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Title: A novel machine learning framework for comparison of viral COVID-19–related Sina Weibo and Twitter posts : workflow development and content analysis
Author: Chen, Shi, Zhou, Lina, Song, Yunya, Xu, Qian, Wang, Ping, Wang, Kanlun, Ge, Yaorong, Janies, Daniel
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Twitter (Firm), Social media, Machine learning
Description: Background: Social media plays a critical role in health communications, especially during global health emergencies such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is a lack of a universal analytical framework to extract, quantify, and comp...

Title: A psychometric assessment of a network social capital scale among sexual minority men and gender minority individuals
Author: Zarwell, Meagan, Walsh, Jennifer L., Quinn, Katherine G., Kaniuka, Andrea, Patton, Alexandra, Robinson, William T., Cramer, Robert J. (Robert Joseph)
Subjects--Topical: Social capital (Sociology)--Research--Methodology, Social networks, Queer studies
Description: Background Social capital, the potential for individuals to access resources through group memberships, is linked to a constellation of health outcomes. We modified a previously evaluated Constructed Family Social Capital Scale for gay, bisexual a...

Title: An exploratory study of digital inequities and work in the redevelopment of a southeastern American city
Author: Crocker, Tianca, Whitlow, Clysha, Cooper, Haley, Patrick, Claire, Padilla, Avangelyne, Jammal, Mia, Ince, Rebecca
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Labor market, Labor market--Social aspects, Marginality, Social, Marginality, Social--Economic aspects
Description: Nearly 6 million workers support the multi-billion-dollar digital economy as one of the fastest-growing sectors in the U.S. labor market. Middle-skill jobs in the digital economy sector that pay higher wages and do not require a bachelor’s degree ...

Title: Associations between hospital quality outcomes and Medicare spending per beneficiary in the USA
Author: Gunn, Laura, Cook, Karyn, Perry, I’sis, Hoke, Christy, Smith, Dana, Peterson, Leanne, Martin, John, Korvink, Michael, Foster, Brent
Subjects--Topical: Medicare, Hospital care
Description: The cost of healthcare in the United States has increased over time. However, patient health outcomes have not trended with spending. There is a need to better comprehend the association between healthcare costs in the United States and hospital q...

Title: Associations between perceived value of exclusive breastfeeding among pregnant women in the United States and exclusive breastfeeding to three and six months postpartum : a prospective study
Author: Racine, Elizabeth, Nnebe-Agumadu, Uche Henrietta, Laditka, Sarah B., Coffman, Maren
Subjects--Topical: Infants--Nutrition, Breastfeeding
Description: Background: Successful breastfeeding often starts with prenatally established intention. Yet, few mothers with the intention to exclusively breastfeed achieve their intended breastfeeding duration goal. This study examined the degree to which havi...

Title: Breaking the data value-privacy paradox in mobile mental health systems through user-centered privacy protection : a web-based survey study
Author: Zhang, Dongsong, Lim, Jaewan, Zhou, Lina, Dahl, Alicia A.
Subjects--Topical: Mobile apps, Mental health, Privacy
Description: Background: Mobile mental health systems (MMHS) have been increasingly developed and deployed in support of monitoring, management, and intervention with regard to patients with mental disorders. However, many of these systems rely on patient data...

Title: Contextualizing the experiences of Black pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic : ‘It’s been a lonely ride’
Author: Dahl, Alicia A., Yada, Farida N., Butts, Shanika Jerger, Tolley, Annalise, Hirsch, Sophie, Lalgondar, Priyanka, Wilson, Kala S.
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Maternal health services, COVID-19 (Disease), Women, Black
Description: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed the prenatal care experience, specifically regarding medical appointments and social opportunities. It is critical to capture this change through the narratives of pregnant people, parti...

Title: County-level socioeconomic status adjustment of acute myocardial infarction mortality hospital performance measure in the U.S.
Author: Gunn, Laura, Daley, Sean, Kajendrakumar, Bakthameera, Nandhakumar, Samyuktha, Personett, Christine, Sholes, Michael, Thapa, Swornim, Xue, Chen, Korvink, Michael
Subjects--Topical: Myocardial infarction, Hospital care
Description: The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Hospital Compare (HC) data provides a collection of risk-adjusted hospital performance metrics intended to allow comparison of hospital-provided care. However, CMS does not adjust for so...

Title: Do socioeconomic factors drive Aedes mosquito vectors and their arboviral diseases? A systematic review of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika virus
Author: Delmelle, Eric, Whiteman, Ari, Loaiza, Jose R., Yee, Donald A., Poh, Karen C., Watkins, Alexandria S., Lucas, Keira J., Rapp, Tyler J., Kline, Lillie, Ahmed, Ayman, Chen, Shi, Oguzie, Judith Uche
Subjects--Topical: Arbovirus infections, Virus diseases--Transmission
Description: As the threat of arboviral diseases continues to escalate worldwide, the question of, “What types of human communities are at the greatest risk of infection?” persists as a key gap in the existing knowledge of arboviral diseases transmission dynam...

Title: Editorial : integrative learning in US undergraduate public health education : effective high-impact practices
Author: Harver, Andrew, Hein, Katie Darby, Petersen, Donna J., Rhodes, Terrel L., 1949-
Subjects--Topical: Public health--Study and teaching (Higher), Interdisciplinary approach in education
Description: Editorial

Title: Modeling coding intensity of procedures in a U.S. population-based hip/knee arthroplasty inpatient cohort adjusting for patient- and facility-level characteristics
Author: Gunn, Laura, Rios, Nancy, Oldiges, Paige, Lizano, Marcela, Martin, John, Korvink, Michael, Doucet Wadford, Danielle S., Quick, David L.
Subjects--Topical: Arthroplasty, Diagnosis, Medical care
Description: Variations in procedure coding intensity, defined as excess coding of procedures versus industry (instead of clinical) standards, can result in differentials in quality of care for patients and have additional implications for facilities and payor...

Title: Neighborhood disadvantage and the sales of unhealthy products : alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy snack food
Author: Wallace, Lauren A., Paul, Rajib, Gholizadeh, Shafie, Zadrozny, Wlodek, Webster, Caitlan, Mayfield, Melanie, Racine, Elizabeth
Subjects--Topical: Chronic diseases, Neighborhoods--Economic aspects
Description: Background: Individuals may use unhealthy coping mechanisms such as alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy snack consumption. The purpose of this study was to assess how neighborhood disadvantage is associated with sales of alcohol, tobacco, and unhealth...

Title: Perceptions of resilience and coping among gender-diverse individuals using photography
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Schoebel, Victoria, Vercruysse, Chloe
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Transgender people, Resilience (Personality trait)
Description: Gender-diverse individuals (those whose gender and/or sex differ from societal expectations, such as trans or genderqueer) face stigma and discrimination, which can translate into negative health outcomes. Resilience describes the process of overc...

Title: Psychological distress is more common in some occupations and increases with job tenure : a thirty-seven year panel study in the United States
Author: Laditka, Sarah B., Laditka, James, Arif, Ahmed A., Adeyemi, Oluwaseun J.
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Mental health, Job stress
Description: Background Workers in certain occupations may have elevated risks of psychological distress. However, research is limited. For example, researchers often measure distress that may have existed before occupational exposures. We studied occupations ...

Title: The capstone ePortfolio in an undergraduate public health program : accreditation, assessment, and audience
Author: Harver, Andrew, Zuber, Pilar D., Bastian, Heather
Subjects--Topical: Electronic portfolios in education, Public health--Study and teaching
Description: The Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) degree program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) was launched in 2007, and was initially accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health in 2009. We admit appr...

Title: Using mobile technology to promote safe sex and sexual health in adolescents : current practices and future recommendations
Author: Cornelius, Judith, Appiah, Josephine
Subjects--Topical: Sexual health, Cell phones
Description: Youth and young adults (19-24 years of age) shoulder the burden of sexually transmitted infections accounting for nearly half of all new infections annually. Mobile technology is one way that we have reached this population with safer sex informat...

Title: Work disability in the United States, 1968–2015 : Prevalence, duration, recovery, and trends
Author: Laditka, James, Laditka, Sarah B.
Subjects--Topical: People with disabilities, Labor supply
Description: The United States workforce is aging. At the same time more people have chronic conditions, for longer periods. Given these trends the importance of work disability, physical or nervous problems that limit a person’s type or amount of work, is inc...

Title: “It just feels right” : perceptions of the effects of community connectedness among trans individuals
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Barker, Jordan, Lace, Tatim, Gunn, Laura
Subjects--Topical: Transgender people, Mental health
Description: Trans individuals (e.g. trans men and women, non-binary, gender fluid) are at higher risk for mental health concerns, in part due to marginalization. Previous work has documented the effects of social support and community engagement on health out...

Title: “Making peace” with bodies and sexual selves : changes during COVID-19 among adults in the United States
Author: Bowling, Jessamyn, Basinger, Erin, Montanaro, Erika
Subjects--Topical: COVID-19 (Disease), Body image
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the physical and mental health of many and has necessitated widespread societal shifts, including changes to work and family activities. These changes have impacted individuals’ identity, including the...