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Factors Related To Delayed Time For Hiv Care Among Youth Living With Hiv: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of Social Support Networks And Access To Care, Patricia L. Jones
Factors Related To Delayed Time For Hiv Care Among Youth Living With Hiv: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Of Social Support Networks And Access To Care, Patricia L. Jones
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Purpose: This research explored the pattern of influence social support networks had on delayed time between diagnosis and first doctor’s visit after diagnosis of HIV in youth. Results showed that factors related to receiving a referral were prosocial peer behaviors and excessive fibbing in the past 6 months. The study identified sources of social support and described the relationship between the source of support and time of first doctor’s visit after HIV diagnosis. Both descriptive and multivariate analyses were performed on all youth (N=347) and specifically on those seeking care. Methodology: Historical data were extracted from the baseline dataset of …
Medicare Advantage Snps: A New Opportunity For Integrated Care?, Christie Provost Peters
Medicare Advantage Snps: A New Opportunity For Integrated Care?, Christie Provost Peters
National Health Policy Forum
Medicare Advantage special needs plans (SNPs) are a new type of coordinated care plan established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act. SNPs were created to encourage greater access to Medicare managed care for certain special needs populations: the institutionalized, persons dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and the chronically ill. Some view SNPs as a new opportunity to integrate acute and long-term care services as well as Medicare and Medicaid financing. Others, however, question the degree to which full integration will become a widespread reality. This issue brief examines the SNP option and the promises and challenges …
Social Security Reform: What Are The Options?, Greg Shaw, Susan Swanlund, Tari Renner
Social Security Reform: What Are The Options?, Greg Shaw, Susan Swanlund, Tari Renner
Roundtables
Recorded in 2005, this Roundtable set the social security issue in the context of public opinion, strategies of the political parties, and changes in the Medicare program. The goal of the discussion was to help citizens understand the political and economic challenges confronting the efforts to reform social security.
A transcript of this discussion is available at the download link above and to the right of this page.
The Public Health Leadership Institute Of Florida: Training Leaders And Linking Academic Public Health With The Practice Community
Florida Public Health Review
No abstract provided.
Legislation Seeks To Address Allied Health Workforce Problems, Thomas W. Elwood
Legislation Seeks To Address Allied Health Workforce Problems, Thomas W. Elwood
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Assessing The Scholarly Productivity Of Allied Health Faculty, Jennifer Lapin, Kevin J. Lyons
Assessing The Scholarly Productivity Of Allied Health Faculty, Jennifer Lapin, Kevin J. Lyons
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Predictors Of Job Satisfaction Of Nurses And Allied Health Professionals, Kevin J. Lyons, Jennifer Lapin
Predictors Of Job Satisfaction Of Nurses And Allied Health Professionals, Kevin J. Lyons, Jennifer Lapin
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Updating Medicare Managed Care, Sharon Graham
Updating Medicare Managed Care, Sharon Graham
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Caring For "Ryan White": The Fundamentals Of Hiv/Aids Treatment Policy, Jessamyn Taylor
Caring For "Ryan White": The Fundamentals Of Hiv/Aids Treatment Policy, Jessamyn Taylor
National Health Policy Forum
This background paper provides an overview of the HIV/ AIDS epidemic in the United States and discusses how treatment of the disease and the populations most affected by it have changed over time. The federal government’s domestic and global efforts in prevention, research, and treatment of the disease are highlighted. The paper outlines the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, a set of programs that fund treatment services for uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and places it in the context of other federal programs that fund treatment for HIV/AIDS. Policy issues for Ryan White’s potential congressional …
Letters To The Editor
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Inequalities In Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Characteristics: Potential Evidence-Base For Neighbourhood Health Planning., Agricola Odoi, R Wray, M Emo, S Birch, B Hutchison, J Eyles, T Abernathy
Inequalities In Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Characteristics: Potential Evidence-Base For Neighbourhood Health Planning., Agricola Odoi, R Wray, M Emo, S Birch, B Hutchison, J Eyles, T Abernathy
Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences
BACKGROUND: Population health planning aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. Socioeconomic factors are increasingly being recognized as major determinants of many aspects of health and causes of health inequities. Knowledge of socioeconomic characteristics of neighbourhoods is necessary to identify their unique health needs and enhance identification of socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Careful integration of this knowledge into health planning activities is necessary to ensure that health planning and service provision are tailored to unique neighbourhood population health needs. In this study, we identify unique neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and classify the …
Inequalities In Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Characteristics: Potential Evidence-Base For Neighbourhood Health Planning., Agricola Odoi, R Wray, M Emo, S Birch, B Hutchison, J Eyles, T Abernathy
Inequalities In Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Characteristics: Potential Evidence-Base For Neighbourhood Health Planning., Agricola Odoi, R Wray, M Emo, S Birch, B Hutchison, J Eyles, T Abernathy
Agricola Odoi
BACKGROUND: Population health planning aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. Socioeconomic factors are increasingly being recognized as major determinants of many aspects of health and causes of health inequities. Knowledge of socioeconomic characteristics of neighbourhoods is necessary to identify their unique health needs and enhance identification of socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Careful integration of this knowledge into health planning activities is necessary to ensure that health planning and service provision are tailored to unique neighbourhood population health needs. In this study, we identify unique neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics and classify the …
A Critical Role For The Programmed Death Ligand 1 In Fetomaternal Tolerance, Indira Guleria, Arezou Khosroshahi, Mohammed Javeed Ansari, Antje Habicht, Miyuki Azuma, Hideo Yagita, Randolph J. Noelle
A Critical Role For The Programmed Death Ligand 1 In Fetomaternal Tolerance, Indira Guleria, Arezou Khosroshahi, Mohammed Javeed Ansari, Antje Habicht, Miyuki Azuma, Hideo Yagita, Randolph J. Noelle
Dartmouth Scholarship
Fetal survival during gestation implies that tolerance mechanisms suppress the maternal immune response to paternally inherited alloantigens. Here we show that the inhibitory T cell costimulatory molecule, programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1), has an important role in conferring fetomaternal tolerance in an allogeneic pregnancy model. Blockade of PDL1 signaling during murine pregnancy resulted in increased rejection rates of allogeneic concepti but not syngeneic concepti. Fetal rejection was T cell
Providing Community-Based Health Care To The Homeless, Diane Cornman Levy, Kevin J. Lyons, Laura N. Gitlin
Providing Community-Based Health Care To The Homeless, Diane Cornman Levy, Kevin J. Lyons, Laura N. Gitlin
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
No abstract available.
Local Coverage Initiatives: Solution Or Band-Aid For The Uninsured?, Jennifer Ryan
Local Coverage Initiatives: Solution Or Band-Aid For The Uninsured?, Jennifer Ryan
National Health Policy Forum
This issue brief surveys health coverage expansion initiatives that are operating on the county or local level, often without the benefit of federal funding. The paper explores the circumstances that have made these initiatives possible and considers the ongoing barriers that local policymakers face in sustaining the programs. Descriptions of four initiatives illustrate the range and variety of programs in operation today and offer both best practices and lessons learned for other communities. The paper also includes a brief analysis of the key elements that make up a successful coverage initiative. Finally, this issue brief considers the role of local …
Children With Special Health Care Needs: Minding The Gaps, Christie Provost Peters
Children With Special Health Care Needs: Minding The Gaps, Christie Provost Peters
National Health Policy Forum
This background paper examines the issue of children with special health care needs and their interaction with the health care system. Results from recent national and state surveys and studies were used to review the medical expenditures, utilization, and insurance coverage of these children. The paper also discusses weaknesses within the private and public delivery and financing systems that may hinder the access of certain families with children with special health care needs to important services.
Commencement Program 2005, Loma Linda University
Commencement Program 2005, Loma Linda University
Commencement Programs
CONTENTS
2 | 2005 Events of Commencement
3 | President's Welcome
5 | Celebrating Our Centennial of Global Service
7 | Path of History: Loma Linda University Historical Sites
11 | The Academic Procession
12 | Significance of Academic Regalia
13 | The Speakers
20 | The University Honorees
25 | The School Honorees
35 | The Programs
- School of Medicine, 36
- School of Dentistry, 43
- Graduate School, 52
- School of Nursing, 62
- School of Allied Health Professions - Physical Therapy, 67
- School of Allied Health Professions, 73
- School of Public Health, 81
Female Breast Cancer Incidence And Survival In Utah According To Religious Preference, 1985-1999, Ray M. Merrill, Jeffrey A. Folsom
Female Breast Cancer Incidence And Survival In Utah According To Religious Preference, 1985-1999, Ray M. Merrill, Jeffrey A. Folsom
Faculty Publications
Female breast cancer incidence rates in Utah are among the lowest in the U.S. The influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint (LDS or Mormon) religion on these rates, as well as on disease-specific survival, will be explored for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer in Utah from 1985 through 1999. Methods: Population-based records for incident female breast cancer patients were linked with membership records from the LDS Church to determine religious affiliation and, for LDS Church members, level of religiosity. Incidence rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using the direct method. Cox proportional hazards …
Hospital Oversight In Medicare: Accreditation And Deeming Authority, Lisa Sprague
Hospital Oversight In Medicare: Accreditation And Deeming Authority, Lisa Sprague
National Health Policy Forum
To be eligible to receive payment from Medicare, hospitals must be certified to meet certain conditions. Hospitals may gain such credentials by choosing to be reviewed by a state certification agency under contract to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services or to be accredited by either the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations or the American Osteopathic Association. This issue brief looks at how accreditation of hospitals developed and how it continues to change. It considers the legal and practical reasons that a majority of hospitals choose accreditation and why some hospitals do not, along with broader consideration …
Exposure Assessment Of Mercury In Fish From Kentucky Surface Waters, Najla Gubari
Exposure Assessment Of Mercury In Fish From Kentucky Surface Waters, Najla Gubari
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Consumption of fish contaminated with mercury is the primary exposure pathway by which humans are exposed to mercury. Mercury is known to be a neurological toxin that can cause attention and language deficits, impaired memory, and impaired visual and motor function, especially in children under the age of six. In addition, mercury exposure can lead to other health problems in adults, such as damage to the kidney and increased risk of coronary heart disease. This study assesses the exposure to mercury through consumption of fish from Kentucky surface waters. The exposure assessment is based on data collected by the Kentucky …
Health Savings Accounts: The Fundamentals, Beth Fuchs, Julie A. James
Health Savings Accounts: The Fundamentals, Beth Fuchs, Julie A. James
National Health Policy Forum
This paper explores the fundamentals of health savings accounts (HSAs). While not intended to be an exhaustive review of these accounts, it describes their intellectual and legislative origins and the mechanics of how they work, explores the early returns on how they are faring in the insurance market, and identifies major issues and controversies that they raise. The paper looks specifically at the basic rules for HSAs and the requirements for health insurance that qualifies as a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) for HSA purposes. Also considered are issues related to provider payments under HSAs and the administration of the benefit …
Motivated Breast Cancer Screening Behavior And Its Cultural Antecedents, Patricia M. Flynn
Motivated Breast Cancer Screening Behavior And Its Cultural Antecedents, Patricia M. Flynn
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Discrepancies in breast cancer screening behavior exist among various ethnic groups in the United States (Jacobs & Lauderdale, 2001), with Latino American women reporting particularly low screening rates in comparison to Anglo American women (ACS, 2002). Research indicates that behavior is in part influenced by aspects of culture and relevant psychological processes (Betancourt & Lopez, 1993; Betancourt & Fuentes, 2001). This study was designed to investigate the relations among cultural values, attributions regarding the causes for not screening, related emotions, expectancy that screening leads to early detection and value incentive of early detection as determinants of breast cancer screening intention …
Systematic Screening As A Strategy To Increase Services Integration And Revenues In Honduras, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, Fiorella Mancini, Suyapa Pavon, Jheisy Torres
Systematic Screening As A Strategy To Increase Services Integration And Revenues In Honduras, Ricardo Vernon, James R. Foreit, Fiorella Mancini, Suyapa Pavon, Jheisy Torres
Reproductive Health
This operations research study, undertaken by the Honduras Family Planning Association (Asociación Hondureña de Planificación de Familia—ASHONPLAFA), tested the effectiveness of systematic screening to increase the number of services and revenue per visit in a reproductive health program. Despite monitoring plans, provider compliance with the intervention was low; the overall proportion of clients screened was less than 11 percent, and the frequency of screening varied greatly by clinic contact point. Although the study did not show an increase in the mean number of services per client, the negative results could reasonably be attributed to lack of implementation of the intervention. …
Community-Based Participatory Research: Defining Community Stakeholders, Laurene M. Tumiel-Berhalter, Robert Watkins, Carlos J. Crespo
Community-Based Participatory Research: Defining Community Stakeholders, Laurene M. Tumiel-Berhalter, Robert Watkins, Carlos J. Crespo
Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations
Community-based participatory research requires the participation of community stakeholders to inform the process. The West Side Community Asthma Project, a community-based participatory research program to study the effects of the environment on asthma conducted in Buffalo, N. Y, identified a stakeholders group of community leaders and activists. Creative strategies have been implemented to reach out to other community residents to invite them to participate in the participatory process.
Mainecare And Its Role In Maine’S Healthcare System, Paul Saucier
Mainecare And Its Role In Maine’S Healthcare System, Paul Saucier
Disability & Aging
No abstract provided.
Use Of Systematic Screening To Increase The Provision Of Reproductive Health Services In Bolivia, James R. Foreit, Ricardo Vernon, Patricia Riveros Hamel
Use Of Systematic Screening To Increase The Provision Of Reproductive Health Services In Bolivia, James R. Foreit, Ricardo Vernon, Patricia Riveros Hamel
Reproductive Health
The objective of this study was to determine if the use of a checklist to screen for unmet service needs could increase the number of services per visit provided to clients using rural Bolivian health facilities. Measurement included changes in services per visit before and after the introduction of the intervention, and a comparison of services received at screened and non-screened visits. Findings show that, to the degree that provider compliance can be secured, systematic screening of clients appears to be an effective method for reducing unmet health service needs. The findings of this study replicate those of other studies …
Effect Of Medicaid/Schip And Wic On Oral Health Of Low-Income Children, Dahlia Naqib
Effect Of Medicaid/Schip And Wic On Oral Health Of Low-Income Children, Dahlia Naqib
Theses and Dissertations
Oral caries is the most prevalent chronic disease among US children, and disproportionately impacts those of low socioeconomic status. Studies have shown that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) improves access to dental care among Medicaid children. This study investigated the impact of WIC, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) on the prevalence of dental caries among low-income children. The 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 NHANES data were utilized for this analysis. Children 2-4 years old who participated in WIC, Medicaid, or SCHIP, or who were uninsured, and for whom both interview and complete …
Predictors Of Sun Protection Practices Among Adult Women In The United States, Anne Ridgely Minter
Predictors Of Sun Protection Practices Among Adult Women In The United States, Anne Ridgely Minter
Theses and Dissertations
Background. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. The main modifiable risk factor for skin cancer is exposure to excessive sun and UV radiation. More than 90% of all skin cancers are known to be caused by sun exposure. However, studies on excessive sun and UV exposure are limited. The purpose of this study was to examine risk and protective factors affecting sun protection behaviors of adult women in the United States. Methods. Data on U.S. adult women (n=17,425) from the 2003 National Health Information Survey (NHIS) was analyzed. Sun protection behaviors were assessed …
Population Variables And Self-Reported Barriers That Influence Receipt Of Dental Care By Arizona's Children., Carol H. Danielson
Population Variables And Self-Reported Barriers That Influence Receipt Of Dental Care By Arizona's Children., Carol H. Danielson
All ETDs from UAB
No abstract provided.
Maternal Oral Health And Preterm Low Birth Weight In Pakistan., Amyn Lakhani
Maternal Oral Health And Preterm Low Birth Weight In Pakistan., Amyn Lakhani
All ETDs from UAB
No abstract provided.