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Title: A novel sampling method to measure socioeconomic drivers of Aedes albopictus distribution in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Author: Whiteman, Ari, Delmelle, Eric, Rapp, Tyler, Chen, Shi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mosquitoes as carriers of disease, Public health
Description: Climate change, urbanization, and globalization have facilitated the spread of Aedes mosquitoes into regions that were previously unsuitable, causing an increased threat of arbovirus transmission on a global scale. While numerous studies have addr...

Title: Association of sleep attitudes with sleep hygiene, duration, and quality : a survey exploration of the moderating effect of age, gender, race, and perceived socioeconomic status
Author: Ruggiero, Aria, Peach, Hannah D., Gaultney, Jane F.
Subjects--Topical: Sleep, Public health
Description: Objectives: Sleep health is becoming more widely accepted as a possible preventative strategy against chronic disease and negative psychosocial outcomes. It is important to understand whether attitudes towards sleep vary by demographic characteris...

Title: COVID-19 pandemic severity, lockdown regimes, and people’s mobility : early evidence from 88 countries
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Paul, Kamal Chandra
Subjects--Topical: Public health, COVID-19 (Disease), Social distancing (Public health)
Description: This study empirically investigates the complex interplay between the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, mobility changes in retail and recreation, transit stations, workplaces, and residential areas, and lockdown measures in 88 countries aroun...

Title: Comparative phylogenetic studies on Schistosoma japonicum and its snail intermediate host Oncomelania hupensis : origins, dispersal and coevolution
Author: Attwood, Stephen W., Ibaraki, Motomu, Saitoh, Yasuhide, Janies, Daniel
Subjects--Topical: Parasites, Coevolution, Public health
Description: Schistosoma japonicum causes major public health problems in China and the Philippines; this parasite, which is transmitted by freshwater snails of the species Oncomelania hupen- sis, causes the disease intestinal schistosomiasis in humans and cat...

Title: Exploring feasibility of mHealth to manage hypertension in rural Black older adults : a convergent mixed method study
Author: Abel, Willie M., Greer, B Danice
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: African Americans, Public health
Description: The purpose of this study was to explore perceived ease of use, usability, and the feasibility of using mobile health applications to manage hypertension self-care in rural Black older adults with hypertension.Mobile health applications have the p...

Title: Gentrification, housing costs, & healthcare accessibility
Author: Smithey, Morgan, Banks, Erin, Cao, Nhi
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Public health, Housing policy
Description: Rapidly rising home values often accompany gentrification, leading to increased property taxes for homeowners (Ding & Hwang, 2020). Higher property taxes increase the risk of becoming cost-burdened, “in Mecklenburg County, 75% of homeowners earnin...

Title: H.O.P.E. grows : an academic-public health partnership to reimagine public health services and increase mental health access among socially vulnerable populations
Author: Scott, Victoria C., Tolley, Annalise, Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer, Walker, Kayla
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Mental health
Description: Objective:To illustrate the process of developing and sustaining an academic-publichealth partnership for behavioral health integration through an expansion of theAligning Systems for Health (ASfH) framework.Study Setting:Practice-informed primary...

Title: Risk-adjusted staffing policies to minimize perioperative staffing shortages during a pandemic : an agent-based simulation study
Author: Prabhu, Vishnunarayan G., Hand, William R., Isik, Tugce, Song, Yongjia
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Public health
Description: Healthcare workers’ (HCWs) safety and availability to care for patients are critical during a pandemic such as the one caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Among providers of different specialities, it is critical to protect ...

Title: Separating features from functionality : a computational analysis of vaccination apps
Author: Shaw, George, Nadkarni, Devaki, Phann, Eric, Sielaty, Rachel Ashby
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Mobile apps, Public health
Description: Some latest estimates show that approximately 95% of Americans own a smartphone with numerous functions such as SMS text messaging, the ability to take high-resolution pictures, and mobile software apps. Mobile health apps focusing on vaccination ...

Title: Spatial analytics based on confidential data for strategic planning in urban health departments
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude, Yonto, Daniel, Issel, L. Michele
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Data protection
Description: Spatial data analytics can detect patterns of clustering of events in small geographies across an urban region. This study presents and demonstrates a robust research design to study the longitudinal stability of spatial clustering with small case...

Title: Submicroscopic infection and G6PD deficiency in malaria patients
Author: Witherspoon, Logan, Witherspoon, Logan, Kepple, Daniel, Lo, Eugenia, Abagero, Beka
Date Created: 2022, 2022, 2022
Subjects--Topical: Malaria, Public health
Description: Plasmodium vivax malaria is a neglected tropical disease, despite being more geographically widespread than any other form of malaria. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a cytosolic enzyme with a vital role for the integrity and functioni...

Title: The role of socioeconomic and climatic factors in the spatio-temporal variation of human rabies in China
Author: Thill, Jean-Claude
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Public health, Rabies
Description: Background: Rabies is a significant public health problem in China. Previous spatial epidemiological studies have helped understand the epidemiology of animal and human rabies in China. However, quantification of effects derived from relevant fact...