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Items in this collection are manuscripts and articles written by CDC or CDC-funded authors, and published in scholarly journals outside CDC. These items are available in compliance with the 2024 update of CDC-GA-2013-01 CDC Public Access to CDC-Funded Publications, available at: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/159734.
Background:Exacerbation of asthma symptoms increases the likelihood of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Because the ED is an important healthcare resource for immediate asthma care with acute exacerbations, we identify those populations most likely to seek ED treatment for asthma and describe the asthma burden for post-ED visi
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains woefully low among U.S. women at high risk for HIV acquisition. We evaluated a pilot intervention which involved Peers providing brief PrEP education and counseling at mobile syringe exchange sites and at sex worker and syringe exchange drop-in centers followed by navigation to PrEP care. Peers recruit
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Background:The COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health and created barriers to healthcare. In this study, we sought to elucidate the pandemic’s effects on mental health and access to care for perinatal individuals.Methods:This cross-sectional study of individuals in Massachusetts who were pregnant or up to three months postpartum with a histor
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Newborn screening is an important public health program and a triumph of preventive medicine. Economic analyses show that the benefits of newborn screening clearly outweigh the costs for certain diseases, but not necessarily for other ones. This is due to the great diversity of the natural history of the diseases detected, to the fact that each of
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal autosomal recessive disorder that afflicts more than 70,000 people. People with CF experience multi-organ dysfunction resulting from aberrant electrolyte transport across polarized epithelia due to mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. CF-related lung disease is by far the
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BackgroundVarious professional organizations have issued recommendations on use of the PSA test to screen for prostate cancer in different age groups.AimsUsing Medicare claims databases, we aimed to determine rates of PSA testing in the context of screening recommendations during 1999–2015 for US men age ≥65, stratified by age group and census regi
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Introduction:In the network of U.S. comprehensive haemophilia treatment centres (HTCs), von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common bleeding disorder other than haemophilia. Estimates of the size and characteristics of the VWD population receiving treatment are useful for healthcare planning.Aim:Estimate the prevalence and incidence of VWD amon
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Background:Epidemiologists have consistently observed associations between prepregnancy obesity and spina bifida in offspring. Most studies, however, used self-reported body mass index (potential for exposure misclassification) and incompletely ascertained cases of spina bifida among terminations of pregnancy (potential for selection bias). We cond
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Background and aims.In June 2012, Washington state (USA) implemented Initiative 1183, privatizing liquor sales. As a result, off-premises outlets increased from 330 to over 1,400 and trading hours lengthened. Increased availability of liquor may lead to increased consumption. This study examines Initiative 1183’s impact on alcohol-related adverse h
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PURPOSE:The prevalence of adolescent risk behaviors varies by age and grade level in school, both of which are proxies for physical and social development. Adjusting for both age and grade would be ideal but is ill advised because of collinearity. We developed a variable to assess “relative age” (i.e., old for grade vs. age normative) and estimated
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Purpose:Prior studies of mixed insurance populations have demonstrated poor adherence to surgical standard of care (SOC) for penile cancer. We used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registry linked to Medicare to calculate SOC adherence to surgical treatment of penile cancer in insured men over the age of 65, fo
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The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation home to ~7500 Hopi persons living primarily in 12 remote villages. The Hopi Tribe, like many other American Indian nations, has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. On 18 May 2020, a team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was deployed on the request of the tribe in response to
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Background:Adequate footwear is an important factor for reducing the risk of slipping; as shoe outsoles wear down, friction decreases, and slip and fall risk increases. Wear theory suggests that gait kinetics may influence rate of tread wear.Research question:Do the kinetics of walking (i.e., the shoe-floor force interactions) affect wear rate?Meth
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Purpose:Sleep disturbance may be an overlooked modifiable risk factor for health disparities among African American breast cancer survivors (AABCS). This study aimed to identify the prevalence of and risk factors for sleep disturbance in a cohort of AABCS.Methods:The study was conducted among participants in the Women’s Circle of Health Follow-up S
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PurposeTo describe the study rationale and design of the Alabama Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and eye Health through Telemedicine (AL-SIGHT) project.MethodsThe study will implement and evaluate a telemedicine-based detection strategy for glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and other eye diseases in at-risk patients seen at federally qualifie
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Background and aims:Research in school-aged children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has found sex-based differences in behavioral, developmental, and diagnostic outcomes. These findings have not been consistently replicated in preschool-aged children. We examined sex-based differences in a large sample of 2–5-year-old
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Background and Aims:In the United States, mortality after a diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is higher in patients who are Black than in patients of other racial groups. We aimed to clarify factors contributing to this disparity by analyzing liver and tumor characteristics in patients with HCC and a history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) inf
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We conducted biobehavioral surveys among female sex workers (FSW) in Lae and Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea (January-December 2017). Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit FSW aged ≥ 12 years, who were assigned female sex at birth, who spoke English or Tok Pisin, and who sold or exchanged sex for money, goods, or services in the last 6 months.
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Objective:To assess health care utilization, lost work days, and bed days among workers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by industry and occupation.Methods:The 2014 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey data were analyzed.Results:Among workers with COPD the highest odds of reporting an emergency room (ER) visit and lost work day
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