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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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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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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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Disease and social factors associated with healthcare utilization for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a longitudinal cohort of essential workers in Arizona

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Demands on health systems due to COVID-19 are substantial, but drivers of healthcare utilization are not well defined in non-severe SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Patrick Rivers, Krystal Jovel, Ferris Ramadan, Jared Joshua Anucha Barnett, Katherine D. Ellingson, Jefferey L. Burgess, Karen Lutrick   +6 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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“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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Melatonin receptor expression in the zebra finch brain and peripheral tissues [PDF]

, 2012
The circadian endocrine hormone melatonin plays a significant role in many physiological processes such as modulating sleep/wake cycle and oxidative stress.
Brandstaetter, Roland, Helfer, Gisela, Jones, Catherine   +2 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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Medical cannabis for the reduction of opioid dosage in the treatment of non-cancer chronic pain: a systematic review

Systematic Reviews, 2020
Background Medical cannabis (MC) is currently being used as an adjunct to opiates given its analgesic effects and potential to reduce opiate addiction.
Babasola O. Okusanya, Ibitola O. Asaolu, John E. Ehiri, Linda Jepkoech Kimaru, Abidemi Okechukwu, Cecilia Rosales   +5 more
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