Manuscripts from 2023
The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in a Multifactorial Approach to the Opioid Crisis: PDMP Data, Pennsylvania, 2016–2020, Jenna R. Adalbert, Amit Syal, Karan Varshney, Brandon George, Jeffrey Hom, and Asif M. Ilyas
Blood Pressure Surge with Alarm Is Reduced after Exercise and Diet Intervention in Firefighters, Deborah L Feairheller, Macie Smith, Megan Carty, and Emily H Reeve
Efficacy of COVID-19 Public Health Measures in Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, and Chicago, Brian Goldstein and Willie H. Oglesby
A Novel Method for Measuring the Burden of Breast Cancer in Neighborhoods, Russell K. McIntire, Hee-Soon Juon, Scott W. Keith, Nicole L. Simone, Dexter Waters, Eleanor Lewis, and Charnita Zeigler-Johnson
I Don't Believe a Person Has to Die When Trying to Get High: Overdose Prevention and Response Strategies in Rural Illinois, Suzan M. Walters, Marisa Felsher, David Frank, Jessica Jaiswal, Tarlise Townsend, Brandon Muncan, Alex S. Bennett, Samuel R. Friedman, Wiley Jenkins, Mai T. Pho, Scott Fletcher, and Danielle C. Ompad
How the Rural Risk Environment Underpins Hepatitis C Risk: Qualitative Findings From Rural Southern Illinois, United States, Suzan M Walters, David Frank, Marisa Felsher, Jessica Jaiswal, Scott Fletcher, Alex S Bennett, Samuel R Friedman, Lawrence J Ouellet, Danielle C Ompad, Wiley Jenkins, and Mai T Pho
Manuscripts from 2022
Registry-Based Cohort Study of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Prevalence, Incidence and Mortality in Denmark 2000-2018, John Acquavella, Emese Vágó, Henrik Toft Sorensen, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó, and Gregory P. Hess
A focus on the future of opioid prescribing: implementation of a virtual opioid and pain management module for medical students, Jenna R Adalbert and Asif M. Ilyas
Identifying the Gaps Between Public Health Training and Practice: A Workforce Competencies Comparative Analysis, Osnat Bashkin, Robert Otok, Ori Kapra, Kasia Czabanowska, Paul Barach, Orna Baron-Epel, Keren Dopelt, Mariusz Duplaga, Lore Leighton, Hagai Levine, Fiona MacLeod, Yehuda Neumark, Stephanie Paillard-Borg, Theodore Tulchinsky, and Zohar Mor
Emerging Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic About the Decisive Competencies Needed for the Public Health Workforce: A Qualitative Study, Osnat Bashkin, Robert Otok, Lore Leighton, Kasia Czabanowska, Paul Barach, Nadav Davidovitch, Keren Dopelt, Mariusz Duplaga, Leah Okenwa Emegwa, Fiona MacLeod, Yehuda Neumark, Maya Peled Raz, Theodore Tulchinsky, and Zohar Mor
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures-Challenges and Opportunities for China., Donald E Casey
Choosing Not to Look: Not a Solution, Rosemary Frasso
Patient and provider experiences with CBT-I administered in-person or via telemedicine: A randomized non-inferiority trial, Rachel E. Granberg, Arianna Heyer, Philip R. Gehrman, Paul W. Gunter, Nathan A. Hoff, Amanda Guth, Matthew S. Kayser, Samuel Kuna, and Rosemary Frasso
Implementation and Outcomes of a Remote Hepatitis B Screening Program Designed to Overcome COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Disruptions to Community-Based Screenings for Asians in Greater Philadelphia: A Descriptive Study, Yoonhee P Ha, Yusha Sun, Jack Wilkinson, Sonia Wang, Lillian Chien, Marisa Wu, Evangeline Wang, and Catherine Freeland
Angiotensin blockade therapy and survival in pancreatic cancer: a population study, Scott W Keith, Vittorio Maio, Hwyda A Arafat, Matthew Alcusky, Thomas Karagiannis, Carol Rabinowitz, Harish Lavu, and Daniel Z. Louis
How To Hospital: barriers to developing a patient 'Hospital Survival Guide' to support information transfer during ward-rounds on the patient journey from admission to hospital to discharge, Swyn Lewis, Gwenlli Mai Jones, Paul Barach, Hawys Tomos, Mari Davies, Buddug Eckley, Hannah Rebecca Dowell, and Christian Peter Subbe
Resilience and Protection of Health Care and Research Laboratory Workers During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Analysis and Case Study From an Austrian High Security Laboratory, Martina Loibner, Paul Barach, Stella Wolfgruber, Christine Langner, Verena Stangl, Julia Rieger, Esther Föderl-Höbenreich, Melina Hardt, Eva Kicker, Silvia Groiss, Martin Zacharias, Philipp Wurm, Gregor Gorkiewicz, Peter Regitnig, and Kurt Zatloukal
Disparities in Neighborhood Park Access Among Adults in Philadelphia, Russell K. McIntire, Tiara Halstead, Devesh Dajee, Meghan Buckley, Kyle McGregor, and Sharon Larson
Social Determinants of Health in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients in the United States: Clinician Perspective and Health Policy Implications, Vijay R. Nadipelli, Jean M. Elwing, Willie H. Oglesby, and Karim El-Kersh
Rehabilitation Care at the Time of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Scoping Review of Health System Recommendations, Ahmed M Negm, Adrian Salopek, Mashal Zaide, Victoria J Meng, Carlos Prada, Yaping Chang, Preeti Zanwar, Flavia H Santos, Elena Philippou, Emily R Rosario, Julie Faieta, Jason R Falvey, Amit Kumar, Timothy A Reistetter, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Jonathan F Bean, Mohit Bhandari, and Patricia C Heyn
Improving Cancer Care Through Digital Health Coaching, Jennifer Nguyen, PharmD; Vittorio Maio, PharmD, MS, MSPH; and Nathan Handley, MD, MBA
Assessing the Effect of Four Types of Direct Mail Messages to Promote the Uptake of Residential Lead Remediation Funds, H. Okatch, B. Nkala, J. Beltrami, E. Poy, D. Parmer, J. Nkala, and F. Olawole
“I Can’t See How People Could Walk Through That Exhibit and Not Be Forever Changed”: A Qualitative Analysis Exploring the Use of Art in Research Dissemination, Vincent M. Pepe, Allison Sowers, Michelle Pimentel, Alexa Hoffman, Cierrah Doran, Amanda Guth, Sameer Khan, Willie Baronet, and Rosemary Frasso
A Call for Consistent Measurement Across the Social Determinants of Health Industry Landscape., Ellen T Rudy, Kelsey C McNamara, Zachary N Goldberg, Andrew Parker, and David B Nash
Blood Pressure Responses Are Dependent on Call Type and Related to Hypertension Status in Firefighters, Paige J Rynne, Cassandra C Derella, Carly McMorrow, Rachel L Dickinson, Stephanie Donahue, Andrew A Almeida, Megan Carty, and Deborah L Feairheller
Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac surgery., Masashi Uramatsu, Hideyuki Maeda, Shiro Mishima, Megumi Takahashi, Jun Wada, Kagehiro Amano, Paul Barach, and Tamotsu Miki
Overcrowded housing increases risk for COVID-19 mortality: an ecological study., Karan Varshney, Talia Glodjo, and Jenna Adalbert
Overcrowded housing increases risk for COVID-19 mortality: an ecological study, Karan Varshney, Talia Glodjo, and Jenna R Adalbert
Commentary: Examining contextual factors contributing to differentials in COVID-19 mortality in U.S. vs. India., Preeti Zanwar, Katrine L Wallace, Christopher Soria, and Arokiasamy Perianayagam
Manuscripts from 2021
Clinical outcomes in patients co-infected with COVID-19 and Staphylococcus aureus: a scoping review, Jenna Adalbert, Karan Varshney, Rachel Tobin, and Rafael Pajaro
Reduction in unplanned hospitalizations associated with a physician focused intervention to reduce potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults: a population-based cohort study., M Alcusky, R B Thomas, N Jafari, Scott W Keith, A Kee, S Del Canale, M Lombardi, and Vittorio Maio
The efficacy of insecticide-treated window screens and eaves against Anopheles mosquitoes: a scoping review, Beverly Anaele, Karan Varshney, Francis S O Ugwu, and Rosemary Frasso
Testing Testimonial., Jason Beiriger and David B. Nash
The Health-Related Quality of Life, Work Productivity, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Economic Burden Associated with Levels of Suicidal Ideation Among Patients Self-Reporting Moderately Severe or Severe Major Depressive Disorder in a National Survey., Carmela Benson, David Singer, Colleen M Carpinella, May Shawi, and Larry Alphs
Flexibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Healthcare Facility Assessment Tools for Resilient Evaluation, Andrea Brambilla, Tian-Zhi Sun, Waleed Elshazly, Ahmed Ghazy, Paul Barach, Göran Lindahl, and Stefano Capolongo
Hospital work environments affect the patient safety climate: A longitudinal follow-up using a logistic regression analysis model, Kirsten Brubakk, Martin Veel Svendsen, Ellen Tveter Deilkås, Dag Hofoss, Paul Barach, and Ole Tjomsland
Will the COVID-19 Pandemic Finally Fuel Drug Repurposing Efforts?, Anna Chen, Shivangi Patel, Matthew Alcusky, and Vittorio Maio
The Human in the Middle: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care Summary Proceedings Symposium Presentation and Reactor Panel of Experts Thomas Jefferson University December 10, 2019., Janice l. Clarke; Alexandria Skoufalos; and Steven Klasko, MD, MBA
Looking Upstream: Promoting Health Equity in Philadelphia through Novel Partnership Strategies, Adrea Cope, David B. Nash, Sandra E Brooks, and David Platt
Facing death: Attitudes toward physician-assisted end of life among physicians working at a tertiary-care-hospital in israel, Keren Dopelt, Dganit Cohen, Einat Amar-Krispel, Nadav Davidovitch, and Paul Barach
Life during the pandemic: an international photo-elicitation study with medical students., M Dworkin, T Akintayo, D Calem, C Doran, A Guth, E M Kamami, J Kar, J LaRosa, J C Liu, I N Pérez Jiménez, and R Frasso
A mixed methods case study of food shopping in a community with high infant mortality, Sarah Evenosky, Eleanor Lewis, and Katherine Isselmann DiSantis
Common concerns, barriers to care, and the lived experience of individuals with hepatitis B: a qualitative study., Catherine Freeland; Sean Farrell; Priyanka Kumar; Maureen Kamischke; Michaela Jackson; Sierra Bodor; Timothy M Block; Rosemary Frasso PhD, MSc, CPH; and Chari Cohen
Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease: Evolving the Care Team for Optimal Patient Management., James E Galvin; Paul Aisen; Jessica B Langbaum; Eric Rodriguez; Marwan Sabbagh; Richard G. Stefanacci DO,MGH,MBA,AGSF,CMD; Robert A Stern; Elizabeth A Vassey; Arno de Wilde; Neva West; and Ivana Rubino
Value-based chronic care model approach for vulnerable older patients with multiple chronic conditions, John F. Gibbs, Ellen Guarnieri, Quyen D. Chu, Kenneth Murdoch, and Arif Asif
Value-based focused global population health management, John F. Gibbs; Ashley Newman; and Richard G. Stefanacci DO,MGH,MBA,AGSF,CMD
The Payvider: An Evolving Model., Zachary N. Goldberg and David B. Nash
Racial disparities in occupational risks and lung cancer incidence: Analysis of the National Lung Screening Trial., Hee-Soon Juon, Alicia Hong, Marcella Pimpinelli, Madhuwani Rojulpote, Russell McIntire, and Julie A. Barta
Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Rates: Associations with Race and Ethnicity, Harvey W Kaufman, Justin K Niles, and David B. Nash
Practical Guidance for Studies Using Freelisting Interviews., Shimrit Keddem, Frances K. Barg, and Rosemary Frasso
Pandemic Makes Chronic Disease Prevention a Priority., Karen S. Kmetik, Alexis Skoufalos, and David B. Nash
Health of Asylees Compared to Refugees in the United States Using Domestic Medical Examination Data, 2014-2016: A Cross-Sectional Analysis., Gayathri S Kumar, Clelia Pezzi, Colleen Payton, Blain Mamo, Kailey Urban, Kevin Scott, Jessica Montour, Nuny Cabanting, Jenny Aguirre, Rebecca Ford, Stephen E Hughes, Breanna Kawasaki, Lori Kennedy, and Emily S Jentes
Characterizing primary care for patients with major depressive disorder using electronic health records of a US-based healthcare provider, Sharon L. Larson, Andrei Nemoianu, Debra F Lawrence, Melissa A Troup, Michael R Gionfriddo, Bobak Pousti, Haiyan Sun, Faisal Riaz, Eric S Wagner, Lambros Chrones, and Maelys Touya
The Quest for Conquering COVID-19: Updates from the Laboratory, David B. Nash
Multi-Sector Partnerships and Networks to Support Social Health, Medical Education, and Return on Investment., David B. Nash, Jess Dobbins, Tray Cockerell, and LeChauncy Woodard
Preventing Colorectal Cancer: Pathway to Achieving an 80% Screening Goal in the United States: Overview and Proceedings of a Population Health Advisory Board., David B. Nash, Raymond J. Fabius, and Alexis Skoufalos
Accrediting Graduate Programs in Healthcare Quality and Safety, Willie H. Oglesby, Allyson G Hall, Annette L Valenta, Kenneth J Harwood, Deidre McCaughey, Sue Feldman, Anthony C Stanowski, Sandra Chrapah, Teri Chenot, Eric Brichto, and David B. Nash
A Brazilian national preparedness survey of anesthesiologists during the coronavirus pandemic, Vinícius Caldeira Quintão, Claudia Marquez Simões, Gibran Elias Harcha Munoz, Paul Barach, Maria José Carvalho Carmona, and Brazilian Network for Research on Complications in Anesthesia BRANCA
From theory to practice: what global health practitioners need to know about social norms and narrative interventions, Amy Henderson Riley, Kriss Barker, and Rebecka Lundgren
Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes Among Patients with Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): A Scoping Review, Karan Varshney, Beverly Anaele, Matthew Molaei, Rosemary Frasso, and Vittorio Maio
Risk Factors for Poor Outcomes Among Patients with Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): A Scoping Review., Karan Varshney, Beverly Anaele, Matthew Molaei, Rosemary Frasso, and Vittorio Maio
Evaluation of pediatric rheumatology telehealth satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lindsay N Waqar-Cowles, John Chuo, Pamela F Weiss, Sabrina Gmuca, Marianna LaNoue, and Jon M Burnham
Manuscripts from 2020
Health Design Thinking: An Innovative Approach in Public Health to Defining Problems and Finding Solutions, Sylvie Abookire; Colin Plover, PhD; Rosemary Frasso PhD, MSc, CPH; and Bon Ku
The Role of Different TV Storytelling Approaches in Engaging U.S. Hispanic Parents and Caregivers Around Early Childhood Development, Caty Borum Chattoo, Lauren Feldman, and Amy Henderson Riley
Crisis (Pandemic) management playbook for assisted living, Daniel Haimowitz and Richard G. Stefanacci
Where there's smoke, there's fire: what current and future providers do and do not know about electronic cigarettes., Josephine Hwang, MDc, MPHc; Crystal Lee; Eric Mastrolonardo; and Rosemary Frasso PhD, MSc, CPH
What is Population Health? Ten Years On…., Mitchell Kaminski
Contrasting cumulative risk and multiple individual risk models of the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult health outcomes, Marianna LaNoue, Brandon George, Deborah L Helitzer, and Scott W Keith
New Normal for Medical Practice Post COVID-19?, David B. Nash
Population Health and the Pandemic: Emerging Stronger Next Time., David B. Nash
We Know Health Is Not Elective: Impacts of COVID-19., David B. Nash, Mark Angelo, Esther J Nash, Jonathan L Gleason, and Bruce A Meyer
Changes in Health Care Following COVID-19., David B. Nash, Thomas H Lee, Leana Wen, Bruce A Meyer, Judd E Hollander, and Susan Skochelak
Reflections on a Post-COVID World: Lessons from the Surge., David B. Nash, Mark D Smith, Anand K Parekh, Byron C Scott, Kavita Patel, Karen Murphy, and Karen B DeSalvo
Natural Disasters in the Americas, Dialysis Patients, and Implications for Emergency Planning: A Systematic Review, Rashida Smith, MPH; Robert Zucker; and Rosemary Frasso, PhD, CPH
Manuscripts from 2019
Optimizing Clinical and Cost Outcomes for Patients on Enteral Nutrition Support for Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Proceedings from an expert advisory board meeting, Joseph I. Boullata, Janice l. Clarke, Archie Stone, Alexis Skoufalos, and David B. Nash
Cleavage and Sub-Cellular Redistribution of Nuclear Pore Protein 98 by Coxsackievirus B3 Protease 2A Impairs Cardioprotection., Paul J. Hanson, Al Rohet Hossain, Ye Qiu, Huifang M. Zhang, Guangze Zhao, Cheng Li, Veena Lin, Saheedat Sulaimon, Marli Vlok, Gabriel Fung, Victoria H. Chen, Eric Jan, Bruce M. McManus, David J. Granville, and Decheng Yang
Do Employees From Less-Healthy Communities Use More Care and Cost More? Seeking to Establish a Business Case for Investment in Community Health., Russell K. McIntire, Martha C. Romney, Greg Alonzo, Jill Hutt, Lauren Bartolome, Greg Wood, Gary Klein, and Neil I. Goldfarb
Patient experience and challenges in group concept mapping for clinical research., Geoffrey D. Mills, Marianna LaNoue, Alexzandra T. Gentsch, Amanda M.B. Doty, Amy Cunningham, Garrison Nord, and Kristin L. Rising
Medicaid spending burden among beneficiaries with treatment-resistant depression., Dominic Pilon, John J. Sheehan, Holly Szukis, David Singer, Philippe Jacques, Dominique Lejeune, Patrick Lefebvre, and Paul E. Greenberg
US Integrated Delivery Networks Perspective on Economic Burden of Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Retrospective Matched-Cohort Study., Dominic Pilon, Holly Szukis, Kruti Joshi, David Singer, John J. Sheehan, Jennifer W. Wu, Patrick Lefebvre, and Paul Greenberg
Rural Hospital Nursing Skill Mix and Work Environment Associated with Frequency of Adverse Events., Jessica G. Smith, Colin M. Plover, Moira C. McChesney, and Eileen T. Lake
Feasibility Pilot Outcomes of a Mammography Decision Support and Navigation Intervention for Women With Serious Mental Illness Living in Supportive Housing Settings., Lara Weinstein, Marianna LaNoue, Katelyn Hurley, Colleen Payton, Randa Sifri, and Ronald Myers
Manuscripts from 2018
Determinants of Successful Weight Loss in Low-Income African American Women: A Positive Deviance Analysis., Elaine Seaton Banerjee, Sharon J. Herring, Katelyn Hurley, Katherine Puskarz, Kyle Yebernetsky, and Marianna LaNoue
Readmission rates in not-for-profit vs. proprietary hospitals before and after the hospital readmission reduction program implementation., Lauren E. Birmingham and Willie H. Oglesby PhD, MSPH, FACHE
The conceptual relevance of assessment measures in patients with mild/mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease, Ann Hartry, Natalie V.J. Aldhouse, Tamara Al-Zubeidi, Myrlene Sanon, Richard G. Stefanacci, and Sarah L. Knight
The Jefferson Scale of Empathy: a nationwide study of measurement properties, underlying components, latent variable structure, and national norms in medical students., Mohammadreza Hojat, Jennifer DeSantis, Stephen C. Shannon, Luke H. Mortensen, Mark R. Speicher, Lynn Bragan, Marianna LaNoue, and Leonard H. Calabrese
Predicting risk of hospitalisation: a retrospective population-based analysis in a paediatric population in Emilia-Romagna, Italy., Daniel Z. Louis, Clara A. Callahan, Mary Robeson, Mengdan Liu, Jacquelyn McRae, Joseph S. Gonnella, Marco Lombardi, and Vittorio Maio
A learning community approach to identifying interventions in health systems to reduce colorectal cancer screening disparities., Lillian C. Man, Melissa DiCarlo, Emily Lambert, Randa Sifri, Martha Romney, Linda Fleisher, and Ronald Myers
Use of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision Codes for Obesity: Trends in the United States from an Electronic Health Record-Derived Database., Michelle Mocarski, Ye Tian, B. Gabriel Smolarz, John McAna, and Albert Crawford
The Impact of Disease-Modifying Therapy Access Barriers on People With Multiple Sclerosis: Mixed-Methods Study., Kristina F. Simacek, John J. Ko, Debbie Moreton, Stefan Varga, Kristen Johnson, and Bozena J. Katic
Social Determinants of Health and What Mothers Say They Need and Want After Release From Jail., Elisabeth Stelson; Marjie Mogul; Holly Harner; Jeane Ann Grisso; and Rosemary Frasso PhD, MSc, CPH
Internet and Social Media Access Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Mixed-Methods Study., Lauren A. Houdek VonHoltz, Rosemary Frasso, Jesse M. Golinkoff, Alicia J. Lozano, Alexandra Hanlon, and Nadia Dowshen
"My bitterness is deeper than the ocean": understanding internalized stigma from the perspectives of persons with schizophrenia and their family caregivers., Yin-Ling Irene Wong; Dexia Kong; Lufei Tu; and Rosemary Frasso PhD, MSc, CPH
Manuscripts from 2017
Mortality Differences Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage: A Risk-Adjusted Assessment Using Claims Data., Roy A. Beveridge, Sean M. Mendes, Arial Caplan, Teresa L. Rogstad, Vanessa Olson, Meredith C. Williams, Jacquelyn M. McRae, and Stefan Varga
Lessons from the field: the conduct of randomized controlled trials in Botswana., Janice M. Bonsu, Rosemary Frasso, and Allison E. Curry
Population Health Research: Early Description of the Organizational Shift Toward Population Health Management and Defining a Vision for Leadership., Kristi L. Caldararo and David B. Nash
Text Messaging in the Patient-Centered Medical Home to Improve Glucose Control and Retinopathy Screening., Janice M Miller, Ann G. Phalen, Albert Crawford, Anthony Frisby, and Barry S. Ziring
Health Literacy: Cancer Prevention Strategies for Early Adults., Robert Simmons, Susan C. Cosgrove, Martha C. Romney, James D. Plumb, Rickie O. Brawer, Evelyn T. Gonzalez, Linda G. Fleisher, and Bradley S Moore
Adverse events in veterans affairs inpatient psychiatric units: Staff perspectives on contributing and protective factors., Gala True, Rosemary Frasso, Sara W. Cullen, Richard C. Hermann, and Steven C. Marcus
Manuscripts from 2016
Effects of Evidence-Based Fall Reduction Programing on the Functional Wellness of Older Adults in a Senior Living Community: A Clinical Case Study., Andrew Harnish, William Dieter, Albert G. Crawford, and Tiffany E E. Shubert