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Ant 396: Senior Capstone: The Anthropological Life, John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

R Lab 5 - Tmle, Laura Balzer, Maya Petersen, Alexander Luedtke

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

Health-Related Quality Of Life, Depression, And Self-Esteem In Adolescents With Leprosy-Affected Parents: Results Of A Cross-Sectional Study In Nepal, Nobuko Yamaguchi, Krishna C. Poudel, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

Examination Of Changes In Youth Diet And Physical Activity Over The Summer Vacation Period, Meghan Mccue, Kara Marlatt, John R. Sirard, Donald R. Dengel

John Sirard

No abstract provided.

Intellectual Property And Public Health – A White Paper, Ryan G. Vacca, Jim Chen, Jay Dratler Jr., Tom Folsom, Timothy Hall, Yaniv Heled, Frank Pasquale, Elizabeth Reilly, Jeff Samuels, Kathy Strandburg, Kara Swanson, Andrew Torrance, Katharine Van Tassel

Frank A. Pasquale

On October 26, 2012, the University of Akron School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property and Technology hosted its Sixth Annual IP Scholars Forum. In attendance were thirteen legal scholars with expertise and an interest in IP and public health who met to discuss problems and potential solutions at the intersection of these fields. This report summarizes this discussion by describing the problems raised, areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, suggestions and solutions made by participants and the subsequent evaluations of these suggestions and solutions.

Led by the moderator, participants at the Forum focused generally on three broad …

R Lab 1 - Causal Parameters & Intro R, Laura Balzer, Maya Petersen, Alex Luedtke

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

R Lab 3 - Superlearner (Data), Laura Balzer

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

R Lab 4 - Iptw (Data), Laura Balzer

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

R Lab 5 - Tmle (Data), Laura Balzer

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

Mph 512: Applied Community Public Health Research Methods, John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Stress Responses, Vitagenes And Hormesis As Critical Determinants In Aging And Longevity: Mitochondria As A “Chi”, Carolin Cornelius, Rosario Perrotta, Antonio Graziano, Edward J. Calabrese Ph.D., Vittorio Calabrese

Edward Calabrese

Understanding mechanisms of aging and determinants of life span will help to reduce age-related morbidity and facilitate healthy aging. Average lifespan has increased over the last centuries, as a consequence of medical and environmental factors, but maximal life span remains unchanged. Extension of maximal life span is currently possible in animal models with measures such as genetic manipulations and caloric restriction (CR). CR appears to prolong life by reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated oxidative damage. But ROS formation, which is positively implicated in cellular stress response mechanisms, is a highly regulated process controlled by a complex network of intracellular signaling …

Socioeconomic Impact Of Hiv/Aids On Household Under Free Antiretroviral Therapy In Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia, Marino Nomoto, Saly Saint, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

R Lab 1 - Intro R & Causal Parameters, Laura Balzer, Maya Petersen, Alex Luedtke

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

Incubation Periods Of Viral Gastroenteritis: A Systematic Review, Rachel M. Lee, Justin Lessler, Rose A. Lee, Kara E. Rudolph, Nicholas G. Reich, Trish M. Perl, Derek A. T. Cummings

Nicholas G Reich

Background: Accurate knowledge of incubation period is important to investigate and to control infectious diseases and their transmission, however statements of incubation period in the literature are often uncited, inconsistent, and/or not evidence based. Methods: In a systematic review of the literature on five enteric viruses of public health importance, we found 256 articles with incubation period estimates, including 33 with data for pooled analysis. Results: We fit a log-normal distribution to pooled data and found the median incubation period to be 4.5 days (95% CI 3.9-5.2 days) for astrovirus, 1.2 days (95% CI 1.1-1.2 days) for norovirus genogroups I …

Better Learning In Schools To Improve Attitudes Toward Abstinence And Intentions For Safer Sex Among Adolescents In Urban Nepal, Rachana Manandhar Shrestha, Keiko Ostuka, Krishna C. Poudel, Junko Yasuoka, Medin Lamichhane, Masamine Jimba

Krishna C. Poudel

Premenopausal Endogenous Steroid Hormones And Breast Cancer Risk: Results From The Nurses’ Health Study Ii, Renée T. Fortner, A. Heather Eliassen, Donna Spiegelman, Walter C. Willett, Robert L. Barbieri, Susan E. Hankinson

Susan E. Hankinson

Introduction: Prior research supports an association between endogenous sex steroids and breast cancer among postmenopausal women; the association is less clear among premenopausal women. Methods: We evaluated the associations between estrogens, androgens, progesterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and breast cancer in a nested case-control study in the Nurses’ Health Study II. Between 1996 and 1999, 29,611 participants provided blood samples; 18,521 provided samples timed in early follicular and mid-luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. A total of 634 women, premenopausal at blood collection, developed breast cancer between 1999 and 2009 and were matched to 1,264 controls (514 cases …

Community Engagement, Organization, And Development For Public Health Practice-Instructor’S Manual, Frederick Murphy, Sydney Freeman Jr.

Sydney Freeman Jr., PhD, CFD, COI

It is the intent of the CEOD for Public Health Practice textbook and Instructors manuel to spin off its instructional approach from that of the 5-E Learning Cycle model, which promotes student/learner inquiry and exploration as a process for learning science. The Learning Cycle, originally credited to Karplus and Thier and later modified by Roger Bybee for the Biological Science Curriculum Study (BSCS) project, proposes that learning something new, or understanding something familiar in greater depth, involves making sense of both our prior experience and our first-hand knowledge gained from new explorations. As mentioned, the traditional 5-E model divides learning …

Ant 272: Medical Anthropology, John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Observations On Eye Care In Lamu, Kenya: Overlooked Needs And Proposed Interventions, Erick Henderson '12, Rebecca Gearhart

Rebecca Gearhart Mafazy

Health Care And Hiv Testing Experiences Among Black Men In The South: Implications For "Seek, Test, Treat And Retain" Hiv Prevention Strategies, Rupali K. Doshi, David J. Malebranche, Lisa Bowleg, Thurka Sangaramoorthy

David J Malebranche

Few studies have explored how overall general health care and HIV/STI testing experiences may influence receipt of ‘‘Seek, Test, Treat, and Retain’’ (STTR) HIV prevention approaches among Black men in the southern United States. Using in-depth qualitative interviews with 78 HIV-negative/unknown Black men in Georgia, we explored factors influencing their general health care and HIV/STI testing experiences. The Andersen behavioral model of health care utilization (Andersen model) offers a useful framework through which to examine the general health care experiences and HIV testing practices of Black men. It has four primary domains: Environment, Population characteristics, Health behavior, and Outcomes. Within …

A Case-Control Study Of Physical Activity Patterns And Risk Of Non-Fatal Myocardial Infarction, Jian Gong, Hannia Campos, Mark Fiecas, Stephen Mcgarvey, Robert Goldberg, Caroline Richardson, Ana Baylin

Mark Fiecas

Background The interactive effects of different types of physical activity on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk have not been fully considered in previous studies. We aimed to identify physical activity patterns that take into account combinations of physical activities and examine the association between derived physical activity patterns and risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods We examined the relationship between physical activity patterns, identified by principal component analysis (PCA), and AMI risk in a case-control study of myocardial infarction in Costa Rica (N=4172), 1994-2004. The component scores derived from PCA and total METS were used in natural cubic spline models …

Cross-Sectional Hiv Incidence Estimation In Hiv Prevention Research, Ron Brookmeyer, Oliver Laeyendecker, Deborah Donnell, Susan H. Eshleman

Ron Brookmeyer

Accurate methods for estimating HIV incidence from cross-sectional samples would have great utility in prevention research. This report describes recent improvements in cross-sectional methods that significantly improve their accuracy. These improvements are based on the use of multiple biomarkers to identify recent HIV infections. These multiassay algorithms (MAAs) use assays in a hierarchical approach for testing that minimizes the effort and cost of incidence estimation. These MAAs do not require mathematical adjustments for accurate estimation of the incidence rates in study populations in the year before sample collection. MAAs provide a practical, accurate, and cost-effective approach for cross-sectional HIV incidence …

Intellectual Property And Public Health – A White Paper, Ryan G. Vacca, Jim Chen, Jay Dratler Jr., Tom Folsom, Timothy Hall, Yaniv Heled, Frank Pasquale, Elizabeth Reilly, Jeff Samuels, Kathy Strandburg, Kara Swanson, Andrew Torrance, Katharine Van Tassel

Katharine Van Tassel

On October 26, 2012, the University of Akron School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property and Technology hosted its Sixth Annual IP Scholars Forum. In attendance were thirteen legal scholars with expertise and an interest in IP and public health who met to discuss problems and potential solutions at the intersection of these fields. This report summarizes this discussion by describing the problems raised, areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, suggestions and solutions made by participants and the subsequent evaluations of these suggestions and solutions.

Led by the moderator, participants at the Forum focused generally on three broad …

R Lab 6 - Inference (Data), Laura Balzer

Laura B. Balzer

No abstract provided.

Mobility, Latino Migrants, And The Geography Of Sex Work: Using Ethnography In Public Health Assessments, Thurka Sangaramoorthy, Karen Kroeger

Thurka Sangaramoorthy

Intellectual Property And Public Health – A White Paper, Ryan G. Vacca, Jim Chen, Jay Dratler Jr., Tom Folsom, Timothy Hall, Yaniv Heled, Frank Pasquale, Elizabeth Reilly, Jeff Samuels, Kathy Strandburg, Kara Swanson, Andrew Torrance, Katharine Van Tassel

Yaniv Heled

On October 26, 2012, the University of Akron School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property and Technology hosted its Sixth Annual IP Scholars Forum. In attendance were thirteen legal scholars with expertise and an interest in IP and public health who met to discuss problems and potential solutions at the intersection of these fields. This report summarizes this discussion by describing the problems raised, areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, suggestions and solutions made by participants and the subsequent evaluations of these suggestions and solutions.

Led by the moderator, participants at the Forum focused generally on three broad …

Progression From New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonisation To Infection: An Observational Study In A Hospital Cohort, Michelle Nd Balm, Andrew A. Lover, Sharon Salmon, Paul A. Tambyah, Dale A. Fisher

Andrew Lover

Quantifying Effect Of Geographic Location On Epidemiology Of Plasmodium Vivax Malaria, Andrew A. Lover, Richard J. Coker

Andrew Lover

Finalarticleinpressruralhealthqrseh.Pdf, Rebecca Busanich

Rebecca Busanich

No abstract provided.

Methods For Evaluating Prediction Performance Of Biomarkers And Tests, Margaret S. Pepe Phd, Holly Janes Phd

Margaret S Pepe PhD

This chapter describes and critiques methods for evaluating the performance of markers to predict risk of a current or future clinical outcome. We consider three criteria that are important for evaluating a risk model: calibration, benefit for decision making and accurate classification. We also describe and discuss a variety of summary measures in common use for quantifying predictive information such as the area under the ROC curve and R-squared. The roles and problems with recently proposed risk reclassification approaches are discussed in detail.