Corelli, Robin L Merchant, Kyle R Hilts, Katy Ellis Kroon, Lisa A Vatanka, Parisa Hille, Brian T Hudmon, Karen Suchanek
BackgroundIn recent years, the role of community pharmacy technicians has expanded to include involvement in the provision of brief tobacco cessation interventions. While technicians appear to be a key component in this service, their level of engagement and associated perceptions of this new role have not been described.ObjectiveTo compare pharmac...
Marques-Gomes, João Salt, Matthew J Pereira-Neto, Rita Barteldes, Franca S Gouveia-Barros, Vera Carvalho, Alexandre d'Arminio-Monforte, Antonella De-la-Torre-Rosas, Alethse Harris, Amy Esteves, Catarina
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ObjectivesHIV outcomes centre primarily around clinical markers with limited focus on patient-reported outcomes. With a global trend towards capturing the outcomes that matter most to patients, there is agreement that standardizing the definition of value in HIV care is key to their incorporation. This study aims to address the lack of routine, sta...
Nishimi, Kristen Borsari, Brian Tripp, Paige Jiha, Ahmad Dolsen, Emily A Woolley, Joshua D Neylan, Thomas C O'Donovan, Aoife
Understanding correlates of COVID-19 vaccine intentions is critical for increasing vaccine uptake. Given associations of trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with alterations in threat sensitivity and health behaviors, we hypothesized they could influence COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy and be important variables to co...
Tang, Wenze Gunn, Heather J Kwok, Stephen Comulada, W Scott Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield Swendeman, Dallas Fernández, M Isabel ATN masthead University of California, L...
HIV researchers use short messaging service (SMS)-based surveys to monitor health behaviors more closely than what would be possible with in-person assessment. Benefits are tempered by nonresponse to completing surveys. Understanding response patterns and their associated study participant characteristics would guide more tailored use of SMS-based ...
Noss, Melody Moloci Millwood, Summer N Kuhlman, Kate R
BackgroundMen and women experience large disparities in prevalence, detection, and clinical course of neurodegenerative diseases. Inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, yet there is a paucity of literature documenting sex differences in this phenomenon in prospective, longitudinal studies.MethodsParticip...
Huo, Meng Kim, Kyungmin Wang, Dahua
ObjectivesLosing a child prior to midlife may be a uniquely traumatic event that continues to compromise parents' well-being in later life. This study compared psychological well-being between bereaved and non-bereaved parents, and examined whether volunteering protects bereaved parents. Because most families have more than one child, we further ex...
Ramos, Isabel F Ross, Kharah M Rinne, Gabrielle R Somers, Jennifer A Mancuso, Roberta A Hobel, Calvin J Coussons-Read, Mary Dunkel Schetter, Christine
ObjectiveHigh pregnancy anxiety is a consistent predictor of earlier labor and delivery. Placental corticotropin-releasing hormone (pCRH) predicts earlier delivery consistently and it has been identified as a biological mediator of the association between pregnancy anxiety and gestational length. However, studies have not examined whether changes i...
Pear, Veronica A Pallin, Rocco Schleimer, Julia P Tomsich, Elizabeth Kravitz-Wirtz, Nicole Shev, Aaron B Knoepke, Christopher E Wintemute, Garen J
BackgroundGun violence restraining orders (GVROs), implemented in California in 2016, temporarily prohibit individuals at high risk of violence from purchasing or possessing firearms and ammunition. We sought to describe the circumstances giving rise to GVROs issued 2016-2018, provide details about the GVRO process and quantify mortality outcomes f...
Birnie, Matthew T Baram, Tallie Z
Early-life environmental signals contribute to how the brain handles reward, stress, and fear.
Merz, Erin L Riley, Natasha E Malcarne, Vanessa L Sadler, Georgia Robins
Black and Latino adult cancer patients are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, which limits generalizability of findings and amplifies disparities in healthcare access and outcomes. Community-level education programs designed to address barriers to participation could improve representation in cancer clinical trials. Through a community-cam...