Division of Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Institute for Disease Modeling, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA.
CATALYST-The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Columbus, OH, United States.
Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Columbus, OH, United States.
CATALYST-The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Columbus, OH, United States.
CATALYST-The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Columbus, OH, United States.
CATALYST-The Center for the Advancement of Team Science, Analytics, and Systems Thinking, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Columbus, OH, United States.
Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Columbus, OH, United States.
New Leaf Center Clinic for Special Children, 16014 E Chestnut St, Mt Eaton, OH 44659, United States; Akron Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 214 W Bowery St, Akron, OH 44308, United States. Electronic address: Escott@newleafclinic.org.
During early stages of COVID-19 in the United States, government representatives in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia restricted or threatened to restrict abortion care under elective surgery bans. We...
We examined COVID-19 abortion-related state policies implemented in March and April 2020 using publicly available sources. We analyzed data on abortions by method and gestation and experiences of faci...
In February-June 2020 the monthly average abortion count was 1916; 863 (45%) were medication abortions and 229 (12%) were ≥14 weeks gestation. Of 1959 abortions performed across all three states in Ap...
Although abortion provision continued in this region, policy changes restricting abortion in Ohio and West Virginia resulted in a decrease in first trimester instrumentation abortions, an overall shif...
In the fall of 2021, the Wick Poetry Center, a recognized international leader in creative writing interventions, launched the website Sacred Breath: Voices of Ohio Nurses in Response to COVID-19 (sac...
To determine if a greater than expected number of cases (clustering) of uveal melanoma occurred within Ohio for any specific region or time period as compared to others....
Analysis of population database....
Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS) database (2000-2019) was accessed for the diagnosis of uveal melanoma using the International Classification of Disease for Oncology codes: C69.3 (cho...
Over the twenty-year period, the total number of uveal melanoma cases reported within Ohio were 1,617 with the overall age-adjusted annual incidence of 6.72 cases per million population (95% CI 6.30-7...
There is no evidence of geographic or temporal clustering of uveal melanoma within Ohio from 2000 to 2019....
Substance use affects approximately 46.3 million people aged 12 years or older (16.5% of the US population) and is associated with poor sleep health overall....
We conducted a cross-sectional secondary analysis of data from the 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey in Ohio. The sample comprised 14,676 adults. We examined associations between ...
Of survey respondents who answered questions, 9.2% (1,140 of 12,362) reported using marijuana, and 1.4% (111 of 8,203) used nonprescribed prescription pain medication. Respondents who used marijuana u...
Understanding the connection between substance use and health outcomes is needed to improve trajectories of substance use and recovery. Sleep duration is often underassessed among people who use subst...
The opioid epidemic has been ongoing for over 20 years in the United States. As opioid misuse has shifted increasingly toward injection of illicitly produced opioids, it has been associated with HIV a...
We obtain annual county-level counts of opioid overdose deaths, treatment admissions for opioid misuse, and newly diagnosed cases of acute and chronic hepatitis C and newly diagnosed HIV from 2014 to ...
We estimate three latent factors characterizing variation of the syndemic across space and time. The first factor reflects overall burden and is greatest in southern Ohio. The second factor describes ...
Through the estimation of dynamic spatial factors, we are able to estimate the complex dependencies and characterize the synergy across outcomes that underlie the syndemic. The latent factors summariz...
Postelimination outbreaks threaten nearly a quarter century of measles elimination in the US. Understanding these dynamics is essential for maintaining the nation's measles elimination status....
To examine the demographic characteristics and transmission dynamics of the 2022 to 2023 central Ohio measles outbreak....
This cross-sectional study used electronic medical records and publicly available measles reports within an extensive central Ohio primary care network involving inpatient and outpatient settings. Par...
The exposure of interest was confirmed measles cases in Ohio in 2022. This included 5 internationally imported cases and 85 locally acquired cases....
The primary outcome involved documenting and analyzing confirmed measles cases in Ohio in 2022, focusing on demographic characteristics, immunization status, and transmission links in outbreak-related...
This study analyzed 90 measles cases (47 [52.2%] male participants) in Ohio during 2022. Most participants self-identified as African or American Black (72 [80.0%]), with additional race categories in...
This cross-sectional study of measles cases in Ohio during 2022 found that the outbreak primarily affected unimmunized children of Somali descent, highlighting the necessity for culturally tailored pu...
Both social service resources and stroke prevalence vary by geography, and health care resources are scarcer in rural areas. We assessed whether distributions of resources relevant to stroke survivors...
Census tract (CT)-level self-reported stroke prevalence estimates (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PLACES-2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) were linked with sociodemographic ...
In Ohio, stroke prevalence was 3.9% (0.4%-14.2%). The highest stroke prevalence quartile (versus lowest) was associated with fewer resources within 25 miles overall (resource ratio [RR], 0.57-0.98). T...
Stroke social service resources are inversely distributed relative to stroke prevalence in Ohio, particularly in rural areas. This inverse link in rural Ohio is likely explained by geographic differen...
We used a collective impact model to form a statewide diabetes quality improvement collaborative to improve diabetes outcomes and advance diabetes health equity. Between 2020 and 2022, in collaboratio...
The prevalence of xylazine, a non-opioid tranquilizer not for human consumption, in illicitly manufactured fentanyl is increasing in the United States. However, little is known about xylazine awarenes...
A cross-sectional survey of people who use drugs in Ohio was conducted from November 2023 - May 2024 to identify xylazine awareness and attitudes in rural and urban counties across the state. Study pa...
Among 630 people who use drugs in Ohio, more than one-half (53.5%) were unaware of xylazine being in "street drugs," regardless of urbanicity. Among individuals who were aware of xylazine, most (73.0%...
This research found that many people who use drugs in Ohio are unaware of xylazine and its risks. An important finding of this study is that most individuals who had heard of xylazine did not want to ...
Diseases and conditions related to the respiratory system contribute to work-related morbidity, mortality, and disability. Details on the causes and nature of work-related respiratory disease and the ...
We developed a list of respiratory-related International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) diagnosis codes and searched over 2 million claims filed between 2001 and 2018 in the...
Among the 23,015 respiratory-related claims (5.8 per 10,000 full-time equivalents [FTE]), 54.6% had at least one ICD-CM code for Allergic Reactions and 30.6% had at least one code for Toxic Effects of...
Respiratory-related claims in the OHBWC system were often acute in nature and included allergic reactions. Narratives from these claims provide insight into the work-related exposures and events causi...
