Background: Gestational Diabetes, a condition when a woman without a history of diabetes develops chronic hyperglycemia during pregnancy, is the most common complication during pregnancy. …
Background: Lower access to transportation serves as a barrier to healthcare and social support for people with disability. In Rhode Island prior scheduling of paratransit …
Background: Healthcare staff burnout has serious repercussions, and has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of patients in Rhode Island receive care through Federally …
Globally 123 million cases and 2.71 million deaths are attributable to Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic disproportionately disadvantages historically vulnerable populations by exacerbating existing inequalities.10,11 Hispanic/ …
Background: In 2019, more than 10.4% of the Rhode Island population had been diagnosed with diabetes. As a known contributor to heart disease and stroke, …
Background: Hypertensive disorders occur in 6% to 8% of pregnancies and account for nearly 15% of maternal mortality in the United States. Hypertensive disorders of …
Background: Pediatric malignancies are a simultaneous rare and heterogenous cadre of diseases, comprising approximately 1% of annual cancer diagnoses. The ability of a single institution …
Background: On an average night in 2019, about 54,000 families across the United States were experiencing homelessness. While family homelessness is declining nationally and in …
Background Social determinants of health (SDOH) affect the onset and progression of type II diabetes. Thus, SDOH screening is vital for effective diabetes management. At …
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 3rd deadliest cancer in Rhode Island. In 2018, 75.7% of eligible Rhode Islanders met the United States Preventive Services Task …