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Maternal diabetes and childhood cancer risks in offspring: two population-based studies

Description: Article studies the effect of maternal diabetes on childhood cancer has not been widely studied. Their results suggest that maternal diabetes is an important risk factor for certain types of childhood cancers, emphasizing the need for effective interventions targeting maternal diabetes to prevent serious health effects in offspring.
Date: September 10, 2022
Creator: Huang, Xiwen; Hansen, Johnni; Lee, Pei-Chen; Wu, Chia-Kai; Federman, Noah; Arah, Onyebuchi A. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Remote Work Support Needs of Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Poland: Perspectives of Individuals with Autism and Their Coworkers

Description: Article aims to propose ways to assess workplace digital adaptation needs for individuals with autism and a framework for communicating these needs to employers. In this study, participants responded to semi-structured interview questions identifying advantages and risk factors associated with remote work for this specific group of employees.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Tomczak, Michał T.; Mpofu, Elias & Hutson, Nathan
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Usage Among Emergency Managers in Texas

Description: Paper investigating current and potential uses for the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) data to better assist people with disabilities. STEAR is a state-run database designed to assist emergency managers working for city and county governments to prepare for the needs of citizens with disabilities or transportation needs. Disability or special needs registries similar to STEAR have been widely promoted within emergency management as an improvement for inclusive planning and … more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Goodwin, Crystal & Schumann, Ronald L., III
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Fueling Resilience: A risk-based comparison of post-fire programs and recovery outcomes in Northern California

Description: Data management plan for the grant, "Fueling Resilience: A risk-based comparison of post-fire programs and recovery outcomes in Northern California." This study investigates post-wildfire recovery programs and outcomes in two neighboring, but vastly different counties in Northern California (Lake and Sonoma counties), which have experienced wildfire losses nearly every year since 2015. Working with community leaders and local governments, this study 1) documents the method, timing, and spatial … more
Date: 2022-12-15/2025-09-02
Creator: Schumann, Ronald L., III
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Children’s health insurance coverage and adequacy from 2016 to 2018: Racial/ethnic disparities under the ACA

Description: This article presents a study to advance health disparities research by documenting the racial/ethnic disparities in children’s health insurance coverage and health insurance adequacy under the implementation and revisions of the Affordable Care Act between 2016 and 2018 in America.
Date: July 29, 2022
Creator: Shen, Yuying; Turner, Carlene Buchanan; Perkins, Robert K. & Moore, Ami R.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Daily Living Subjective Cognitive Decline Indicators in Older Adults with Depressive Symptoms: A Scoping Review and Categorization Using Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)

Description: This article is a scoping review that identifies subjective cognitive decline (SCD) indicators in ADLs and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in older adults with depressive symptoms using the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).
Date: August 10, 2022
Creator: Komalasari, Renata; Mpofu, Elias; Prybutok, Gayle & Ingman, Stanley R.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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A Collaborative Implementation Strategy to Increase Falls Prevention Training Using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Approach

Description: Article is a study examining outcomes of a partnership among an academic institution, government agency, community organizations, and emergency management services to implement a falls prevention training program using an Age-Friendly Health Systems approach.
Date: May 12, 2022
Creator: Severance, Jennifer Jurado; Rivera-Torres, Solymar; Cho, Jinmyoung; Hartos, Jessica; Khan, Amal & Knebl, Janice
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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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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Perception and Challenges of Preventive Measures of COVID-19 Among Nepalese Frontline Health Professionals: An Unexplored Realism

Description: Article examining Nepalese healthcare workers understanding of technology and preventative strategies during the COVID-19 epidemic. The research also looks at the problems experienced by frontline health care personnel (HCP) due to the COVID-19 strategic shift in work policy.
Date: January 22, 2022
Creator: Pathak, Krishna Prasad; Sanyam, Sandip Das; Gaire, Tara; Basnet, Pushpa Babu; Sah, Sanjay Kumar; Basnet, Buddha Bahadur et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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How Do Perceptions of Risk Communicator Attributes Affect Emergency Response? An Examination of a Water Contamination Emergency in Boston, USA

Description: This article describes how perceptions of different social stakeholders influenced whether respondents complied with the Protective Action Recommendation—PAR (i.e., drank boiled water), took alternative protective actions (i.e., drank bottled water or/and self-chlorinated water), or ignored the threat (i.e., continued to drink untreated tap water), during a water contamination emergency in Boston, USA.
Date: January 6, 2022
Creator: Hyman, Amy; Arlikatti, Sudha; Huang, Shih-Kai; Lindell, Michael K.; Mumpower, Jeryl; Prater, Carla S. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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Hajj Pilgrims’ Perceptions of Trust and Internet Use for (Emergency) Information

Description: Article presents an empirical study examining the patterns of internet use during Hajj, with the broader aim of providing suggestions on how organizations can improve risk communication at crowded religious venues using traditional and new media.
Date: 2022
Creator: Arlikatti, Sudha; Taibah, Hassan A.; Maghelal, Praveen; Andrew, Simon A. & Alkhurayyif, Saad A.
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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An acoustic analysis of American English liquids by adults and children: Native English speakers and native Japanese speakers of English

Description: This article is a study investigating acoustic characteristics of American English liquids produced by native English (NE) and native Japanese (NJ) speakers reported in Aoyama, Flege, Guion, Akahane-Yamada, and Yamada [(2004). J. Phonetics 32, 233–250]. The secondary aim of the study is to compare the acoustic nature of English liquids between native speakers and Japanese L2 speakers of English. This work was presented at the 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America on June 25, 2017 i… more
Date: October 24, 2019
Creator: Aoyama, Katsura; Flege, James E.; Akahane-Yamada, Reiko & Yamada, Tsuneo
Partner: UNT College of Health and Public Service
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A Study on the GIS Professional (GISP) Certification Program in the U.S.

Description: This article examines the characteristics of the members in the most popular Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Professional (GISP) certification program in the United States as well as the spatial patterns of the certified GISPs. The information presented in this study can help GIS educators and practitioners develop a better understanding of the current state of this certification program in the U.S and shed light on how to further improve the GISP certification program.
Date: September 1, 2020
Creator: Li, Dapeng; Li, Yingru; Nguyen, Quynh C. & Siebeneck, Laura K.
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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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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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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