Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2024
Contemporary burden and trends of opioid-overdose mortality in New York State.
Limited research exists on contemporary opioid overdose mortality burden and trends in New York State, with most studies focusing on New York City. This study aimed to assess opioid overdose burden and death trends in New York State by age, sex, race/ethnicity, geographic area, opioid type, and overdose intent from 1999 to 2020. ⋯ Opioid overdose mortality in New York State has worsened significantly in the last two decades. Further research is essential to identify driving factors for targeted public health interventions.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2024
Implementing an advanced team-based care model in a federally qualified health center (FQHC): Assessing implementation facilitators and challenges.
The objective of this paper is to assess implementation facilitators and challenges for advanced team-based care (aTBC) in a federally qualified health center (FQHC). In aTBC, care team coordinators room patients, perform vitals and agenda setting during patient intake, and remain present alongside providers during patient visits. ⋯ FQHCs that wish to implement aTBC models need strong champions and internal structures for piloting, adapting, and disseminating interventions. FQHC leaders must think strategically about how to build support and demonstrate success to improve an FQHC's chances of expanding and sustaining aTBC.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2024
Sex differences in appeal, reward, and sensory experience of E-cigarette flavors among adults who smoke cigarettes.
Flavors enhance nicotine e-cigarette appeal by altering sensory experience. Females may be more sensitive to tobacco-associated cues and uniquely affected by flavor. The current study is an exploratory analysis to examine differences by sex on reward, appeal, and sensory experience of popular e-cigarette flavors. ⋯ Menthol in e-cigarettes may play an important role in mediating appeal and/or reward among females. This may be due in part to their ability to better detect sensory effects of e-cigarettes.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2024
Life course weight transitions from birth to childhood to midlife and risk of cardiovascular diseases and its subtypes.
Evidence on weight transitions across life stages and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is limited. We aimed to explore weight transition patterns from birth to childhood to midlife and risk of incident CVDs. ⋯ Our findings highlight the importance of weight management throughout the life course in reducing the risk of CVDs, especially maintaining a heathy weight at midlife.
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Preventive medicine · Aug 2024
Predictors associated with night sleep disturbance among breastfeeding women.
The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of somnological disorders among Kazakhstani women who breastfeed and to assess the association of this phenomenon with some medical and social characteristics. ⋯ The elevated prevalence of nocturnal sleep disorders among breastfeeding Kazakhstani women serves as a risk indicator for adverse health outcomes, with predictors including place of residence, obstetric complications, child health issues, and satisfaction levels with social conditions and personal expression opportunities.