients in a Safety Net Clinic: Qualitative Analysis Open
Background Sleep disorders are common and disproportionately affect marginalized populations. Technology, such as wearable devices, holds the potential to improve sleep quality and reduce sleep disparities, but most devices have not been d…
View article: Impacts of Individual Patient Language and Neighborhood Ethnic Enclave on COVID-19 Test Positivity Among Hispanic/Latinx Patients in San Francisco
Impacts of Individual Patient Language and Neighborhood Ethnic Enclave on COVID-19 Test Positivity Among Hispanic/Latinx Patients in San Francisco Open
Background: Given the known disparities in COVID-19 within the Hispanic/Latinx community, we sought to examine the interaction between individual-level and neighborhood-level social determinants of health using linked electronic health rec…
View article: 882 Using oncogenic pathway agonism to sensitize RAS mutant cancers to immunotherapy
882 Using oncogenic pathway agonism to sensitize RAS mutant cancers to immunotherapy Open
Background Overall, 30% of human cancers are driven by mutant RAS proteins. While immunotherapy is effective for NRAS-mutant melanoma, no options exist for resistant disease, and mutant KRAS-driven lung and pancreatic carcinomas are much l…
View article: Assessing Alignment of Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Community Health Resources for Chronic Disease Management
Assessing Alignment of Patient and Clinician Perspectives on Community Health Resources for Chronic Disease Management Open
Addressing social determinants of health (SDoH) is associated with improved clinical outcomes for patients with chronic diseases in safety-net settings. This qualitative study supplemented by descriptive quantitative analysis investigates …
View article: Acceptability and Usability of a Wearable Device for Sleep Health Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients in a Safety Net Clinic: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint)
Acceptability and Usability of a Wearable Device for Sleep Health Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients in a Safety Net Clinic: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Sleep disorders are common and disproportionately affect marginalized populations. Technology, such as wearable devices, holds the potential to improve sleep quality and reduce sleep disparities, but most devices have not been …
View article: Applying a socioecological framework to chronic disease management: implications for social informatics interventions in safety-net healthcare settings
Applying a socioecological framework to chronic disease management: implications for social informatics interventions in safety-net healthcare settings Open
Objective Vulnerable populations face numerous barriers in managing chronic disease(s). As healthcare systems work toward integrating social risk factors into electronic health records and healthcare delivery, we need better understanding …
View article: 320 Tumor cell-intrinsic signaling mediates T cell exclusion and promotes resistance to checkpoint blockade therapy in non-small cell lung cancer
320 Tumor cell-intrinsic signaling mediates T cell exclusion and promotes resistance to checkpoint blockade therapy in non-small cell lung cancer Open
Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. 1 Immunotherapies such as checkpoint blockade therapy (CBT) can be an effective approach to treat patients with metastatic tumors. However, only a fraction of p…
View article: Integrating geo-linked electronic health records with neighborhood data to identify place-based barriers for diabetes management in a public healthcare system
Integrating geo-linked electronic health records with neighborhood data to identify place-based barriers for diabetes management in a public healthcare system Open
Background Despite the body of research on place-based disparities in diabetes, there is room for advancing methods in this space by leveraging multiple datasets, including population census and clinical datasets. Specifically, healthcare …
View article: The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Improving Chronic Care for Safety-Net Populations
The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Improving Chronic Care for Safety-Net Populations Open
The results contribute new evidence toward the community domain of the CCM. Health care systems must intentionally partner with CBOs to address SDoH and improve community resources for chronic care management, and directly address structur…
View article: Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Virtual Reality as a Pain Management Modality in Academic, Community, and Safety-Net Settings: Qualitative Analysis
Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Virtual Reality as a Pain Management Modality in Academic, Community, and Safety-Net Settings: Qualitative Analysis Open
Background Prior studies have shown that virtual reality (VR) is an efficacious treatment modality for opioid-sparing pain management. However, the majority of these studies were conducted among primarily White, relatively advantaged popul…
View article: Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Virtual Reality as a Pain Management Modality in Academic, Community, and Safety-Net Settings: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint)
Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Virtual Reality as a Pain Management Modality in Academic, Community, and Safety-Net Settings: Qualitative Analysis (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Prior studies have shown that virtual reality (VR) is an efficacious treatment modality for opioid-sparing pain management. However, the majority of these studies were conducted among primarily White, relatively advantaged popu…
View article: Transferring Racial/Ethnic Marketing Strategies From Tobacco to Food Corporations: Philip Morris and Kraft General Foods
Transferring Racial/Ethnic Marketing Strategies From Tobacco to Food Corporations: Philip Morris and Kraft General Foods Open
Objectives. To investigate the transfer of marketing knowledge and infrastructure for targeting racial/ethnic minorities from the tobacco to the food and beverage industry in the United States. Methods. We analyzed internal industry docume…
View article: ADOLESCENTS’ SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OF AGING
ADOLESCENTS’ SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OF AGING Open
Negative perceptions of aging among young individuals may be especially detrimental. First, they may lead to adverse treatment of current older adults. Especially, as the percentage of older adults grows, intergenerational tensions may ari…
View article: Impact of a cancer education seminar on knowledge and screening intent among Chinese Americans: Results from a randomized, controlled, community‐based trial
Impact of a cancer education seminar on knowledge and screening intent among Chinese Americans: Results from a randomized, controlled, community‐based trial Open
BACKGROUND Cancer is the leading cause of death for Asian Americans. The authors evaluated the status of cancer prevention for Chinese Americans in San Francisco, which has had years of cancer prevention efforts. METHODS Through a communit…
View article: Bisphosphonate-Linked TrkB Agonist: Cochlea-Targeted Delivery of a Neurotrophic Agent as a Strategy for the Treatment of Hearing Loss
Bisphosphonate-Linked TrkB Agonist: Cochlea-Targeted Delivery of a Neurotrophic Agent as a Strategy for the Treatment of Hearing Loss Open
Hearing loss affects more than two-thirds of the elderly population, and more than 17% of all adults in the U.S. Sensorineural hearing loss related to noise exposure or aging is associated with loss of inner ear sensory hair cells (HCs), c…
View article: Disparities in abnormal mammogram follow‐up time for Asian women compared with non‐Hispanic white women and between Asian ethnic groups
Disparities in abnormal mammogram follow‐up time for Asian women compared with non‐Hispanic white women and between Asian ethnic groups Open
BACKGROUND Delays in abnormal mammogram follow‐up contribute to poor outcomes. In the current study, the authors examined differences in abnormal screening mammogram follow‐up between non‐Hispanic white (NHW) and Asian women. METHODS The a…
View article: Response to “Drug Diffusion to the Apex of the Human Cochlea?”
Response to “Drug Diffusion to the Apex of the Human Cochlea?” Open
In Reply: We appreciate the opportunity to clarify several points raised by the letter writer regarding the experiments we performed and our report of those experiments. First, the writer declares the absence of Reissner's membrane, the or…
View article: Measurement of Ototoxicity Following Intracochlear Bisphosphonate Delivery
Measurement of Ototoxicity Following Intracochlear Bisphosphonate Delivery Open
These findings provide reference values for intracochlear bisphosphonate delivery in the treatment of cochlear otosclerosis and describe a useful method for tracking cochlear drug delivery.