Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Community Health Sciences faculty.
Submissions from 2019
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
Hidden Protections: Identifying Social Norms Associated with Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Neglect, J. Bart Klika, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, and Jeff Linkenbach
Geospatial Analysis of Refugee Access to Primary Care Physicians in San Antonio, Texas, Nicole L. Wong, Lung-Chang Chien, and Hasanat Alamgir
Submissions from 2018
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
Perceived Walkability, Social Capital, and Self-Reported Physical Activity in Las Vegas College Students, Melissa Bartshe, Courtney Coughenour, and Jennifer Pharr
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
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
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 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
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
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, L.-W. Antony Chen, Dana L. Trimble, Paul M. Cropper, Steven D. Kohl, and Steven B. Gronstal
Healthy Food Options at Dollar Discount Stores Are Equivalent in Quality and Lower in Price Compared to Grocery Stores: An Examination in Las Vegas, NV, Courtney Coughenour, Timothy J. Bungum, and M. Nikki Regalado
Decrease of VOC Emissions from Vehicular Emissions' In Hong Kong from 2003 to 2015: Results from a Tunnel, Study, Long Cui, Xiao Liang Wang, Kin Fai Ho, Yuan Gao, Chang Liu, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Hai Wei Li, Shun Cheng Lee, Xin Ming Wang, Bo Qiong Jiang, Yu Huang, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, and Lung-Wen Chen
Hospitals' Use of Hospitalists: Implications for Financial Performance, Josué Patien Epané MBA, PhD; Robert Weech-Maldonado MBA, PhD; Larry Hearld MBA, MSA, PhD; Nir Menachemi MPH, PhD; Bisakha Sen MBA, PhD; Stephen O'Connor PhD, FACHE; and Zo Ramamonjiarivelo MBA, PhD
Developing a Theoretical Framework for a Complex Maternal–Child Health Intervention: Health Beginning Initiative, Echezona E. Ezeanolue MD, MPH; Jennifer R. Pharr PhD; Dina V. Patel MSN, APRN, PNP; Chinenye O. Ezeanolue MD; Michael C. Obiefune MD; Amaka G. Ogidi MEd; and John E. Ehiri PhD
Gaps And Strategies In Developing Health Research Capacity: Experience From The Nigeria Implementation Science Alliance, E E. Ezeanolue, W NA Menson, D Patel, G Aarons, A Olutola, M Obiefune, P Dakum, P Okonkwo, B Gobir, T Akinmurele, A Nwandu, H Khamofu, B Oyeledun, M Aina, A Eyo, O Oleribe, I Ibanga, J Oko, C Anyaike, J Idoko, M H. Aliyu, and R Sturke
Traumatic Life Events and Development of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among Female Factory Workers in a Developing Country, Taylor Jannelle Fitch, Xiao Yu, Lung-Chang Chien, Mohammad Monjurul Karim, and Hasanat Alamgir
Traumatic Life Events And Development Of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Among Female Factory Workers In A Developing Country, T J. Fitch, X Yu, L C. Chien, M M. Karim, and H Alamgir
How Have States Used Executive Orders to Address Public Health?, Maxim Gakh JD, MPH; Karen Callahan MPH; Aaliyah Goodie BS; and Lainie Rutkow PhD, JD, MPH
Youth Swimming Ability and Associated Factors in the United States, 2010-17, Carol C. Irwin, Jennifer R. Pharr, Richard L. Irwin, and Todd E. Layne
Disparities in Tobacco Use by Adolescents in Southeast, Nigeria Using Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) Approach, Ijeoma U. Itanyi, Chika N. Onwasigwe, Scott McIntosh, Tamara Bruno, Deborah Ossip, Emmanuel A. Nwobi, Chima A. Onoka, and Echezona Ezeanolue
Acceptability of an Adapted HIV Prevention Intervention for Native American Adolescents, Crystal Lee, Melva Thompson-Robinson, and Carolee Dodge Francis
Nonlinear Associations Between Working Hours and Overwork-Related Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Diseases (CCVD), Ro-Ting Lin, Lung-Chang Chien, and Ichiro Kawachi
Bibliometric Analysis of Gaps in Research on Asbestos-Related Diseases: Declining Emphasis on Public Health Over 26 Years, Ro-Ting Lin, Matthew John Soeberg, Lung-Chang Chien, Scott Fisher, Jukka Takala, Richard Lemen, Tim Driscoll, and Ken Takahashi
Identifying Consumers Who Search for Long-term Care on the Web: Latent Class Analysis, Darren Liu MHA, MS, DrPH; Takashi Yamashita MPH, PhD; and Betty Burston
Does Exam-targeted Training Help Village Doctors Pass the Certified (Assistant) Physician Exam and Improve Their Practical Skills? A Cross-sectional Analysis of Village Doctors' Perspectives in Changzhou in Eastern China, Xiaohong Li, Jay J. Shen, Fang Yao, Chunxin Jiang, Fengshui Chang, Fengfeng Hao, and Jun Lu
Efficacy of an Exercise Intervention Among Children with Comorbid Asthma and Obesity, Jennifer A. Lucas, Sheniz Moonie, Mary Beth Hogan, and William N. Evans
Measuring the Impact of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Programs: Evaluating Hazard Reduction Using the Healthy Home Rating System, Erika Marquez MPH, PhD; Amanda Sokolowsky MPH; Erin Sheehy MPH; Josh Huebner; Casey Barber; and Shawn Gerstenberger
Landlord--Tenant Hotline Study: Characterizing Environmental Hazards in Renter-Occupied Units in Clark County, Nevada, Melissa J. Marshall MPH, Amanda N. Sokolowsky MPH, Mackenzie S. Burns PhD, and Shawn L. Gerstenberger
Nevada’s Medicaid Expansion and Admissions for Ambulatory Care–sensitive Conditions, Olena Mazurenko MD, PhD; Jay Shen; Guogen Shan; and Joseph Greenway
Reliability of Self-Reported Mobile Phone Ownership in Rural North-Central Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study, William Nii Ayitey Menson MD, PhD; John Olajide Olawepo MSc, MD; Tamara Bruno MPH; Semiu Olatunde Gbadamosi MD, MPH; Nannim Fazing Nalda MPH; Victor Anyebe MD; Amaka Ogidi MEd; Chima Onoka MPH, PhD, MD; John Okpanachi Oko MD; and Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue MD, MPH
Biomedical Informatics Applications for Precision Management of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Justin B. Miller, Guogen Shan, Joseph Lombardo, and Gustavo Jimenez-Maggoria
Challenges for the Clinician: Physical Activity among Severe Asthmatic Patients with Comorbid Obesity, Sheniz Moonie PhD and Mary Beth Hogan
Factors Associated with Rapid Readmission Among Nevada State Psychiatric Hospital Patients, Christopher Owen Moore, Sheniz Moonie, and Julia Anderson
Effects of Index Client and Geo-targeting on HIV Case Identification: An Observational Study, E. Oladele, William Menson, O-O Badejo, E. Onwasigwe, I. Iyamu, A. Olarinoye, C. Agbakwuru, T. Bruno, H. Khamofu, and EE Ezeanolue
The Use of Social Marketing Campaigns to Increase HIV Testing Uptake: A Systematic Review, John O. Olawepo, Jennifer R. Pharr, and Axenya Kachen
Variation in Airborne Pollen Concentrations among Five Monitoring Locations in a Desert Urban Environment, Tanviben Y. Patel, Mark P. Buttner, David Rivas, Chad L. Cross, Dennis A. Bazylinski, and Joram S. Seggev
An Assessment of the Relationship of Physical Activity, Obesity, and Chronic Diseases/Conditions between Active/Obese and Sedentary/Normal Weight American Women in a National Sample, Jennifer Pharr, Courtney Coughenour, and Timothy J. Bungum
Predictors of Swimming Ability among Children and Adolescents in the United States, Jennifer Pharr, Carol Irwin, Todd Layne, and Richard Irwin
An Assessment of the Relationship of Physical Activity, Obesity, and Chronic Diseases/Conditions between Active/Obese and Sedentary/Normal Weight American Women in a National Sample, Jennifer P. Pharr, Courtney A. Coughenour, and Timothy Bungum
Correction: Adolescent Coordinated Transition (act) To Improve Health Outcomes Among Young People Living With Hiv In Nigeria: Study Protocol For A Randomized Controlled Trial. [trials. 18, (2017) (595)] Doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2347-z, N A. Sam-Agudu, J R. Pharr, T Bruno, C L. Cross, L J. Cornelius, P Okonkwo, B Oyeledun, H Khamofu, A Olutola, S Erekaha, W NA Menson, and E E. Ezeanolue
Accurate Unconditional P-values For A Two-arm Study With Binary Endpoints, G Shan, L Kang, M Xiao, H Zhang, and T Jiang
Exact Confidence Limits for the Probability of Response in Two-stage Designs, Guogen Shan
Statistical Advances in Clinical Trials and Clinical Research, Guogen Shan, Sarah Banks, Justin B. Miller, Aaron Ritter, Charles Bernick, Joseph Lombardo, and Jeffrey L. Cummings
Determining Sample Size for a Binary Diagnostic Test in the Presence of Verification Bias, Guogen Shan, Hua Zhang, and Tao Jiang
Life-Sustaining Procedures, Palliative Care Consultation, and Do-Not Resuscitate Status in Dying Patients With COPD in US Hospitals, Jay J. Shen PhD, Eunjeong Ko PhD, Pearl Kim, Sun Jung Kim PhD, Yong-Jae Lee MD, Hoon Lee, and Ji Won Yoo
Birth History as a Predictor of Adverse Birth Outcomes: Evidence from State Vital Statistics Data, Dejun Su, Kaeli Samson, Ashvita Garg, Corrine Hanson, Ann L. Anderson Berry, Ge Lin Kan, and Ming Qu
Burden And Management Of Noncommunicable Diseases After Earthquakes And Tsunamis, A Suneja, M Gakh, and L Rutkow
Limited Contribution of Health Behaviours to Expanding Income-Related Chronic Disease Disparities Based on a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study in China, Qing Wang; Jay J, Shen; and Kaitlyn Frakes
Income, Occupation And Education: Are They Related To Smoking Behaviors In China?, Q Wang, J J. Shen, M Sotero, C A. Li, and Z Hou
Social Health Insurance Difference In Inpatient Expenditure And Service Category In China, Q Wang, J Shen, J Rice, and K Frakes
Hong Kong Vehicle Emission Changes from 2003 to 2015 in the Shing Mun Tunnel, Xiaoliang Wang, Kin-Fai Ho, Judith C. Chow, Steven D. Kohl, Chi Sing Chan, Long Cui, Shun-cheng Frank Lee, Lung-Wen Antony Chen, Steven Sai Hang Ho, Yan Cheng, and John G. Watson
Association Between Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention During Routine Check-ups and Alcohol Consumption Among Adults Living in California, G. Kilian Wells, Sheniz Moonie, and Jennifer Pharr
Effects of Peer Sexual Health Education on College Campuses: A Systematic Review, Tara Wong, Jennifer R. Pharr MPH, Tim Bungum DrPH, Courtney Coughenour PhD, and Nancy L. Lough
Microbial Contamination of Privacy Curtains in the Emergency Department of a Metropolitan Hospital, David R. Woodard, Mark Buttner, P. Cruz, and J. Roeder
Depression and Risk of Fracture and Bone Loss: An Updated Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies, Qing Wu, B. Liu, and S. Tonmoy
Depression And Risk Of Fracture And Bone Loss: An Updated Meta-analysis Of Prospective Studies, Q Wu, B Liu, and S Tonmoy
Genetic Profiling of Decreased Bone Mineral Density in an Independent Sample of Caucasian Women, X. Xiao, D. Roohani, and Qing Wu
Thiazide Diuretic Usage and Risk of Fracture: A Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies, X. Xiao, Y. Wu, and Qing Wu
Thiazide Diuretic Usage and Risk of Fracture: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies, X. Xiao, Y. Xu, and Qing Wu
Decreasing Trend of Bone Mineral Density in US Multiethnic Population: Analysis of Continuous NHANES 2005–2014, Y. Xu and Qing Wu
Submissions from 2017
Compact and Hilbert–Schmidt Differences of Weighted Composition Operators, S Acharyya and Z Wu
Retrospective case series analysis of characteristics and trends in unintentional pharmaceutical drug poisoning by methadone, opioid analgesics, antidepressants and benzodiazepines in Clark County, NV 2009-13, T Bruno and J R. Pharr
PM2.5 Source Apportionment Using a Hybrid Environmental Receptor Model, L W. Chen, X Wang, J C. Chow, J G. Watson, and J Cao
Physical Inactivity Displays a Mediator Role in the Association of Diabetes and Poverty: A Spatiotemporal Analysis, Lung-Chang Chien, Xiao Li, and Amanda Staudt
Increasing HIV testing among pregnant women in Nigeria: evaluating the traditional birth attendant and primary health center integration (TAP-In) model, A F. Chizoba, J R. Pharr, G Oodo, E Ezeobi, J Ilozumb, J Egharevba, E E. Ezeanolue, and A Nwandu
Are single entry communities and cul-de-sacs a barrier to active transport to school in 11 elementary schools in Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area?, C Coughenour, S Clark, A Singh, and J Huebner
Examining racial bias as a potential factor in pedestrian crashes, Courtney A. Coughenour, Sheila Clark, Ashok K. Singh, Eudora Claw, James Abelar, and Joshua Huebner
Blueprint for sustainable change in diversity management and cultural competence: Lessons from the National Center for Healthcare Leadership diversity demonstration project, J L. Dreachslin, R Weech Maldonado, L R. Jordan, J Gail, J P. Epane, and J A. Wainio
Insights into How HIAs are Characterized in the Press: Findings from a Media Analysis of Widely Circulated United States Newspapers, Max Gakh, Courtney Coughenour, Jennifer Pharr, Aaliyah Goodie, and Samantha To
Timely reminder interventions to improve annual Papanicolaou (Pap) smear rates among HIV-infected women in an outpatient center of southern Nevada: a short report, V Ganta, S Moonie, D Patel, A T. Hunt, J Richardson, D Di John, and E E. Ezeanolue
Extracting recent weighted-based patterns from uncertain temporal databases, W Gan, J C.W Lin, P Fournier Viger, H C. Chao, J M.T. Wu, and J Zhan
Review of Education-Focused Health Impact Assessments Conducted in the United States, L N. Gase, A R. DeFosset, M Gakh, C Harris, S R. Weisman, and A L. Dannenberg
Biomarkers of Cognitive Impairment: Brain Cortical Thickness, Volumetrics, and Cerebrospinal Fluid, Ladan Ghazi-Saidi PhD; Ryan R. Walsh MD, PhD; Guogen Shan; and Sarah J. Banks
Determining Childhood Blood Lead Level Screening Compliance Among Physicians, A Haboush Deloye, E R. Marquez, and S L. Gerstenberger
Male Partner Involvement on Initiation and Sustainment of Exclusive Breastfeeding among HIV-Infected Post-Partum Women: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial, Dorothy Ihekuna, Neal Rosenburg, William N. A. Menson, Semiu Olatunde Gbadamosi, John O. Olawepo, Adaeze Chike-Okoli, Chad Cross, Chima Onoka, and Echezona Ezeanolue
Male Partner Involvement on Initiation and Sustainment of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among HIV-infected Post-partum Women: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial, Dorothy Ihekuna, Neal S. Rosenburg, William Nii Ayitey Menson, Semiu Olatunde Gbadamosi, John Olajide Olawepo, Adaeze Chike-Okoli, Chad L. Cross, Chima Ariel Onoka, and Echezona Edozie Ezeanolue
Interventions to Reduce Loss to Follow-up During All Stages of the HIV Care Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review, J Keane, J R. Pharr, M P. Buttner, and E E. Ezeanolue
Efficient Mining of Multiple Fuzzy Frequent Itemsets, J C.W. Lin, T Li, P Fournier Viger, T P. Hong, J M.T Wu, and J Zhan
Cost-Effective but Unaffordable and Unequal Hepatitis C Treatment in the US, X Liu, J J. Shen, J L. Lee, and J W. Yoo
Effective interventions to improve young adults’ linkage to HIV care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review, B O. Mavegam, J R. Pharr, P Cruz, and E E. Ezeanolue
Association of medication errors with drug classifications, clinical units, and consequence of errors: Are they related?, M Muroi, J J. Shen, and A Angosta
Sleep duration associated with cardiovascular conditions among adult Nevadans, B L. Pergola, S Moonie, J Pharr, T Bungum, and J L. Anderson
Health impact assessment as an instrument to examine the health implications of education policies, J Pharr, M Gakh, C Coughenour, and S Clark
A cross-sectional study of the role of HIV/AIDS knowledge in risky sexual behaviors of adolescents in Nigeria, J R. Pharr, V Enejoh, B O. Mavegam, A Olutola, H Karick, and E E. Ezeanolue
Adolescent Coordinated Transition (ACT) to improve health outcomes among young people living with HIV in Nigeria: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, N A. Sam Agudu, J R. Pharr, T Bruno, C L. Cross, L J. Cornelius, P Okonkwo, B Oyeledun, H Khamofu, A Olutola, S Erekaha, W N.A. Menson, and E E. Ezeanolue
Impact of School Garden Participation on the Health Behaviors of Children, Stefanie Schneider, Jennifer Pharr, and Timothy Bungum
Comments on ‘Two-sample binary phase 2 trials with low type I error and low sample size’, G Shan
Optimal inference for Simon's two-stage design with over or under enrollment at the second stage, G Shan and J J. Chen
Fisher’s exact approach for post hoc analysis of a chi-squared test, G Shan and S Gerstenberger
Optimal Inference for Simon's Two-Stage Design with Over or Under Enrollment at the Second Stage, Guogen Shan and John J. Chen
Exact one-sided confidence limits for Cohen's kappa as a measurement of agreement, G Shan and W Wang
Exact unconditional sample size determination for paired binary data (letter commenting: J Clin Epidemiol. 2015;68:733-739), G Shan and H Zhang
Efficient confidence limits for adaptive one-arm two-stage clinical trials with binary endpoints, G Shan, H Zhang, and T Jiang
Different Dimensions: Internalized Homonegativity Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Deep South, S W. Smallwood, S M. Spencer, L A. Ingram, J F. Thrasher, and M V. Thompson-Robinson