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Childhood Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Health [PDF]

, 2016
Understanding risk and protective factors that impact cardiovascular health is of utmost importance. There is ample evidence that cardiovascular health begins in childhood, tracks over time, and is subject to adverse social influences. This paper reviews
Gidding, Samuel S., Sood, Erica D.
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Ethnic Differences in the Association Between SOD2 rs4880 and Hepatotoxicity in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the REDIAL Consortium

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Treatment‐associated hepatotoxicity (TAH) is a common complication of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment, but genetic risk factors remain poorly understood. We evaluated the SOD2 rs4880 variant in 544 children with ALL at Texas Children's Hospital. After adjusting for demographic and clinical covariates, the rs4880 C allele
Emily J. Mason, John P. Woodhouse, Joanna S. Yi, M. Monica Gramatges, Olga A. Taylor, Veronica A. Morales, Shalini Dhamodharan, Marley Roberts, Karen R. Rabin, Philip J. Lupo, Michael E. Scheurer, Van Huynh, Steven D. Mittelman, Etan Orgel, Austin L. Brown   +14 more
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Application of decision analytic modelling to cardiovascular disease prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Communications Medicine
Background This systematic review sought to examine the application of decision analytic models (DAMs) to evaluate cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention interventions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region that has experienced an increasing CVD burden ...
James Odhiambo Oguta, Penny Breeze, Elvis Wambiya, Peter Kibe, Catherine Akoth, Peter Otieno, Peter J. Dodd   +6 more
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Assessing Attitudinal Barriers to Health Insurance Enrollment and Facilitation in Vulnerable Populations [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Homeless individuals bear a disproportionately high burden of disease. Lack of health insurance amongst homeless populations is a significant barrier to healthcare access.
Brown, Christopher
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
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Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
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Can screening and brief intervention lead to population-level reductions in alcohol-related harm? [PDF]

, 2012
A distinction is made between the clinical and public health justifications for screening and brief intervention (SBI) against hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption.
A Beich, A Moyer, A Romelsjö, AC Wagenaar, B Engdahl, D Acheson, D Mendez, D Raistrick, Department of Health, E Kaner, E Kaner, E Kaner, E Wells-Parker, G Edwards, G Wilson, H Holder, H Holder, H Kristenson, H Mooney, J Ballesteros, J McQueen, J Prochaska, JB Saunders, K Bell, K Bruun, K Bush, K Seppa, L Stead, M Holmila, MAH Russell, MF Fleming, MF Fleming, N Heather, N Heather, N Heather, N Heather, N Heather, N Heather, National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence, NHS Health Scotland, Nick Heather, O-J Skog, P Anderson, P Makela, P Nilsen, P Nilsen, P Nilsen, P Nilsen, P Wallace, R Hingson, R Hodgson, R Mann, R Mann, R Purhouse, R Room, RG Smart, S Casswell, S Ledermann, S Rollnick, S Wutzke, T Babor, T Babor, T Cook, T Stockwell, The NHS’s Role in the Public’s Health, UK National Screening Committee, WR Miller   +66 more
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Serological Benefit of SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Relative to Infection in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro, Freda Qi, Karen Colwill, Alina D. Dorogy, Ying Liu, Michelle Science, Anne‐Claude Gingras, James M. Rini, Sumit Gupta, Sarah Alexander, Shelly Bolotin, Tania H. Watts   +11 more
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Public Health Genomics: The Essentials. By Claudia N. Mikail [PDF]

, 2009
The sequencing of the human genome in 2001 provided researchers, clinicians, policymakers, ethicists, and public health practitioners with a myriad of information to potentially improve disease outcomes on an individual and population basis.
Caron, Rosemary M
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Estimating population cardinal health state valuation models from individual ordinal (rank) health state preference data [PDF]

, 2010
Ranking exercises have routinely been used as warm-up exercises within health state valuation surveys. Very little use has been made of the information obtained in this process.
McCabe, C., Brazier, J., Gilks, P., Tsuchiya, A., Roberts, J., O'Hagan, A., Stevens, K.   +6 more
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