Uhm, Suji Chen, Melissa J Cutler, Erika D Creinin, Mitchell D
ObjectiveTo evaluate the proportion of 12-month contraceptive pill, patch, and ring prescriptions before and after an institution-wide change of default electronic medical record facility orders to dispensing 12-month supply.Study designThis retrospective pre-post study compares outpatient contraception prescriptions from August 10, 2019 through Ap...
Strathdee, Steffanie A Martin, Natasha K Pitpitan, Eileen V Stockman, Jamila K Smith, Davey M
BACKGROUND:The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which was first recognized in December 2019, is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic that is having a devastating impact on human health, society and the global economy. METHODS:We summarize lessons learned from the HIV epidemic that offer insights about how the response to COVID-19 can be improved, es...
Goin, Dana E Izano, Monika A Eick, Stephanie M Padula, Amy M DeMicco, Erin Woodruff, Tracey J Morello-Frosch, Rachel
Background: Women can be exposed to a multitude of hardships before and during pregnancy that may affect fetal growth, but previous approaches have not analyzed them jointly as social exposure mixtures.Methods: We evaluated the independent, mutually adjusted, and pairwise joint associations between self-reported hardships and birthweight for gestat...
Carr, Bruce R Thomas, Michael A Gangestad, Angelina Eisenberg, David L Olariu, Andrea Creinin, Mitchell D
ObjectiveEvaluate reproductive function in nulligravid and gravid women after levonorgestrel 52 mg intrauterine system (IUS) discontinuation based on time to pregnancy.Study designWe evaluated women participating in the ACCESS IUS multicenter, Phase 3, open-label clinical trial of the Liletta(®) levonorgestrel 52 mg IUS who discontinued the IUS wit...
Li, Rongsong Adami, Alessandra Chang, Chih-Chiang Tseng, Chi-Hong Hsiai, Tzung K Rossiter, Harry B
PurposeChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with altered metabolism and body composition that accompany poor outcomes. We aimed to determine whether metabolic derangements in COPD are associated with skeletal muscle deconditioning and/or physical inactivity, independent of pulmonary obstruction.MethodsWe characterized serum me...
Peterson, Benjamin E Bhatt, Deepak L Steg, Ph Gabriel Miller, Michael Brinton, Eliot A Jacobson, Terry A Ketchum, Steven B Juliano, Rebecca A Jiao, Lixia Doyle, Ralph T
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BackgroundPatients with elevated triglycerides despite statin therapy have increased risk for ischemic events, including coronary revascularizations.MethodsREDUCE-IT (The Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl-Intervention Trial), a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, randomly assigned statin-treated patients with ...
Kohli, Maulika Pasipanodya, Elizabeth C Montoya, Jessica L Marquine, Maria Hoenigl, Martin Serrano, Vanessa Cushman, Clint Garcia, Rogelio Kua, John Gant, Verna
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BackgroundAfrican Americans are disproportionally affected by HIV and have poorer rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence compared to other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. Factors associated with poor HIV disease outcomes are commonly associated with sociostructural barriers that prevent engagement with and retention in HIV ca...
Hswen, Yulin Brownstein, John S Xu, Xiang Yom-Tov, Elad
ObjectivesRapid detection and surveillance of COVID-19 is essential to reducing spread of the virus. Inadequate screening capacity has hampered COVID-19 detection, while traditional infectious disease response has been delayed due to significant demands for healthcare resources, time and personnel. This study investigated whether an online health d...
Maxwell, Annette E Lucas-Wright, Aziza Chang, L Cindy Santifer, Rhonda E Crespi, Catherine M
Colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality is 47% higher in African American men and 34% higher in African American women compared to non-Hispanic white men and women. This analysis assessed factors associated with CRC screening among 163 African American participants of a peer-counseling intervention study (2016-2018). In a one-group pre/post-test pilot st...
Montagu, Dominic Giessler, Katie Nakphong, Michelle Kao Green, Cathy Roy, Kali Prosad Sahu, Ananta Basudev Sharma, Kovid Sudhinarset, May
Background: Poor patient experiences during delivery leads to delayed presentation at facilities and contributes to poor maternal health outcomes. Person-centered maternity care (PCMC) is a key component of quality. Improving PCMC requires changing the process of care which can be complex and necessitate significant external input, making replicati...