This collection includes articles written by the faculty of the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health about environmental health risks including lead poisoning, invasive species, polychlorinated biphenyls (PBCs)
Submissions from 2016
Changes in Inflammatory and Bone Turnover Markers After Periodontal Disease Treatment in Patients With Diabetes, K E. Izuora, E E. Ezeanolue, M F. Neubauer, C L. Gewelber, G L. Allenback, G Shan, and G E. Umpierrez
Examining the gastric cancer survival gap between Asians and whites in the United States, Hongbin Jin, Paulo S. Pinheiro, Karen E. Callahan, and Sean F. Altekruse
Cancer incidence among Asian American populations in the United States, 2009-2011, Hongbin Jin, Paulo S. Pinheiro, Jianbo Xu, and Amei Amei
Colorectal Cancer Trends in California and the Need for Greater Screening of Hispanic Men, R P. Martinsen, C R. Morris, Paulo Pinheiro, A Parikh-Patel, and K W. Kizer
Educators' Perceptions Associated with School Garden Programs in Clark County, Nevada: Practices, Resources, Benefits and Barriers, Tomomi Murakami, Jennifer Pharr, and Timothy Bungum
Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality in Heart Failure Patients: Does Rurality, Payer or Admission Source Matter?, P Nayar, F Yu, A Chandak, Ge Lin Kan, B Lowes, and B A. Apenteng
Comparative Analysis of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) Short Scale and the Five Categories of Vaccine Acceptance Identified by Gust et al., Omolade Oladejo, Kristen Allen, Avnika Amin, Paula M. Frew, Robert A. Bednarczyk, and Saad B. Omer
Examining the relationship between sport and health among USA women: An analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Jennifer Pharr and N L. Lough
Linkage to care, early infant diagnosis, and perinatal transmission among infants born to HIV-infected nigerian mothers: Evidence from the healthy beginning initiative, Jennifer Pharr, M C. Obiefune, C O. Ezeanolue, A Osuji, A G. Ogidi, S Gbadamosi, D Patel, J Iwelunmor, W Yang, G Ogedegbe, J E. Ehiri, N A. Sam-Agudu, and E E. Ezeanolue
Building Tomorrow’s Tribal Public Health Workforce, Jennifer R. Pharr and Michelle Chino-Kelly
Examining the Relationship between Sport and Health among USA Women: An Analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Jennifer R. Pharr and Nancy L. Lough
Black heterogeneity in cancer mortality: US-blacks, Haitians, and Jamaicans, Paulo Pinheiro, K E. Callahan, C Ragin, R W. Hage, T Hylton, and E N. Kobetz
Willingness to Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis among Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men in Atlanta, Georgia, Charlotte-Paige Rolle, Eli S. Rosenberg, Nicole Luisi, Jeremy Grey, Travis Sanchez, Carlos del Rio, John L. Peterson, Paula M. Frew, Patrick S. Sullivan, and Colleen F. Kelley
Seeking wider access to HIV testing for adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa, N A. Sam-Agudu, M O. Folayan, and Echezona Ezeanolue
Building Sustainable Local Capacity for Global Health Research in West Africa, N A. Sam-Agudu, E Paintsil, M H. Aliyu, A Kwara, F Ogunsola, Y A. Afrane, C Onoka, G A. Awandare, G Amponsah, L J. Cornelius, G Mendy, R Sturke, A Ghansah, G K. Siberry, and Echezona Ezeanolue
Exact confidence intervals for randomized response strategies, Guogen Shan
Exact sample size determination for the ratio of two incidence rates under the Poisson distribution, Guogen Shan
Boundary problem in Simon’s two-stage clinical trial designs, Guogen Shan, John J. Chen, and Changxing Ma
Sample size calculation based on efficient unconditional tests for clinical trials with historical controls, Guogen Shan, S Moonie, and J Shen
Optimal adaptive two-stage designs for early phase II clinical trials, Guogen Shan, G E. Wilding, A D. Hutson, and S Gerstenberger
Minimax and admissible adaptive two-stage designs in phase II clinical trials, Guogen Shan, H Zhang, and T Jiang
Exact p-Values for Simon’s Two-Stage Designs in Clinical Trials, Guogen Shan, H Zhang, T Jiang, H Peterson, D Young, and C Ma
Geographic variability in gestational weight gain: A multilevel population-based study of women having term births in Florida (2005-2012), M Tabet, E Nelson, M Schootman, Lung-Chang Chien, and J J. Chang
Atmospheric deposition of particles at a sensitive alpine lake: Size-segregated daily and annual fluxes from passive sampling techniques, A Y. C. Tai, Lung Wen Chen, X Wang, J C. Chow, and J G. Watson
Classifying Human Activity Patterns from Smartphone Collected GPS data: a Fuzzy Classification and Aggregation Approach, Neng Wan and Ge Lin
Parkinson's Disease and Pesticides Exposure: New Findings From a Comprehensive Study in Nebraska, USA, N Wan and Ge Lin Kan
Addressing location uncertainties in GPS-based activity monitoring: A methodological framework, N Wan, Ge Lin Kan, and G Wilson
Source apportionment: Principles and methods, J G. Watson, J C. Chow, Lung-Wen Chen, G Engling, and X L. Wang
Advanced detection methods for Thermal/Optical analysis of IMPROVE samples, J G. Watson, G M. Riggio, X Wang, Lung-Wen Chen, X Yang, J Diab, R Zimmermann, and J C. Chow
Using the Health Belief Model to Identify Perceived Barriers to Mammography Re-Screening among African-American Women, Brittny Wells and Melva V. Thompson-Robinson
Understanding Chinese tourists’ food consumption in the United States, K Wu, C Raab, W Chang, and A Krishen
Depression and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Death, Qing Wu and J M. Kling
Bone marrow stromal cell therapy for ischemic stroke: A meta-analysis of randomized control animal trials, Qing Wu, Yuexiang Wang, Bart M. Demaerschalk, Saruna Ghimire, Kay E. Wellik, and Wenchun Qu
Inter-annual variability of wintertime PM2.5 chemical composition in Xi’an, China: Evidences of changing source emissions, Hongmei Xu, Junji Cao, Judith C. Chow, R.-J. Huang, Zhenxing Shen, L.-W. Antony Chen, Kin Fai Ho, and John G. Watson
Inter-Annual Variability of Wintertime PM2.5 Chemical Composition in Xi’an, China: Evidences of Changing Source Emissions, Hongmei Xu, Junji Cao, Judith C. Chow, R.-J. Huang, Zhenxing Shen, L.-W. Antony Chen, Kin Fai Ho, and John G. Watson
Cross-Sectional Examination of Patient and Therapist Factors Affecting Participation in Physical Therapy in Acute Care Hospital Settings, Daniel Young, Sheniz Moonie, and Timothy J. Bungum
Do ’Surgical Helmet Systems’ or ’Body Exhaust Suits’ Affect Contamination and Deep Infection Rates in Arthroplasty? A Systematic Review, Simon W. Young, Mark Zhu, Otis C. Shirley, Qing Wu, and Mark J. Spangehl
Identification of hot spots in protein structures using Gaussian network model and Gaussian naive bayes, H Zhang, T Jiang, and Guogen Shan
On Moran's i coefficient under heterogeneity, T Zhang and Ge Lin Kan
Black Carbon Aerosols at Mt. Muztagh Ata, a High-Altitude Location inthe Western Tibetan Plateau, Chong-Shu Zhu, Jun-Ji Cao, Bai-Qing Xu, Ru-Jin Huang, Ping Wang, Kin-Fai Ho, Zhen-Xing Shen Sui-Xin, Sui-Xin Liu, Yong-Ming Han, Xue-Xi Tie Zhu-Zi, Zhao, and Lung-Wen Antony Chen
Submissions from 2015
A Grounded Theory Study of Nurse Managers' Preferences in Hiring Newly Licensed RNs, Susan C. Adamek, Lori L. Candela, and Carolee Dodge Francis
A Neonate with Deformities of the Bilateral Lower Extremities and Bowel and Urinary Incontinence., Tiffany Aman, Dahna Reyes, Francis Banfro, and Echezona Ezeanolue
Perceptions of Community HIV/STI Risk Among U.S Women Living in Areas with High Poverty and HIV Prevalence Rates, Oni J. Blackstock, Paula M. Frew, Dorothy Bota, Linda Vo-Green, Danielle F. Haley, Kim Parker, Julie Franks, Jessica Justman, Carol E. Golin, Jing Wang, Sharon B. Mannheimer, Sally Hodder, Irene Kuo, Adaora A. Adimora, Anne Rompalo, and Lydia Suto-Torres
Culturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation: A Practical Approach for Evaluating Indigenous Projects in Tribal Reservation Contexts, Nicole R. Bowman, Carolee Dodge Francis, and Monique Tyndall
Full Day Kindergarten in Nevada: A Health Impact Assessment, K Callahan, S Clark, L Coker, C Coughenour, M Gakh, and Jennifer R. Pharr
Factors Associated with Intention to Receive Influenza and Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccines during Pregnancy: A Focus on Vaccine Hesitancy and Perceptions of Disease Severity and Vaccine Safety, Allison T. Chamberlain, Katherine Seib, Kevin A. Ault, Walter A. Orenstein, Paula M. Frew, Fauzia Malik, Marielysse Cortés, Pat Cota, Ellen A. S. Whitney, Lisa C. Flowers, Ruth L. Berkelman, and Saad B. Omer
Improving Influenza and Tdap Vaccination during Pregnancy: A Cluster-randomized Trial of a Multi-component Antenatal Vaccine Promotion Package in Late Influenza Season, A. T. Chamberlain, K. Seib, K. A. Ault, E. S. Rosenberg, Paula M. Frew, M. Cortés, E. A. S. Whitney, R. L. Berkelman, W. A. Orenstein, and S. B. Omer
Multi-Wavelength Optical Measurement to Enhance Thermal/Optical Analysis for Carbonaceous Aerosol, L.-W. A. Chen, J. C. Chow, X. L. Wang, J. A. Robles, B. J. Sumlin, D. H. Lowenthal, R. Zimmermann, and J. G. Watson
Renewable Hydrogen Production from Bio-oil in an Aerosol Pyrolysis System, L.W. Antony Chen, Jerome A. Robles, Judith C. Chow, and S. Kent Hoekman
Mass Reconstruction Methods for PM2.5: A Review, Judith C. Chow, Douglas H. Lowenthal, L.-W. Antony Chen, Xiaoliang Wang, and John G. Watson
Optical Calibration and Equivalence of a Multiwavelength Thermal/Optical Carbon Analyzer, Judith C. Chow, Xiaoliang Wang, Benjamin J. Sumlin, Steven B. Gronstal, L.-W. Antony Chen, Dana L. Trimble, Steven D. Kohl, Sierra R. Mayorga, Gustavo Riggio, Patrick R. Hurbain, Megan Johnson, Ralf Zimmermann, and John G. Watson
Characterization of Ambient PM10 Bioaerosols in a California Agricultural Town, Judith C. Chow, Xufei Yang, Xiaoliang Wang, Steven D. Kohl, Patrick R. Hurbain, L.-W. Antony Chen, and John G. Watson
Happy Trails: The Effect of a Media Campaign on Urban Trail use in Southern Nevada, Sheila Clark, Tim Bungum, Mindy Meacham, and Lisa Coker
Hyphenation of a EC / OC Thermal-Optical Carbon Analyzer to Photo Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: A New Off-Line Aerosol Mass Spectrometric Approach for Characterization of Primary and Secondary Particulate Matter, J. Diab, T. Streibel, F. Cavalli, S. C. Lee, H. Saathoff, A. Mamakos, J. C. Chow, L.-W. A. Chen, J. G. Watson, and O. Sippula
Impact of self esteem on risky sexual behaviors among Nigerian adolescents, Victor Enejoh, Jennifer Pharr, Bertille Octavie Mavegam, Ayodotun Olutola, Haruna Karick, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Impact of male partner’s awareness and support for contraceptives on female intent to use contraceptives in southeast Nigeria, Echezona E. Ezeanolue, Juliet Iwelunmor, Ibitola Asaolu, Michael C. Obiefune, Chinenye O. Ezeanolue, Alice Osuji, Amaka G. Ogidi, Aaron T. Hunt, Dina Patel, Wei Yang, and John E. Ehiri
Effect of a Congregation-Based Intervention on Uptake of HIV Testing and Linkage to Care in Pregnant Women in Nigeria (Baby Shower): A Cluster Randomised Trial, Echezona E. Ezeanolue, Michael C. Obiefune, Chinenye O. Ezeanolue, John E. Ehiri, Alice Osuji, Amaka G. Ogidi, Aaron T. Hunt, Dina Patel, Wei Yang, Jennifer Pharr, and Gbenga Ogedegbe
Why are Children Still Being Infected with HIV? Impact of an Integrated Public Health and Clinical Practice Intervention on Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007-2012., Echezona Ezeanolue, Jennifer R. Pharr, A Hunt, D Patel, and D Jackson
Knowledge and Awareness of Personal Sickle Cell Genotype Among Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Southeast Nigeria, O U. Ezenwosu, B F. Chukwu, A N. Ikefuna, A T. Hunt, J Keane, I J. Emodi, and Echezona Ezeanolue
An Integrated Service Delivery Model to Identify Persons Living with HIV and to Provide Linkage to HIV Treatment and Care in Prioritized Neighborhoods: A Geotargeted, Program Outcome Study, Paula M. Frew, Matthew Archibald, Jay Schamel, Diane Saint-Victor, Elizabeth Fox, Neena Smith-Bankhead, Dazon Dixon Diallo, Marcia M. Holstad, and Carlos del Rio
Delivering a “Dose of Hope”: A Faith-Based Program to Increase Older African Americans’ Participation in Clinical Trials, Paula M. Frew, Saad B. Omer, Kimberly Parker, Marcus Bolton, Jay Schamel, Eve Shapiro, Lauren Owens, Diane Saint-Victor, Sahithi Boggavarapu, Nikia Braxton, Matthew Archibald, Ameeta S. Kalokhe, Takeia Horton, Christin M. Root, Vincent L. Fenimore, and Aaron M. Anderson
Results of a Community Randomized Study of a Faith-Based Education Program to Improve Clinical Trial Participation among African Americans, Paula M. Frew, Jay T. Schamel, Kelli A. O'Connell, Laura A. Randall, and Sahithi Boggavarapu
Population-Based Prevalence of Malaria Among Pregnant Women in Enugu State, Nigeria: the Healthy Beginning Initiative., J K. Gunn, J E. Ehiri, E T. Jacobs, K C. Ernst, S Pettygrove, L N. Kohler, S D. Haenchen, M C. Obiefune, C O. Ezeanolue, A G. Ogidi, and Echezona Ezeanolue
Regression to the Mean and Changes in Risk Behavior Following Study Enrollment in a Cohort of U.S. Women at Risk for HIV, James P. Hughes, Danielle F. Haley, Paula M. Frew, Carol E. Golin, Adaora A. Adimora, Irene Kuo, Jessica Justman, Lydia Soto-Torres, Jing Wang, and Sally Hodder
Integrating Mental Health Screening into Routine Community Maternal and Child Health Activity: Experience from Prevention of Mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) trial in Nigeria., Theddeus Iheanacho, Michael Obiefune, Chinenye O. Ezeanolue, Gbenga Ogedegbe, Okey C. Nwanyanwu, John E. Ehiri, Jude Ohaeri, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Understanding Factors that Influence Fear of Drowning in Children and Adolescents, Carol C. Irwin, Jennifer R. Pharr, and Richard Irwin
Comorbidity and Survival in Lung Cancer Patients, KM Islam, Xiaqing Jiang, and Ge L. Kan
Impact of Periodontal Disease on Outcomes in Diabetes, Kenneth Izuora, Echezona Ezeanolue, Karen Schlauch, Michael Neubauer, Civon Gewelber, and Guillermo Umpierrez
Effect of Periodontal Disease Treatment on Inflammation and Bone Turnover Markers in Patients with Diabetes, Kenneth Izuora, Echezona Ezeanolue, Guogen Shan, Michael F. Neubauer, Civon L. Gewelber, and Guillermo Umpierrez
The Effect of High Rates of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections on HIV Incidence in a Cohort of Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men in Atlanta, Georgia, Colleen F. Kelley, Adam S. Vaughan, Nicole Luisi, Travis H. Sanchez, Laura F. Salazar, Paula M. Frew, Hannah L. F. Cooper, Ralph Diclemente, Carlos del Rio, Patrick S. Sullivan, and Eli S. Rosenberg
Homogeneity Test for Correlated Binary Data, Changxing Ma, Guogen Shan, and Song Liu
Analyzing U.S. Nurse Turnover: Are Nurses Leaving their Jobs or the Profession Itself?, Olena Mazurenko, Gouri Gupte, and Guogen Shan
Reducing the Radiation Dose for Computed Tomography Colonography Using Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction., P J. Millerd, R G. Paden, J T. Lund, A K. Hara, W L. Stiles, M He, Qing Wu, and C D. Johnson
Longitudinal trends in asthma health care use in Southern Nevada, Sheniz Monnie, Joram S. Seggev, Guogen Shan, Brianna Pergola, and Masaru Teramoto
Violence Against Women in Selected Areas of the United States, Brooke E. E. Montgomery, Anne Rompalo, James Hughes, Jing Wang, Danielle Haley, Lydia Soto-Torres, Wairimu Chege, Jessica Justman, Irene Kuo, Carol Golin, Paula M. Frew, Sharon Mannheimer, and Sally Hodder
Personalized medicine in the era of genomics: An Exciting Time for Today's Practice, Michael A. Nasiak, Xiangning Chen, Qing Wu, Mira Han, Justin Zhan, Jingchun Chen, Jenica Abrudan, and Martin R. Schiller
Nevada State Cancer Plan: 2016-2020 Refining Strategies for the Future of Cancer Control in Nevada, Nevada Cancer Coalition, State of Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public and Behavioral Health, and Paulo M. Pinheiro
Emission Characteristics of Carbonaceous Particles and Trace Gases from Open Burning of Crop Residues in China, Haiyan Ni, Yongming Han, Junji Cao, L.-W. Antony Chen, Jie Tian, Xiaoliang Wang, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Qiyuan Wang, and Ping Wang
A Comparison of the J-1 Visa Waiver and Loan Repayment Programs in the Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Nebraska, Samuel T. Opoku, Betty A. Apenteng, Ge L. Kan, Li-Wu Chen, David Palm, and Thomas Rauner
Impact of HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) Knowledge on HIV Prevention Practices Among Traditional Birth Attendants in Nigeria, Alice Osuji, Jennifer R. Pharr, Uche Nwokoro, Anulika Ike, Christiana Ali, Ogheneaga Ejiro, John Osuyali, Michael Obiefune, Kevin Fiscella, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Angiosarcoma of the Scalp and Face: the Mayo Clinic Experience, Samir H. Patel, Richard E. Hayden, Michael L. Hinni, W W. Wong, R L. Foote, S Milani, Qing Wu, S J. Ko, and M Y. Halyard
Ebola Outbreak in Nigeria: Increasing Ebola Knowledge of Volunteer Health Advisors, Unnati Patel, Jennifer R. Pharr, Chidi Ihesiaba, Frances U. Oduenyi, Aaron T. Hunt, Dina Patel, Michael Obiefune, Nkem Chukwumerije, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
Relationship Between Health Locus of Control and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Nigerian Adolescents, Jennifer R. Pharr and Victor Enejoh
Barriers to HIV testing among young men who have sex with men (MSM): Experiences from Clark County, Nevada, Jennifer R. Pharr, Nancy L. Lough, and Echezona E. Ezeanolue
No Increased Risk for Mesothelioma in Relation to Natural-Occurring Asbestos in Southern Nevada., P S. Pinheiro and H Jin
Kinematic Analysis of Wrist Motion During Simulated Colonoscopy in First-Year Gastroenterology Fellows, Shiva K. Ratuapli, Kevin C. Ruff, Francisco C. Ramirez, Qing Wu, Deepika Mohankumar, Marco Santello, and David E. Fleischer
Risk Stratification for Cardiovascular Disease in Women in the Primary Care Setting., R R. Roy, R T. Hurst, S J. Lester, C Kendall, C Baxter, Qing Wu, J Borovansky, J Files, P Panse, and S Wilansky
Feasibility of Ultra-Low Radiation Dose Reduction for Renal Stone CT Using Model-Based Iterative Reconstruction: Prospective Pilot Study, J Scott Kriegshauser, S G. Naidu, R G. Paden, M He, Qing Wu, and A K. Hara
Exact Statistical Inference for Categorical Data, Guogen Shan
Improved Confidence Intervals for the Youden Index, Guogen Shan
Efficient Noninferiority Testing Procedures for Simultaneously Assessing Sensitivity and Specificity of Two Diagnostic Tests, Guogen Shan, Amei Amei, and Daniel Young
Cancer Statistics for Hispanics/Latinos, 2015, Rebecca L. Siegel, Stacey A. Fedewa, Kimberly D. Miller, Ann Goding-Sauer, Paulo S. Pinheiro, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, and Ahmedin Jemal
Examining the Relationships Between Religiosity, Spirituality, Internalized Homonegativity, and Condom Use Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Deep South, Stacy W. Smallwood, S Melinda Spencer, Lucy Annang Ingram, Jim F. Thrasher, and Melva V. Thompson-Robinson
Evaluation of an Assertive Continuing Care Program for Hispanic Adolescents, Eric Strunz, Joanna Jungerman, Juliet Kinyua, and Paula M. Frew
Explaining Racial Disparities in HIV Incidence in Black and White Men Who Have Sex with Men in Atlanta, GA: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study, Patrick S. Sullivan, Eli S. Rosenberg, Travis H. Sanchez, Colleen F. Kelley, Nicole Luisi, Hannah L. Cooper, Ralph J. Diclemente, Gina M. Wingood, Paula M. Frew, Laura F. Salazar, Carlos del Rio, Mark J. Mulligan, and John L. Peterson
Improving Evidence-Based Asthma Management in an Urban University Student Health Center, Hedian Swanson, Patricia T. Alpert, Sheniz Moonie, and Susan VanBeuge
Association of Physical Activity and the Risk of Obesity in Adolescents with Physical Disabilities., Masa Teramoto, Timothy J. Bungum, Jerry Landwer, and Dale R. Wagner
Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity to Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence in Relation to Smoking among Adult Nevadans, Masaru Teramoto, Sheniz Moonie, Chad L. Cross, Michelle Chino, and Patricia T. Alpert
A Biomass Combustion Chamber: Design, Evaluation, and a Case Study of Wheat Straw Combustion Emission Tests, Jie Tian, Junji Cao, Yongming Han, Haiyan Ni, L.-W. Antony Chen, Xiaoliang Wang, Rujin Huang, Hans Moosmueller, and John G. Watson
HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex with Men, before and after Release from Jail: The Impact of Age and Race, Results from a Multi-site Study, Panagiotis Vagenas, Alexei Zelenev, Frederick L. Altice, Angela Di Paola, Alison O. Jordan, Paul A. Teixeira, Paula M. Frew, Anne C. Spaulding, and Sandra A. Springer