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Adolescent Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes; Assessing Adolescent Outcomes by Patient Center Medical Home Access

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Adolescent Access to Patient-Centered Medical Homes Background: Adolescents have specific health and developmental needs that make access to patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) especially important. We ...
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2018
Contributors:
Martone, Christina Marie (creator) Brown, Dr Joanna (Reader) Gjelsvik, Dr Annie (Advisor) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Public health Adolescence
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ANALYSIS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) EPIDEMIOLOGY AMONG YOUNG PRESCRIPTION OPIOD USERS IN RHODE ISLAND, AND MODELLING OF HCV TREATMENT SCALE-UP.

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THESIS OVERVIEW Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection leads to a number of clinical conditions including acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, and liver ...
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2017
Contributors:
Soipe, Ayorinde (creator) Taylor, Lynn (Reader) Marshall, Brandon (Advisor) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Public health Rhode Island hepatitis c virus non-medical use of prescription opioids elimination testing modeling linkage to care treatment young adults scale-up mathematical modelling
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Associations of Calibrated Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intakes with the Risk of Heart Failure and its Subtypes in Postmenopausal Women: the Women’s Health Initiative

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Abstract of "Associations of Calibrated Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intakes with the Risk of Heart Failure and its Subtypes in Postmenopausal Women: the Women’s ...
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2018
Contributors:
Gu, Xiao (creator) Eaton, Charles (Advisor) Zheng, Tongzhang (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Diet Heart failure Nutritionally induced diseases--Epidemiology Sodium Potassium Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Prevention
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Development and Understanding of a Novel Fetal Cell Origin DNA Methylation Signature

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Background: Stem cell maturation is a fundamental, yet poorly understood aspect of human development. We devised a DNA methylation signature that represented embryonic stem cells ...
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2018
Contributors:
Zhang, Ze (creator) Kelsey, Karl (Advisor) Braun, Joseph (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology epigenetics DNA--Methylation biomarkers
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Drug- and Dose-Specific Effects of Sulfonylureas on Cognition and Physical Functioning in Older Nursing Home Residents

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Background: Despite data from younger populations suggesting that glipizide is the preferred sulfonylurea due to its lower risk of adverse effects, long-acting sulfonylureas (glimepiride and ...
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2018
Contributors:
Sharmin, Sadia (creator) Zullo, Andrew (Advisor) Shireman, Theresa (Reader) Zhang, Tingting (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Nursing home care Geriatrics Diabetes Pharmacoepidemiology
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Early Life Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Implications for Child Birthweight, Growth, and Adiposity

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Childhood obesity is one of the greatest public health problems facing children today. Research has shown that obesity has origins in the prenatal and early ...
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2016
Contributors:
Shoaff, Jessica Ruhlman (creator) Braun, Joseph (Advisor) Savitz, David (Reader) McGarvey, Stephen (Reader) Papandonatos, George (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Environmental health Endocrine disrupting chemicals prenatal Obesity Birth weight Gestational age phthalate perfluoroalkyl substances Public health
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Early-Life Exposure to Elemental Carbon from Traffic and Child Anthropometry

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Background: Emerging evidence suggests that early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution may be associated with altered childhood growth and higher risk of obesity. Objective: To ...
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2018
Contributors:
Mueller-Leonhard, Catrina (creator) Wellenius, Gregory (Advisor) Braun, Joseph (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology prenatal Birth weight Body mass index traffic related air pollution elemental carbon child adiposity
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Estimating the Burden of Neurological Disorders in Low-Resource Settings

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Epilepsy and headaches are two neurological disorders whose distributions are reported to vary in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The variation in the prevalence may be due ...
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2018
Contributors:
Sahlu, Ida Alem (creator) McGarvey, Stephen (Advisor) Carabin, Helene (Reader) Bauer, Cici (Reader) Clark, Melissa (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
Keywords:
Epidemiology
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Everything Old is New Again: Genetics, Professionalization, and Public Health

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The Human Genome Project has stimulated interest in translating research on gene-disease associations into clinical and public health practice. I explore how this research influences ...
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2009
Contributors:
Senier, Laura (creator) Brown, Phil (director) Dill, Ann (reader) Braun, Lundy (reader) Morello-Frosch, Rachel (reader) Brown University. Sociology (sponsor)
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theses
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professionalization Genetics Public health Epidemiology Personalized medicine
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Gender Differences in Acute Pediatric Diarrhea: A Secondary Analysis of the DHAKA Study And Sex and Gender Based Acute-Care Medicine: A Clinical Overview

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Pediatric diarrheal disease is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the developing world. While several studies have demonstrated an increased incidence of diarrheal ...
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2018
Contributors:
Jarman, Angela (creator) mcgregor, alyson (Advisor) amanullah, siraj (Reader) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology
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Genetic Variation in the Gene Coding for Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Quantifying Biological Intermediates for Clinical Risk Stratification

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Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is known to be the consequence of the interactive influences between genetic and environmental factors. However, the specific pathways linking known ...
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2018
Contributors:
Shih, Stephannie (creator) Liu, Simin (Advisor) Huang, Yen-Tsung (Reader) Luo, Xi (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Non-insulin-dependent diabetes causal mediation
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Intake of Furocoumarins and the Risk of Skin Cancer in Cohort Studies in US

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Purpose Previous studies found that higher citrus consumption was associated with increased risks of malignant melanoma, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC ...
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2018
Contributors:
Sun, Weiyi (creator) Cho, Eunyoung (Advisor) Li, Wenqing (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Cancer Nutrition Melanoma
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Neighborhood and Individual Determinants of Cardiometabolic Health: Obesity and Blood Pressure

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Abstract of "Neighborhood and Individual Determinants of Cardiometabolic Health: Obesity and Blood Pressure", by Marcia I. Pescador Jimenez, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2018. Despite ...
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2018
Contributors:
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia Ixchel (creator) Loucks, Eric B. (Advisor) Wellenius, Gregory A. (Reader) Subramanian, S.V. (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Neighborhoods Hypertension Multilevel models (Statistics) Longitudinal studies Obesity--Prevention Epidemiology--Social aspects Cluster analysis
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Optimal Pharmacotherapy for the Management of Heart Failure with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction at Hospital Discharge

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Heart failure (HF) represents a significant and growing public health problem. Potentially beneficial HF therapies are often underused among patients hospitalized for HF and may ...
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2012
Contributors:
Grebla, Regina Catherine (creator) Wellenius, Gregory (Director) Eaton, Charles (Reader) Gatsonis, Constantine (Reader) Trivedi, Amal (Reader) Wu, Wen-Chih (Reader) Brown University. BIOMED: Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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health services research left ventricular systolic dysfunction renin-angiotensin system inhibitor beta-adrenergic receptor blocker nondihydropyridine calcium channel blocker Epidemiology Veterans Heart failure
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Potential Roles of Racial Discrimination and Sociobehavorial Risk Marker Clustering in the Pathophysiology of Coronary Heart Disease

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Despite years of increased attention to prevention and decreasing mortality rates, coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States ...
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2011
Contributors:
Everage, Nicholas J (creator) Loucks, Eric (Director) Gjelsvik, Annie (Reader) Linkletter, Crystal (Reader) McGarvey, Stephen (Reader) Brown University. BIOMED: Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Social Determinants Clustering Coronary Artery Calcification Epidemiology Coronary heart disease Racism
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Prospective Association of Dairy Products of Varying Fat Content with Incident Coronary Heart Disease, CVD Mortality, and All-Cause Mortality

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The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study was used to create a disease-free baseline cohort of 69,185 women aged 50-79. A food frequency questionnaire ...
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2017
Contributors:
King, Olivia Chelsea (creator) Eaton, Charles (Advisor) Sullivan, Adam (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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Epidemiology Nutrition Coronary heart disease dietary fat Dairy products
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Prospective studies of fluid intake and lower urinary tract symptoms in relation to risk of bladder cancer

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The "urogenous contact" hypothesis states that increase in total fluid intake can decrease risk of bladder cancer by diluting the urine concentration and reducing the ...
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2013
Contributors:
Zhou, Jiachen (creator) Michaud, Dominique (Director) Kelsey, Karl (Reader) Kim, Eunhee (Reader) Brown University. BIOMED: Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
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bladder cancer fluid intake lower urinary tract symptoms epidemiology Bladder--Cancer Risk Epidemiology
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Relation of Dietary Carbohydrates Intake to Circulating Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin Levels in Postmenopausal Women

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Abstract Background: Low circulating levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) have been shown to be a direct and strong risk factor for type 2 diabetes ...
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2017
Contributors:
Liu, Jinjie (creator) Liu, Simin (Advisor) Xi , Luo (Reader) Brown University. School of Public Health (sponsor)
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theses
Keywords:
Epidemiology SHBG Carbohydrates Diet Postmenopausal women
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Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Risk of Rosacea in US Women

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The relationship between hormonal and reproductive factors and risk of rosacea is poorly understood. In a prospective cohort study, we evaluated the association between menstrual ...
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2018
Contributors:
Geng, Hao (creator) Li, Wenqing (Advisor) Cho, Eunyoung (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
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theses
Keywords:
Epidemiology
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Suitability of Gridded Climate Datasets for Epidemiologic Assessments of Meteorological Exposures

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Epidemiologic analyses of meteorological exposures typically apply data from the nearest airport weather observatory as the exposure metric for a population that may be distributed ...
Copyright Date:
2018
Contributors:
Spangler, Keith (creator) Wellenius, Gregory (Advisor) Savitz, David (Reader) Brown University. Department of Epidemiology (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Keywords:
Epidemiology Public health Climatology Exposure measurement Spatial data
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