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Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers in Pima County

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
In the Spring of 2021, the COVID-19 vaccination was authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are one of the most trusted sources of information for vaccination choices.
Maiya Block Ngaybe, Harrison J. Schmitt, Stephanie Mallahan, Riley Sena, Samantha Werts, Brianna Rooney, Priscilla Magrath, Purnima Madhivanan   +7 more
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Interventions to increase uptake of cervical screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review using the integrated behavioral model

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experiences disproportionate burden of cervical cancer incidence and mortality due in part to low uptake of cervical screening, a strategy for prevention and down-staging of cervical cancer.
Breanne E. Lott, Mario J. Trejo, Christina Baum, D. Jean McClelland, Prajakta Adsul, Purnima Madhivanan, Scott Carvajal, Kacey Ernst, John Ehiri   +8 more
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Utilization and cost sharing for preventive cancer screenings

Health Policy Open, 2021
Objective: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated cost sharing for certain preventive cancer screenings beginning in September 2010.
Nicholas Jennings, David O. Garcia, Howard Eng, Elizabeth Calhoun   +3 more
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Responsibility for chemical exposures: perspectives from small beauty salons and auto shops in southern metropolitan Tucson

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Throughout the United States, low-wage, minority workers are disproportionately affected by occupational illnesses and injuries. Chronic exposure to hazardous chemicals at work can lead to serious illnesses, contributing to health inequities ...
Amanda A. Lee, Maia Ingram, Carolina Quijada, Andres Yubeta, Imelda Cortez, Nathan Lothrop, Paloma Beamer   +6 more
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ENVIRAD – A Database Integration for Environmental Samples Radiological Data

Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2020
With the increasing use of databases for environmental radiological monitoring in soils, food, water and sediments, among others, there is a demand for integrating this kind of information availability, aiming at a data management for greater ...
Sergio de Albuquerque Gonzalez, Tadeu Augusto de Almeida Silva, Claudio de Carvalho Conti, Iolanda Osvath, Hussein Ramadan, Jean Bartocci   +5 more
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Health promotion interventions for African Americans delivered in U.S. barbershops and hair salons- a systematic review

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background African American adults suffer disproportionately from obesity-related chronic diseases, particularly at younger ages. In order to close the gap in these health disparities, efforts to develop and test culturally appropriate interventions are ...
Kelly N. B. Palmer, Patrick S. Rivers, Forest L. Melton, D. Jean McClelland, Jennifer Hatcher, David G. Marrero, Cynthia A. Thomson, David O. Garcia   +7 more
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Studying full-shift inhalation exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) among Latino workers in very small-sized beauty salons and auto repair shops

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundOne in every 200 US jobs is in a beauty salon or auto repair shop, where workers are regularly exposed to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that may cause a range of short- and long-term health issues.
Nathan Lothrop, Flor Sandoval, Imelda Cortez, Rietta Wagoner, Nicolas Lopez-Galvez, Kimberly Parra, Ann Marie Wolf, Betsy C. Wertheim, Carolina Quijada, Amanda Lee, Stephanie Griffin, Melanie Bell, Scott Carvajal, Maia Ingram, Paloma Beamer   +14 more
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Community-level characteristics and environmental factors of child respiratory illnesses in Southern Arizona

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Lower respiratory illnesses (LRIs) and asthma are common diseases in children
Nathan Lothrop, Khaleel Hussaini, Dean Billheimer, Paloma Beamer   +3 more
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“After those nets are torn, most people use them for other purposes”: an examination of alternative bed net use in western Kenya

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Alternative long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) use for purposes other than sleeping protection from mosquitoes is widely debated as a limitation to successful malaria control efforts, yet rarely rigorously studied.
Ellen M. Santos, Jenna E. Coalson, Stephen Munga, Maurice Agawo, Elizabeth T. Jacobs, Yann C. Klimentidis, Mary H. Hayden, Kacey C. Ernst   +7 more
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Bed net care practices and associated factors in western Kenya

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are effective for malaria prevention and are designed to provide nearly 5 years of mosquito protection.
Ellen M. Santos, Jenna E. Coalson, Elizabeth T. Jacobs, Yann C. Klimentidis, Stephen Munga, Maurice Agawo, Elizabeth Anderson, Nancy Stroupe, Kacey C. Ernst   +8 more
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