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Mental Health Interventions for Parent Carers of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Practice Guidelines from a Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS) Systematic Review

Description: This article contains a systematic review that identifies key qualities of interventions supporting the mental health of parent carers and proposes practitioner-parent carer support guidelines.
Date: February 14, 2018
Creator: Catalano, Denise E.; Holloway, Linda & Mpofu, Elias
Partner: UNT College of Education
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Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults

Description: This article investigates the relative contribution of confidence of self-management in falls (CSMoF) in relation to fall risk self-perceptions while controlling for demographics and self-reported health and functioning. The joint effects of perception of falls and fear of falls likely explain CSMoF among older adults more than physical functional indicators. Fall prevention programs for older adults should prioritize to address modifiable subjective factors of fall perceptions, fear of falls, … more
Date: December 11, 2019
Creator: Li, Qiwei; Mpofu, Elias; Yin, Cheng & Turner, K. Whisnant (Keith Whisnant)
Partner: University of North Texas
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Correction to: Behavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners

Description: Article detailing a correction made to the previously published article "Behavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners"
Date: August 28, 2019
Creator: Callahan, Kevin; Foxx, Richard M.; Swierczynski, Adam; Aerts, Xing; Mehta, Smita S.; McComb, Mary-Ellen et al.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Behavioral Artistry: Examining the Relationship Between the Interpersonal Skills and Effective Practice Repertoires of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners

Description: Article describes study which investigated interpersonal skills associated with the concept of behavioral artistry (BA), a repertoire of practitioner behaviors including care, attentiveness, and creativity, among others, associated with the effective delivery of applied behavior analysis (ABA) treatment.
Date: May 24, 2019
Creator: Callahan, Kevin; Foxx, Richard M.; Swierczynski, Adam; Aerts, Xing; Mehta, Smita S.; McComb, Mary-Ellen et al.
Partner: University of North Texas
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Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Description: Article discusses the generation of updated estimates of child mortality by age group (neonatal, post-neonatal, ages 1–4 years, and under 5) for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational geographies, from 1980–2015, using data from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015).
Date: October 8, 2016
Creator: GBD 2015 Child Mortality Collaborators
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Description: Article describes an estimate of age-specific and sex-specific all-cause mortality between 1970 and 2016 for 195 countries and territories and at the subnational level for the five countries with a population greater than 200 million in 2016.
Date: September 16, 2017
Creator: GBD 2016 Mortality Collaborators
Partner: UNT College of Public Affairs and Community Service
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Genomics: Shaping the Future of Health Equity in Medicine

Description: This presentation focuses the impact of genomic research on health equity, in particular mental health treatments in communities of African ancestry. The presenter also highlights the other speakers from the conference. It was presented at the UNT Transdisciplinary Conference on Ancestral Genomics Research which was held virtually on November 20-21, 2020.
Date: November 20, 2020
Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Carey, Chandra Donnell
Partner: University of North Texas
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Non‑steroidal Anti‑infammatory Drug Use and Risk of Age‑Related Macular Degeneration in the California Teachers Study

Description: This article examines whether use of regular aspirin and/or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Date: July 26, 2021
Creator: Xu, Xiaoqing; Ritz, Beate; Coleman, Anne L.; Liew, Zeyan; Deapen, Dennis; Lee, Eunjung et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors: a case–control study in Denmark, 1968–2016

Description: This article examines associations between parental occupation and childhood germ cell tumors (GCTs) in offspring while distinguishing by common histologic subtype (i.e., yolk sac tumor and teratoma).
Date: April 28, 2021
Creator: Hall, Clinton; Hansen, Johnni; Olsen, Jørn; He, Di; von Ehrenstein, Ondine S.; Ritz, Beate et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Sustainable Harm Reduction Needle and Syringe Programs for People Who Inject Drugs: A Scoping Review of Their Implementation Qualities

Description: This article is a review mapping the evidence on implementation qualities of sustainable harm reduction needle and syringe programs (NSPs). The emerging evidence suggests that sustainable NSP programs for people who inject drugs (PWID) require provider, consumer, and community engagement, supported by enabling health policies.
Date: March 5, 2021
Creator: Resiak, Danielle; Mpofu, Elias & Rothwell, Rodd
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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A retrospective cross-national examination of COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries: a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis (January 11-June 28, 2020)

Description: Article is a study that retrospectively examined the health and social determinants of the COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries from a spatial epidemiological approach.
Date: September 30, 2020
Creator: Iyanda, Ayodeji Emmanuel; Adeleke, Richard; Lu, Yongmei; Osayomi, Tolulope; Adaralegbe, Adeleye; Lasode, Mayowa et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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An Integrated Structural Equation Model of eHealth Behavioral Intention

Description: Article presents an integrated model to explain the learning process and provide essential antecedents of eHealth behavioral intention.
Date: September 27, 2019
Creator: Prybutok, Gayle; Prybutok, Victor R.; Ta, Anh Viet & Lui, Xiaotong
Partner: University of North Texas
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Private patient rooms and hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A hospital-level analysis of administrative data from the United States

Description: Article presents research using hospital-level data from the US to determine whether private patient rooms (PPRs) are associated with fewer in hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) infections.
Date: July 9, 2020
Creator: O'Neill, Liam; Stockbridge, Erica L.; Miller, Thaddeus L. & Park, Sae-Hwan
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Sleep duration is associated with vitamin D deficiency in older women living in Macao, China: A pilot cross-sectional study

Description: Article investigating whether sleep duration was associated with vitamin D status in a population from Macao, China, and whether sleep duration modified the association between MetS and vitamin D deficiency.
Date: March 4, 2020
Creator: Mpofu, Elias; Liu, Xiaoying; Ke, Liang; Ho, Jacky; Abboud, Myriam; Brennan-Speranza, Tara C. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Mental Illness and Youth-Onset Homelessness: A Retrospective Study among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Description: This article retrospectively evaluating the association between the timing of homelessness onset (youth versus adult) and mental illness as a reason for homelessness among homeless adults living in homeless shelters and/or receiving services from homeless-serving agencies in Texas and Oklahoma. A better understanding of these relationships could inform needs for early interventions and/or better prepare agencies that serve at-risk youth to address precursors to youth homelessness.
Date: November 10, 2020
Creator: Iwundu, Chisom N.; Chen, Tzu-An; Edereka-Great, Kirsteen; Businelle, Michael S.; Kendzor, Darla E. & Reitzel, Lorraine R.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Mechanisms of Social Interaction and Virtual Connections as Strong Predictors of Wellbeing of Older Adults

Description: Article examining the domains of social determinants of health, specifically the social and community context per Healthy People 2030 objectives. These mechanisms of social interaction, in the form of group activities, community engagement, and virtual interactions via email or text message, were assessed using hierarchical regression analysis to find out their association with wellbeing, depression symptoms, and cognition of older adults.
Date: March 16, 2022
Creator: Sen, Keya; Prybutok, Victor R.; Prybutok, Gayle & Senn, William
Partner: University of North Texas
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Harm Minimisation Drug Policy Implementation Qualities: Their Efficacy with Australian Needle and Syringe Program Providers and People Who Inject Drugs

Description: Article examines the implementation quality priorities of Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) providers and PWID (people who inject drugs) in an Australian setting. This research presents novel findings guiding NSP harm reduction programmes for sustainability framed on provider and consumer implementation quality priorities and envisages future studies on boundary conditions of NSP harm reduction implementation in other jurisdictions.
Date: April 22, 2022
Creator: Resiak, Danielle; Mpofu, Elias & Rothwell, Roderick
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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