Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Health faculty.
Submissions from 2020
Trends in Mental Well-Being of Non-Hispanic White Children of Midlife Parents With Low Education, Neeraj Bhandari
US Trends of Opioid-use Disorders and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Patients With Spinal Conditions and Treatment From 2005 to 2014, Se Won Lee, Jay Shen, Sun Jung Kim, Sung-Youn Chun, Pearl Kim, Jahan Riaz, Ji Won Yoo, and Jinwook Hwang
Submissions from 2019
A Description of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the Southwestern State of Nevada, Julia Anderson, Sheniz Moonie, Mary Beth Hogan, and Brian Labus
Cost of Chronic Inflammatory Disease: The Impact of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Nevada, Julia Anderson, Sheniz Moonie, Mary Beth Hogan, Rebecca Scherr, Brian Labus, and Jessica Word
A Broadscale Assessment of Mercury Contamination in Peregrine Falcons Across the Northern Latitudes of North America, Joseph G. Barnes, Gregg E. Doney, Michael A. Yates, William S. Seegar, and Shawn L. Gerstenberger
Sex Differences in Cognitive Changes in De Novo Parkinson’s Disease, Ece Bayram, Sarah J. Banks, Guogen Shan, Nikki Kaplan, and Jessica Z.K. Caldwell
The Longitudinal Associations Between Cognition, Mood and Striatal Dopaminergic Binding in Parkinson's Disease, Ece Bayram, Nikki Kaplan, Guogen Shan, and Jessica Z.K. Caldwell
Associations between Comorbid TDP-43, Lewy Body Pathology and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease, Ece Bayram, Guogen Shan, and Jeffrey L. Cummings
Consumer Use of Provider Quality Report Cards: The Role of Dissemination and Media Coverage, Neeraj Bhandari, Dennis Scanlon, Yunfeng Shi, and Rachel A. Smith
The Effect of Age of First Exposure to Competitive Fighting on Cognitive and Other Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Brain Volume, Barry R. Bryant, Bharat R. Narapareddy, Michael J.C. Bray, Lisa N. Richey, Akshay Krieg, Gougen Shan, Matthew E. Peters, and Charles B. Bernick
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Hispanics: An Understudied Public Health Priority, Karen E. Callahan MPH and Paulo S. Pinheiro MD, PhD
Low Colorectal Cancer Survival in the Mountain West State of Nevada: A Population-Based Analysis, Karen E. Callahan, Carmen P. Ponce, Chad L. Cross, Francisco S. Sy, and Paulo S. Pinheiro
Barriers and Facilitators for Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive African American and Latino Men Who Have Sex With Men, James W. Carey, Neal Carnes, Alisu Schoua-Glusberg, Katherine Kenward, Deborah Gelaude, Damian J. Denson, Elizabeth Gall, Laura A. Randall, and Paula M. Frew
Development and Acceptability of a Video-Based Vaccine Promotion Tutorial for Obstetric Care Providers, Allison T. Chamberlain, Rupali J. Limaye, Sean T. O'Leary, Paula M. Frew, Sarah E. Brewer, C. I. Spina, Mallory K. Ellingson, Matthew Z. Dudley, Walter A. Orenstein, Meghan A. Donnelly, Laura E. Riley, Kevin A. Ault, Daniel A. Salmon, and Saad B. Omer
Evaluation of Epifluorescence Methods for Quantifying Bioaerosols in Fine and Coarse Particulate Air Pollution, L.-W. Antony Chen, Mi Zhang, Ting Liu, Karey Fortier, Judith C. Chow, Fernanda Alonzo, Rachel Kolberg, Junji Cao, Ge Lin, Tanviben Y. Patel, Patricia Cruz, Mark P. Buttner, and John G. Watson
Identifiying High Risk Areas of Zika Virus Infection by Meteorological Factors in Columbia, Lung-Chang Chien, Francisco Sy, and Adriana Perez
Rethinking Health Services Measurement for Indigenous Populations, Michelle Chino Dr, Angela Mashford-Pringle, Ian Ring, Fadwa Al-Yaman, and John Waldon
Improving Health Data for Indigenous Populations: The International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement, Michelle Chino, Ian Ring, Lisa Jackson Pulver, John Waldon, and Malcolm King
Changes in PM2.5 Peat Combustion Source Profiles with Atmospheric Aging in an Oxidation Flow Reactor, Judith C. Chow, Junji Cao, Lung-Wen Anthony Chen, Xiaoliang Wang, Qiyuan Wang, Jie Tian, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Adam C. Watts, Tessa B. Carlson, Steven D. Kohl, and John G. Watson
The Impact of Pedestrian Crossing Flags on Driver Yielding Behavior in Las Vegas, NV, Sheila Clark, Courtney Coughenour, Kelly Bumgarner, Hanns de la Fuente-Mella, Chantel Reynolds, and James Abelar
Analysis of Self-Reported Walking for Transit in a Sprawling Urban Metropolitan Area in the Western U.S., Courtney Coughenour, Hanns de la Fuente-Mella, and Alexander Paz
A Qualitative Study on Parental and Community Stakeholder Views of the Link between Full-Day Kindergarten and Health in Southern Nevada, Courtney Coughenour; Jennifer Pharr; Maxim Gakh JD, MPH; Sheila Clark; and Prescott Cheong
The Relationship between School Absenteeism and Substance Use: An Integrative Literature Review, Maxim Gakh, Courtney Coughenour, Bertille Octavie Assoumou, and Melissa Venderstelt
A State of Uncertainty: An Analysis of Recent State Legislative Proposals to Regulate Preventive Services in the United States, Maxim Gakh, Cody Cris, Prescott Cheong, and Courtney Coughenour
Decline in Telomere Length by Age and Effect Modification by Gender, Allostatic Load and Comorbidities in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1999-2002), Saruna Ghimire, Carl V. Hill, Francisco S. Sy, and Rachelle Rodriguez
Noncommunicable disease risk factors among older adults aged 60–69 years in Nepal: findings from the STEPS survey 2013, Saruna Ghimire, Shiva Raj Mishra, Binaya Kumar Baral, Meghnath Dhimal, Karen E. Callahan, Bihungum Bista, and Krishna Kumar Aryal
Geographic and Socio-Economic Variation in Markers of Indoor Air Pollution in Nepal: Evidence from Nationally-Representative Data, Saruna Ghimire, Shiva Raj Mishra, Abhishek Sharma, Adugna Siweya, Nipun Shrestha, and Bipin Adhikar
Geographic and Socio-Economic Variation in Markers of Indoor air Pollution in Nepal: Evidence From a Nationally-Representative Data, Saruna Ghimire, Shiva Rah Mishra, Abhishek Sharma, Adugna Siweya, Nipun Shrestha, and Bippin Adhikari
Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Knowledge of Aging, Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of Working With Older Adults in Kathmandu Nepal, Saruna Ghimire, Nitisha Shrestha, Karen E. Callahan, Dhirendra Nath, Binaya Kumar Baral, Nirmale Lekhak, and Devendra Raj Singh
Evaluation of the Blood Lead Screening Component of the Southern Nevada Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Amanda Haboush-Deloye PhD, Erika Marquez PhD, Melissa Marshall MPH, and Shawn L. Gerstenberger
Concomitant Utilization of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Meningococcal Vaccine (MenACWY) Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County, California, Ian W. Holloway, Diane Tan, Robert A. Bednarczyk, Vincent L. Fenimore, Laura Randall, Chelsea S. Lutz, and Paula M. Frew
Ten-Year Trends of Utilization of Palliative Care Services and Life-Sustaining Treatments and Hospital Costs Associated With Patients With Terminally Ill Lung Cancer in the United States From 2005 to 2014, Jinwook Hwang MD, PhD; Jay Shen PhD; Sun Jung Kim PhD; Sung-Youn Chun PhD; Mutsumi Kioka MD; Faizan Sheraz MD; Pearl Kim PhDc, MHA; David Byun DO; and Ji Won Yoo MD
Dissociation Between the Growing Opioid Demands and Drug Policy Directions Among the U.S. Older Adults with Degenerative Joint Diseases, Pearl Kim PhD; Takashi Yamashita PhD, MPH, MA; Jay J. Shen PhD; Seong-Min Park PhD; Sung-Youn Chun PhD; Sun Jung Kim PhD, MHSA; Jinwook Hwang MD, PhD; Se Won Lee MD; Georgia Dounis DDS, MS; Hee-Taik Kang MD, PhD; Yong-Jae Lee MD, PhD; Dong-Hun Han DDS, PhD; Ji Eun Kim PhD; Hyeyoung Yeom MD; David Byun DO; Tsigab Bahta MD; and Ji Won Yoo MD
Hidden Protections: Identifying Social Norms Associated with Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Neglect, J. Bart Klika, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, and Jeff Linkenbach
Strategies and Tools to Embrace Prevention with Upstream Programs: A Novel Pilot Program for Enhancing Social and Emotional Protective Factors in Middle School Students, M. Amaris Knight, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Pamela M. Goldberg, and Kelly Grob
The Relations Among Depression, Cognition, and Brain Volume in Professional Boxers: A Preliminary Examination Using Brief Clinical Measures, Bern Lee, Lauren L. Bennett, Charles Bernick, Guogen Shan, and Sarah J. Banks
Implementation of National Policies for a Total Asbestos Ban: A Global Comparison, Ro-Ting Lin PhD, Lung-Chang Chien DrPH, Masamine Jimba PhD, Sugio Furuya Bec, and Ken Takahashi PhD
The Challenges of Health Disparities: Implications and Actions for Health Care Professionals, Darren Liu MHA; MS; DrPH, Betty Burston PhD, Shartriya C. Stewart EdD, and Heidi H. Mulligan
Where I Live: A Qualitative Analysis of Renters Living in Poor Housing, Erika Marquez, Carolee Dodge Francis, and Shawn Gerstenberger
Rethinking Health Services Measurement for Indigenous Populations, Angela Mashford-Pringle, Ian Ring, Fadwa Al-Yaman, John Waldon, and Michelle Chino
Socio-Economic Inequalities in Hypertension Burden and Cascade of Services: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in Nepal, Shiva Mishra, Saruna Ghimire, Archana Shrestha, and Salim S. Virani
Cardio-Metabolic Disease Risk Factors Among South Asian Labour Migrants to the Middle East: A Scoping Review and Policy Analysis, Shiva Raj Mishra, Saruna Ghimire, Chandni Joshi, Bishal Gyawali, Archana Shrestha, Dinesh Neupane, Sudesh Raj Sharma, Yashashwi Pokharel, and Salim S. Virani
A Comparative Analysis of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition, Jennifer Neitzel, Diane Early, John Sideris, Dore LaForrett, Michael B. Abel, Margaret Soli, Dawn L. Davidson, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Linda L. Hestenes, Denise Jenson, Cindy Johnson, Jennifer Kalas, Angela Mamrak, Marie L. Masterson, Sharon U. Mims, Patti Oya, Bobbi Philson, Megan Showalter, Mallory Warner-Richter, and Jill Kortright Wood
Patient and Provider Perspectives on How Trust Influences Maternal Vaccine Acceptance Among Pregnant Women in Kenya, Stacy W. Nganga, Nancy A. Otieno, Maxwell Adero, Dominic Ouma, Sandra S. Chaves, Jennifer R. Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Andrew Wilson, Irina Bergenfeld, Courtni Andrews, Vincent L. Fenimore, Ines Gonzalez-Casanova, Paula M. Frew, Saad B. Omer, and Fauzia A. Malik
HIV Testing Among Men in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis Between Young People and Adults, Babayemi O. Olakunde, Daniel A. Adeyinka, John O. Olawepo, and Jennifer R. Pharr
Towards the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nigeria: A Health System Prespective of the Achievements and Challenges, Babayemi O. Olakunde, Daniel A. Adeyinka, John O. Olawepo, Jennifer R. Pharr, Chamberline E. Ozigbu, Sabastine Wakdok, Tolu Oladele, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
HIV-Related Risk Behaviors and Testing Among Adolescent Gay and Bisexual Boys in the United States, Babayemi O. Olakunde, Jennifer Pharr, Daniel A. Adeyinka, and Philip Danquah
HIV-Related Risk Behaviors and Testing Among Adolescent Gay and Bisexual Boys in the United States, Babayemi O. Olakunde, Jennifer R. Pharr, Daniel A. Adeyinka, and Philip Danquah
Uptake of Permanent Contraception Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Literature Review of Barriers and Facilitators, Babayemi O. Olakunde, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Tanviben Y. Patel, Aaron T. Hunt, Aurora M. Buffington, Tara D. Phebus, Ebube Onwasigwe, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Health Benefits from Upgrading Public Buses for Cleaner Air: A Case Study of Clark County, Nevada and the United States, John O. Olawepo and L.-W. Antony Chen
Accessibility and Accommodations for Patients with Mobility Disabilities in a Large Healthcare System: How Are We Doing?, Jennifer R. Pharr, Tamara James, and Yeu-Li Yeung
Health Disparities Among Sexual Gender Minority Women in the United States: A Population-Based Study, Jennifer R. Pharr, Axenya Kachen, and Chad Cross
Social Marketing: Changing consumer’s behavior for their good., Jennifer R. Pharr and Nancy L. Lough
Health and Sociodemographic Differences between Individual and Team Sport Participants, Jennifer R. Pharr, Nancy L. Lough, and Mary Angela Terencio
Risk of Cancer Death Among White, Black, and Hispanic Populations in South Florida, Paulo S. Pinheiro, Karen E. Callahan, Tulay Koru-Sengul, Justine Ransdell, Layla Bouzoubaa, Clyde P. Brown, and Erin Kobetz
Do Medicare and Medicaid Payer-Mix Change After the Privatization of Public Hospitals?, Zo Ramamonjiarivelo, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Luceta McRoy, Josue Patien Epane, Ferhat D. Zengul, and Larry Hearld
Exact Confindence Limits for Proportion Difference in Clinical Trials with Bilateral Outcomes, Guogen Shan
Exact Tests for Disease Prevalence Studies With Partially Validated Data, Guogen Shan PhD
Exact Unconditional Tests for Dichotomous Data When Comparing Multiple Treatments With a Single Control, Guogen Shan PhD, Carolee Dodge-Francis Ed.D., and Gregory E. Wilding PhD
Efficient Statistical Inference for a Parallel Study with Missing Data by Using an Exact Method, Guogen Shan, Alan Hutson, Gregory E. Wilding, and Guo-Liang Tian
Rejoinder to "Efficient Statistical Inference for a Parallel Study with Missing Data by using and Exact Method", Guogen Shan and Hua Zhang
Two-Stage Optimal Designs with Survival Endpoint when the Follow-Up Time is Restricted, Guogen Shan and Hua Zhang
Adaptive Two-Stage Optimal Designs for Phase II Clinical Studies that Allow Early Futility Stopping, Guogen Shan, Hua Zhang, and Tao Jiang
Trends and Related Factors of Cannabis-Associated Emergency Department Visits in the United States: 2006-2014, Jay J. Shen, Guogen Shan, Pearl C. Kim, Ji Won Yoo, Carolee Francis-Dodge, and Yong-Jae Lee
Association of Organic Solvents and Occupational Noise on Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Among Adults in the US, 1999-2004, Amanda M. Staudt, Kristina W. Whitworth, Lung-Chang Chien, Lawrence W. Whitehead, and David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras
Annual Variation Among Tree Pollen in Las Vegas From 2015-2018, Asma Tahir, Tanviben Patel Ph.D., Joseph Jean, Mark P. Buttner Ph.D., Dennis Bazylinski Ph.D., and Joram S. Seggev M.D.
The Environmental Impact and Formation of Meals from the Pilot Year of a Las Vegas Convention Food Rescue Program, Samantha To, Courtney Coughenour, and Jennifer Pharr
Health-Information Seeking and Intention to Quit Smoking: Do Health Beliefs Have a Mediating Role?, Soumya Upadhyay, Justin Loard, and Maxim Gakh
Health-Information Seeking and Intention to Quit Smoking: Do Health Beliefs Have a Mediating Role?, Soumya Upadhyay, Justin Lord, and Maxim Gakh
Readmission Rates and Their Impact on Hospital Financial Performance: A Study of Washington Hospitals, Soumya Upadhyay, Amber L. Stephenson, and Dean G. Smith
Post-Overdose Interventions Triggered by Calling 911: Centering the Perspectives of People Who Use Drugs (PWUDs), Karla D. Wagner, Robert W. Harding, Richard Kelley, Brian Labus, Silvia R. Verdugo, Elizabeth Copulsky, Jeanette M. Bowles, Maria Luisa Mittal, and Peter J. Davidson
Gaseous, PM2.5 Mass, and Speciated Emission Factors from Laboratory Chamber Peat Combustion, John G. Watson, Junji Cao, Lung-Wen Antony Chen, Qiyuan Wang, Jie Tian, Xiaoliang Wang, Steven Gronstal, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Adam C. Watts, and Judith C. Chow
Navigating the New:A Case Study on Leading Organizational Change, John Watts
Behavioral Interventions to Increase Condom Use Among College Students in the United States: A Systematic Review, Willandra Whiting, Jennifer R. Pharr, Mark P. Buttner, and Nancy L. Lough
Geospatial Analysis of Refugee Access to Primary Care Physicians in San Antonio, Texas, Nicole L. Wong, Lung-Chang Chien, and Hasanat Alamgir
Trends and Disparities in Self-Reported and Measured Osteoporosis among US Adults, 2007-2014., Qing Wu, Yingke Xu, and Ge Lin
Trends of Hospital Palliative Care Utilization and Its Associated Factors Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the United States From 2005 to 2014, Kaylee G. Yu, Jay J. Shen, Pearl C. Kim, Sun Jung Kim, Se Won Lee, David Byun, Ji Won Yoo, and Jinwook Hwang
PCR Monitoring of Parasitemia during Drug Treatment for Canine Chagas Disease, Chih-Ling Zao, Ya-Chin Yang, Lisa Tomanek, Anthony Cooke, Ron Berger, Lung-Chang Chien, and Roy Madigan
Letter to the Editor: A Novel Confidence Interval for a Single Proportion in the Presence of Clustered Binary Outcome Data (SMMR, 2019), Hua Zhang and Guogen Shan
Two-Stage Bagging Pruning for Reducing the Ensemble Size and Improving the Classification Performance, Hua Zhang, Yujie Song, Bo Jiang, Bi Chen, and Guogen Shan
Multi-Wavelength Light Absorption of Black and Brown Carbon at a High-Altitude Site on the Southeastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau, China, Zhuzi Zhao, Junji Cao, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Antony L.W. Chen, Xiaoliang Wang, Qiyuan Wang, Jie Tian, Zhenxing Shen, Chongshu Zhu, Suixin Liu, Jun Tao, Zhaolian Ye, Ting Zhang, Jiamao Zhou, and Ruixia Tian
Submissions from 2018
Practice and Lived Experience of Menstrual Exiles (Chhaupadi) among Adolescent Girls in Far Western Nepal. December 2018, Prabisha Amatya, Saruna Ghimire, Karen E. Callahan, Binaya Kumar Baral, and Krishna C. Poudel
Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Transitioning for Adolescents Living with HIV in Nigeria: A National Survey, Okikiolu A. Badejo, William A. Menson, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Jennifer Pharr, Salome Erekaha, Tamara Bruno, Gift Nwanne, Olabanjo Ogunsola, Jude Ilozumba, Olusegun Busari, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Non-motor Predictors of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease, Sarah J. Banks, Ece Bayram, Guogen Shan, Denise R. LaBelle, and Brent Bluett
Mercury Contamination in Peregrine Falcons (Falco Peregrinus) in Coastal Washington 2001-2016, Joseph G. Barnes, Daniel E. Varland, Tracy L. Fleming, Joseph B. Buchanan, and Shawn L. Gerstenberger
Perceived Walkability, Social Capital, and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Las Vegas College Students, Melissa Bartshe, Courtney Coughenour, and Jennifer Pharr
Provider Perspectives on Demand Creation for Maternal Vaccines in Kenya, Irina Bergenfeld, Stacy W. Nganga, Courtni A. Andrews, Vincent L. Fenimore, Nancy A. Otieno, Sandra S. Chaves, Jennifer R. Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Winnie N. Wairimu, Susan N. Wandera, Raphael O. Atito, Maxwell O. Adero, and Paula M. Frew
Longitudinal Performance of Plasma Neurofilament Light and Tau in Professional Fighters: The Professional Fighters Brain Health Study, Charles Bernick, Henrik Zetterberg, Guogen Shan, Sarah Banks, and Kaj Blennow
Why Do So Few Consumers Use Health Care Quality Report Cards? A Framework for Understanding the Limited Consumer Impact of Comparative Quality Information, Neeraj Bhandari, Dennis P. Scanlon, Yunfeng Shi, and Rachel A. Smith
Why Do So Few Consumers Use Health Care Quality Report Cards? A Framework for Understanding the Limited Consumer Impact of Comparative Quality Information, Neeraj Bhandari, Dennis P. Scanlon, Yunfeng Shi, and Rachel A. Smith
Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation and Tribal Governments: What’s the Relationship? Culturally responsive Indigenous evaluation and tribal governments: Understanding the relationship, Nicole "Waapalaneexkweew" Bowman and Carolee Dodge-Francis
Sex Moderates the Impact of Diagnosis and Amyloid PET Positivity on Hippocampal Subfield Volume, Jessica Z. K. Caldwell, Jody-Lynn Berg, Guogen Shan, Jeffrey L. Cummings, and Sarah J. Banks
Barriers and Facilitators for Clinical Care Engagement Among HIV-Positive African American and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men, James W. Carey, Neal Carnes, Alisú Schoua-Glusberg, Katherine Kenward, Deborah Gelaude, Damian Denson, Elizabeth Gall, Laura A. Randall, and Paula M. Frew
PM2.5 Source Apportionment Using a Hybrid Environmental Receptor Model, Lung-Wen Anthony Chen and Junji Cao
Lagged Influence of Fine Particulate Matter and Geographic Disparities on Clinic Visits for Children’s Asthma in Taiwan, Lung-Chang Chien, Yu-An Chen, and Hwa-Lung Yu
Disparity of Imputed Data from Small Area Estimate Approaches – A Case Study on Diabetes Prevalence at the County Level in the U.S., Lung-Chang Chien, Ge L. Kan, Xiao Li, and Xingyou Zhang
Disparity of Imputed Data from Small Area Estimate Approaches – A Case Study on Diabetes Prevalence at the County Level in the U.S, Lung-Chang Chien, Ge Lin, Xiao Li, and Xingyou Zhang
Surveillance on the Endemic of Zika Virus Infection by Meteorological Factors in Colombia: A Population-based Spatial and Temporal Study, Lung-Chang Chien, Ro-Ting Lin, Yunqi Liao, Francisco S. Sy, and Adriana Pérez
Measuring the Organic Carbon to Organic Matter Multiplier with Thermal/Optical Carbon-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Analyses, Judith C. Chow, Gustavo M. Riggio, Xiaoliang Wang, L.-W. Antony Chen, and John G. Watson
Separation of Brown Carbon from Black Carbon for IMPROVE and Chemical Speciation Network PM2.5 Samples, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Mark C. Green, Xiaoliang Wang, and Lung-Wang Antony Chen