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Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-up Study in Vulnerable Populations (NYC-SIGHT): Design and Methodology

Journal of glaucoma, 2021
Précis: The Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-up Study in Vulnerable Populations is a 5-year prospective, cluster-randomized study to improve detection and management of glaucoma and other eye diseases in vulnerable populations living in affordable ...
L. Hark, Y. Kresch, C. D. De Moraes, J. Horowitz, Lisa Park, J. Auran, P. Gorroochurn, Stella Stempel, Stefania C. Maruri, Elizabeth M Stidham, A. Banks, J. Saaddine, Bianca C Lambert, L. Pizzi, S. Sapru, S. Price, O. Williams, G. Cioffi, J. Liebmann   +18 more
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Plasma protein expression profiles, cardiovascular disease, and religious struggles among South Asians in the MASALA study

Scientific Reports, 2021
Blood protein concentrations are clinically useful, predictive biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite a higher burden of CVD among U.S. South Asians, no CVD-related proteomics study has been conducted in this sub-population.
Long H. Ngo, M. Austin Argentieri, Simon T. Dillon, Blake Victor Kent, Alka M. Kanaya, Alexandra E. Shields, Towia A. Libermann   +6 more
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Program evaluation of trauma-informed yoga for vulnerable populations

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2021
Background: Trauma is highly prevalent among vulnerable populations, including those who are incarcerated, in treatment for substance use, or seeking mental health services.
Deanne C. Tibbitts, S. Aicher, Judith G. Sugg, Kimberlee Handloser, Liz Eisman, Lauren D. Booth, Ryan Bradley   +6 more
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Prioritizing health and research needs of internally displaced populations in Mozambique: a policy and practice review

Frontiers in Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Internal displacement is an increasingly important public health and governance challenge, driven by the interaction of armed conflict, recurrent disasters, and climate-related hazards.
Ivan da Costa Tomás Júnior, Alvaro Marcela Manhiça, Will Susse de Jesus Monjane, Paulo Salvador da Silva Tembe Júnior, Igor Paulo Ubisse Capitine   +4 more
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Building towards common psychosocial measures in U.S. cohort studies: principal investigators’ views regarding the role of religiosity and spirituality in human health

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The goal of this study was to understand prospective cohort study Principal Investigators’ (PIs’) attitudes regarding the importance of religion and spirituality (R/S) on disease etiology in order to identify barriers and opportunities for ...
Alexandra E. Shields, Tracy A. Balboni
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Sleep health inequities in vulnerable populations: Beyond sleep deserts

Sleep medicine: X
Despite the importance of sleep to overall health and well-being, there is a high prevalence of undiagnosed sleep disorders and adverse sleep health, particularly among vulnerable populations.
Zeina Al-Khalil, H. Attarian, G. Dunietz, Ronald Gavidia Romero, Kristen Knutson, Dayna A. Johnson   +5 more
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Association between neighborhood social cohesion, awareness of chronic diseases, and participation in healthy behaviors in a community cohort

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Neighborhood social cohesion (NSC) is the network of relationships as well as the shared values and norms of residents in a neighborhood. Higher NSC has been associated with improved cardiovascular health, largely among Whites but not African ...
Andrew M. Rosenblatt, Deidra C. Crews, Neil R. Powe, Alan B. Zonderman, Michele K. Evans, Delphine S. Tuot   +5 more
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Sepsis in Vulnerable Populations

Global Heart, 2014
Despite the acquisition of a large body of evidence, there are many unanswered questions about sepsis. The definition of this disease is plagued by the lack of a simple pathophysiological description linking cause to effect and the activation of host immune responses that hinders disease progression at the same time producing multiorgan dysfunction.
Bhagwanjee, Satish, Ugarte, Sebastian
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Connectivity, neutral theories and the assessment of species vulnerability to global change in temperate estuaries [PDF]

, 2013
One of the main adaptation strategies to global change scenarios, aiming to preserve ecosystem functioning and biodiversity, is to maximise ecosystem resilience.
Albaina, A., Aranburu, A., Borja, Á., Chust, G., Diekmann, O.E., Diekmann, O.E., Franco, J., Garmendia, J.M., Iriondo, M., Muxika, I., Rendo, F., Rodríguez, J.G., Ruiz-Larrañaga, O., Serrão, E.A., Valle, M.   +14 more
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Telehealth for management of chronic non-cancer pain and opioid use disorder in safety net primary care

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic increased use of telehealth for the management of opioid use disorder and chronic non-cancer pain in primary care safety net clinical systems.
Alexis Cooke, Stacy Castellanos, Celeste Enriquez, Pamela Olsen, Christine Miaskowski, Margot Kushel, Kelly Ray Knight   +6 more
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