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Linking High Risk Postpartum Women with a Technology Enabled Health Coaching Program to Reduce Diabetes Risk and Improve Wellbeing: Program Description, Case Studies, and Recommendations for Community Health Coaching Programs

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016
Background. Low-income minority women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus (pGDM) or high BMIs have increased risk for chronic illnesses postpartum. Although the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) provides an evidence-based model for reducing diabetes
Priyanka Athavale, Melanie Thomas, Adriana T. Delgadillo-Duenas, Karen Leong, Adriana Najmabadi, Elizabeth Harleman, Christina Rios, Judy Quan, Catalina Soria, Margaret A. Handley   +9 more
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Including Vulnerable Populations in the Assessment of Data From Vulnerable Populations

Frontiers in Big Data, 2019
Data science has made great strides in harnessing the power of big data to improve human life across a broad spectrum of disciplines. Unfortunately this informational richesse is not equitably spread across human populations. Vulnerable populations remain both under-studied and under-consulted on the use of data derived from their communities.
Jackson, Latifa, Kuhlman, Caitlin, Jackson, Fatimah, Fox, P. Keolu   +3 more
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Portable Low‐Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aging population of people with HIV (PWH) raises heightened concerns regarding accelerated aging and dementia. Portable, low‐field MRI (LF‐MRI) is an innovative technology that could enhance access and facilitate routine monitoring of PWH.
Annabel Sorby‐Adams, Malachi Keo, Jennifer Guo, Daire Daly, Richard Ahern, Kimon Zachary, Gregory Robbins, Rajesh T. Gandhi, Bragi Sveinsson, Adam de Havenon, Kevin N. Sheth, Otto Rapalino, Juan Eugenio Iglesias Gonzales, W. Taylor Kimberly, Shibani S. Mukerji   +14 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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Persistent Leukoencephalopathy Following H1N1 Infection Associated With a Novel MYRF Variant (p.Gly735Asp)

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mutations in myelin regulatory factor (MYRF) are linked to demyelinating disorders. We report a 38‐year‐old male who developed acute symmetric leukoencephalopathy mimicking a stroke following an influenza A virus infection. While clinical symptoms markedly improved with corticosteroids, MRI revealed persistent white matter lesions, contrasting
Jinghan Hu, Leiyun Huang, Wan Zhu, Min Peng, Qiang Gong, Jing Qian   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Premium Incentives to Drive Wellness in the Workplace: A Review of the Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers [PDF]

, 2012
Outlines trends in workplace wellness programs; healthcare reform law provisions allowing greater financial incentives for employees; policy considerations for vulnerable populations, privacy issues, and affordability of coverage; and ...
JoAnn Volk, Sabrina Corlette
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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
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Loneliness among homeless-experienced older adults with cognitive or functional impairments: qualitative findings from the HOPE HOME study

BMC Public Health
Background Loneliness is more common in older adults and those who face structural vulnerabilities, including homelessness. The homeless population is aging in the United States; now, 48% of single homeless adults are 50 and older.
Yeqing Yuan, Kelly R. Knight, John Weeks, Stephen King, Pamela Olsen, Margot Kushel   +5 more
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Resettlement as climate change adaptation: what can be learned from state-led relocation in rural Africa and Asia? [PDF]

, 2018
There is growing interest in helping people in developing countries cope with climate change by reframing population relocation as an adaptation strategy.
Arnall, Alex
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew, Maryam Kargaran, Maik Rothe, Andreas Deistung, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, David Strube, Thomas Kendzierski, Anna Katharina Kölsch, Maurits Gerhard Abraham Heuschen, Markus Otto, Alexander Mensch   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source