{"title":"Ten Things You Want to Know about Vaccines for Adults.","authors":"Saira Butt, Amir Tirmizi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"57 11","pages":"358-361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36594231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Child Abuse & Neglect in Mississippi: Beginning the Conversation.","authors":"Stephen Beam, Karla Steckler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Mississippi State Medical Association House of Delegates passed Resolution 18 in 2016 to bring attention to child abuse and neglect in Mississippi. This descriptive article is the first of a number of articles that will be included in the Journal MSMA to educate further the medical community on a problem that impacts individuals throughout their life. Research has shown that our medical professionals, just like many other disciplines that encounter child abuse, are unprepared to identify and respond to the issue of child abuse. This article outlines the magnitude of child abuse in Mississippi as well as the life-long ramifications of that abuse. Lastly, this article outlines two current initiatives in Missis'sippi attempting to make systemic changes to identification and response to cases of child abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"57 11","pages":"363-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36594226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James A Bofill, Charlene H Collier, Meg Pearson, James M Shwayder, John C Morrison
{"title":"Reducing Barriers to 17-Hydroxprogestrone Caproate (17P) Injections to Prevent Recurrent Preterm Birth in Mississippi.","authors":"James A Bofill, Charlene H Collier, Meg Pearson, James M Shwayder, John C Morrison","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"57 11","pages":"350-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36594225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leah Burch, David Sawaya, Michael Steiner, Charu Subramony, Michael Nowicki
{"title":"Top 10 Facts You Should Know About Diagnostic Evaluation of Neonatal Cholestasis.","authors":"Leah Burch, David Sawaya, Michael Steiner, Charu Subramony, Michael Nowicki","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"58 10","pages":"324-327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nycole Campbell-Lewis, Sidney W Bondurant, Freda M Bush
{"title":"Teen Pregnancy in Mississippi: A History and Analysis of Recent Legislative and Governmental Attempts to Address Different Aspects of this Issue in Mississippi.","authors":"Nycole Campbell-Lewis, Sidney W Bondurant, Freda M Bush","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background Mississippi has one of the highest teen pregnancy and birth rates in the nation. From 1991 to 2014 the birthrate to Mississippi teens decreased by 55 percent, which ranks number 35 in the rate of decline (versus 61% nationally). However, in 2014 Mississippi's teen birth rate still kept it at number 48 out of 50 states.' Mississippi has implemented Healthy Teens for a Better Mississippi as a Governor's initiative and best practice programs to reduce teen pregnancy in the state of Mississippi. Several bills have been passed into law that address various aspects of teen pregnancy prevention. Methods Recent legislation implemented from 2011 to 2015 was reviewed and summarized. Results and Conclusions Teen births have decreased 55 percent from 1991 to 2014. It is not possible to point to any one factor that can explain this reduction. It is likely that many factors have affected this change in teen pregnancy and birth rates. It is still too early to be able to assess the effect of the various laws that have been passed to address teen pregnancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"58 10","pages":"318-321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neighbor State Sees Swell in Preventable Mumps Cases: Legislature Holds the Key.","authors":"Lee Voulters","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"58 10","pages":"328"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Top 10 Facts You Should Know About Immunizations and Vaccine Exemptions in Mississippi.","authors":"Thomas Dobbs, Paul Byers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"58 10","pages":"322-323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bariatric Surgery -A Viable Option and the Best Hope for Many Mississippians?","authors":"Emma L Willoughby, Ellen S Jones, Deborah S Minor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[Research shows that diets are ineffective in the treatment of obesity because neuro-hormonal systems to preserve excess weight are stronger than the will to keep it off No magic pill has worked or is on the horizon. Newel; minimally invasive bariatricsurgery procedures do work but may be underutilized. In this Commentaiy, the authors who are affiliated with the UMMC Mississippi Centerfor Obesity Research and one of whom trained at the London School of Economics (ELW), speak to this issue. ---Ed.].</p>","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"58 10","pages":"329-331"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jerome R Kolbo, Lei Zhang, Nichole Werle, Elaine Fontenot Molaison, Bonnie L Harbaugh, Melissa Kirkup, Evelyn Walker
{"title":"Overweight and Obesity Prevalence and Trends Among Mississippi Public School Students: A Decade of Data Between 2005 and 2015.","authors":"Jerome R Kolbo, Lei Zhang, Nichole Werle, Elaine Fontenot Molaison, Bonnie L Harbaugh, Melissa Kirkup, Evelyn Walker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study estimated. the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mississippi public school students in grades K-12 and examined changes between 2005 and 2015. In 2015, the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and both combined remained higher than national averages, yet the rates have neither increased nor decreased significantly since 2005 (p = 0.6904). In 2015, as with all previous years, there was no difference between boys and girls (p=0.570). As in all previous years, the prevalence of obesity in 2015 was significantly higher among black students (p < 0.001) than among white students. Similar to 2011 and 2013, there was a significant difference by grade level in 2015 (p=0.0029), with the lowest prevalence again among the elementary students. The significant linear decrease in obesity prevalence among elementary school students observed during 2013 continued to 2015 (p = 0.0209). Trends are discussed in the context of state policy and recent research.</p>","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"58 10","pages":"310-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36639851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis and Racial Differences in Men with Normal vs. Abnormal Bone Mineral Density in a Cohort of Men Undergoing Bone Mass Measurement.","authors":"Khush Aujla, Vikas Majithia","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteoporosis is a condition generally associated with olderwomen, but it is rapidly becoming a growing problem for males as well. Screening and treating men early is the only way to address this problem. The known demographic factors of osteoporosis in males such as age, race and BMI as well as secondary causes oflow bone mineral density (BMD) i.e. osteoporosis, have not been well examined in the actual practice settingbased on available literature. This study aims to describe the prevalence of the demographic factors and secondary causes in men with low BMD and also to assess their individual contribution to the overall prevalence. A retrospective chart review of 585 men who underwent bone density scan at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from 2005-2012 was performed. At the time of their scans, patients were also asked to complete a questionnaire assessing demographics, comorbidities, social factors, and medication use. The results suggest that racial difference and differences in secondary causes exist in the epidemiology of male osteoporosis, and this needs to be assessed further. The notion that African American males are protected from OP is unsupported in our data as well as the literature. Overall our research demonstrated that low BMI is the most important factor associated with low BMD in male patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":17380,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association","volume":"57 9","pages":"285-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36551847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}